Description
Wasteland takes place in the future after the nuclear holocaust of World War III. You guide a band of Desert Rangers from town to town, gradually uncovering a sinister plot that threatens what's left of mankind.
The game makes use of a skill-based system in conjunction with traditional character attributes to achieve goals and get past obstacles. It is this skill-based system that set
Wasteland apart from most other role-playing games created up until then.
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Trivia
There are references to the game designers and their previous games in
Wasteland. The two most common are the obvious spell references to
Bard's Tale in the occult shop in Needles, and the character Faran Brygo in Vegas (obviously taken from
Brian Fargo). Another obvious one is an arm patch worn by a 'Pistolero' -- it's the old
Interplay logo. Finally, the room in Vegas with the Proton Ax has the initials "A.P." (for the developer
Alan Pavlish) as a wall design.
Wasteland was in many Top 100 Games lists for many years; some years, it never dropped below the top ten. It is widely and universally regarded as one of the very best role-playing games ever created.
The credits listed in this entry are a hybrid; the IBM credits have been added and overlaid on the Apple credits to make a complete MobyGames IBM PC entry.
The original packaging contained a photo of the seven main developers dressed in "Wasteland" gear. This photo, in silohette, is on the cover of the manual and Survival Guide. (see Box Covers).
Wasteland was re-released for the PC four times in last decade:
- As part of the Interplay 10th Year Anniversary collection in 1993;
- As part of the Ultimate RPG Archives (can still be ordered from Interplay as of 1999);
- On Computer Gaming World CDROMs, once in 1996 and the other in 1997.
