From The Vault

The companies and corporations providing the goods and services society depended upon went up in smoke when the bombs fell. Yet some remnants of pre-war industry do remain. These surviving products and facilities can have a significant impact on life in the Wasteland.

While there are a few real-world companies mentioned in Fallout (particularly weapon manufacturers), there are more than a few that are unique to the Fallout universe. Most have only brief references, but a few are known in more detail.

Pre-war companies and field of activity

Other companies

• Ball Aerospace (mentioned at van Buren Boulder design document).
• Mary May: cosmetics producer

[reference: Mary Kay]

• Pep Gas: a pre-war gas station chain

[reference: The Simpsons]

• Snap-Off: makers of the "Super Tool Kit".

[reference: Snap-On Tools]

• - in year 2055 its Research Facility starts working on a new virus to kill the New Plague; their viral research and close ties to the federal government eventually lead to them being chosen for the Pan-Immunity Virion Project twenty years later as well as Power Infantry Armor and laser research.
• Apricot: created the Apricot terminals^[3].
  

[reference: Apple]

• Bethesda
• IBM^[4].
• Macrosoft: produced some spreadsheets used by Miss Kitty and very probably - Fenestra '98, PoseidoNet help system^[5] and Wyndoze 99^[6].

[reference: Microsoft, Windows]

• mentioned below Vault-Tec developed ZAX AI also.

References

1. ↑ , its logo was Mr. Green - a turnip headed stick man (van Buren).
2. ↑ reference: the Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona, run by the U.S. Army. It has facilities to test all types of military weaponry, and is tasked in part with the development of the "21st Century Soldier".
3. ↑ eg. Data Plex 2000 SmarTerminal on the oil rig, with a full 64k of RAM, which was the very latest in computer technology
4. ↑ mentioned at Van Buren Boulder design document
5. ↑ "Welcome to PoseidoNet Help system. We regret that your Help files are currently out of date, and unavailable. Seek Help file update? (Y/N). User Help file update not available with trial PoseidoNet software. Please purchase full version for full access to all further updates. Your trial period for PoseidoNet access is 59, 439 days overdue" - notice: trial period ended in year 2078 or 2079"
6. ↑ Fallout demo