GAMES:X-COM: UFO Defense

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UFO: Enemy Unknown / X-COM: UFO Defense
Title Image
The title screen for UFO: Enemy Unknown
Developer Mythos Games
Publisher Microprose
Released 1993
Status Perfect
Tested on 0.71
Tested game version Unknown
Links Compatibility List
Commands
Executable UFO.BAT
Installer INSTALL.EXE
Setup N/A
DOS Extender
DOS4GW.EXE Unknown
Works with DOS32A N/A

X-Com: UFO Defense can be purchased through Steam. This version is preconfigured to launch through DOSBox.

How to Setup

Note that this game is very popular, thus there are various version of the program for DOS, and even a special collectors edition for Windows. This guide describes the CD-ROM version of this game only. When the disk versions are tracked down, more information will be added.

CD-ROM Version

You will need to mount the CD for installation and also every time the game is played. Run INSTALL.EXE found on the CD and they will install by default to C:\MPS\UFO. Make sure you mount the CD back to the same drive letter you installed it to, or else it will complain about a missing CD. Alternatively, you may want to edit the BAT files yourselves if you decide to give it a letter change. Just search for the drive letter you installed from and change it to the letter that you will mount it to.

The affected files will be (assuming that you installed it to the default path) C:\MPS\UFO.BAT and C:\MPS\UFO\UFO.BAT.