^ a b 'Rebelstar: Tactical Command for Game Boy Advance'.'Rebelstar: Tactical Command – Dev Diary #1 (GBA)'. ^ 'Atari Announces European Publishing Partnership with Namco Bandai'.Thus, as the game progresses, each unit becomes stronger and they may specialize in a type of weapon or skill above all others. They also gain one skill point which the player can assign to a skill of their choosing, such as heavy weapons, hand-to-hand combat, medicine or stealth. Once they have enough, they gain a level which raises their attributes such as strength, constitution, and intelligence at random. It is also possible for a character to act as a medic, using a medikit to heal comrades.Įvery time a unit damages an enemy, heals an ally, or uses psionics, it gains experience points. As units specialize in different areas, it is important to adopt a strategy that will fully utilize the strength of each of the many weapons used. As ammunition is limited, it is sometimes necessary to loot a corpse in order to keep fighting. The player may also pick up and use weapons from dead enemies and allies. Therefore, they are only allowed to perform a certain number of actions per turn. Each action, from turning to walking to shooting consumes action points. Units have a certain number of action points, which are renewed at the beginning of every turn. During combat, the player controls a squad of single-character units and must accomplish various goals. Unlike in the X-COM: UFO Defense, there is no base building, resource management or research. The author is fine with it, as is the current IP holder (which would be the British Telecom).A gameplay screenshot of Rebelstar: Tactical Command

It's not 100% legal, but it's so old no one is going to mind (for more information, read ). (I personally recommend Klive) and you're good to go. But because the games were originally released for the ZX Spectrum, they can be easily obtained here:

So since I'm now interested, I want to know if Rebelstar series is too old to get GOG release? GOG is PC-only, at least for now. Well, I learned that XCOM was preluded by Laser Squad which was preluded by Rebelstar series. I was doing research on XCOM series, XCOM clones, and games that prelude XCOM.

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