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Ashley Pomeroy: /* Series Standards */ Technically made by ITC for the ITV network

2020-05-25T21:53:46Z

Series Standards: Technically made by ITC for the ITV network

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	The premise for the series is fairly simple and straightforward, with variations among them: armies of hostile aliens have begun invading the Earth, killing and enslaving the human race. The style and theme of the game closely mirror those of the ~~classic BBC~~ television series ''UFO''.		The premise for the series is fairly simple and straightforward, with variations among them: armies of hostile aliens have begun invading the Earth, killing and enslaving the human race. The style and theme of the game closely mirror those of the 1960s Gerry Anderson television series ''UFO''.

	In each game of the series, the player is put in command of "X-COM": the Extraterrestrial Combat Unit. By defending countries from enemy invasion, the force gains monetary support. Any nation may quit, if X-COM's service is deemed unsatisfactory or the nation's government has been infiltrated by the invaders. Through research of recovered alien artefacts, X-COM is able to develop better and more powerful weapons, armor and vehicles to combat the alien menace and eventually uncover their true nature.		In each game of the series, the player is put in command of "X-COM": the Extraterrestrial Combat Unit. By defending countries from enemy invasion, the force gains monetary support. Any nation may quit, if X-COM's service is deemed unsatisfactory or the nation's government has been infiltrated by the invaders. Through research of recovered alien artefacts, X-COM is able to develop better and more powerful weapons, armor and vehicles to combat the alien menace and eventually uncover their true nature.
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	In the Battlescape view, X-COM combatants are pitted against the alien enemies. In addition to personnel, the player may have vehicles such as heavy weapons platforms outfitted with powerful weapons ranging from rockets to plasma beams. The Battlescape mode is turn-based and each combatant has a number of "time units" which can be expended each turn. When all alien forces have been neutralized, the mission is scored based on number of X-COM units killed, civilians saved, aliens killed or captured and the number of alien artefacts obtained.		In the Battlescape view, X-COM combatants are pitted against the alien enemies. In addition to personnel, the player may have vehicles such as heavy weapons platforms outfitted with powerful weapons ranging from rockets to plasma beams. The Battlescape mode is turn-based and each combatant has a number of "time units" which can be expended each turn. When all alien forces have been neutralized, the mission is scored based on number of X-COM units killed, civilians saved, aliens killed or captured and the number of alien artefacts obtained.

	The X-COM series is known for its difficulty. Third party programs have been developed to modify the game files to make playing the game less frustrating, and to increase replay value. Those third-party programs can also make the game more difficult for highly skilled players. Some of the most popular being [[XcomUtil]], [[UFO Extender]] and [[OpenXcom]].		The X-COM series is known for its difficulty. Third party programs have been developed to modify the game files to make playing the game less frustrating, and to increase replay value. Those third-party programs can also make the game more difficult for highly skilled players. Some of the most popular being [[XcomUtil]], [[UFO Extender]] and [[OpenXcom]].

	=Ports=		=Ports=

NKF: For the trivia buffs - added two promo texts relating to the game's NA release

2018-03-15T06:45:27Z

For the trivia buffs - added two promo texts relating to the game's NA release

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Mauirixxx: /* See Also */ fixed broken web link

2014-06-25T22:35:51Z

Hobbes: categorizing

2013-07-23T02:33:38Z

categorizing

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			[[Category:Enemy Unknown/UFO Defense]]

MikeTheRed: /* DOS X-COM in WinXP */ Updating for latest DOSbox ... my old settings don't work any more

2012-07-31T17:05:28Z

DOS X-COM in WinXP: Updating for latest DOSbox ... my old settings don't work any more

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	~~Here are the only things that I ([[User:MikeTheRed\|MTR]]) changed for~~ DOSBox ~~(v. 0.65) DOSBOX.CONF. It works fine for X-COM DOS 1.4:~~		== DOSBox settings ==

	~~fullscreen=true # Switched~~ for ~~XCOM~~		As of August 2012, these settings work fine for the latest [http://www.dosbox.com/ DOSBox] (0.74) in WinXP, for DOS X-COM v. 1.4. This is on a 2 Ghz quadcore Intel CPU with wide-screen display (the display is not warped) and RealTek HD audio built into the motherboard.
	~~frameskip=2 # Changed from~~ 0 ~~to 2 for XCOM~~
	~~cycles=8000 # Changed from 3000 to 8000 for XCOM~~
	~~cycledown=500 # Changed from 20 to 500 for XCOM~~
	~~mpu401=none # changed from intelligent to none~~ for ~~XCOM~~
	~~core=dynamic # I (OVNI) noticed dosbox runs much faster with dynamic cpu alocation~~ on ~~WindowsXP~~ with ~~Amd Athlon cpu~~
	# (not ~~tested with others cpu~~ and~~/or operating systems)~~

	~~And~~ the ~~command line of my desktop launch icon reads:~~		Although one can make a separate DOSBox file just for running X-COM, I ([[User:MikeTheRed\|MTR]]) just edited the DOSBox configuration file to run X-COM.

	D:\~~Games~~\~~DosBox~~\DOSBox~~.exe d:~~\~~Games\X~~-~~COM\GO~~.~~BAT -exit~~		As the documentation states (section 13), the configuration file is automatically created the first time you run DOSBox as: "Start/WinLogo Menu"->"All Programs"->DOSBox-0.74->Options. This is a shortcut to the file C:\Documents and Settings\[Your Name]\Local Settings\Application Data\DOSBox\dosbox-0.74.conf (If you copy an old dosbox.conf file into the new DOSBox directory, it will be ignored!)

	~~Adjust per your locations, and you~~'~~re good~~ to go. (I ~~haven~~'~~t touched~~ X-COM's GO.BAT ~~except~~ to ~~skip~~ the ~~intro vid, and everything works fine~~.)		Here are the only things I changed. I didn't experiment with anything; I just got to something that worked:
			[sdl]
			fullscreen=true
			output=ddraw
			[render]
			aspect=true
			[cpu]
			cycles=12000
			[mixer]
			rate=49716
			[sblaster]
			oplmenu=compat
			oplrate=49716
			[autoexec]
			mount c D:\Games
			c:
			cd \X-COM
			Go.bat
			That last part causes it to be in my X-COM directory (D:\Games\X-COM) when it runs X-COM's GO.BAT. Note that I have the mixer rate matching the opl (synthesizer) rate. Also:
			*Run X-COM's sound SETUP.EXE (should be in your X-COM 1.4 directory) and have it match the DOSBox [sblaster] settings: Board= Soundblaster 16, Base=220, IRQ=7, DMA=1, any channels (8 is fine), music board = AdLib/SoundBlaster FM.
			*I found it a little tricky to get DOSBox to shut down when exiting X-COM. Editing the last line of X-COM's GO.BAT to say "exit" seems to do the trick.

	I'm not sure the extent to which some of them matter, but Cycles is the most important... push Cycles as high as it will go without causing odd freezes in your game (usually on a new screen), in which case you hit Control-F11. (If it happens a lot, decrease DOSBOX.CONF Cycles to make it permanent.)		== Starting DOSBox with RegEdit ==

	~~Recently my background music has gone out, no idea why... it worked fine forever. But since I'm into deep testing these days, I don't care... I put on my own tunes, anyway.~~

	I ([[User:Amitakartok\|amitakartok]]) found a very convenient way to run the game with DosBox: using regedit, I added registry entry		I ([[User:Amitakartok\|amitakartok]]) found a very convenient way to run the game with DosBox: using regedit, I added registry entry

Cybragon at 13:22, 30 July 2012

2012-07-30T13:22:47Z

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			'''In other languages: [[정보\|한국어]].'''

	'''X-COM''' is a series of computer games, started by MicroProse in 1994. The first installment, released as ''UFO: Enemy Unknown'' in Europe (and as ''X-COM: UFO Defense'' in North America) was written by a team led by Julian Gollop. After the success of ''X-COM: UFO Defense'', The Gollop brothers went straight to work on [[Info (Apocalypse)\|X-COM: Apocalypse]], which would end up being the third in the series when released in 1997.		'''X-COM''' is a series of computer games, started by MicroProse in 1994. The first installment, released as ''UFO: Enemy Unknown'' in Europe (and as ''X-COM: UFO Defense'' in North America) was written by a team led by Julian Gollop. After the success of ''X-COM: UFO Defense'', The Gollop brothers went straight to work on [[Info (Apocalypse)\|X-COM: Apocalypse]], which would end up being the third in the series when released in 1997.

Hobbes: /* See Also */ added link to interview with creator

2009-11-30T20:57:14Z

See Also: added link to interview with creator

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	=See Also=		=See Also=
			* [http://www.edge-online.com/magazine/the-making-of-x-com-enemy-unknown The Making of Enemy Unknown] - An interview with Julian Gollop, one of the game creators on Edge Magazine.
	* [[Background]] -- a timeline of events in the X-COM story line and other connections to the "real world"		* [[Background]] -- a timeline of events in the X-COM story line and other connections to the "real world"


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Amitakartok: /* DOS X-COM in WinXP */

2009-11-03T16:08:58Z

DOS X-COM in WinXP

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	HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\shell\Run with DosBox\command (the part after \ doesn't exist at first on XP, you have to add it yourself)		HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\shell\Run with DosBox\command (the part after \ doesn't exist at first on XP, you have to add it yourself)
	and changed the (Default) key's value to		and changed the (Default) key's value to
	"C:\Program Files\DOSBox-0.73\dosbox.exe" "%1"		"C:\Program Files\DOSBox-0.73\dosbox.exe" "%1" //optionally, you can append -exit to the end so that DB closes when X-COM closes
	The result is a new command in the right-click context menu that causes DosBox to start up and load the exe/bat I gave out the command on! Only problem with this approach is that DosBox absolutely refuses to load the configuration file and starts X-COM with		The result is a new command in the right-click context menu that causes DosBox to start up and load the exe/bat I gave out the command on! Only problem with this approach is that DosBox absolutely refuses to load the configuration file and starts X-COM with
	cycles=max		cycles=max

Amitakartok: /* DOS X-COM in WinXP */

2009-10-11T14:21:57Z

DOS X-COM in WinXP

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	Recently my background music has gone out, no idea why... it worked fine forever. But since I'm into deep testing these days, I don't care... I put on my own tunes, anyway.		Recently my background music has gone out, no idea why... it worked fine forever. But since I'm into deep testing these days, I don't care... I put on my own tunes, anyway.

			I ([[User:Amitakartok\|amitakartok]]) found a very convenient way to run the game with DosBox: using regedit, I added registry entry
			HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\shell\Run with DosBox\command (the part after \ doesn't exist at first on XP, you have to add it yourself)
			and changed the (Default) key's value to
			"C:\Program Files\DOSBox-0.73\dosbox.exe" "%1"
			The result is a new command in the right-click context menu that causes DosBox to start up and load the exe/bat I gave out the command on! Only problem with this approach is that DosBox absolutely refuses to load the configuration file and starts X-COM with
			cycles=max
			which is WAY too much. I find the optimal value to be 20% (I got a 2.8 GHz single-core CPU overclocked to 3 GHz).

	=Screenshots=		=Screenshots=

Zombie: Increased title sizes and formatted.

2009-01-04T19:23:46Z

Increased title sizes and formatted.

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	=See Also=		=See Also=
	* [http://www.edge-online.com/~~magazine~~/~~the-~~making~~-of~~-x-com-enemy-unknown The Making of Enemy Unknown] - An interview with Julian Gollop, one of the game creators on Edge Magazine.		* [http://www.edge-online.com/features/making-x-com-enemy-unknown/ The Making of Enemy Unknown] - An interview with Julian Gollop, one of the game creators on Edge Magazine.
	* [[Background]] -- a timeline of events in the X-COM story line and other connections to the "real world"		* [[Background]] -- a timeline of events in the X-COM story line and other connections to the "real world"