It turns out that the source code for Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 was not lost, even though it was once ordered to be destroyed. Tim Cain, the creator of both games, had previously stated ...

including the game’s source code. “When I left Fallout, I was told ‘you have to destroy everything you have, and I did,” the creator said. My entire archive, early design notes ...

Rebecca Heineman, a veteran programmer and co-founder of Interplay, told VideoGamer that she made personal backups of Fallout and Fallout 2 while working on Mac ports ...