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by K0SM0S 2469 days ago
Wow, Descent, man that one just took me way back. I remember one thing: PC struggled as much as I did to go through the game, haha. I can't believe that engine eventually made it to WC3, such a small (and wonderful) world. Thank you so much for the memories, and for sharing!
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Yeah, that one took me way back, too. Descent was the first time I'd ever done multiplayer gaming on a computer. I was maybe 12 or 13 and a guy in my neighborhood was some kind of software developer who would take me and my friend to his office on the weekends sometimes to play it on their networked computers.

Good times!

I used to play it with my brother - one of us would aim and the other would move and shoot. Somehow that was easier than playing solo for us.

Years later I revisited the game and discovered it had music! Our old sound card had not been compatible.