Xcom Apocalypse

CreepieCreepie Join Date: 2003-02-19 Member: 13734Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Retro night</div> I finally got XCOM Apocalypse working on Win2k. What a fight I had with it too. But it finally capulated and grungingly agreed to work.

Thanks and cookies to:

- VDMSound for the sound.
- MouseDrv for a mouse.
- Some unknown guy for fixing the exes so that they actually work.
- Dosbox for providing me with a mechanism to debug it and fix some errors.
- some XCOM nutters for providing the advice.

MS get a heap of Onos poo for breaking it in the first place.

Although I have the originals of all the XCOM games (including XCOM: Enemy Unknown on 3 floppies), I believe the first 3 are now abandonware and can be downloaded and installed legally.

If anyone wants to run this game, drop me a line and I'll send some instructions, links etc...
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  • panda_de_malheureuxpanda_de_malheureux Join Date: 2003-12-26 Member: 24775Members
    is that the old one or the 3d one?
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  • CreepieCreepie Join Date: 2003-02-19 Member: 13734Members
    The third one.
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  • Marik_SteeleMarik_Steele To rule in hell... Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9466Members
    XCom: UFO Defense was released on the CD that came with a PCGamer issue several years ago, so its abandonware status is a bit more justifiable. I'm not as certain about Terror from the Deep or Apocalypse.
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  • SkulkBaitSkulkBait Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13423Members
    mmmmmm..... X-Com.... <Mentally relives greatest original X-Com moments. Like the time his entire team was wiped out before they managed to leave the skyranger. Or the time he decided to play a game using only stun rods (rest assured, that didn't last long). Or the time he thought he was funny when he named the Blaster Lancher carrier "Key Master". Or the time he raided an alien base in a (personal) record setting 22 turns. Or the time....>

    Man I miss that game, I haven't played it in like... 3 months...
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  • ScribblesScribbles Join Date: 2003-11-05 Member: 22323Members
    I've had that game hosted on my personal site since... forever... The original X-Com was still the best considering alien design/spookyness. Comparing X-COM 1 to X-COM 3 is like comparing X-Files to Star Wars. Too much action, too little atmosphere.

    <a href='http://members.lycos.nl/v12us/XCOM.EXE' target='_blank'>http://members.lycos.nl/v12us/XCOM.EXE</a>

    Some people have difficulty playing X-Com 1 on their PC, this is because of the new graphics cards being incompatible with it's engine.
    What you have to do is, you have to open the DirectX tool program called DXDiag, then you go to the Graphics tab and disable Direct3D 'enhancement' (could be called different, since my DirectX is dutch). Save your settings and now UFO: Enemy Unknown should work.

    Took me quite a while to figure it out, but at least it works. Processor speed affects alot of things though, you might wanna change the bullet and walk speed to 'very low'.

    Oh, and if you want to play a 3D game again (which is like, everything), you'll have to change it back. A shortcut might be handy.
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  • redeemed_darknessredeemed_darkness Join Date: 2003-01-21 Member: 12565Members
    oops how did this <a href='http://www.projectxenocide.com/' target='_blank'>link</a> get in here <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • 7Bistromath7Bistromath Join Date: 2003-12-04 Member: 23928Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-_Creep_+Mar 26 2004, 03:03 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (_Creep_ @ Mar 26 2004, 03:03 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> capulated <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Is that like a cross between "capitulated" and "copulated?"
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  • SkulkBaitSkulkBait Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13423Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Lurker-+Mar 26 2004, 09:31 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (-Lurker- @ Mar 26 2004, 09:31 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Some people have difficulty playing X-Com 1 on their PC, this is because of the new graphics cards being incompatible with it's engine.
    What you have to do is, you have to open the DirectX tool program called DXDiag, then you go to the Graphics tab and disable Direct3D 'enhancement' (could be called different, since my DirectX is dutch). Save your settings and now UFO: Enemy Unknown should work.

    Took me quite a while to figure it out, but at least it works. Processor speed affects alot of things though, you might wanna change the bullet and walk speed to 'very low'.

    Oh, and if you want to play a 3D game again (which is like, everything), you'll have to change it back. A shortcut might be handy. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Theres an easier way, you can get the collector's edition .EXE fixes <a href='http://www.xcomufo.com/x1dl.html' target='_blank'>here</a>. Turns out it was a very simple mistake on the DirectX programmer's part (aparently they weren't taking pitch into consideration).
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  • NecrosisNecrosis The Loquacious Sage Join Date: 2003-08-03 Member: 18828Members, Constellation
    edited March 2004
    Meh, just run Win 98 SE on some obsolete hardware after your next upgrade.


    I've too many DOS games to have to hunt out fixes for, so I'm just going for the simplest option - install them all to a tiny drive and play my brains out as and when I like.



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    BTW, first Chryssalid encounter is a guaranteed trouser soiler, folks.


    "How the hell is it still standing???" *sound of several Auto Cannons*
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  • AldarisAldaris Join Date: 2002-03-25 Member: 351Members, Constellation
    After playing the previous 2 in turn based, then playing Apocalypse in real time, with lasers and bullets flying past, grenades bouncing across the floor, and bodies falling over, you'll never want to go back to turn based.
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