<s>
X-COM	B-Application
:	I-Application
Apocalypse	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1997	O
science	O
fiction	O
tactical	O
strategy	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Mythos	O
Games	O
(	O
the	O
creators	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
X-COM	O
game	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
MicroProse	O
in	O
1997	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
Apocalypse	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
X-COM	O
series	O
to	O
include	O
a	O
real-time	B-Application
combat	O
option	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
traditional	O
turn-based	B-Application
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
X-COM	B-Application
:	I-Application
Apocalypse	I-Application
claims	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
self-learning	O
AI-module	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meanwhile	O
,	O
the	O
off-world	O
colony	O
of	O
Mars	B-Application
is	O
exploited	O
by	O
the	O
Elerium	O
mining	O
corporation	O
,	O
Solmine	O
,	O
and	O
oppressed	O
by	O
MarSec	O
(	O
MARs	B-Application
SECurity	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apocalypse	O
has	O
14	O
races	O
of	O
alien	O
beings	O
including	O
Anthropods	O
,	O
Brainsuckers	B-Application
,	O
Hyperworms	B-Application
,	O
Megaspawns	O
,	O
and	O
Micronoids	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
X-COM	B-Application
:	I-Application
Apocalypse	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
U.S.	O
on	O
July	O
15	O
,	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
5	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
X-COM	O
series	O
,	O
including	O
X-COM	O
Apocalypse	O
,	O
became	O
available	O
for	O
sale	O
on	O
Valve	O
's	O
Steam	B-Application
platform	O
;	O
the	O
game	O
runs	O
in	O
a	O
specially	O
configured	O
version	O
of	O
DOSBox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
won	O
the	O
award	O
for	O
"	O
Turn-based	B-Application
Strategy	O
"	O
at	O
PC	O
PowerPlays	O
1997	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
Awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
developers	O
formed	O
to	O
remake	O
the	O
game	O
from	O
scratch	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
under	O
the	O
OpenApoc	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
