Use Windows installation as a base - it contains data assets needed to play. Copy Fallout2 folder somewhere, for example /home/john/Desktop/Fallout2.
Download and copy fallout2-ce to this folder.
Install SDL2:

$ sudo apt install libsdl2-2.0-0

Run ./fallout2-ce.

macOS

Note

: macOS 10.11 (El Capitan) or higher is required. Runs natively on Intel-based Macs and Apple Silicon.

Use Windows installation as a base - it contains data assets needed to play. Copy Fallout2 folder somewhere, for example /Applications/Fallout2.
Alternatively you can use Fallout 2 from Macplay/The Omni Group as a base - you need to extract game assets from the original bundle. Mount CD/DMG, right click Fallout 2 -> Show Package Contents, navigate to Contents/Resources. Copy GameData folder somewhere, for example /Applications/Fallout2.
Download and copy fallout2-ce.app to this folder.
Run fallout2-ce.app.

Android

Note

: Android support should be considered as a technical preview. Controls are not adapted for touch screens yet. Don't expect the gameplay to be enjoyable.

Download fallout2-ce.apk and copy it to your device. Open it with file explorer, follow instructions (install from unknown source).
Run the game once, it will say Couldn't find/load text fonts and create a folder for data assets.
Open file explorer, navigate to Android/data/com.alexbatalov.fallout2ce/files, delete junk folders inside (they will be named as game files, just delete them).
Use Windows installation as a base - it contains data assets needed to play. Copy master.dat, critter.dat, patch000.dat and data folder to the folder above.
Run the game again.

Contributing

Integrating Sfall goodies is the top priority. Quality of life updates are OK too. Please no large scale refactorings at this time as we need to reconcile changes from Reference Edition, which will make this process slow and error-prone. In any case open up an issue with your suggestion or to notify other people that something is being worked on.

Intergrating Sfall

There are literally hundreds if not thousands of fixes and features in sfall. I guess not all of them are needed in Community Edition, but for the sake of compatibility with big mods out there, let's integrate them all.

Legal & License

See Fallout 2 Reference Edition. Same conditions apply until the source code in this repository is changed significantly.