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V2000 or Virus?

INCOMING

Thanks but not even close.

One of the XCOM games maybe? XCOM Interceptor sounds similar to what you describe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjqy80lMgqI&feature=related

I'm afraid it's not that one either. Believe me I exhausted the ufo/space keyword search 😉 Here's something else I forgot to mention. The game was in third person view, could be played in D3D mode and iirc you started at dusk so the colored lights glowed beautifully.

Did you hit upon "Flying Saucer" ?
http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/flying-saucer

I know that one had 3DFX support.

Yep, all the mandatory ufo stuff, but no luck.

It could be Lander, but it doesn't have UFO's, rather lunalander type of craft.
Or... it could be one of the Descent games, if it's 1998 with D3D it might be Descent 3. Forsaken was based on Descent.

maybe battlezone

Hmm, no and no. It was a very simple-looking game, the ones mentioned here so far appear very complex. Just shiny colors, plain landscapes and small, round, hovering objects. Not exactly classic flying saucers because they were barely hovering a few "feet" in the air, not really flying across the screen.

My cousin actually remembers that one, but not anymore than I do. He also mentioned he had it on one of those demo CD's bundled with PC magazines, so I know at least it was something meant to reach the public and not a private tech demo from some company.

Have you tried the MobyGames forum yet? Maybe they can help.

Did you had to Rescue humans? maybe its Scorched Planet?

I don't remember exactly what you had to do, that's one of the problems, but after seeing the screenshots I can safely discard Scorched Planet. Thanks for trying, though.