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 11th July 2006, 6:18pm
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 Reticulan Scurge!  Group: Members Posts: 189 Joined: February 2004 From: United Kingdom Member No.: 2,609  |
OK.
So 13 years ago I went to university and one evening at a mate's house we got drunk and a bit high, and he started playing some game on his PC. You've guessed it, it was X-COM. One year later I got my own PC (handy things, Student loans) and it was the first game I'd bought since we had Elite on our familie's old Acorn electron about 10 before that..... I loved it. Played it for years, couldn't get enough of it. Then the usual happens, I left uni, had to get a job and gave my PC to my brother so he could finish his Masters degree. XCOM vanaished into long cherished memories. Spin forward to 4 years ago and I bought myself a new PC. Got some excellent games for it - Half-Life, Quake Arena, Civilisation and so on, but I was always hankering for some deeply satisfying turn based strategy that only X-COM could provide. Various attempts at downloads from the internet failed, I could never get it to work. Silent Storm came and made up for this loss, and I was beside myself in anticipation for UFO: Aftermath only to be bitterly disappointed with it. I just didn't like it and gave up after the difficultly jumped to downright impossible after the russian mission. Anyway, to cut a long story short, I've been using these forums for the best part of 2 yand a half years now. In all that time I've always concentrated in the Silent Storm forum and only given cursory glances to the others  And then on Sunday, I clicked on the thread marked "Downloading X-COM". I followed the link, clicked the buttons and got the game. It works. no crashes, it boots up fine and after 8 years I can finally play it again. I just wanted to say...... Thanks 
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11th July 2006, 6:38pm
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 The Guv'nor Group: Site Staff Posts: 1,810 Joined: September 2002 From: England of course! West Sussex Member No.: 1,168 |
Glad to be of service aren't we boys
 X-Com is a part of everyone's childhood, lost occasionally then eventually found again. I'm hardcore, my UFO box is always on top of the pile, I hate the UFO series and I've never even played Silent Storm  Only X-Com is enough... -------------------- Welcome back to the wonderful world of Fan-fiction! (it's short for fantastic!)
Go check em out, UFO TFTD and Apocalypse all under one roof!!! Also why not check out XCom : Colonisation over in the special projects forum. Won't kill you if you do, might kill you if you don't! |
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11th July 2006, 6:48pm
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 Bridge troll Group: Admin Posts: 1,057 Joined: October 2003 From: Wales Member No.: 1,341 |
Your future wife is going to have to be very understanding
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11th July 2006, 6:49pm
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The Guv'nor Group: Site Staff Posts: 1,810 Joined: September 2002 From: England of course! West Sussex Member No.: 1,168 |
And adventurous AT, very...
-------------------- Welcome back to the wonderful world of Fan-fiction! (it's short for fantastic!)
Go check em out, UFO TFTD and Apocalypse all under one roof!!! Also why not check out XCom : Colonisation over in the special projects forum. Won't kill you if you do, might kill you if you don't! |
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11th July 2006, 6:52pm
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 Colonel Group: Admin Posts: 5,980 Joined: March 2003 From: Sweden Member No.: 1,057 |
Glad to hear that mate! X-COM for the people!
-------------------- Greetings from Olav
"If you're not into Metal then you are not my friend!" - Manowar  |
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11th July 2006, 8:02pm
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The Guv'nor Group: Site Staff Posts: 1,810 Joined: September 2002 From: England of course! West Sussex Member No.: 1,168 |
by the people
-------------------- Welcome back to the wonderful world of Fan-fiction! (it's short for fantastic!)
Go check em out, UFO TFTD and Apocalypse all under one roof!!! Also why not check out XCom : Colonisation over in the special projects forum. Won't kill you if you do, might kill you if you don't! |
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11th July 2006, 8:22pm
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Reticulan Scurge! Group: Members Posts: 189 Joined: February 2004 From: United Kingdom Member No.: 2,609 |
QUOTE(The Veteran @ 11th July 2006, 7:38pm)  Glad to be of service aren't we boys X-Com is a part of everyone's childhood, lost occasionally then eventually found again. I'm hardcore, my UFO box is always on top of the pile, I hate the UFO series and I've never even played Silent Storm Only X-Com is enough... I can't recommend strongly enough that you try out Silent Storm. It's the best game you'll never play, if you know what I mean..... |
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11th July 2006, 8:44pm
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The Guv'nor Group: Site Staff Posts: 1,810 Joined: September 2002 From: England of course! West Sussex Member No.: 1,168 |
you said it
It just aint X-Com
-------------------- Welcome back to the wonderful world of Fan-fiction! (it's short for fantastic!)
Go check em out, UFO TFTD and Apocalypse all under one roof!!! Also why not check out XCom : Colonisation over in the special projects forum. Won't kill you if you do, might kill you if you don't! |
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12th July 2006, 4:28am
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 The Smily Admin Group: Admin Posts: 2,999 Joined: September 2002 From: Tasmania (AU) Member No.: 152 |
That version crashed on me last night.
 Of course, that was after several solid hours without saving...  Thank heavens for automatic saves between missions.
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12th July 2006, 6:40am
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 Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 3,089 Joined: May 2002 From: Cheshire, England Member No.: 1 |
I know it's nearly blaspheming, but Silent Storm is much better in a lot of ways Vet
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12th July 2006, 7:14am
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 Catching the next pimpmobile outta here! Group: Chief Editor Posts: 1,790 Joined: August 2003 From: UK Member No.: 417 |
Without X-Com, S2 wouldn't exist. But S2's battles are much more advanced, obviously. An X-Com game using the S2 engine, with base management and research and so on, make me weep with joy.
And not from the eyes... -------------------- Whooooo wants some WANG!?
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12th July 2006, 10:19am
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Colonel Group: Admin Posts: 5,980 Joined: March 2003 From: Sweden Member No.: 1,057 |
QUOTE(FullAuto @ 12th July 2006, 9:14am) Without X-Com, S2 wouldn't exist. But S2's battles are much more advanced, obviously. An X-Com game using the S2 engine, with base management and research and so on, make me weep with joy. And not from the eyes... Indeed! As I said before, this screenshot almost gave me a heart attack! -------------------- Greetings from Olav
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12th July 2006, 1:32pm
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The Guv'nor Group: Site Staff Posts: 1,810 Joined: September 2002 From: England of course! West Sussex Member No.: 1,168 |
Meh... It's not quite Colonisation though is it
-------------------- Welcome back to the wonderful world of Fan-fiction! (it's short for fantastic!)
Go check em out, UFO TFTD and Apocalypse all under one roof!!! Also why not check out XCom : Colonisation over in the special projects forum. Won't kill you if you do, might kill you if you don't! |
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13th July 2006, 1:32am
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 Mr. Grognard Group: Admin Posts: 2,862 Joined: January 2004 From: Sheboygan WI, USA Member No.: 1,322 |
QUOTE(The Veteran @ 11th July 2006, 1:38pm) X-Com is a part of everyone's childhood... Childhood? Maybe for you young whipper-snappers, but this fart named Zombie first started playing X-COM when he was at the ripe old age of 23. Adulthood would best describe my situation. Gee, it's like 12 years since the release of this game and I'm still playing it. That's gotta say something. - Zombie -------------------- QUOTE(JellyfishGreen) Zombie: Empirical data's your only man, when formulating a research plan. A soldier's death is never in vain if it makes the formula more plain. A few dozen make a better case for refining that third decimal place. They call me Zombie because I don't sleep, as I slowly struggle to climb this heap, of corpses, data points, and trials, but from the top - I'll see for miles! |
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13th July 2006, 4:49pm
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Reticulan Scurge! Group: Members Posts: 189 Joined: February 2004 From: United Kingdom Member No.: 2,609 |
QUOTE(Zombie @ 13th July 2006, 2:32am) QUOTE(The Veteran @ 11th July 2006, 1:38pm) X-Com is a part of everyone's childhood... Childhood? Maybe for you young whipper-snappers, but this fart named Zombie first started playing X-COM when he was at the ripe old age of 23. Adulthood would best describe my situation. Gee, it's like 12 years since the release of this game and I'm still playing it. That's gotta say something. - Zombie Childhood? I was 18 when I first came across it! Alledgedly adult at least
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22nd July 2006, 5:11pm
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Reticulan Scurge! Group: Members Posts: 189 Joined: February 2004 From: United Kingdom Member No.: 2,609 |
Ye Gods, I don't remeber it being this hard!!!
Have had to downgrade to Veteran much to my shame after my first terror site mission ended up with all my soliders and tanks dead or destroyed in the first two turns! So much fun though, I'll be playing this for weeks
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22nd July 2006, 10:17pm
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 Fire Imp - Cat? Me? No never! Group: Members Posts: 203 Joined: November 2005 From: England Member No.: 4,033 |
QUOTE(The Veteran @ 11th July 2006, 7:38pm) X-Com is a part of everyone's childhood, Anyone remember the free demo of the game that came out with some magazine or other? I'm just not saying how old I was when I first played that!! 
-------------------- LAST OF A DYING BROOD.
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24th July 2006, 9:33am
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 Sergeant Group: Fan Fiction Posts: 58 Joined: March 2006 From: England Member No.: 4,385 |
QUOTE(The Veteran @ 11th July 2006, 7:38pm) X-Com is a part of everyone's childhood That is so true Vet. I first played it when I was about 8 or 9. After playing the game for the first time, the music and snakemen were what were scaring the living s**t out of me. (I honestly though one was going to pop up outside a window.) I had to take a couple of days rest before summoning enough courage to play it again. I will never forget that. Nor will I forget X-com. -------------------- X-com slogans, gained by http://www.thesurrealist.co.uk/slogan.cgi?word=X-com. Find all 503 slogans. The most true slogan for X-com. I liked X-com so much, I bought the company! |
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24th July 2006, 9:52am
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Squaddie Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: October 2004 Member No.: 383 |
QUOTE(AlanatXcomHQ @ 24th July 2006, 9:33am) QUOTE(The Veteran @ 11th July 2006, 7:38pm) X-Com is a part of everyone's childhood That is so true Vet. I first played it when I was about 8 or 9. After playing the game for the first time, the music and snakemen were what were scaring the living s**t out of me. (I honestly though one was going to pop up outside a window.) I had to take a couple of days rest before summoning enough courage to play it again. I will never forget that. Nor will I forget X-com. XCOM Enemy unkwown was my first game when I was 14 (4 floppy disks given by a friend)... I simply enjoyed playing it... now I have about the double, and I still play it ! |
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24th July 2006, 12:58pm
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 War is hell and war never changes therefore hell never changes Group: Site Staff Posts: 512 Joined: October 2003 From: Malmö, Sweden Member No.: 1,577 |
Well my childhood was pretty much over when I got UFO: Enemy Unknown back in 1994.
It was the game that me hooked on turnbased tactical strategy games which I do have played my fair share of. -------------------- Words to live by from Sergent Gunnery Highway: ' You adapt, improvise and overcome!'
'To kill a dream it is not enough to kill the dreamer', -Quote by Crazy Gringo until proven otherwise. Mental Father of Air Morelman and Air Wargot! Official StrategyCore UFO: Afterlight previewer. Preview here! Has joined the league of 'The Crazy 8800s' |
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