[email protected] Games: X-COM (Windows)

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Description

[email protected] Games: X-COM is a turn-based game played over email (optional one computer hot seat) loosely based on the original X-COM game. The units and weapons are similar. The graphics are basic but clear. The major difference is the game-play of course, which is very simple. Each player controls a squad of randomly assigned troops, you have limited action points and move/fire options. Whoever kills the other squad wins, no research, no campaign type options, just single map games. The players can select the side of the conflict (X-COM troops or Alien forces) and one of five available mission environments.

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Alternate Titles

• "Email X-COM" -- Informal title

Part of the Following Groups

• [email protected] Games series
• X-COM series

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Critic Reviews

PC Gaming World	Dec, 1999		80
Gamer's Pulse	1999	77 out of 100	77
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Jan, 2000		70
GameSpot	Oct 13, 1999	6.2 out of 10	62
GameStar (Germany)	Dec, 1999	3 out of 6	60
PC Gamer	Dec, 1999	55 out of 100	55
PC Joker	Nov, 1999	55 out of 100	55

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Trivia

Shutdown

As of May 1, 2001 Infogrames shut down the servers that handled the email transactions that took place in this game. This effectively makes the game useless for anything but collecting value. Infogrames was asked if a patch would be coming in the future that would make the now defunct servers bypassable so play could continue. They replied that it was not possible. However, in 2002 an independent coder created a couple of patches that allow players to play the game without the official server. These files were available here.

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Related Web Sites

• [email protected] Games: X-COM (official website)
• X-COM Tactical Command (Information on just about all the X-COM games that were made available (and a few that weren't). Also some patches to be able to use X-COM: [email protected] Games without the official server.)