1994 was 6 years ago, this doesn't really qualify as being retro
this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2023
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And my Axe!
Descent taught me how to fly using the numpad. I think I had A as thrust, Z as reverse, 8/2 as pitch, 4/6 as yaw, 7/9 as roll, 1/3 as horizontal strafe, and +/- as vertical.
Descent also taught me how to use dial up for multiplayer.
One of those games I owned a demo of, but was never able to control properly. But, boy, was it cool! As a kid I messed around with it, but didn’t see more than one or two levels.
I still think about it from time to time, that’s the lasting impression it had on me. I never imagined, there would be an update or remake!
Thank you for the memories!
A good joystick or even gamepad can help a fair bit with the control. Keyboard sometimes felt... complicated
Damn, that looks nice
I don't get it. Why bother with such poor quality textures? D1 was my favorite of the series, but I feel like the d1x project probably did more for the appearance boost (been a while since I played it though!)
The nostalgia hits hard here! So much fun had in this era of pc gaming.
The reason I still use inverted Y-axis on controllers to this day!
First game I ever had on PC!
Hah. Not surprised NHTV folks made this. Those students have made many interesting graphics/gamey projects over the years.
It looks pretty! I gotta try it.
I remember seeing a demo in the mall when I was a kid. It looked so futuristic
I had a SpaceOrb 360 so I could play this. It didn't help.
I think the lighting on the original was quite good, enough that adding raytracing is only adding a tiny bit more.
What it really needs is upscaled textures tbh.
Damn I used to play the hell out of this game. I remember the controls being very difficult to figure out, but once you did it was awesome.
Will this run on a steam deck? I had it back in the Weezer win 95 dialup, wutang CD-ROM mansion days.
Played a ton of Descent with my CH Products Flight Stick Pro, which is since long gone. Not sure I could play any other way.
So cool, I had this on PC back in the day, but the PC really wasn't powerful enough to play it properly, it was so jerky. Can't wait to try it on a modern computer, thanks for the link!
Cool, now I can vomit like it's the 90's again, but with incredible lighting :p
Ohhhh boy. This is just tooo good!
Yoooooo! What a throwback!
I'm sure Digital Foundry are working on a video about this.
One of the true childhood nostalgia games for me.
Sometimes I'd hear people talk about other games with Descent in the title (I think it was Descent: Freespace?) I'd think "Wait ... that's not the Descent I know of"
This was such a unique game. It was like a merge of a tight corridor first person shooter and a space combat simulator where there is no "up". I haven't seen anything like it since.