Re: Were can i pick up a copy

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From: Tommy Persson
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 16:19

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Warren wrote:

> "Simon Day" <happy2day@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:<FCl1b.3351$tS2.2056094@newsfep2-win.server.ntli.net>...
> 
>>Hi all, I used to be a big player of the X-com series but when I upgraded to
>>windows XP I found I was unable to play any of the ones I had.
>>Can anyone tell me how i can get hold of the original X-coms which would
>>work on my system?
>>Cheers all
> 
> 
> I'm afraid I don't know where you could find them, but did you try the
> collector's edition?  It's modified to run on Windows, even XP though
> you'll also need either fOdder's graphics patch or Xcomutil (which
> includes said graphics patch).  Runs fine on my XP computer.  The
> scrolling on the geoscape is a little fast, but it's workable.

There's always ebay :)

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From: Tommy Persson <tommy-p@home.se>
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Subject: Re: Were can i pick up a copy
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