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name	publisher(developer)	year	description
Fifty Mission Crush	SSI	1986	"50 Mission Crush" was the name given to the crushed service cap worn by the battle-hardened veteran pilots of the B-17. It was a mark of distinction and honor. It is now the name of this exciting and unique role-playing wargame. 50 Mission Crush puts you in the cockpit as pilot of the most glamorous bomber of World War II - B-17 Flying Fortress. As part of the 8th Air Force 306 Bomber Group, you must try to survive fifty harrowing raids over France and Germany. Everything about this game is historically accurate, right down to the name of your bomber: "Impatient Virgin". The action is also real... fast and intense! Like a real B-17 commander, you'll have full control of your bomber and your gunners. You'll determine the bomb/fuel ratio your plane will carry on each mission, and how you'll fly (high or low altitude). After each mission (if you've survived!), you'll be evaluated by the computer and awarded points based on such factors as: How dificult was the mission? How accurate was your bombing? How many enemy planes did you shoot down (Don't forget enemy fighters get better at shooting down B-17's as time goes by!)? The more points you get, the closer you'll be to a promotion. Starting off as a Lieutenant, you'll be able to make it all the way to Brigadier General! But for all its luster, the General's bright shiny star will pale to a mere battered cap - your 50 mission crush.
Space Crusade	Gremlin Graphics	1993
Space Hulk	Electronic Arts	1993	Cleanse and Burn. Confirmed Genestealer infestation on the hulk. Launch 100 Space Marines. Beholden to our honour, prepare for death. The year is 2 247 989 M41. Join the Space Marine Warriors from the Dark Angels Chapter of the Legiones Astartes as they battle the Genestealer hordes, a terrifying race who travel in derelict vessels known as space hulks. Power up your Terminator Armor. You're going in.*CD-ROM version [22]* [22]* [59]1994 CD-ROM version [37]**Original floppy disk version [37]
Dungeons & Dragons: Fantasy Empires	SSI (Silicon Knights)	1993	[59]*** [37]
X-COM: UFO Defense	Microprose (Mythos Games)	1994	Un clásico de acción por turnos, que sigue manteniendo su inmensa dificultad (donde los enemigos muchas veces son más listos que tú y retirarse es una opción muy viable) Visto desde hoy, peca de una interfaz complejísima e impracticable, en lo cual le supera el reciente XCOM: Enemy Unknown (a pesar de no tener las opciones de varias bases y su construcción en detalle) Interesante desde el punto de vista histórico, pero a excepción del reto que supone no tiene nada que no se sienta anticuado y obsoleto. 5 de 10*CD-ROM version [37]Floppy disk version [37]Latest version: 1.4 (as of ?)[i]UFO: Enemy Unknown[/i] was used in Russia and likely rest of the Europe as well.*[b]Minimum requirements:[/b] MS-DOS 5.0 * 386 20 MHz CPU * 4 MB RAM (2 MB free) * 560 kB free conventional memory [b]Supported soundcards:[/b] * SoundBlaster * AdLib * Roland LAPC-1 * PC Speaker*Two books were made of the game. One [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-COM_:_UFO_Defense_-_A_Novel]by Diane Duane[/url] in 1995 and another [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-COM:_UFO_Defense_Novel_%28Russian%29]by Vladimir Vasilyev[/url] in 1997, both bearing the name X-COM: UFO Defense.*You are in control of X-Com; an organisation formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace. - Command deadly close-combat battles: Shooting down UFOs is just the beginning; you must the lead a squad of heavily-armed soldiers across different terrains as they investigate the UFO crash site. Tackle the aliens with automatic rifles, rocket launchers and even tanks in the struggle to retrieve useful technology, weapons or life forms. - Research and manufacture alien technologies: Successful ground assault missions will allow X-Com scientists to analyse alien items. Each new breakthrough brings you a little closer to understanding the technology and culture of the alien races. When your engineers have amassed sufficient research data on their superior weapons and craft, they'll be available for your troops to use. - Develop a strategy to save the Earth: You must make every crucial decision as you combat the powerful alien forces. But you'll also need to watch the world political situation; governments may be forced into secret pacts with the aliens and then begin to reduce X-Com funding. [Box blurb]
X-COM: Terror from the Deep	Paul Hibbard & Pete Moreland (Microprose Software)	1995	Latest version: 2.0 (as of ?)**The war continues... X-COM: UFO Defense brought you to a galactic battlefield. X-COM: Terror from the Deep brings the alien terror into a totally new dimension. Seeking to take advantage of a weakened Earth, X-COM's deep space foes unexpectedly change strategy and launch a powerful second front against planet Earth. In the dark depths of vast oceans, long sleeping forces are awakened by reanimation signals sent out across the galactic silence by their interstellar brothers and sisters. Slowly but surely, an army of hibernating alien sea creatures awakens. Your combat now extends to the strange new worlds of the deep where superior alien technologies threaten the very survival of this planet - your planet - Earth. Sequel to the hugely successful X-COM: UFO Defense * Actual undersea geoscape mapping system with rich topographic detail * Full array of undersea military technology * Rich graphics feature water coloration and wrecks * Multilevel tactical maps featuring both underseascapes and buildings * Alien encyclopedia features mutation technology and new watery denizens [Valve?]**[b]Minimum requirements:[/b] MS-DOS 5.0 * 386 33 MHz CPU * 520 kB free conventional memory * 3 MB free RAM * VGA display [b]Recommended:[/b] * 486 50 MHz CPU * SVGA display
Dungeon Keeper	Electronic Arts (Bullfrog Productions)	1997	Had an expansion called [i]The Deeper Dungeons[/i] in 1997-11 which added 15 new levels, improved AI and possibly something else. The original and the expansion were re-released as [i]Dungeon Keeper - Gold Edition[/i] with patches, level editor and other improvements and toys, which were later made available for all on Bullfrog's website.
X-COM: Apocalypse	Microprose;2K Games (Microprose)	1997	[84]* [65]Una extraño juego de la saga X-COM, tanto por estética (plasticote retro por todas partes) como por jugabilidad (lo de defender una ciudad de conspiraciones cambia el juego de estrategia defensiva a estrategia política) Eso sí, las misiones se manejan por turnos y la interfaz está muy pulida, además de que muchas armas y elementos nuevos (como los ataques psíquicos) están muy bien integrados. 6 de 10 [58]There's something evil in the city tonight... Earth has been ravaged by human excess, petty conflict and alien invasion. The world's population has been herded into huge cities, the first of which was Mega Primus. 2084: A Utopia shattered, social collapse and civil unrest reigns in Mega Primus. Fiendish aliens terrorize the city. UFOs swarm through Dimensional Gateways. The city's under siege from an unknown enemy. Your mission, as X-COM Commander, is to combat alien aggression and uncover their deadly intentions. But Beware! Alien infiltration into the city and its politics could see you under fire from criminal gangs, religious sects, and even the police! Alien fleets fill the skies, creatures terrorize the city, chaos reigns... Welcome to the war, welcome to the Apocalypse. Features: Explosive third game from the highly successful and thrilling X-Com series, following X-COM: UFO Defense and X-COM: Terror from the Deep. * Battle alien invasion fleets over the city of Mega Primus in real-time. * Combat the alien infestation in real-time or turn-based tactical missions. * Research alien-based technology. Create newer and more destructive weaponry. * Destroy alien sympathizers and stem alien infiltration. Wage war on new worlds in the Alien Dimension. [Valve?]*Latest version: retail[b]missing images:[/b] package, alien dimension, more interesting/varied looking tactical combat screens*[b]Minimum requirements:[/b] 486 DX/4 100 MHz * MS-DOS 5.0 * 8 MB RAM (16 MB if running under Windows 95) * 20 MB free HD space * SVGA 640x480x256 display mode [b]Recommended:[/b] * Pentium 90 MHz * 16 MB RAM * 200 MB free HD space [b]Supported soundcards:[/b] * SoundBlaster * MS Sound System * ESS Audio Drive * ProAudio Spectrum * Ensoniq SoundScape * Gravis UltraSound*This is advertised as Windows 95 game, but it's actually DOS game. It's however of note that Win95 had sufficient DOS support still in for it to work there without effort. Not true in newer Windows systems though.*An unusual change from the previous X-COM games which were darker and more tied to popular sci-fi fads. Although the gameplay is good and somewhat unusual, its greatest weakness is its outlook. Everything is in cheery candy wrapped colours with odd plastic shine to them, giving the game an unreal feel and makes it difficult to immerse oneself into the gameworld and feel like we really are being invaded by aliens from another dimension while some strange alien worshipping cult tries to sabotage your operations. This is not the only reason, but it just feels like it lacks a great deal to make itself stand out, especially now that the game is located on one huge megapolis rather than the whole world, so you'd expect the game to also have more detail on that accord but no, there isn't. Despite this, the game is enjoyable for some odd reason, but could've been much better.

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