X-Com combines elements of real-time strategy, 4X, turn-based tactical, and even some RPG to create something as fun and addictive as it is complex.
In the not-to-distant-future of 1999, the paramilitary extra-governmental X-Com organization is all that stands between mankind and destruction. You are tasked with defending Earth from a massive alien invasion, from the first UFO reconnaissance to the waves of warships descending on the world's major cities.
You must build, improve, supply and manage bases across the world to protect funding nations from alien invaders. Shoot down UFOs with interceptors and send teams of mercs with your best equipment to eliminate threats on the ground. Have your scientists research alien technology to discover the secrets of the invaders while your engineers mass-produce the advanced war-machines necessary to stop the threat once and for all.
X-Com has a lot going on, so it may take a while to get the hang of the interface, economics, and tactical strategy necessary to succeed. Expect to restart a few times while you feel your way around the game. Once you do, though, X-Com will prove to be an engrossing experience with lots of replayability.
Review By P. Alexander
English 
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Much, MUCH better than casual crap with two-AP system for consoles and casuals. But even the original game series suffered from that. From that very known RPG interview with Kieron Gillen:
Overall, I've witnessed the trend from simple graphics-amazing gameplay to amazing graphics-simple gameplay. Can't say I'm too happy about it. Take X-COM for example:
1994: It took 7 people to make X-COM: UFO Defense. Two guys who did both design and programming, 2 artists, 2 music/sound guys and a project manager.
1996: It took over 30 people to make a "more of the same" sequel. Now we have 4 assistant producers, 12 artists, 6 level designers, etc.
1997, XCOM: Apocalypse, a game that kinda sucked. Over 50 people team. 5 sound guys. 21 artists. An army of level designers. We even have a brand manager now. Good times are about to roll.
2001: X-COM: Enforcer or Say Goodbye to the Series. Great job managing the brand, assholes.
Do you see my point? I mean, what are the odds of seeing games of X-COM or Darklands caliber again? — Vince D. Weller, creator of The Age of Decadence
buy flares for each shooter, and use them!! As you illuminate and then blast the aliens back to eternity, you can pick up the flares and throw them again, illuminating a new area of conquest. Use two on two cover. Two at the ready with all movement points saved, two throw flares and them move towards the illuminated area. Stop when they still have enough for a snap shot. The cover guys become the movers in the NEXT turn.
Huge guns cannons and alien weapons
Yes, you can play OXCE on Android.
Are there any versions for Android systems
just so you know check reddit to see if these things are safe, so far i havent seen anything saying this one isnt though
To those that are crying about the enemies shooting at you when you can't see them. That's as realistic as you can get. Bear in mind that they already have their fireing positions and set for ambush. So of course you won't see the enemy at all until you find them, or they move out from cover. Now, I know you kids like games where your target just stands out in the open picking their noses, but this isn't that kind of game.
Just use openxcom to install it.
Hi, Its indeed a bit tricky to install. I'm using Linux, I used wine to run the XcomUtil 9.7.exe executable. The install directory was the mount point I used under Linux to mount my "C" drive in Dosbox (my case ~/dosgames). So the installation directory that I used during the Xcom Util wizard was: /home//dosgames/UFO. After the install, I just copied all files from 'UFO' directory into my ~/dosgames/UFO directory manually. Now I switch to Dosbox. And execute the just installed XcuSetup.bat script in my UFO folder. This will do the actual setup with some advanced improvement patches if you want. Now its working!
one of the bests ever....
i play this game once in every year since 1995. now i can finish it in 9 months (in game time) on superhuman. absolutely addictive game
I don't think the UFOCRACK.COM is really necessary. If you want to play the game without mounting the CD just input the follow in the command line:
XCOPY D:*.* C:\XCOM /S
INSTALL C:\XCOM
CDSETUP C:
where D: is your CD and C: is the drive on which you wish to install XCOM.
Also the latest update (1.4) disables the copy protection codes.
"enemy can shoot you when you cant even see them " sounds like realistic combat to me.
I downloaded and played this but after 1 hour i delete it, why? well because the game have some many bad points like the enemy can shoot you when you cant even see them T_T
Fantastic! Thank you very much hosting this. I've XCOM 2 but still wanted to play UFO. Thanks!
I have downloaded it, but just cant get it to work. any ideas??
Just love this game.
You have to run via GO.com to avoid a crash.
Maybe running UFOCRACK.com prior to this is neccessary as well as relocating some files into the main file e.g. UFO.exe from UFOEXE into UFO.
XCOM should become a tablet applique game.
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hye, go steal the games form gog then on torrent sites if the game dint work ,what are you saying?you all shoiuld know how to get the games if gog is stealing them from you !!
hye, go steal the games form gog then on torrent sites if the game dint work ,what are you saying?you all shoiuld know how to get the games if gog is stealing them from you !!
Game works great untill the ground missions begin, than it crashes. I use DOSBox 0.74 to run it.
Tips are welcome!
Just cant seem to get this game x-com anywhere. My friend that died of cancer used to play this with me before he passed, and would love to finish the game out. I lost the damn disc, and old tower we played on. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. Byron Mcclellan. Mcclellanbyron@yahoo.com
Check http://openxcom.org
X-com 1 2 e 3 funcionam em dosbox. PONTO.
1 cria uma pasta e descompacta o game nela (recomendo c:\games)
2 monta a pasta do game em dosbox. (recomendo c:\games)
mount c c:\games
3 digite c: e navegue para a pasta do game
4 tecle TAB e os executáveis aparecerão
5 digite UFO
simples
Obs: setup configura o som. É só teclar enter até sair.
don't run the xcomutil. Norton thinks it is a virus. It might not be, but it isn't necessary to play the game. Just use doxbox (the latest), and ignore the request for a game code and press enter
I'm wondering if this will work on computers, My only real problems when playing it on the site is that it seems a little laggy which ruins the music which makes the game hard to play. I'm not too old being only 15 but I remember back in the day when i was little playing games like this one and I feel nostalgic.
I'm trying to install on dosbox on my galaxy s 3. I am at the install screen and it tells me to insert disc 1, and won't let me continue with the install. How do i get past this?
where is the "data" folder ???
cant get this to work on dosbox, wont even open the game folder,
having same issue with x-com-terror-from-the-deep, however i made sure only one was present but still neither work.
any help plz?
If you're trying to play this through DOSBox and you're getting a blank screen when running it, try opening the UFO.BAT file with a text editor and add "rem" followed by a in front of the command "%1intro".
Is it the newer X-Com on Steam?
Try to level up a variety of soldiers, since many of them will inevitably be found to be psychically/mentally weak...
is this really abondanware?it is on steam.not really saying it shoudn't be here,just curious
This game is also available on Windows Mobile PDA.
I really would not call this an rpg. It does have rpg elements to it but yeah, more of a strategy game really.
I can't figure out how to run in my dosbox. I beat it on ps1, still have it and can't get my emulator to play it... Someone please explain how to make it happen! Tytytyty
Wow I can't stop playing this game, the best game on this site hands down thank you my abandonware it's so addictive.
I use to play this long time ago im excited about this
This Game Changed MY LIFE... Im a Fuc... Fan
D-Fend_v2.0.62.42 makes it easy.
Being that I'm fairly new to dosbox, playing a new game is always quite the trip for me. I downloaded this file and extracted it to my c drive using winrar. i mounted c: in dosbox but i cannot figure out how to open the game in dosbox. I'm sure I'm doing several thing incorrectly, but im really lost right now. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!f
Best game of all times.
In X-COM Earth, aliens get probed by YOU!
Adding my voice to the chorus, one of the best games ever made (even though we all know the real aliens are just the US Air Force in disguise :0 ). Along with Jagged Alliance 2, one of the best and most addictive turn-based tactical game ever made. The current incarnation by Firaxis have brilliant Unreal Engine graphics, but could not match the depth and game play of this game. Having played this, the Firaxis game is very limited and frustrating. For the real afficionados you can try OpenXCom in sourceforge.
thanks
Anyone know where to find the registration code?
I loaded this up when it came out, tried it, didn't really "get" it, closed it. Never looked back. :)
I clocked this shit in like 10 minutes.
so well
avoid. it is already cracked so you can't use the ufoExtender fixer.
The file to execute is ufo.bat
This may sound stupid but which file should I open in DOSbox to start the game? I've tried a few but they don't initiate the game
Best game 4ever! :D
angry joe introduced me to this game, and its awesome
I hate this game. Why did they villainize me? :(
Ok it seems dosbox 0.74 work much better with the cd version of this game (v1.4). Saddly the link here only provide the floppy v1.2 version.
hi,
I have download this game and D-Fend Reloaded.
The game works fine, i have played like 5 hours, and now, every new same game i try to make is corrupt (when i try to load it, the game freeze and nothing happend).
Hopefully, i had different save file, so i didnt lost much, but now i can't progress in the game (or to be more precise i cannot save anymore ^^).
Any idea on how to fix this issue ?
The world was not the same after this game ;-)
Absolutely hands down the best game ever! The new one is ok but nothing will ever be better than this... and star wars galaxies... that is all.
The Best!!!
I forgot to mention that you have to capture a leader, so research on him; then do research on mars solution or something like that. THEN capture/do research on a commander. The game says that commanders reside only in alien bases, but that isn't entirely true. I have captured a commander on a battleship. I wouldn't have known what it was beforehand except that I was using the mind tool to discover what each alien was before attacking it. When I saw it, I was surprised. The game tries to fool you by having the commander standing outside where it will be one of the first aliens contacted. without the mind tool, you won't know what it is, and will end up killing it and missing the opportunity to capture him. Don't worry about losing a couple of soldiers in the process, because it makes the game shorter. Try and isolate the commander, then gang up on him with at least 3 or 4 soldiers with stun rods at the same time.
as far as i remember, I don't think you have to follow a specific order, but it's a lot of time I last played....
I LOVE THIS GAME!!!!
In order to finish the game, you have to capture a commander from a battleship and do research on him, but you have to be sure to do research on all of the other aliens first, not all of the races, just several of the officers, starting with a soldier, then an engineer, then a leader, then a commander. If you get these out of order, you will be at a dead end.
I never could really finish the game. Made research on all aliens, both living and dead (commanders too) and I still did not have anyt way to finish the game. Is there any way to really finish it?
Awesome game! Stylish graphic and freezing sound efects....recommeded by Fox Mulder itself!
I played it when it came out, then when I had kids they played it and loved it. It taught them game play wins over flashy graphics.
Will there ever be a squad game as good as this again?
This just might be the best computer game ever made although Civilization might share the honors with it. This game however will make you nervous about every single move you make with your men because the enemy might vaporize them at any second. The sheer horror you feel when you realize your best Sergeant just got taken over by a Chrysalis and now he's killing everyone in the squad can't be equaled by any game I have ever played.
To my mind, if you haven't played this game, you can't claim to be a real gamer.
It's that good.
RE: MD
With so many similarities between this game and the real world, it is obvious this game was developed by aliens to fictionalize ideas and turn the idea of aliens into entertainment so nobody would actually believe it!
A great game even after 17 years....why ppl don't do such great games??
I only break for sectoids!
There are many parallels between the basic ideas of this game and many of the things we see going on with real UFOs. See Bob Lazar's website and how he describes the UFOs that he says are kept at Area 51. Also the fuel that is used to power these UFOs is similar to Elerium; it is claimed to be "Element 115", which is used to power their matter-antimatter engines.
The aliens in this game are similar to aliens that supposedly exist on Zeta Reticuli (the greys), and other solar systems not far from earth. There is no doubt whatsoever in my mind that the creators of this game built its basic premise upon things that are alleged to be going on in the real world. True or not, I cannot say for sure, but I can't rule it out completely.
The perfect game.
Still a great game!
Perhaps one of the best strategy games ever made. It still lives on my computer (Steam version) and it's still captivating despite its ancient graphics.
hmm, there was a ZIP file in another one. Now it's good ! Thx
Doesn't work. Zip contains a folder with another zip in it. That zip contains only a .txt. Even D-Fend Reloaded couldn't find anything in it.
No comment nor review for this game at the moment.