1994 was 6 years ago, this doesn’t really qualify as being retro
I’m Commander Sheppard, and this is my favorite comment in the Fediverse.
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
The nostalgia hits hard here! So much fun had in this era of pc gaming.
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 reason I still use inverted Y-axis on controllers to this day!
I’m sure Digital Foundry are working on a video about this.
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.
Will this run on a steam deck? I had it back in the Weezer win 95 dialup, wutang CD-ROM mansion days.
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!
Yoooooo! What a throwback!
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.
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.
