# Fallout: Bakersfield
**Fallout: Bakersfield** is an unreleased fan-made total conversion mod for the GZDoom source port of the 1993 game *Doom* that reimagines the 1997 isometric role-playing game *Fallout* as a retro first-person shooter. It is being developed by [Alexander](https://www.edgepedia.org/alexander) "Red888guns" Berezin, also known as Saur X, together with Denis Berezin, and adapts the [Necropolis](https://www.edgepedia.org/necropolis) sequence of the original *Fallout*, set in the ruins of [Bakersfield, California](https://www.edgepedia.org/bakersfield-california).[1](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fallout/its-downright-nuts-how-good-this-fan-remake-of-fallout-1-in-doom-looks-and-im-begging-bethesda-to-take-note/) • [2](https://www.techeblog.com/fallout-bakersfield-gzdoom-mod-gameplay/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Type | Total conversion mod for GZDoom, the modern source port of *Doom* (1993)[1](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fallout/its-downright-nuts-how-good-this-fan-remake-of-fallout-1-in-doom-looks-and-im-begging-bethesda-to-take-note/) |
| Developers | Alexander "Red888guns" Berezin (Saur X) and Denis Berezin[2](https://www.techeblog.com/fallout-bakersfield-gzdoom-mod-gameplay/) |
| Setting | Bakersfield, California, the location of the ghoul city Necropolis in *Fallout* (1997)[3](https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/my-jaw-dropped-at-this-fallout-themed-doom-mod-that-reimagines-the-classic-rpg-as-an-fps) |
| Content | A retelling of the Necropolis sequence from *Fallout*, not a new story in the same location[4](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fallout/a-jaw-dropping-mod-to-remake-part-of-fallout-1-in-doom-has-resurfaced-after-3-years-of-silence/) |
| First reveal | Teaser uploaded September 30, 2022; major trailer and gameplay footage followed in July and August 2025 after roughly three years of silence[5](https://www.timeextension.com/news/2022/10/doom-meets-fallout-in-upcoming-fangame-fallout-bakersfield) • [6](https://www.gamesradar.com/games/fallout/a-doom-based-fallout-fan-game-has-emerged-after-a-3-year-absence-and-it-looks-like-the-best-fallout-in-over-a-decade/) |
| Release status | No release date announced; the mod is not yet downloadable[1](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fallout/its-downright-nuts-how-good-this-fan-remake-of-fallout-1-in-doom-looks-and-im-begging-bethesda-to-take-note/) |
## Setting and content
The mod takes its name from the real city of Bakersfield, California, which longtime fans know as Necropolis, the "City of the Dead" from the first *Fallout* game, a settlement of ghouls, humans mutated by severe and prolonged radiation exposure.[3](https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/my-jaw-dropped-at-this-fallout-themed-doom-mod-that-reimagines-the-classic-rpg-as-an-fps) Rather than telling a new story in that location, the project is a straight retelling or recreation of the Necropolis sequence from *Fallout*.[4](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fallout/a-jaw-dropping-mod-to-remake-part-of-fallout-1-in-doom-has-resurfaced-after-3-years-of-silence/) The trailer shows the player as a Vault 13 vault dweller, and the appearance of Harry the super mutant, the boss of the area in the original game, indicates the protagonist is either the *Fallout* protagonist or the scout sent ahead of them.[3](https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/my-jaw-dropped-at-this-fallout-themed-doom-mod-that-reimagines-the-classic-rpg-as-an-fps) • [6](https://www.gamesradar.com/games/fallout/a-doom-based-fallout-fan-game-has-emerged-after-a-3-year-absence-and-it-looks-like-the-best-fallout-in-over-a-decade/)
A brief flash of text in the showcase establishes the premise: "On October 23, 2077, the populace of Bakersfield learned that the other vaults had been sealed."[7](https://www.pcgamesn.com/fallout/doom-FPS) In the backstory of the original game, Necropolis's inhabitants survived in a vault whose entrance was deliberately left unsealed, allowing radiation to flood it and ghoulify the survivors.[8](https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Necropolis)
## Gameplay and presentation
**A hybrid of two eras.** The mod fuses classic *Fallout* RPG systems with the first-person action of *Doom*, using a bespoke user interface that draws on both games, including Fallout-style log messages.[3](https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/my-jaw-dropped-at-this-fallout-themed-doom-mod-that-reimagines-the-classic-rpg-as-an-fps) Its visuals follow *Fallout 1*'s pixelated retro-futurism and gore, rendered in the "2.5D" style of 2D sprites moving through 3D environments that defines *Doom*.[3](https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/my-jaw-dropped-at-this-fallout-themed-doom-mod-that-reimagines-the-classic-rpg-as-an-fps) The IGN trailer describes it as pulling from the classic *Fallout* aesthetic of *Fallout 1* and *Fallout 2*, carrying the gunplay of *Fallout 3* and *Fallout 4*, with a splash of original *Doom*.[9](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h-rQCOKU0w)
Commentators have highlighted details that reproduce the original game's feel from ground level: ghouls melting into puddles of gore when attacked, and a shot in which the player misses despite a 94% chance to hit, echoing the original's dice-roll combat.[1](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fallout/its-downright-nuts-how-good-this-fan-remake-of-fallout-1-in-doom-looks-and-im-begging-bethesda-to-take-note/)
## Development history
The project first surfaced on September 30, 2022, when Berezin uploaded a teaser to YouTube.[5](https://www.timeextension.com/news/2022/10/doom-meets-fallout-in-upcoming-fangame-fallout-bakersfield) It then went quiet for about three years before resurfacing in July 2025 with a four-minute trailer that showed far more of the game than the original teaser.[6](https://www.gamesradar.com/games/fallout/a-doom-based-fallout-fan-game-has-emerged-after-a-3-year-absence-and-it-looks-like-the-best-fallout-in-over-a-decade/) • [10](https://www.notebookcheck.net/Fallout-Bakersfield-trailer-reveals-GZDoom-engine-remake-of-1997-classic.1065014.0.html) IGN published the official trailer on July 21, 2025, where it drew over 1.8 million views.[9](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h-rQCOKU0w) An extended gameplay reel followed in August 2025.[1](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fallout/its-downright-nuts-how-good-this-fan-remake-of-fallout-1-in-doom-looks-and-im-begging-bethesda-to-take-note/)
The developers post periodic progress updates and blog posts on Boosty, a supporter platform, with subscribers receiving development diaries; one early blog entry explains that the game was initially planned as an underground-only adventure due to engine limitations.[11](https://boosty.to/red888guns/posts/9df1a029-2713-494b-a78b-7794221cc4c6?locale=en_US) As of the most recent coverage, the mod has no release date, and [PC Gamer](https://www.edgepedia.org/pc-gamer)'s Joshua Wolens, a news writer covering the project, judged that it remains a long way off, if it releases at all.[1](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fallout/its-downright-nuts-how-good-this-fan-remake-of-fallout-1-in-doom-looks-and-im-begging-bethesda-to-take-note/)
## Reception and context
Coverage of the 2025 trailer was broadly enthusiastic. GamesRadar called it possibly the best-looking *Fallout* game since *New Vegas*; Windows Central's writer called it one of the coolest mods they had ever seen anyone make; and Kotaku described it as a fan-made game that approaches *Fallout* as if the action-RPG hybrid had mutated in the era of *Duke Nukem 3D* instead of the age of *Oblivion*.[6](https://www.gamesradar.com/games/fallout/a-doom-based-fallout-fan-game-has-emerged-after-a-3-year-absence-and-it-looks-like-the-best-fallout-in-over-a-decade/) • [3](https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/my-jaw-dropped-at-this-fallout-themed-doom-mod-that-reimagines-the-classic-rpg-as-an-fps) • [12](https://kotaku.com/truth-be-told-the-fallout-im-most-looking-forward-to-is-bakersfield-2000717522)
**Why a fan project fills the gap.** Bethesda has no plans to remake *Fallout* or *Fallout 2*: [Todd Howard](https://www.edgepedia.org/todd-howard), Bethesda Game Studios' executive producer, said in 2018 that players with a PC can play *Fallout* the way it was, and reiterated in 2023 that the games will not be remade, though he later said he had softened on remasters after the success of *Oblivion Remastered*.[13](https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/fallout-1-and-2-wont-be-getting-remade-todd-howard-says/) • [14](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/todd-howard-has-softened-on-remasters-but-hes-still-anti-remake/) Against that backdrop, PC Gamer argued that even a mod that may never see full release represents more than anyone official has done with the original *Fallout* games in recent decades.[1](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fallout/its-downright-nuts-how-good-this-fan-remake-of-fallout-1-in-doom-looks-and-im-begging-bethesda-to-take-note/)
## References
1. [It's downright nuts how good this fan remake of Fallout 1 in Doom looks, and I'm begging Bethesda to take note, PC Gamer (Joshua Wolens, August 26, 2025)](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fallout/its-downright-nuts-how-good-this-fan-remake-of-fallout-1-in-doom-looks-and-im-begging-bethesda-to-take-note/)
2. [Fallout: Bakersfield Gets Extended Gameplay Trailer, is a Gritty Rebirth of a Classic in Doom's Engine, TechEBlog](https://www.techeblog.com/fallout-bakersfield-gzdoom-mod-gameplay/)
3. [My jaw dropped at this Fallout-themed DOOM mod that reimagines the classic RPG as an FPS, Windows Central (July 21, 2025)](https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/my-jaw-dropped-at-this-fallout-themed-doom-mod-that-reimagines-the-classic-rpg-as-an-fps)
4. [A jaw-dropping mod to remake part of Fallout 1 in Doom has resurfaced after 3 years of silence, PC Gamer](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fallout/a-jaw-dropping-mod-to-remake-part-of-fallout-1-in-doom-has-resurfaced-after-3-years-of-silence/)
5. [Doom Meets Fallout In Upcoming Fangame Fallout: Bakersfield, Time Extension (October 2022)](https://www.timeextension.com/news/2022/10/doom-meets-fallout-in-upcoming-fangame-fallout-bakersfield)
6. [A Doom-based Fallout fan game has emerged after a 3-year absence, and it looks like the best Fallout in over a decade, GamesRadar+ (July 21, 2025)](https://www.gamesradar.com/games/fallout/a-doom-based-fallout-fan-game-has-emerged-after-a-3-year-absence-and-it-looks-like-the-best-fallout-in-over-a-decade/)
7. [This Fallout Doom FPS is the shooter we have always dreamed of, PCGamesN](https://www.pcgamesn.com/fallout/doom-FPS)
8. [Necropolis, Fallout Wiki (Fandom)](https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Necropolis)
9. [Fallout: Bakersfield - Doom Total Conversion - Official Trailer, IGN (YouTube, July 21, 2025)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h-rQCOKU0w)
10. [Fallout: Bakersfield trailer reveals GZDoom engine remake of 1997 classic, Notebookcheck News](https://www.notebookcheck.net/Fallout-Bakersfield-trailer-reveals-GZDoom-engine-remake-of-1997-classic.1065014.0.html)
11. [Fallout: Bakersfield blog #3, RED888GUNS on Boosty](https://boosty.to/red888guns/posts/9df1a029-2713-494b-a78b-7794221cc4c6?locale=en_US)
12. [Truthfully The Fallout I'm Most Looking Forward To Is Fan-Made, Kotaku](https://kotaku.com/truth-be-told-the-fallout-im-most-looking-forward-to-is-bakersfield-2000717522)
13. [Fallout 1 and 2 won't be getting remade, Todd Howard says, VGC](https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/fallout-1-and-2-wont-be-getting-remade-todd-howard-says/)
14. [Todd Howard has 'softened' on remasters, but he's still 'anti-remake', PC Gamer (February 20, 2026)](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/todd-howard-has-softened-on-remasters-but-hes-still-anti-remake/)
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