X-COM: First Alien Invasion

X-COM: First Alien Invasion
Also known as: X-COM e-m@il, Email X-COM, em@il games X-COM Developer: MicroProse Publisher: Hasbro Interactive Platform: Windows Released in US: 1999 Released in DE: 1999 This game has hidden developer credits. This game has hidden development-related text.

This game is defunct. Do note the game no longer works at all without modifications. This is most likely due to the game's servers being shut down (as of 2001). As a result, further official developments with the game are unlikely to happen.

X-COM: First Alien Invasion is a two-player entry in Hasbro Interactive's Em@il Games lineup of Play-by-Email turn-based games. It is a drastically trimmed-down version of standard X-COM, taking place on a one-screen battlefield with small squads of humans vs. aliens.

The servers were shut down in 2001, making the game mostly dead these days.

Version Info

Typing VER while in the program will trigger a message box containing build info.

Hidden Image

Typing DEV on any screen will add a fifth (untitled) tab to the Options menu, which shows the above image on an otherwise-blank panel. The code to unlock this suggests that the image is an illustration of the game developers (and one otherworldly visitor).