Archive EntryPreservation Record
Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel
Shelf markLIB-0038
Editorial StandingCatalogued · Permanent Record
2004Game
Catalog Information
- Original Title
- Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel
- Release
- 2004 (North America)
- Developer
- Interplay
- Publisher
- Interplay
- Platform
- PlayStation 2
- Region
- NTSC-U/C · North America · SLUS-20539
- Medium
- Pressed optical disc · PlayStation 2 retail edition
- Subjects
- Action RPG · Fallout · Interplay · Console Branch · Preservation
Archival Status
- Custody
- Permanent archive holding
- Reference Copy
- Complete in box: case, pressed disc, manual, and original cover insert
- Condition Report
- Complete in box. Light shelf wear consistent with age. Preserved as a playable reference copy.
- Acquisition
- Private acquisition · August 2026
- Filed
- August 4, 2026
Curator Notes
Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel is the Interplay console outing many readers of the series treat as a detour — an action game that borrows the Brotherhood name and a slice of the setting while leaving the isometric CRPG structure behind. That contested status is exactly why the disc belongs on an archival shelf rather than only in argument.
The North American PlayStation 2 release (SLUS-20539) arrived in January 2004 from Interplay Entertainment. It shares the Fallout series authority with later Bethesda and Obsidian holdings without pretending those eras are continuous in authorship or design.
This filing records the optical object as issued. It is not a ranking against Fallout 3 or New Vegas, and it does not invent a rehabilitation. It keeps the branch so the name on other spines is not the only Fallout story the shelf can show.
Collection Documentation
Acquired in August 2026 while expanding the PlayStation 2 physical shelf.
The retained copy is the North American PlayStation 2 edition published by Interplay Entertainment (SLUS-20539). It remains complete in box with manual and cover insert, and is kept as the reference copy for this filing.
Dedicated artifact views of the individual copy have not yet been filed; the gallery below is held open for that documentation.
Preservation Notes
- Access Hardware
- Sony PlayStation 2; compatible North American PlayStation hardware
- Original Hardware
- Sony PlayStation 2 · NTSC-U/C
- Playback Compatibility
- Pressed for North American PlayStation 2 consoles. The retained disc remains the primary access copy.
- Preservation Concerns
- Optical-disc aging and surface damage remain the principal risks. The disc is stored upright in its original case under stable, dry conditions; printed materials remain housed with the copy.
- Edition History
- North American PlayStation 2 and Xbox releases published by Interplay Entertainment in January 2004. The PlayStation 2 serial for this filing is SLUS-20539. No later official remaster replaces this optical edition.
- Access Status
- The original physical edition is out of print and circulates through the secondary market. No current digital edition replaces this North American reference copy.
Connections
- Archival Lineage
- LIB-0038Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel (2004)this filing
- LIB-0008Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition (2009)
- LIB-0005Fallout: New Vegas (2010)
- LIB-0006Fallout 4 (2015)
- LIB-0007Fallout 76 (2018)
- Series
- Fallout
- Editorial Record
- Reserved for future critical writing in Bloodsoaked Media.
Artifact Documentation
Reference photography of the preserved copy held by Bloodsoaked Media. Each view records the edition, materials, and condition of the work in custody.
Space is reserved for official artwork verification, collection photography, scans, and supplementary archival media. Nothing is forced into the record until documentation is filed.
Stewardship History
A permanent chronology of this archival record — filed, revised, and tended over time. Entries accumulate; none are erased.
Collection Documentation entered
Connections established
Fallout series recorded.
Curator Notes entered
Filed into the Library
Accessioned as LIB-0038.
Preservation Notes entered
Published to the public shelf