RobCo Fun is a magazine in Fallout 4.
Characteristics
Each issue of RobCo Fun read adds a unique holotape to the Sole Survivor's inventory. When used, the holotape plays a game based on a retro video game. The holotapes can be used at any time, provided they are in the Survivor's inventory, and can be played on either their Pip-Boy or on any terminal.
Holotapes
| Holotape | Location | Location Description | Base ID | Magazine ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Menace | Vault 111 | Inside the cafeteria terminal, northeast area. Only the game is available. | 000E5082 | holotape only |
| Atomic Command | Museum of Freedom | In the chamber above the front doors, where Preston is holed up, on Sturges' desk. | 0006167B | 00184DA1 |
| Pipfall | Fort Hagen | Command Center - adjacent to Kellogg’s terminal under a table, in the chamber where you speak with Kellogg. | 00072802 | 00184DC4 |
| Zeta Invaders | Valentine Detective Agency | On a desk, inside the Valentine’s Detective Agency located in Diamond City Market. | 00072803 | 001C1418 |
| Grognak & the Ruby Ruins | Goodneighbor | In the Memory Den, in Amari's back room sitting on a cabinet in the distant corner. | 000727FA | 00184DB2 |
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Notes
- The RobCo Fun magazines' holotapes are an example of Mise en abyme, as the player is playing a game, within a game.
- Each RobCo Fun holotape is a reference to a real-life video game of the late 1970s–mid 1980s:
- Red Menace is a variation of Donkey Kong.
- Atomic Command is a variant of Missile Command.
- Pipfall is a variation of Pitfall!
- Zeta Invaders is a variant of Space Invaders.
- Grognak & the Ruby Ruins is influenced by The Bard's Tale and its assorted spin-off games.
- Unlike most other magazines, RobCo Fun issues respawn and can be collected an indefinite amount of times.
- The Pipfall magazine's cover character is wearing a "101" shirt underneath his jacket. This is a nod to Fallout 3, in which the Lone Wanderer grows up in Vault 101.
- The comic name and the fact it has a game inside it is a reference to Amiga Fun, a comic that gave away free games much like RobCo fun does.
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