Strange, because I also have both, and Fallout 2 works great, yet Fallout comes up with "Not compatible with this version fo Windows" on Windows 2000, and on XP it does the black-screen.
Edit: If you can't even get Fallout 1 to install on XP, you may wanna try the 2000 "fix" this'll also help all who can't get it installed on 2000/NT
(I didn't write this)
How to install Fallout 1 on Windows 2000 or NT
Win2K or NT users need to make a manual installation of the game and since Win2K and NT have almost identical core, the installation procedure is the same for both versions and here are the steps for it:
Before you start, make sure you have at least NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3 on your machine.
1. Assumming that your CD-ROM drive letter is "D" and your HD letter is "C", first, create a folder for your game called fallout
(ie C:\games\fallout) then copy D:\program\win\falloutw.___ to the folder you created and rename it to falloutw.exe.
2. Now you have four choices, depending on the installation size you want:
Small Installation: Do not copy anything else.
Medium Installation: Copy D:\master.dat to your fallout folder (ie C:\games\fallout)
Big Installation: Copy D:\master.dat and D:\critter.dat to your fallout folder.
Humongous Installation: Copy D:\master.dat then D:\critter.dat and after that, copy the entire D:\data folder to your fallout folder.
3. Create a text file in C:\games\fallout called fallout.cfg and add the following lines to it, depending on your installation:
Small Installation:
[system]
master_dat=d:\master.dat
critter_dat=d:\critter.dat
[sound]
music_path2=d:\data\sound\music
free_space=0
Medium Installation:
[system]
master_dat=c:\games\fallout\master.dat
critter_dat=d:\critter.dat
[sound]
music_path2=d:\data\sound\music
free_space=0
Big Installation:
[system]
master_dat=c:\games\fallout\master.dat
critter_dat=c:\games\fallout\critter.dat
[sound]
music_path2=d:\data\sound\music
free_space=0
Humongous Installation:
[system]
master_dat=c:\games\fallout\master.dat
critter_dat=c:\games\fallout\critter.dat
[sound]
music_path2=c:\games\fallout\data\sound\music
free_space=0
And finally, make a shortcut to falloutw.exe file and you're done!
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