XCOM JavaScript port(epicport.com)

75 pointsby dotneterقبل 13 سنة15 comments

http://epicport.com/en/xcom

10 comments

ben0x539قبل 13 سنة

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.

kubiiiiقبل 13 سنة

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.

eyefaceقبل 13 سنة

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

tuzemecقبل 13 سنة

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...

kubiiiiقبل 13 سنة

True, but still very enjoyable and closer to the original than the previous attempts. You also only get one base to operate, but there is the satellite coverage system which is an addition to the original game.

brokenparserقبل 13 سنة

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

asbقبل 13 سنة

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.

BSousaقبل 13 سنة

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

danielweberقبل 13 سنة

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.

Zarkonnenقبل 13 سنة

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

tuzemecقبل 13 سنة

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

skriticos2قبل 13 سنة

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.

37primeقبل 13 سنة

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.

camus2قبل 13 سنة

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.

mililaniقبل 13 سنة

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?

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