Comments on: X-COM, and a guide to running it on the Mac http://haikufactory.com/2008/08/26/x-com-and-a-guide-for-playing-it-on-the-mac/ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:00:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Nicholas http://haikufactory.com/2008/08/26/x-com-and-a-guide-for-playing-it-on-the-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-66021 Nicholas Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:28:13 +0000 http://haikufactory.com/2008/08/26/x-com-and-a-guide-for-playing-it-on-the-mac/#comment-66021 I'm having a tough time figuring out where to install and how to operate the dosbox config files. Would you mind giving a run down on where you installed the files and how you accessed them? I’m having a tough time figuring out where to install and how to operate the dosbox config files. Would you mind giving a run down on where you installed the files and how you accessed them?

]]> By: Eric, your haikuist http://haikufactory.com/2008/08/26/x-com-and-a-guide-for-playing-it-on-the-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-56237 Eric, your haikuist Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:56:53 +0000 http://haikufactory.com/2008/08/26/x-com-and-a-guide-for-playing-it-on-the-mac/#comment-56237 It's just a matter of using the DOSBox configuration file I link to in step 3 and changing those two parameters. Depending on your graphics card and CPU, you might have to play around with the settings a little. Then the next time you start up X-Com, it should just start up full-screen. It’s just a matter of using the DOSBox configuration file I link to in step 3 and changing those two parameters. Depending on your graphics card and CPU, you might have to play around with the settings a little. Then the next time you start up X-Com, it should just start up full-screen.

]]> By: Darren http://haikufactory.com/2008/08/26/x-com-and-a-guide-for-playing-it-on-the-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-55999 Darren Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:35:39 +0000 http://haikufactory.com/2008/08/26/x-com-and-a-guide-for-playing-it-on-the-mac/#comment-55999 Hey thanks for your help... I was wondering how you made it a little faster and turned it into fullscreen... thanks again. Hey thanks for your help… I was wondering how you made it a little faster and turned it into fullscreen… thanks again.

]]> By: David Pritchard http://haikufactory.com/2008/08/26/x-com-and-a-guide-for-playing-it-on-the-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-39834 David Pritchard Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:14:00 +0000 http://haikufactory.com/2008/08/26/x-com-and-a-guide-for-playing-it-on-the-mac/#comment-39834 Ah, Dosbox! I wasted a chunk of time 12-18 months ago on that puppy, revisiting my misspent youth. Mostly, I discovered that I had largely hideous taste in video games - terrible Sierra ripoffs of good movies. X-com was one I never tried, however. And for all that I like the old PC games I played in my youth, it's still a tough sell to dive into one where I have no built-in nostalgia factor... but perhaps the high ratins will convince me. One of these days when I have some free time, that is. Ah, Dosbox! I wasted a chunk of time 12-18 months ago on that puppy, revisiting my misspent youth. Mostly, I discovered that I had largely hideous taste in video games – terrible Sierra ripoffs of good movies.

X-com was one I never tried, however. And for all that I like the old PC games I played in my youth, it’s still a tough sell to dive into one where I have no built-in nostalgia factor… but perhaps the high ratins will convince me. One of these days when I have some free time, that is.

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