Citations regarding Fallout Extreme

Golbolco

Golbolco

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In between tasks I got caught up into reading about the few cancelled Fallout projects we know about, most notably Fallout Extreme.

But as I was reading the Fallout wiki's page I noticed a problem: there are no design documents, no citations, nothing concrete at all actually. So I set out looking for where exactly information on this cancelled title originated.

It seems that all information originated from blog posts that Ausir had wrote. I don't know who he was in contact with that had actually worked on the project, because the blog posts in question don't say. Here they are:

https://fallout.gamepedia.com/Blog:News/Fallout_Extreme_part_I:_the_story
https://fallout.gamepedia.com/Blog:News/Fallout_Extreme_part_II:_the_gameplay

I'm not trying to call into question the credibility of Ausir, but neither the Gamepedia nor the Fandom site have any citations and in fact the blog posts just redirect you to the Fallout Extreme page for more information. Does anyone have any more detail on this game? Anything written from a primary source? There's some concept art shown on the blog posts and the game's page, so I assume there was something concrete that they were taken from.

I'm also suspect of the timeline when this game was being developed and its similarities to Tactics (I wouldn't be surprised if F:Extreme was just a concept for Tactics) but I have nothing to prove that belief at the moment.
 
Okay, I know that I'm replying to an almost 5 year old post here, but let me just clarify the question being asked real quick...

So apparently the design documents for this game do exist, & they're currently archived in The Brian Fargo Papers at The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY. Oh, and in regards to one taking a look at Fallout Extreme's Design Documents, they're available to be viewed by on-site researchers only.

And speaking of viewing...
Here's a video essay that The Strong National Museum of Play did covering the details of Fallout Extreme's content, plus showing brief sections of its design documents throughout the video:


Alternatively, if you don't want to check out the full video, here's some screenshots of said design docs that were shown:
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Pretty neat huh?

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TheKingofVault14 said:
So apparently the design documents for this game do exist, & they're currently archived in The Brian Fargo Papers at The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY. Oh, and in regards to one taking a look at Fallout Extreme's Design Documents, they're available to be viewed by on-site researchers only.
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Thanks for this. A trip to Rochester isn't impossible for me, and these screenshots do provide some more context. Maybe I'll have to investigate for myself.
 
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