The History of XCOM

Join me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/arcadology In this episode we take a look at the history of the X-COM Franchise, from its early beginnings with Rebelstar Raiders and Laser Squad, up through the latest release. Voices: ElConquistadork as Jake Solomon (http://www.youtube.com/elconquistadork) Phil Aldous as Julian Gollop (https://www.youtube.com/user/lllPA94lll/) Web Sources: https://soundcloud.com/chris-bratt-1/interview-with-julian-gollop-the-original-x-com-was-cancelled-but-development-continued-in-secret https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/04/25/phoenix-point-crowdfunding-interview/#more-442747 http://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/interviews/x-com-designer-julian-gollop-talks-phoenix-point-w478703 http://www.pcgamer.com/julian-gollop-interview-on-x-coms-old-and-new-the-ghost-recon-strategy-that-never-was-ai-auteurs-and-fork-my-fruit/ http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-11-28-the-story-of-x-com-interview https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/04/02/x-com-vs-xcom-gollop-vs-solomon-past-vs-present/#more-148031 https://www.polygon.com/features/2013/1/31/3928710/making-of-xcoms-jake-solomon-firaxis-sid-meier https://www.google.com/amp/www.eurogamer.net/amp/2017-07-28-how-firaxis-saved-xcom-from-complete-disaster https://www.nowgamer.com/interview-with-xcom-creator-julian-gollop/ Magazine Sources: Home Computing Weekly, June, 1984 Micro Adventurer, July, 1984 Crash, March, 1985 Computer Gamer, April 1985 Popular Computer Weekly, July 1986 Computer Gamer, August, 1986 Crash, August, 1986 ZX Computing, August, 1986 ACE, December 1988 ACE, April 1990 Your Sinclair, April 1990 Crash, May 1990 Gamplay Sources: X-COM: UFO Defense youtube.com/Kikoskia Terror from the Deep/Apocalypse youtube.com/NeptunesNookGames XCOM World of Longplays User: boneofhead The Bureau @Digi_Matt X-COM 2 youtube.com/elconquistadork Rebelstar Raiders, Rebelstar, Rebelstar 2, Laser Squad Chaos, Lords of Chaos Courtesy of rzxarchive.co.uk Many of the XCOM games are still available via steam: https://store.steampowered.com/search/?term=xcom Newer titles are also available for console.