Mod News New Version of Open Xcom Out

[Mraston]

Tags: open xcom; Xcom

Version 0.9 of Open Xcom is out and fully playable! To be honest I was unaware of the previous 0.8 versions but it's an attempt give you the original Xcom playable on newer OS's minus some of the unnecessary quirks of yore (plus it's free).

There's a big list of the changes from the previous update here.

Now there's no excuse for not having played everyone's favorite 90's squad based alien shooter.

Edit: I didn't really make it clear originally, but it's been pointed out to me you will need a copy (perhaps from Steam) of XCom to play Open Xcom.

From the FAQ:

Q: Is using the original X-Com resources legal?
A: It’s kind of a grey area. I contacted the copyright holders just to be sure but they never replied back, so I’m just playing it safe like every other remake.
The code is completely new and none of the copyrighted files are actually included with the project, players need their own copy of X-Com to get them from, so it should be fine.

 

[Whisky]

Interesting. I did not even know this existed. Must check it out later.

 

[felipepepe]

Hum, wans't aware of it either, but then again, I have a virtual windows 98 machine for all my retro needs.

 

[Random]

Could just buy it on Steam, you can get it as a package with all the other old games and during a Steam sale for cheeaaaaap.

 

[Jaesun]

Does this play the original MIDI music?

 

[Mraston]

Could just buy it on Steam, you can get it as a package with all the other old games and during a Steam sale for cheeaaaaap.

That's the version I own and it's not too bad, although a little dinky. This one is FREE though!

 

[Lorica]

You need a copy of X-Com to play it, actually.

EDIT:

From the OpenXcom FAQ:

Q: Is using the original X-Com resources legal?
A: It’s kind of a grey area. I contacted the copyright holders just to be sure but they never replied back, so I’m just playing it safe like every other remake.
The code is completely new and none of the copyrighted files are actually included with the project, players need their own copy of X-Com to get them from, so it should be fine.

 

[MicoSelva]

Instead of making remakes, open source versions and other clones of UFO/X-COM, I wish someone finally created a game that improves upon the original (in before Terror From the Deep - does not qualify).
It has been over 20 years, computing power of PCs is now gajillion times more than it was then, and still this is the peak achievement of the genre? Fucking decline.

 

[Mraston]

You need a copy of X-Com to play it, actually.

EDIT:

From the OpenXcom FAQ:

Q: Is using the original X-Com resources legal?
A: It’s kind of a grey area. I contacted the copyright holders just to be sure but they never replied back, so I’m just playing it safe like every other remake.
The code is completely new and none of the copyrighted files are actually included with the project, players need their own copy of X-Com to get them from, so it should be fine.

Thanks, I didn't see this.

I've updated the original news post to reflect this.

Instead of making remakes, open source versions and other clones of UFO/X-COM, I wish someone finally created a game that improves upon the original (in before Terror From the Deep - does not qualify).
It has been over 20 years, computing power of PCs is now gajillion times more than it was then, and still this is the peak achievement of the genre? Fucking decline.

I agree, maybe if the whole 3d thing didn't happen we would be living in some sort of gaming utopia. Oh well.