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Article #89355Re: Old Timers
From: rms
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 00:08
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 00:08
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> I played Descent from the shareware and loved Descent II as well. I've
> visited this NG on and off since 97 and subscribed to the DDL (Descent
> Developers List) at one time.
I can't claim the honor of producing new content (kudos to Cicero!) but
I played Descent1 shareware for hours every day over dos-based PPP dialup
scripts (co-op play beating all 7 levels and the magnificent final shareware
boss: unforgettable) , and bought Kali soon after Noone (I forget his real
name now, Joe Cotton or somesuch?) discovered an assembly level bug in the
popular free PPP package that most people used back then, and compensated
for it in his code (#286, and #29 Kahn also :) )
Descent2 was similarly exciting, with the wonderful gauss gun,
co-operating to open hidden doors, and playing Hoard levels.
#descent on efnet IRC was also a rocking place, with intense channel
takeover battles occurring weekly, and tons of game and level discussion,
with Parallax developers often making an appearance.
> Anyone remember the "Descent Levels of the World" add on pack?
> It was the result of a competition. I used D.E.V.I.L. to produce my entry:
> "Cicero Outpost".
Nice! LOTW was included in the Infinite Abyss D2 box wasn't it?
rms
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