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Descent: A classic 3-D first-person shooter (2012)


ESCENT is a classic 3-D first-person shooter for DOS that was released in 1995, developed by Parallax Software and published by Interplay Productions. DESCENT is a contemporary of the other very popular FPS of the time, DOOM by id Software, released just over a year before.

Questions or comments about the pages, a specific level, or Descent in general may be directed to insectoid(at) budwin(dot) net; please put IWP: in the subject line. LEGAL STUFF: The beveled panels, buttons, and page design are ©2011 Thomas Keith / Insectoid. The typeface for most of the banners and the dark grey sidebar buttons are TrueType versions of the fonts from DESCENT II; ©1997 Harald Koenigsperger (Wild Style GraphX).

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