Descent
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MacPlay Interplay |
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Descent.img_.sit (8.70 MB)
MD5: c3b6825e08f709de19f4a35a8ca9de80 For System 7.0 - 7.6 - Mac OS 9
descentone.zip (63.82 MB)
MD5: ceab0021e0aac4070bdb70b8dbc1cc55 For System 7.0 - 7.6 - Mac OS 9
descent_mac_bin_cue.zip (600.52 MB)
MD5: 62db990b3bcb10848bfa5c161dac50a9 For System 7.0 - 7.6 - Mac OS 9
Insanity_Soundtrack.zip (44.82 MB)
MD5: 70229e6b96223fa44a48df080f499e7d For System 7.0 - 7.6 - Mac OS 9
DescentAnniversary-NEWLEVEL.zip (898.63 KB)
MD5: 26dd9dcf620fcd521dd7a41dc116a565 For System 7.0 - 7.6 - Mac OS 9
DESCENT.PIG-PC.zip (2.23 MB)
MD5: b4dd420ee7fe719aa4dceba17d3c0fe9 For System 7.0 - 7.6 - Mac OS 9
DSGE_save_game_edit.sit (281.49 KB)
MD5: f5ce93994017d09281461a9695a27bd7 For System 7.0 - 7.6 - Mac OS 9
d1x-rebirth_v0.58.1-macosx.dmg (4.99 MB)
MD5: e31f0eb3f0f3f823701fd2b06a4e3d76 For System 7.0 - 7.6 - Mac OS 9
LevelsOfTheWorld_Mac_iso.zip (153.77 MB)
MD5: 04054294d5c3b1695cb5b662d8a82e3e For System 7.0 - 7.6 - Mac OS 9
descent_demo.sit_.hqx (6.57 MB)
MD5: 3130cf5eabe18d758d1de44cc974f85f For System 7.0 - 7.6 - Mac OS 9
descent1gl.zip (4.91 MB)
MD5: e51ea0c91d9bcd1671c4ea5cd1f30bba For System 7.0 - 7.6 - Mac OS 9
Descent1_3Dfx_127.sit (1.64 MB)
MD5: 7e82a8f0915ece68941a7e5694b3761b For System 7.0 - 7.6 - Mac OS 9
They're plotting against you - Descent's aliens are like no others. They use artificial intelligence to learn your move, adjust their tactics and ambush you from all sides. The full 360-degree 3-D environment will keep your head spinning. Whether you're annihilating aliens alone or hooking up with a network of other players, explosive, multidirectional play, spectacular sound effects and sizzling weapon systems will keep you in command.
— Macintosh Multimedia & Product Registry Volume 9, No.4 - 1996
Featuring a full 3D engine a year before Quake was released for the Mac, Descent is the brain child of Michael Kulas (Ultima Underworld) and Matthew Toschlog (System Shock). But unlike those last two games, Descent is all about blowing things up. Robots, doors, reactors, other players—you name it. Descent has many elements of space & flight simulators, though it's not a space/flight simulator; it's an FPS. In fact, despite the game's combat being done from Pyro-GX space ships, the game gives you the ability to strafe left & right (also up & down). This makes Descent a truly unique gaming experience.
Descent was substantially improved in the transition from DOS to Mac OS. Its screen resolution more than doubled (640x480 vs 320x200), and its MIDI music became studio-quality CD tracks.
The version uploaded here also includes The Levels of The World add-on on the disk. This add-on consists of various fan made levels that were submitted into a contest. Of course, not all fan content made it in the add-on. For those honorable mentions, check out this thread at GOG.com.
The source code has been released here.
See also Descent II and Descent 3.
CompatibilityArchitecture: PPC
Minimum Requirements
- PowerPC 601 processor
- 8 MB of free RAM (3 MB can be virtual memory)
- 18 MB of free hard drive space
- 640x480 display with 256 colors
- Mac OS 7.1.2
To run this in Mac OS X, you'll need the DXX engine.
Although Descent can be installed in SheepShaver, it runs much too fast.
For a version of this game with hardware acceleration suppport, click here for Mac OS 9 and here for Mac OS X.
Comments
This was a major pita since I don't have a windows machine. Loaded up a Win10 VM and followed this guide. https://redacted
Thanks, all
BIN/CUE contain mixed mode multiple tracks. In this case, 1 data track (the game) and multiple audio tracks (the music score to listen to while playing the game).
It's the full representation of the original game, and not just the game itself. To appreciate the game fully, you need to burn the BIN/CUE files to CD-ROM and play the game on hardware that supports it.
To burn to CD you need to point your burner software to the CUE file, only.
If you're wanting to play this on an emulator because you don't have the hardware to play it natively, then you won't be able to use the BIN/CUE, and you should probably just download the 2nd file (descentone.zip) instead. And maybe the 4th download "Insanity_Soundtrack.zip".
I'm only guessing on those 2nd & 4th downloads, as the description of the DL's in this page is practically non-existent.
Bin/cue is an alternative to the .iso format, and offers some features that standard ISOs don't. If Toast doesn't recognize it, try burning it from a different app. Not all burning software supports bin/cue, and I don't have a list of what might, especially not on Macs.
Sorry to come back to this one… I can't seem to figure out how to open up the BIN/CUE files (Both Descent and DII). Both Stuffit and Toast have no idea what to do when I try to throw these at them. Forgive my ignorance here. Any ideas?
I upload D1x-rebirth v0.58.1. This version for mac os x only. You no longer can download this D1-rebirth from website.
On Dxx website is intel mac required.
On http://www.dxx-rebirth.com The new version d1x-rebirth required intel mac. but you no longer can download this D1x-rebirth from website. But d2x-rebirth still can download but download for this d2x-rebirth v0.58.1 in archive download in website. d2x-rebirth last download for PPC and intel.
nobody has the old ones:
https://web.archive.org/web/20090402161959/http://www.dxx-rebirth.com/?D...
Where are these files? I am searching for some time, but no one has these.
If it's too fast, simply use G3 Throttle or other similar programs. Probably fixes the alleged SheepShaver issue, as well.
It ran just fine on my 733 MHz Digital Audio G4, so maybe I had missed something?
Maybe I'll give it another shot later.
Love this game on PC, but I bought a physical copy of the Mac version and it runs horrendously janky and very out of control fast on my Power Mac G4 QS. Running Mac OS 9.2.2.
Nothing like listen to The Ramones, while you cheat on this one... LOL
Does anyone happen to have the Descent: Anniversary Edition bonus levels they could upload?
[Edit]: actually, I think I might have found them at the Descent Mission Database right here: http://www.enspiar.com/dmdb/viewMission.php?id=506
Can anyone confirm if that's what these are?
Damn those homing missiles!
For in-game music, the audio CD partition must be mounted in the OS. This is not possible in SheepShaver. In Mac OS X, when using the updated app from dxx-rebirth.com, this can be done by mounting the .cue file of the bin/cue pair using Daemon Tools Lite for Mac. Alternatively, a .S2df image made and mounted in Toast also works. Of course, the physical CD can also be used.
would anyone be so kind to give me some insight as to how to get the music to playback during gameplay?
system: G3 iMac
OS: 9.2
Installed Descent from CD. Seems to work OK.
Problem: Mouse issues -- the mouse is not responsive enough. The PC version has the same problem. IIRC, the PC source port Descent DX also has this problem. It takes too long to orient the ship or turn around using the mouse.
My control setup would be:
WASD = Strafe along the XY plane
Space / Shift = Move along Z axis (ZX plane)
Q, E = Rotate ship
1 - 8 = select weapon
Left mouse button = fire primary weapon
Right mouse button = fire secondary weapon
move mouse = aim ship's nose (pitch/yaw)
Thanks to anyone helping with this.
Here's a full copy of the Apple Bundled CD. It's a BIN/TOC set (in a split RAR archive to make it easier to download).
Part 1/4 | Part 2/4 | Part 3/4 | Part 4/4
Burn with any cdrdao-based utility. That includes SimplyBurns and Firestarter FX in OS X. MissingMediaBurner should also work and runs on pre-Tiger systems. And for Windows there's burnatonce.
I don't know what to recommend for linux and the different *nixes but cdrdao originated there so some cdrdao-based GUI tools will exist (or you can just drop back to the terminal).
Can't be burned in classic Mac OS. Programmers get working!
I added a second archive, also available by external link, that includes the soundtrack in MP3 format, the later graphics-accelerated updates, and the "Levels of the World" add-on.
I have the Apple Bundled version CD. Was there any difference between that and the MacPlay retail one? I could make a bin/cue copy of it if anyone wants.
i have the actual disk for this!
That image can be compressed to around 540 MB with 7-zip (yes, I tried before uploading but went with zip instead).
You can save 112 MB of disk space if you remove the MacPlay Demos folder and an invisible folder called Content which is used by the Frankenstein demo. Besides the full version of one the demos, Dungeon Master II, is already available in here.
I have the full version of this with CDDA and all. 660 MB though, zipped.
Hopefully this will be possible after we move servers.
Are you using an emulator? Because this game runs fine with the mounted disk image.
EDIT: I re-uploaded the file so the disk image is no longer compressed--which is an issue for emulators--, just read-only. fps-dungeon, if you're reading it, download the new file and try again.
You can run this game Mac OS X native by using DX1 Rebirth "
It says you need the cd to play this?
Looks great, thanks you.
Ta very much!