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Article #36081Re: Patched X-COM complete collection works under Win XP :D
From: Mark Morrison
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:48
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:48
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On Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:03:23 +0100, Jeremy <bmjb@hotmail.com> wrote: >On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:32:17 -1200, Mark Morrison wrote: > >>On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:46:23 +0200, Guardian Pegasus <noooo@thanks.no> >>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... > >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? 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.
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