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Steve Cain explained that Steve Jackson Games objected to Fallout’s use of Vault Boy, demanding its removal because they felt it didn’t fit tonally, even after the studio had already created a cinematic featuring the character. The company also rejected a Monopoly reference and other elements in the same cinematic. Fallout was originally built on the GURPS system, a tabletop role‑playing game published by Steve Jackson Games, but a licensing deal between Interplay and the publisher collapsed, with both sides unclear on the precise cause of the disagreement.

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