Fallout 2

Fallout 2 is an RPG and the sequel to Fallout. Its gameplay is much improved compared to the previous game and it has better writing to boot, making it way more fun and replayable than the original.

There's a mountain of content that was cut, with only a modest amount actually left in the game. Unlike with most games, the developers actually explained a lot of the stuff that never came to be. A lot of these things and many more were re-implemented in the unofficial FO2 Restoration Patch.

Phazer
An energy weapon using small energy cells. Would have been found on one of the corpses in the Federation Crash Site special encounter.

Zip Gun
A small gun chambered in 10mm. Doesn't have a proper icon but still functions when added to the inventory. This would have belonged to Lenny, apparently (at least the restoration patch gives him one).

Den Residential
An early version of part of The Den. It's still accessible in the game because the developers forgot to close it off (press 3 on the map screen).

Hubologist Space Shuttle
Accessible from the San Francisco map screen. You were supposed to go inside it at some point.

King Arthur's Knights
The player has a chance to encounter some Brotherhood Knights searching for the Holy Grail, modeled after the Monty Python characters. A second encounter was planned where you would find them being slaughtered by a Vorpal Rat (the rabbit from the movie). Due to a bug, it's impossible to access this encounter.

Chet
"Illicit Allocations Chief" used for debugging. Changes reputation, followers, and some faction affiliations. Appearing as a guy in a vault suit, the name of his dialog file places him in Vault City.

Kaga
The Chosen One's rival from Arroyo. You would have encountered him on six different occasions, each time with better equipment.

Unused Text
NOTE: The number before the colon is the value that is called upon by the game.

PERK.MSG
137: ERROR -- UNIMPED 1137: ERROR.UNIMPED!

EDITOR.MSG
1012: THIS GOES WITH THE TEMPORARY ONE FOR DESCRIPTIONS #1112: DON'T TRANSLATE THIS 1112: TEMPORARY - What is this? 5006: CHEAT MODE

MISC.MSG
Demo version Demo time limit exceeded

OPTIONS.MSG
Sorry, the preferences menu is not available in the demo version

LSGAME.MSG
Sorry, you can't save or load in the demo version.

EDITOR.MSG
Sorry, you can only print your character in the full version. Sorry you can only save your character in the full version. Sorry, you can only load a saved character in the full version. Not available in demo

Development Strings
Within the games executable are these leftover compiler strings. e:\WATCOM\H\string.h e:\WATCOM\H\stdlib.h e:\WATCOM\H\stdarg.h e:\WATCOM\H\ctype.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\wtypes.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\winver.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\winuser.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\winsvc.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\winspool.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\winsock.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\winreg.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\winperf.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\winnt.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\winnls.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\winnetwk.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\wingdi.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\winerror.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\windows.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\windef.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\wincon.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\winbase.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\unknwn.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\shellapi.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\rpcnterr.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\rpcnsip.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\rpcnsi.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\rpcndr.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\rpcdcep.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\rpcdce.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\rpc.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\pshpack8.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\pshpack4.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\pshpack2.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\pshpack1.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\prsht.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\poppack.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\oleidl.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\oleauto.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\ole2.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\objidl.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\objbase.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\oaidl.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\nb30.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\mmsystem.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\lzexpand.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\imm.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\excpt.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\dlgs.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\ddeml.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\dde.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\commdlg.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\cguid.h e:\WATCOM\H\NT\cderr.h E:\fallout2\code\plib\gnw\gnw95def.h E:\fallout2\code\game\fallout2.rc E:\fallout2\code\game\fallout2.ico

Partially Unused Developer Quotes
When viewing the quotes from the developers (Shift-click Credits on the main menu), there is one part of a quote which goes unseen due to the fact that it is too long. Said part is highlighted in the full quote:

That thing has an unpleasantness about it that is not readily apparent. Bring in the others...I wish to taste of their unsavoriness as well. - Matt N.

It should also be noted that some quotes contain mixed case or symbols that lose the emphasis due to the upper-case font. Here they are in their original glory.

I'm kinda anal about this... I'm anal about everything... I'M ANAL MAN!! - Scotty

I LOVE sheep! - Greg B.

Sleeping is *way* better than moving. - Nick

You look up SUCK and you'll see my name, address and previous convictions. - John D.

*I* think it's worth a dollar for 3 days of day-dreaming. - Fred

Man, are *you* white. - T-Ray

Well, that's just what he said. I don't know if that's the case, since he's English and not to be trusted. Of course, *I* am English. - Feargus

Because it's my ass. You *all* share my ass! - Feargus

Keep singing, Nick...Jess...Who *are* you? - Gary

Is it possible to make drugs have *serious* side-effects? - Nick K.

I don't see this as a problem. The rats go "squee". - Matt N. The cows go "moo", the dogs go "arf, arf". - Chris J. (The REAL one)

Nick's right, sleeping *is* way better than moving. - Jesse R.

Yeah, *I'll* make it sore. - Scotty

Yes, I agree, the frog *does* look more sophisticated with only one pineapple. - Jesse R.

Virgin of the Wastes
Unused reputation. Has no effect on the player, and is, naturally, lost by sleeping with any sex-specific characters. "You really need to get out more. Your sexual exploits have been... well, two dimensional."

Alcohol Addiction
Unused addiction. No code exists for this, apart from the art and the description. "You have a problem with alcohol. Actually, you have many problems with your drinking habits."

Tragic Addition
Stops map travel every once in a while to say "You feel a burning desire to open another box of Tragic cards." Tragic is one of Fallout 2's derp culture references to Magic: The Gathering.

Developer Icon
Within the icons for the main executable, lies this portrait of one of the developers which is visible when the icon size on Windows is set to 48px.

Region Differences
The German version removes the two higher violence settings from the game. Also, the "normal" blood setting in that version is the same as the "minimal" blood setting seen elsewhere. Many of the other more violent aspects were also removed.