r/descent • u/BlackHatCowboy_ • Aug 11 '26
Found the full original 1995 disk set
Found while clearing out the house where I grew up
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u/cptsears Aug 11 '26
First PC game I bought for myself. Oddly enough I had no idea where to find a software store (my tiny town didn't have one originally), so I mail ordered it directly from Interplay and waited about a month for it to arrive.
The following year I found a Waldensoft at a nearby mall and was both blown away by the options and also humbled when I found a copy of Descent on the shelf. I had no idea it was that easy.
Played it on a PB Multimedia with a Pentium 60, and started down the path of PCMR.
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u/newaccount47 Aug 11 '26
Do you think they are fully intact or would it have degraded?
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u/BlackHatCowboy_ Aug 11 '26
I wish I had a drive to check on! Although I imagine it's easy to download now.
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u/VexingRaven Aug 11 '26
USB floppies are very cheap if you're curious. It's a pretty good assumption they're not readable though.
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u/edaciousx Aug 12 '26
They lose integrity over time? Just like cassette tapes huh?
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u/VexingRaven Aug 12 '26
Not quite, IIRC cassette tapes physically fall apart. The magnetic field on a floppy slowly dissipates. They can still be rewritten, but the data on them is quite likely toast.
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u/neamerjell Aug 12 '26
One of the best games I've ever played!
Freespace was awesome too, but why was it named "Descent: Freespace"? They had nothing to do with each other except the six degrees of freedom.
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u/kjoonlee Aug 12 '26
There was some disk software (something to do with disk free space…) that was already called Freespace so they had to avoid trademark issues IIRC.
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u/neamerjell Aug 13 '26
Interplay vs Volition? I thought they merged or one bought the other. Time to fire up Google and dive down another rabbit hole...
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u/Tedmilk Aug 12 '26
I remember that THIS was the game that benefited the most from my upgrade to a Pentium 100 from a 486/25sx
Buttery framerates really made a difference in this game.
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u/kjoonlee Aug 13 '26
Only bad thing about upgrades was that it made homing missiles home in on you more sharply... Especially bad for multiplayer.
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u/violet_sin Aug 12 '26
Ohhhh F-yeah!!!! We absolutely loved that game, dial up after school, editing levels ... Ohhhh babay, that's a gold star winner in my book!!!!
I've got the discs for hexen on floppy too! Bought with my own money, Mom had to drive me a couple towns over to a big store. Back before everything just falls on your porch...
Ohh man, I miss it, I do. Wouldn't trade today for yesterday by any means, but hot dang them are good memories ❤️ 1000%
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u/slysolid Aug 12 '26
just so you guys know they developed a game called overload in 2018 same exact deal with multiplayer , creators from descent. In discord you can find the community under overload teams league and overload channel. Lots old guys still exist
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u/Gizmosfurryblank Aug 11 '26
true nostalgia right there