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Key points
- Engine is open source with modern multi-platform ports available. It is highly recommended to use either DXX-Rebirth or D2X-XL.
General information
- Official game site
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Descent source code download page
Availability
Source |
DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
OS |
Retail |
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- No longer sold digitally due to licensing issues.[2]
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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Levels of the World |
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Anniversary's bonus levels (no official name given) |
Also included with The Definitive Collection |
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Essential improvements
Source ports
- There are four (five technically) source ports available for Descent. These ports are major upgrades to the game and will improve almost all aspects of the game. Most notably, these ports support Windows, OS X, and Linux natively without the need for DOSBox.
Focussed mostly on maintaining original gameplay and being authentic.
- Feature List
Focused mostly on graphical and gameplay improvements.
- Changelog/Feature List
Based on DXX-Rebirth. Focussed mostly on improving multiplayer.
- Source & Changelog
Two vary old source ports, haven't been updated in a long time. Both projects are closely related but technically two separate entities. Are the bases for DXX-Rebirth & XL.
Mac Game Data
The classic Mac OS version of descent was substantially improved during the porting process. It features high-res (640x480 vs DOS's 320x200) menus, backgrounds, fonts & briefing images. It also had studio quality audio tracks. Although the content cannot be redistributed by us for legal reasons, we recommend you obtain the Mac version if you want these advantages.
Game data
In-game general settings.
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video settings
Graphics settings (GOG.com version)
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Input settings
In-game key map settings.
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Audio settings
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
VR support
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
OpenGL |
1.0 |
Requires a source port or official OpenGL patch from interplay. Also is a selectable rendering option in DOSBox. |
Glide |
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Requires an official patch from interplay. Also require a fork of DOSBox with Glide support if being player in DOSBox. |
Software renderer |
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Default mode in source ports and only mode without graphics patch from interplay |
DOS video modes |
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Executable | PPC | 16-bit |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
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System requirements
DOS | Windows | Mac OS (Classic) | macOS (OS X) |
DOS |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
5.0 |
6.2 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel 386 33 MHz
| Intel 486 33 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
4 MB |
8 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
25 MB | |
Video card (GPU) |
VGA
| SVGA |
Mac OS |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
System 7 (classic) |
Processor (CPU) |
PowerPC 601 90MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
8 MB (3 can be virtual memory) |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
18 MB |
Video card (GPU) |
640x480 display with 256 colors |
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP, Vista, 7, 8 (runs in DOSBox) | |
Processor (CPU) |
1 GHz
| 1.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
512 MB |
1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
25 MB | |
Video card (GPU) |
DirectX 7 compatible
| DirectX 9 compatible |
macOS (OS X) |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
10.6.8 "Snow Leopard" (runs in DOSBox) |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core Duo 2 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
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Video card (GPU) |
64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References