I remember the first time I hacked into X-Com’s hex codes. I was in middle school and it was right about that time when Norton DOS came out. Apart from the colorful menus and new command lines, it came with a Norton code editor and it was then I discovered the joys of manipulating the in-game weapon values.

I found a way to edit the weapon templates so after saving a copy of the original file I’d have a little fun with the values. For instance, the stun rod was an instant kill. I changed the grenades and rockets to armor piercing, which became really hilarious to kill people by simply throwing a grenade or hitting someone with a huge rocket that didn’t explode. Oh and I turned Blaster Launcher ammo to an unlimited value.

Ah, X-Com. Those were the days. Now we can relive those days with Steam’s weekend deal putting the entire X-Com series from UFO Defense to Apocalypse for only USD $2.00. You end up saving almost thirty bucks. The complete set:

UFO Defense
Terror from the Deep
Interceptor
Enforcer
Apocalypse

Honestly, the others are crap. The first two are the ones worth playing.

In other news, you can also get Freedom Force for the same price, but only for this weekend!