In what order should I play the original games?

[Fred Kelly007]

just bought them, and wanted to know what oder they should be played in.

[Nerevars Goat Univeron]

UFO, Terror (If you really want to, its basically UFO), Apoc.

[Fred Kelly007]

what about the others?

[Nerevars Goat Univeron]

Originally posted by Fred_Kelly007:

what about the others?

Intercepter and Enforcer? I'd ignore them, they where spin offs that didnt really turn out well at all. Especially Enforcer. But if you want to, they both take place during/just after UFO.

[Dancer]

UFO Enemy Unknown. Then UFO Enemy Unknown. After that UFO Enemy Unknown. Then you can go to UFO Enemy Unknown. And whenever you like you can break off a bit with UFO Enemy Unknown.

Oh, and also try UFO Enemy Unknown.

[RE:Deemer]

As a space simulator geek, I enjoyed Interceptor, but it crashes too much on modern rigs. :/

Enforcer was ok, but was just a standard "Run around and shoot things and collect powerups" game circa the 90's- market was flooded with them back then.

[Fred Kelly007]

so,there is no story I have to follow, just play watever?

[Nerevars Goat Univeron]

Originally posted by Fred_Kelly007:

so,there is no story I have to follow, just play watever?

They have a very loose story, but defintly start with UFO. It was the first, so its the best for getting into the series, and it also started the story. Most of the story is in the manual though.

[MrVikingRob]

depends which games ya bought... i dont see terror from the deep mentioned ( my fave until i get a windows 7 laptop ).
ok, just seen terror, apologies...

[Mandemon]

Originally posted by Fred_Kelly007:

so,there is no story I have to follow, just play watever?

Each one is independent, you don't need to know anything about previous games to understand the plot.

If you really want to know, basic overarching plot goes like this:

Humans beat first invasion(UFO) -> Things go worse as second alien group awakens -> Humans beat those(TFTD) -> Things get even more worse as worlds oceans are now toxic -> Ecosystem collapses -> Mega-Primus is founded -> Humans go to space to mine -> Things go worse as aliens attack... AGAIN(Interceptor) -> Humans beat those -> Fourth group of aliens attack Mega-Primus(Apocalypse).

Enforcer never happened, are we clear?

tl;dr

Humans beat aliens, get in to even worse situation.

[Fire and Glory]

UFO enemy unknown and after that terror from the deep (though I think there isn't a story worth following,the story is basiclly aliens start storming earth,research way to stop them,thats the story for yah!)