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Re: xcom type games

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From: Warren Smith Jr.
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 03:17
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On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 19:30:34 -0400, tomahalk <tomahalkrod@netscape.net>
wrote:

>I own and played x-com ufo, tftd, interceptor, i'm currently in the 
>middle of apocalypse. I love going back and replaying these games from 
>time to time. What other titles are there that would be worth adding to 
>the the collection ? I will get the the one soon to come out. I don't 
>think I'm addicted but I do play for about 2-3 hours a night, most nights.

Unfortunately, the only other X-Com game that saw the light of day was a
first-person shooter which I believe is emminently forgettable, but someone
please correct me if I'm wrong.  I didn't pay any attention to it at all.
Enforcer, I think it was.

If you don't already have it, get XComutil.  It does wonders for UFO and
TFTD.

You might also want to check out a freeware project called UFO2000.  Here's
a link:  http://ufo2000.sourceforge.net/.  

Sadly, that's it as far as I know.  Well, there's Email X-Com but that's
strictly multiplayer.  I'm waiting for the new one, Aftermath, and hoping
it's worthy of the X-Com label.  While it's not aliens or X-Com, if you
like the squad-based tactical combat, you owe it to yourself to check out
Jagged Alliance 2.  My dream game is the X-Com setting with the JA2 combat
engine.  (Well, that and Master of Magic 2, but that's another story. :)

Hope this is somewhat helpful.

Warren
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