hello, i've downloaded xcom from this site but can't run it. i have downloaded both the windows version and the dos version. the windows version only gives me a black screen and a few background sounds, the dos version works but without sound and the earth rotates too fast making it impossible to play. i guess questions like this have been asked before, it's just that there are a few hundreds of posts and i don't want to start reading them all. can someone help me, please? thanks in advance.

For the DOS version try DOSBox, as for the Windows version I don't know but there's a search feature in the forum.

i tried to use dosbox, but it does not work at all. when i try to run the game through dosbox all i get is a black window with some words at the top changing really fast.

I think people here have voiced problems with both versions. Use the search feature, on the left of a bar below the last post, and see if you find the answer there.

True, and both versions have a tendency to crash every now and then, so once you get it working, save VERY often.
Personally I've found the DOS version to be more reliable / stable (I'm running it through Dosbox, on a Win XP platform).

yes, im trying to find a helful post. but, as you can probably guess, it is not very easy.

thanks for trying to help. i found how to make it work. (found my salution at xcomufo.com). for anyone else with the same problem, what i did was run dxdiag.exe (from the start menu use run) go to 'more help' click 'override' select 'override value' and type 60. now the widows version works fine :):)

Oh God...This game really rocks!!!I've discover it only now... :kosta:
I'm using vdmsound to run it and sometimes it crashed..what can I do?

Save the game whenever it is going to switch between geoscape and battlescape. Reload if it fails.

Is a pain but the only solution at disposal. :ok: