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Originally posted by human
For those that mentioned X-Com, isn't a 166 way too fast for that game? Also, how many of you have actually gotten this game up and running outside of DOS? I've been totally unable to get it going recently and I'm seriously getting depressed...
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Um....if this is warez related I ask a mod to remove it immediately. There's a sourceforge project called Xenocide that is designed to run on faster machines.
http://www.projectxenocide.com/xenocide.exe
Again, this is open-sourced, not stolen programs, so I doubt it's warez.
If you have the collectors' edition of X-Com: UFO Defense/Enemy Unknown (commonly known as X-Com 1) and you are having problems with it running oddly, use this
http://www.xcomufo.com/xcom1fix.exe
Save the file to the directory where UFO Defense is installed, probably something like c:\program files\microprose\x-com collector's edition\UFO Defense. Now, open Windows Explorer from the start menu and go to that same directory. You should see the file xcom1fix.exe. Right-click on the icon of the file and while holding the mouse button, drag it to the desktop and let go. Select "Create Shortcut." Now double-click the shortcut you just created. The game should run. If it does not and you get an error box saying "Couldn't CreateProcess), go back to the UFO Defense directory in Windows Explorer and find the file called "UFO" and rename the file to "UFO Defense" by right-clicking on the file and selecting "Rename". Hopefully, this should get you going.
This fixes the directdraw problem, and is not, I believe, a warez issue. As for getting the collector's edition...well, there, you're on your own.
Sorry to threadjack. I just loves me some X-Com....