Patched X-COM complete collection works under Win XP :D
Guardian Pegasus
lucky enough to have Windows XP, all these games are now compatible :D
It's alien huntin' time!
Guardian Pegasus
wrote:
>Apparently under Vista there are some problems. But for those of us
>lucky enough to have Windows XP, all these games are now compatible :D
>
>It's alien huntin' time!
Actually, it says Vista supported! Suppose it was just my friend
having trouble.
Mark Morrison
wrote:
>Apparently under Vista there are some problems. But for those of us
>lucky enough to have Windows XP, all these games are now compatible :D
>
>It's alien huntin' time!
I bought them all (again, for most of the titles) last night, on Steam
- a bargain at 7 pounds 50 pence !
Had a quick go of Enemy Unknown - god, it's tough at the start ! I'd
forgotten the feeling of losing 2-3 guys per mission...
Guardian Pegasus
wrote:
I did as well! It was 5$ per game or 15$ for all five. And as I wanted
both UFO, TFTD and Apoc, I bought the complete pack. I can't believe
how much fun I'm having playing this game again! I also finally get to
check out Interceptor and Enforcer, though they won't be nearly as
much fun, I know...
From the moment I started building my base and stuff, I felt a certain
suspense knowing that UFOs with deadly wicked aliens would be popping
up at any moment. And at my first landing, I had a lump in my throat!
I can't believe how exciting this 15 year old game is!
I lost 3 guys on my first mission, a downed UFO in Scotland. Second
mission I lost none. It's taking a while to get a hang of it. TFTD and
Apoc also look awesome. You can play the games in windowed mode as
well, but I actually prefer blocky old fullscreen :)
The feeling I get landing and deploying is totally claustrophobic...
it's fascinating that such an old game can maintain suspension of
disbelief.
Mark Morrison
wrote:
>The feeling I get landing and deploying is totally claustrophobic...
>it's fascinating that such an old game can maintain suspension of
>disbelief.
Not to mentioned the night missions, when you forgot to load flares
:)
An acceptable substitute is a rocket laucher with the incendiary
rockets - they light up a field nicely :)
Would look fantastic on modern PCs with real time shadown flickering
on the walls.
Guardian Pegasus
wrote:
>Not to mentioned the night missions, when you forgot to load flares
>:)
Yeah I just did that too... sent a squad out of the ranger first and
blanketed a semi-circle around the ranger with proxy grenades. Then I
sent all my people in one direction, toward the UFO lol
>An acceptable substitute is a rocket laucher with the incendiary
>rockets - they light up a field nicely :)
Indeed. But the rocket launcher isnt very cost-effective in terms of
lighting up. Autocannons with incendiary do a great job.
>Would look fantastic on modern PCs with real time shadown flickering
>on the walls.
I drool at the mere thought of how it could look with a modern game
engine...
Anssi Saari
> Not to mentioned the night missions, when you forgot to load flares
> :)
>
> An acceptable substitute is a rocket laucher with the incendiary
> rockets - they light up a field nicely :)
Autocannon works too. Playing with fire you even get alien barbecue by
accident. My favorite kill :) But watch out for the fires, your own
guys may get cooked too.
> Would look fantastic on modern PCs with real time shadown flickering
> on the walls.
Yes. As I recall the game is somewhat limited on how many tiles can
actually be on fire. If it's maxed out, new fires won't start.
Mark Morrison
>Mark Morrison <bl...@aol.com> writes:
>
>> Not to mentioned the night missions, when you forgot to load flares
>> :)
>>
>> An acceptable substitute is a rocket laucher with the incendiary
>> rockets - they light up a field nicely :)
>
>Autocannon works too. Playing with fire you even get alien barbecue by
>accident. My favorite kill :) But watch out for the fires, your own
>guys may get cooked too.
>
Been playing Apocalyse a little, too - I'd forgotten that gas grenades
put out fires.
Jeremy
I realise this makes me sound terribly old-fashioned and a bit
paranoid, but is there any way to simply get the patched software,
without having to install some "client" or whatever on my computer
that monitors me every time I want to play the game?
Mark Morrison
As far as I know, it's either Steam, then buy them, or get the
originals and fight with XP to get they playing acceptably, I'm
afraid.