X-COM: UFO Defense

Strategic base layer feeding isometric squad tactics with permanently lost soldiers and researched tech.

Released 1994 Developer Mythos Games Publisher MicroProse Platform DOS Genre Tactical Strategy Era The 3D rupture Website microprose.com ↗

Mechanics it built on

Ideas X-COM: UFO Defense inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Permadeath Run Structure ~~1980~~Line-of-Sight Detection ~~1981~~Isometric Projection ~~1982~~Turn-Based Grid Tactics ~~1990~~Fog of War ~~1992~~

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