Wasteland

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.

Part of the Following Group

• Wasteland series

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User Reviews

Simply put - superb	Commodore 64	Darren Smith (5)
As if we need another review of this fantastic game...	DOS	thejayman (16)
The best RPG I have ever played.	DOS	woods01 (156)
An amazingly inventive and detailed game that still manages to stun me when I play it.	DOS	George Shannon (110)
The reason I bought a C64	Commodore 64	Mattias Kreku (404)
Old RPG Classic	DOS	Yeah Right (61)
One of my all time favorites! It's much easier to give up tobacco than Wasteland.	DOS	ex_navynuke! (51)
The seminal post-apocalyptic CRPG	Apple II	weregamer (157)
Mmmm... Wasteland	DOS	Rob Banzai (3)
I cut my gaming teeth on this game and haven't been satisfied since	DOS	JASON chamberlain (3)

The Press Says

Abandonia	DOS	Feb 28, 2005	5 out of 5	100
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Commodore 64	Oct 26, 2007	10 out of 10	100
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	DOS	Nov, 1996	9 out of 150	95
Commodore User	Commodore 64	Aug, 1988	8 out of 10	80
Power Play	Apple II	Jun, 1988	8 out of 10	80
PC Player (Germany)	DOS	May, 1994	74 out of 100	74

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Trivia

Wasteland was released with a book of text paragraphs. Specific encounters would refer players to a paragraph number for a verbose description of what was occurring. To keep players from scanning the book for clues, there were two full versions of the major story. One was the actual plot of the game and the other was a decoy involving the major settings and characters but with an entirely different explanation for the events. After completing the game, you could skim through the book and get a second (albeit cheesy) story.