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Little_Dragon
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Post Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 5:04 am |
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Aexia wrote: Personally, I like Apocolypse better. It's Aliens to UFO Defense's Alien; both excellent games, I just prefer the pausable real-time stuff.
Ah, the classics ....
Hmmm. I wonder if I can get Crusader: No Regret up and running on my system again ....
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kkiirrkk
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Guess im only a partial geek/nerd boy. Ive heard of the game but never played it (and yas me is older dan you tink!).
So all I can say is, gamers of the world unite! *salute*
This strip reminded me of the one where Riffs reflection was scolding him for not playing enough video games. I love that one. heee!
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sun tzu
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"X-com: UFO Defence" remains one of the greatest games in computer History.
And...Killum? Mayhem? Hm...
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Post Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:01 am |
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Kazairl wrote: There's an abandonware site that has X-Com: UFO Defense Collector's Edition (in a native Windows 95 version) and a fan-made patch to fix a graphics problem in XP. 3MB for the whole thing! Remember when games would actually fit on floppies? I tried it and it works in XP Service Pack 2.
Unless you're running a wide-aspect display with non-standard resolution, like I am. I've tried, but the game simply will not run properly despite the patches on my laptop... and the one attempt on my desktop ended quickly when the AGP bus fried and I had to replace the motherboard. I can't prove those things are related, but I ain't taking any chances on it. :p
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Just got to the office, fired up the ol' Sluggy-site, then preceded to laugh out loud causing strange looks from passing co-workers...
Funniest strip in a while, and I needed a laugh this morning.
Thank you Pete!
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gregnier
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Post Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:50 am |
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see, i just can't stop laughing because Pete names his X-Com soldiers after his characters in the strip. :)
Just think, Riff, Laser rifle. Torg, Stun lance. Oasis, two laser pistols. Zoe, Medic. Gwynn, Heavy weapons. Bert, Psi Trooper. Sasha Leader. Kiki, Grenadier.
It's almost perfect.
/thumbsup Pete!
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Post Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:56 am |
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I feel left out. I was playing computer games when most Sluggites were playing with rattles, but I've never even heard of X-Com. Luckily, I'm still geek enough to get the jokes. Love the Pvt Killum reference.
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Bassem
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Post Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 10:19 am |
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Haha. Better resolutions. Squares. Ouch, those puns almost hurt XD
I still maintain that Killum is a reference to Duke Nukem. I demand that Pete give me a response on the matter. uh... please? :P
Groovy animated strip!
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farrenj
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Post Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:09 am |
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You forgot Bun Bun-----umm... well.. I suppose they could put a switchblade into the game.
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Post Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 12:32 pm |
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"Once upon a time in the woods outside North America?" 
Where...Panama? Agentina? Siberia? That's a lot of territory....
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shiri
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Post Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 2:32 pm |
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Wile E wrote: I liked it because it had flashing lights and was sparkley!  I'm with you on that one! I went all "oooh, shiny!"...
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Post Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 5:47 pm |
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...oh...my...god. X-Com rocks. Such a surprise this is.
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Post Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 9:22 pm |
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I highly recommend X-com. It's old, but even so, the gameplay is still firstrate. I first played it in the late '90s, when it was already an old game. Of course, getting to run on today's machines might be a tad tricky.
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