Xmas Special: Descent II

Since it's Christmas, I got a present for you: Descent II, a first-person shooter developed by Parallax Software and published by Interplay Productions in 1996. It's one of the last games that Parallax developed before this studio was closed. Just as its prequel, Descent II uses a true 3D rendering engine featuring six degrees of freedom to move and to look around. It was released for PC MS-DOS, Linux, Mac OS, RISC OS, Sun Solaris, Microsoft Windows and Sony PlayStation.

In this video, you can see the full version that I got as a bonus on a PC gaming magazine over 10 years ago. SquarePulse and I, we wish you a Merry Chistmas! :)

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[SunTheTiger]

Unbeatable, plain and simple, this game is unbeatable, I don't mean in difficulty, I mean in gameplay, this game is just incredible.

HATE THIEF.

[HardWarUK]

"Guide-Bot coming back to get you"!!!!!

[Arrbyy]

I was hooked on Descent. I first encountered it in a sampler. D1. It was so long ago. Then came D2 when the game came into it's own. With D3 the designers dropped the ball. The graphics were bumped up but the game play was sacrificed. I now have a new laptop and Windows 7. GOG people say that if I get the game from them, they'll get it going for me.

[HardWarUK]

@melficexd God, my head hurts! What the hell just happened?! :)

[HardWarUK]

I tell you what this always reminds me off - cyberspace in the original System Shock!

[melficexd]

@HardWarUK Whammo! ouch! ouch! ouch! ouch!

[nofreedomofspeech]

Played this game co-op with a friend when I was a teen (carried my pc and huge screen to his place), best gameplay memory ever :)

[BuddhaMaster84]

those old classics really had the feeling to go EPIC

[seba6452]

Ohh man it's the original version! :D PLEASE SEND A DOWNLOAD LINK i beg you

[123prova]

@nargarothfreak666 look for d2x-xl on google. probably you don't need dosbox to play it. Hope it helps

[mbturner625]

snake!? SNAAAAAAKE!?

[AndyMacProGamer]

I still have the origina Descent & the box with everything in it, cd, manual, etc... and another one but never been played on the 2nd box both in new/mint condition. I wish it were worth some money. The box looks pretty badass compare to these new game boxes nowadays cheap n plastic looking.