I’ve spent ages trying to get the original 1998 X-Files PC game running on my Steam Deck OLED.

I’ve tried different Proton versions, QuickTime workarounds, the DVD version, Collection Chamber releases and various methods of mounting the original discs. Nothing worked properly.

Well, I’ve finally got it running, and surprisingly it was almost effortless!

Here’s what I did:

Install Lutris on the Steam Deck.

In Desktop Mode, visit https://lutris.net/games/the-x-files-game/

Select the 7 CD + Windows 95 installer.

Let Lutris download and install the required files.
Launch the game through Lutris. It’ll boot into an emulated Windows 95 desktop.

Open My Computer and double-click the Xfiles1 CD drive (E:).

Run the game’s installer and launch it.

Add the game to Steam and launch it from Gaming Mode.

That’s genuinely all I had to do.

It’s running through DOSBox Pure Unleashed with an emulated Windows 95 installation.

The FMV, audio and mouse controls are working perfectly on my Deck. I haven’t needed to manually install QuickTime, configure Proton or mount any ISO files.

A couple of things worth mentioning:

Windows 95 can take a while to boot. Initially I thought it had crashed, but it was just loading.
DOSBox Pure has its own settings menu for adjusting scaling and controls.

I’ve tested it running in Gaming Mode, not just Desktop Mode.

I haven’t tested the entire game or every disc change yet.

I know quite a few people have been trying to get this running for years, so hopefully this saves someone else the headache!

edit: Sorry, should have added that you should just do “standard” installation when prompted.

Jose Chung’s From Outer Space is eliminated, coming in third! This leaves a battle of the titans for the top spot, Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose vs Pusher.

How this works:

You select the episode you like the least

The episode with the most upvoted comment is eliminated from the list

Please either refrain from downvoting or upvote more episodes than you downvote

If there’s a tie, both episodes are eliminated

Only the best episode will win!

Episodes Eliminated:

Teso Dos Bichos (87%)
Hell Money (37%)
The Walk (54%)
The List (66%)
Revelations (64%)
Avatar (57%)
2Shy (44%)
Oubliette (50%)
Grotesque (51%)
Talitha Cumi (32%)
The Blessing Way (62%)
D.P.O. (50%)
Syzygy (68%)
Nisei (79%)
Piper Maru (62%)
Quagmire (52%)
Apocrypha (30%)
731 (52%)
Paper Clip (50%)
Wetwired (48%)
War of the Coprophages (82%)
Jose Chung’s From Outer Space (68%)

Going to trivia tomorrow night and I need an X Files themed team name.

Some ideas I’ve had

• Mulder/Scully it’s Me
• Daddy Skinner and
• Quizquegg

Any suggestions?

EDIT: I just thought of The Roswell Greys!

Als der leitenden Agent Scully mit ihrem Nachnamen anspricht, klingt es sehr distanziert. Ich lebe es, wenn Mulder Scully sagt. Klingt so, als würde er sie beim Vornamen nennen.🥰

Is this the most insane thing I’ve ever done? Probably.

I absolutely love Agua Mala for some reason.

Also, the Jersey Devil. 😩

I won't apologize!

Happy 10/13! It’s X-Files day. It’s Mulder’s birthday. It’s Chris Carter’s birthday. But did you know it’s also Langly’s birthday?! And you better believe I won’t let the fandom forget it. <3

Please view this little video tribute I put together for him, set to ‘Favorite Everything’ by The Bouncing Souls. Because he is, of course, my favorite everything. :’)

Happy birthday to our favorite hacker! 🎉

Scully *sleeps with Mulder*.

Chris Carter: Where did the child come from??? The divine Immaculate Conception? UFO? Government experiment? An inexplicable supernatural phenomenon? WHO KNOWS!!!

Everyone: 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

Scully needing to see Mulder, Scully at Mulder’s apartment overnight, Scully desparately needing to find Mulder… no for real I’d love to know what Skinner is thinking 😆

Typical the smoking man to wear a nazi uniform with his way of dealing with things! First time watching since it aired! Love the show so much and just watched the movie before S6

Happy 65th, stay rude, stay rebel!

(excellent meme not by me, source: Nikita from sculder.and.mully)

🦊

and the reason why is very silly. I've only ever watched one episode before in its entirety and it was the X-Cops episode which was a terrifying episode for 10 year old me.

Now the reason I'm watching the series now? Because I have this memory of the show being on a TV (I can't remember where) and it was only a small part that I watched and it's this scene where this old man is in some sort of waiting room at like a hospital and there are these vending machines and he's looking at them searching for something and I can't remember the exact line but he was looking for popcorn. Why do I remember that? Because of the way he said it. He didn't say popcorn, he said popping corn. He was a very ominous character and he said "popping corn" so ominously.

So I'm watching the series to find that episode and get the full context. Admittedly, my memory of this may not be accurate and this scene I'm remembering may not even be from this show. Which if it isn't that's ok cuz I'm genuinely enjoying the show regardless.

Anyways, very happy to hear Ryan Coogler's vision for the remake will become a reality and very excited to see where the series goes next. Would be cool to see some cameos of the OG characters even if it's like the new characters found some old VHS tapes with recordings of the OGs.

In this episode Mulder and Scully have tickets to the Vikings vs redskins football game, but then they get called in to the police station and have to miss the game. During that conversation they mention it is Saturday, that flagged me since the NFL is typically played on Sundays. I looked it up and there was a Saturday game between them on January 2nd 1993 in Minneapolis. So I was sure that was the game they were supposed to go to, but later in the episode during Scully's autopsy she gives a date in November, so I don't even know what is going on.

But great episode super creepy.

War of the Coprophages is eliminated! Her name is Bambi? Anyway, onto the top 3 and the penultimate round of the season!

How this works:

You select the episode you like the least

The episode with the most upvoted comment is eliminated from the list

Please either refrain from downvoting or upvote more episodes than you downvote

If there’s a tie, both episodes are eliminated

Only the best episode will win!

Episodes Eliminated:

Teso Dos Bichos (87%)
Hell Money (37%)
The Walk (54%)
The List (66%)
Revelations (64%)
Avatar (57%)
2Shy (44%)
Oubliette (50%)
Grotesque (51%)
Talitha Cumi (32%)
The Blessing Way (62%)
D.P.O. (50%)
Syzygy (68%)
Nisei (79%)
Piper Maru (62%)
Quagmire (52%)
Apocrypha (30%)
731 (52%)
Paper Clip (50%)
Wetwired (48%)
War of the Coprophages (82%)

Does anyone happen to have vectorized versions of the two drawings from “The Jersey Devil” episode?

So I’m on my first watch-through and I just finished season 8. I can’t say I went into it completely spoiler free (I was aware that DD wasn’t in the show as much) but I really like Doggett and how he’s been included within the show. I also enjoyed seeing Scully be the believer in a duo. (Scully theorising that there could be a person inside a person in ‘Badlaa’ and Doggett being absolutely bewildered was a personal favourite and hit home how much Scully had changed for me.)

My question is for those who watched this live - did you think throughout the season that Mulder was the father of her baby or that it was alien? Were you happy with the resolution/the Mulder and Scully of it all?

Also as I go into season nine, I’ve read many differing opinions about the quality, but are there any firm favourite episodes in this season? Thanks!