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These games were always on the top of my lists to install on a fresh DOS install.

Great games with true fps 6 degrees of freedom.

https://www.mobygames.com/game/692/descent/

https://www.mobygames.com/game/694/descent-ii/

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Always wondered what the relationship was between this game and Descent Freespace 2, the best space piloting sim ever.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Same developers. Maybe they wanted to bank on the descent name, or convey same 6dof gameplay?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I'll always have one specific memory for this game. I took my PC over to a friend's house and we linked with a serial cable. This was one of the games we tried to play against each other.

I don't know what the problem was, but as his machine was better specced, gameplay was fine for him but an unplayable crawl for me.

He kicked my arse and all I saw my end was my defeat in the form of a slow slideshow!

[–] chandz05 2 points 2 years ago

Lots of memories with these games. Playing 2HOKB (2 hands on keyboard) with my cousin lol. "You move and I'll shoot"