System Requirements 133MHz Pentium with 3-D graphics accelerator or 166MHz Pentium without graphics accelerator Windows 95 or 98 Direct X 5.0 or higher Hard drive (85MB free) Quad Speed CD-ROM drive High color graphics 640x 480 x 16-bit color and 2MB video RAM Direct X Compatible Sound Card RECOMMENDED 200MHz Pentium compatible or faster 32MB RAM Hard Drive ( 256MB free) 8x or higher CD- ROM drive Direct 3D accelerator Windows compatible joystick MULTIPLAYER OPTION Null- modem serial cable (2 player) 28.8kps Windows 95 compatible modem ( 2 player) Local area network with IPX or TCP/IP protocol ( 2-8 players) Internet play requires TCP/IP and 28.8kps or faster connection ( 2+ players) Available on the Internet gaming zone.
X-COM Interceptor: Gameplay hints
Tips for Interceptor If you have played any of the previous XCOM games you will know that the most important thing is research. You should build more communication components and add scientist quarters so you can increase the speed of your downloads. The weapons will get better as you sucessfully complete each mission and you download new information. The more equipment that you produce and the more ships and bases that you are able to build, the better your battles will turn out.
X-COM Interceptor: How do I exit the game?
Upper left hand corner of screen Click in the upper left hand corner of the screen and chose Exit from the drop down menu.
X-COM Interceptor: I am getting a Unhandled Exception error or the game is crashing as soon as I launch it or as I get to the intial game screen.
Specify a directory when installing If you chose to install the game to a different drive and did not specify a directory the game probably installed to the root directory of that drive. Simply reinstall the game and specify a directory to install to.
X-COM Interceptor: My craft is spinning out of control or it seems as though it is not calibrated for my joystick.
Calibrate in Win 95 then get the update First make sure that the joystick is calibrated in the Windows 95 Control Panel. When calibrating make sure that you are using Controller ID 1 and no throttle control is selectd. X-COM Interceptor Update version 1.2 Please click on the link below to download the update. Further Information: Click here to download version 1.2 of X-COM Interceptor
X-COM Interceptor: The game crashes at startup
Get latest Video drivers and close background tasks Please get the most recent drivers for the video cards in your system. Most of the video card manufacturers provide those drivers through their web site. In addition, before running this game you should shut down all the background tasks such as virus checkers and other TSR's. This will allow the game to run smoother. (You can click on CTRL-ALT-DEL and ""End task"" most applications. Please be sure to leave EXPLORER and SYSTRAY running). Also make sure that you read the README.TXT file (located in your X-COM Interceptor directory) to see if your 3D card is compatible with the game. X-COM Interceptor Update version 1.2 Please click on the link below to download the update. Further Information: Click here to download version 1.2 of X-COM Interceptor Read the Readme for Interceptor update 1.2
X-COM Interceptor: The game crashes when I click the ""Engage"" button. (Launch mission button)
Get latest Video drivers and close background tasks Please get the most recent drivers for the video cards in your system. Most of the video card manufacturers provide those drivers through their web site. In addition, before running this game you should shut down all the background tasks such as virus checkers and other TSR's. This will allow the game to run smoother. (You can click on CTRL-ALT-DEL and ""End task"" most applications. Please be sure to leave EXPLORER and SYSTRAY running). Also make sure that you read the README.TXT file (located in your X-COM Interceptor directory) to see if your 3D card is compatible with the game. X-COM Interceptor Update version 1.2 Please click on the link below to download the update. Further Information: Click here to download version 1.2 of X-COM Interceptor Read the Readme for Interceptor update 1.2
X-COM Interceptor: When I set the video for the game to PRIMARY DISPLAY DRIVER- 3D ENABLED, the game returns "" XCOM cannot use this card as a 3D accelerator""
Get latest Video drivers and close background tasks Please get the most recent drivers for the video cards in your system. Most of the video card manufacturers provide those drivers through their web site. In addition, before running this game you should shut down all the background tasks such as virus checkers and other TSR's. This will allow the game to run smoother. (You can click on CTRL-ALT-DEL and ""End task"" most applications. Please be sure to leave EXPLORER and SYSTRAY running). Also make sure that you read the README.TXT file (located in your X-COM Interceptor directory) to see if your 3D card is compatible with the game.
