Pocket UFO in Beta

[Darius Wey]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.hpc.ru/soft/software.phtml?id=6912' target='_blank'>http://www.hpc.ru/soft/software.phtml?id=6912</a><br /><br /></div><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20050420-PocketUFO.gif" /><br /><br />A Pocket PC remake of the popular classic, "X-Com: Enemy Unknown", is in the making and is now available for download as a beta release. With nine diverse landscapes, eleven types of enemies and over forty different weapons, it sure looks like a lot of fun. The home page is in Russian, but even if you don't understand a word of it, it's not hard to navigate your way around and find the download link. If you manage to give this game a spin, be sure to let everyone know what you think.

[Jonathon Watkins]

I really loved this game on the PC and it's sequels. 0X Downloading now.....

[jickbahtech]

Just tried installing it to a memory card, and its totally not working.
The screen flashes, and then dumps me back to my today screen.

11MB is a little steep to throw into RAM, so I'm hoping thats not the problem...

[CiscoKid]

Well, I, too put it on a storage card - it started up on my hx4700 but only using the top left corner (VGA issue I guess) so I tried tapping the screen and it goes to a world map of some sort, but I couldn't do anything else...

Soft Reset, remove all files :(

Looked cool too :)

[jickbahtech]

Anyone gotten this working?
It looks really cool.

[Jonathon Watkins]

Sadly, it does not work for me either. It only displays a scrollable map in the top left corner and music played until I soft reset my X50v to get out of the program.

I do hope this will work in proper VGA mode when it is out.........

[twalk]

The first work on this was a PalmOS version 2 years or so ago. AFAIK, that version never became even close to stable enough to really play. This PPC beta version first popped up around June of last year, with no release date announced or in sight. (A PalmOS version is supposed to be done right after that, but I'm not holding my breath waiting for either one.) They have some copyright problems, and have publicly said that they won't sell/release it without the CR holder's permission. (Is that Infogrames/Atari now?)

[andydempsey]

Seems to work on my dell x5, but I don't have clue how to play it. Anyone know of english instructions? :?:

[Anthony3000]

Had it on my e830 for quite a while now.. works fine for me

[bacchus_3]

works fine with my Hp ipaq 2215. I can't find the manual though, I'm familiar with xcom - ufo but the interface does't help much.

[milo]

It works fine on my 2200 too.

Most of the menus are exactly the same as UFO on the PC. Only a few issues with the game though.

You can't seem to minimise the intercept menu. This means that you can't wait for backup to arrive, for the UFO to land or for it to get over land.

I also can't seem to find a menu that tells you what items are on purchase and waiting to arrive. In the original you could pull up the base info screen then switch over to the transfers info screen. That isn't in there now.

Apart from that it seems to have the full functionality of the original. Not sure this is a good thing or bad thing considering the amount of time I have spent playing this game in the past...

[bnycastro]

w 8O w one of my all time favorites! hope this works on my JAM. :D

[bnycastro]

it does not work on my imate JAM :( I used cab install to install it to Storage Card should it be in main memory? it is quite big...

[PiatekHS]

Works great if in main ram on HP2215, and only 1 game crash to date (when ordering supplies and scrolling down).

Shame the original PC version runs too fast to play on new PCs.

Great game!

[karlth]

Shame the original PC version runs too fast to play on new PCs.

There are utilities that can fix that.

[milo]

Shame the original PC version runs too fast to play on new PCs.

There are utilities that can fix that.


Like PocketDOS? I believe the original works fine on the Pocket PC in PocketDOS. Only problem is that you don't have sound.

[bnycastro]

installed it in main memory and still it won't work??? :( anyone use this with an imate JAM? any help will be appreciated.

[Menneisyys]

Shame the original PC version runs too fast to play on new PCs.

There are utilities that can fix that.


Like PocketDOS?

Nope, slowdown utiities for the desktop PC.

I believe the original works fine on the Pocket PC in PocketDOS. Only problem is that you don't have sound.

the lack of the sound is a big loss - the sound of the PPC version is just great (it's high-quality and stereo and stuff), and any 386/486 app run in PocketDOS are really-really slow....

[Menneisyys]

The Beta forum can be found at http://www.smksoftware.ru/draw.php?page=forum&amp;pageid=pufobeta. There's a lot of discussions there regarding VGA/WM2003SE devices. Some English translation with Babelfish:

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.smksoftware.ru%2Fdraw.php%3Fpage%3Dforum%26pageid%3Dpufobeta&amp;lp=ru_en

[milo]

A few more bugs.

Waypoints are not always removed, leaving little crosses all over the map.

A real killer, when you build a second base, the next ufo you spot will be UFO 50000. There will be no ufo there and the notification pops up every second preventing you from continuing at all.

So, no multiple bases. If you want to finish the game I guess you have to do it the hard way... with one base.

[cue_ball]

Can anyone please tell me how to instal this game as i cant figure it out. I am using a HP rx3115. Thanks, Kabel

[Kurt Alden]

Hey

Open the file you download with Winzip on your pc - extract the cab file to your pocket pc and run it on your pocket pc - that will install it.

You'll then need to find the .exe and run the program.

I've just downloaded it and it works fine. How cool - goodness knows how many hours I spent on this game on the pc - one of my all time favorites.

Is the download feature-complete? I don't know whether to play it now or wait for the full version then play it. Not sure I can stand to wait though :-)

Edit: Seems I'll have to wait for the full game - one of my interceptors got destroyed and it kept popping that up every second - bummer.

Also, I see what you mean about minimising the intercept screen - I'm sure you used to be able to follow the ufo's around til they land, etc, etc but it doesn't seem to be an option any more - that'd be a shame as trying to capture the ufo's on the ground meant more stuff to research and sell.

[Menneisyys]

Version 1.17 is out! http://www.smksoftware.ru/draw.php?mode=download&amp;file=beta_117cab.zip

In the forum at http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ru_en&amp;trurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.smksoftware.ru%2fdraw.php%3fpage%3dforum%26pageid%3dpufobeta, Stanislav has said today at 17:20 (dunno the time zone) that it works with SE devices.

[Menneisyys]

Just wanted to check http://www.smksoftware.ru/ if there is a new version - server can't be found. Hope it's not because of some kind of (C) problem :/

[xiaoxin]

i like it .Though,it is bate edition.OK I thought I have to download.
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