{"id":736,"date":"2012-09-30T11:06:11","date_gmt":"2012-09-30T19:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/wordpress\/?p=736"},"modified":"2012-09-30T11:06:11","modified_gmt":"2012-09-30T19:06:11","slug":"i-finally-beat-x-com-tftd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/?p=736","title":{"rendered":"I Finally Beat X-COM: TFTD"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is an historic today. I finally beat X-COM: Terror from the Deep. I started playing TFTD in 1996, and played it for a couple of years without succeeding. The reason for this sad state of affairs is a combination of software bugs and a refusal to look up the winning strategies.<\/p>\n

I stopped playing when I moved off Windows 95, as my copy of the game wouldn’t play on newer operating systems. For a while I had an old used desktop that supposedly ran Windows 95 that I would try and boot up “someday.”<\/p>\n

Years went by. One important development in that time was that I adopted a baby boy, Noah. Recently, I discovered that the game was back on Steam, and he and I would sometimes sit together on Sunday mornings and play.<\/p>\n

Since getting it running on Steam I’ve been trying for about 6 months. Yes, I know, I’m pathetic. Anyhow, finally, a 17 year obsession comes to an end. Today the aliens were kicked off of Earth. For good. You can all sleep safe in your beds, knowing the oceans are alien free.
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