Seriously GameSpot, what happened here? How can Empire: Total War not even be among the editorial nominees, and since when did The Sims even count as a strategy game?

For this BFTP I will tip all you gaming noobs off on one of the greatest PC games of all time; X-COM: UFO Defense, or X-COM: Enemy Unknown as it was later called. This turn-based strategy masterpiece was first released for MS-DOS in 1993.