Fallout Creator Reveals That He Was Asked To Destroy His Work on Original Game

Fallout Creator Reveals That He Was Asked To Destroy His Work on Original Game

See full bio Shaheer Zahid Currently serving as a News Reporter at Tech4Gamers, I have the privilege of combining my love for gaming with the art of storytelling. My role involves crafting engaging narratives that keep our audience abreast of the latest developments in the gaming world. See full bio Story Highlight Fallout creator Tim Cain reveals he was asked to destroy his work on the original game. Developer Interplay lost the game’s archiv…

"Destroy everything you have" on Fallout's development, Interplay told creator

Do subscribe to Tim Cain's YouTube channel if you haven't already. The Fallout creator is eminently listenable and seems to have an infinite well of great stories about a career working on formative RPGs. His latest is on game preservation, in which he reveals that Fallout developer and publisher Interplay had to approach him after he'd left the company to ask if he still had development archives they'd ordered him to destroy. The reason? "Oops!…

Tim Cain, responsible for Fallout's first installment, claims Interplay demanded that he dispose of all original RPG material.

Fallout creator Tim Cain says he was "ordered to destroy" his personal archive of the RPG's development: "Individuals and organizations actively work against preservation"

"There's a lot of organizations out there that demand to be the archive keeper, and then they do a terrible job at it"