Led by Feargus Urquhart, Black Isle focussed on developing RPG games, and its first game would be a spiritual successor to Wasteland. With Brian Fargo unable to licence the Wasteland IP, Interplay would form a division within the company called Black Isle Studios. Interplay wanted to work on a sequel, but EA had other ideas.

Wasteland was a success as it shifted 250,000 copies, which was a huge amount for the time. Its success led Interplay to try something different - instead of a traditional fantasy role playing game, they’d attempt to create a post-apocalyptic, Mad Max inspired RPG called Wasteland. In its infancy, the company would work with a couple of today’s biggest video game companies, creating games for Activision and Electronic Arts.ĭuring the mid-1980s, Interplay found their niche with role-playing games, and created the three part series The Bard’s Tale, published by EA. With the help of investor Chris Wells, former Boone Corporation staff Brian Fargo, Troy Worrell, Jay Patel, and Rebecca Heineman formed Interplay Entertainment in 1983.

When the Boone Corporation, a California based video game developer, folded, four of its employees banded together to form a new company.

Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game.

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