XCOM JavaScript port

by dotneter • 13 years ago

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It's not specified how to create this .data file from the original game. It appears to be an unviewable png file, a format which didn't exist back when the game was released. The original game can be downloaded here:

http://www.myabandonware.com/game/x-com-ufo-defense-1pl

asb• 13 years ago

Or buy it here:

http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-XCOMUD/x-com-ufo-defence

http://store.steampowered.com/app/7760/

No client is required for GamersGate, but you will need to run their installer to get at the files (works in WINE though last I checked). Sadly it's not on GOG yet.

BSousa• 13 years ago

Steam also has it: http://store.steampowered.com/app/7760/

kubiiii2• 13 years ago

Great way to discover again this awesome game. BTW the game is called UFO: Enemy Unknown The newly released XCOM : enemy unknown is great too.

eyeface• 13 years ago

The original was called XCOM: UFO Defense in North America vs UFO: Enemy Unknown everywhere else.

tuzemec2• 13 years ago

The new release from Fire Axis seems kinda limited and stripped down compared to the original XCOM. Especially in terms of equipment/soldiers loadout, research, etc...

37prime• 13 years ago

I used to play this game on the original PlayStation, a lot. The reboot of the game really brings back memories of the original.

I am now playing XCOM: Enemy Unknown on the iPad, even though I have the computer verion on Steam.

camus2• 13 years ago

very good , well done ! it works very well ,you can even save games! hopefully , all the C/C++ folks are going to deliver nice experiences on the web in a few years.

Zarkonnen• 13 years ago

Technically, a port of X-COM. A port of XCOM (the 2012 remake) in JS would be scary impressive. </pedantry>

tuzemec2• 13 years ago

Since it uses Unreal engine and we see what happens with asm.js... maybe it's not all that scary.

danielweber• 13 years ago

Wow, they've fixed some nagging bugs with X-com, like better inventory management.

Still no keyboard controls, though.

EDIT oh, they do have keyboard shortcuts now.

ben0x539• 13 years ago

Powered among other things by OpenXcom, apparently, a long-in-development C++ + SDL reimplementation of the original game.

A hobbyist from-scratch free-software project is a really neat way to make olde timey DOS games work again on modern computers, imo.

mililani• 13 years ago

I can't get the game to run. It just sits on "Downloading Data" forever, even after it has downloaded the Dropbox data. What gives?

skriticos2• 13 years ago

I remember being hooked to Dune2 when this game was all the rage, so I mostly missed it. Though I literally spent years with X-COM: terror from the deep. None of the successors came even close to the enjoyment these first two instances provided.

XCOM JavaScript port

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