Gosh I didn't know you still play X-Com series...I beat them (2) a long, long time ago, still have them and will re-start soon as I install.
I believe all MPS games were great, pity they too packed up, even before Sierra.
In my opinion Civilization was (IS) the greatest strategy game ever and a precurser of all others: followed by MS's AOE and AOM series; didn't much like Sierra's EE! But the that's new topic, if it's not already there I'll start it
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