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| Welcome to xcomufo. Here you
can find almost everything (useful) related to the first game in the X-COM
series: Mythos Games' X-COM: UFO Defense. You can get a list of access
codes, information on editing or hacking saved games, a lot of bug fixes, or
read some exciting science fiction based on X-COM. There's also a strategy
guide, patch fixes for playing X-COM on various Windows OS's, and a digitized
manual/book. If you see something missing, want to chat about X-COM, have any problems (even technical and after reading the Bug FAQ), or if you like this site, please email me at micahdg@xcomufo.com I love getting feedback of any sort, good and bad! Site Index (if you cannot see the javascript menu at the top) 27 October 2009 Site update, lots of stuff... Buying X-COM Online Over the last few years I have received a regular stream of emails asking where people can obtain the xcom games or how they can get their copy working properly on Windows Vista, Windows 7, etc. I have been referring them to one of two websites that come to mind: Valve's Steam and Direct2Drive. These sites sell each xcom game for $5 or you can buy combo packs that include UFO, TFTD, Apocalypse, Interceptor, and Enforcer for $15. I point everyone in the direction of these websites because the purchased games include preconfigured copies of the dosbox emulator, optimized for the xcom games. Valve's Steam Direct2Drive 8-in-1 Multilingual Patch for TFTD An xcom fan who goes by the name of Sakaali has collected and produced an 8-in-1 multilanguage patch for TFTD. The language choices, in addition to the core English, German, French, and Spanish, now include Polish, Czech, Hungarian, and Italian. Sakaali has compiled two different versions - one for the DOS edition of TFTD and another for the Collector's edition. The files can be found on the TFTD download page and details for how to use the patches can be found within the download archives in a file called x2multi.nfo. Expanded and Edited UFO Soundtrack A new soundtrack based on the first xcom's music was composed and produced by Ziocody. He cut some pretty decent music from countless sources including several xcom games' soundtracks, deep drones, dark ambient music, and anything that resembles the sci-fi suspense mood set by xcom. Now for the drawbacks: it only works in Windows by muting the SW Synth in Volume Control to get rid of the game's music. You must run the music through an audio player so you can easily change the track as you change between Geoscape and Battlescape (to me it's easy as a quick alt+tab or Windows key). If you have multimedia keys on your keyboard, you could make good use of them for this. You can find these tracks on the music page. Ziocody also incorporates these tracks into his youtube videos. X-COM on youtube As hinted in the above note, X-COM has made quite a few inroads on youtube. First we have Ziocody's introductory videos to UFO Defense where he demonstrates his strategies for the beginning of the game. He also goes on to complete a couple of UFO recovery missions. His videos can be found here: XCOM UFO Challenge Series: 1 Setup XCOM UFO Challenge Series: UFO-1 Medium XCOM UFO Challenge Series: UFO-6 Large Scout 1/2 XCOM UFO Challenge Series: UFO-6 Large Scout 2/2 XCOM UFO Challenge Series: UFO-13 Terror Ship 1/2 There are currently thousands of xcom-related videos up on youtube. Here's a quick search for you. Pocket UFO for Windows v1.26 After I received an email from a fan of the Pocket UFO for PPC edition emailed me asking if I knew where to find the Windows version of Pocket UFO, I spent a few hours tracking it down on the net. The author's website has been defunct for a couple of years now but after a lot of digging, I found a copy of the game. It plays in a small PPC-sized window on your desktop. Feel free to check it out on the download page. UFO: Enemy Unknown for Amiga A couple of years ago I came across the Amiga version of UFO Defense. Occasionally I have received questions about locating it and though it's been on the server for a while, I never linked to it from the website. You can find it on the download page. 27 March 2007 Pocket UFO for the PPC
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