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Article #89775Re: Really old Descent
From: rms
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:19
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:19
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> A) are there any copies of the original Descent (D1?) still lying around?
There are many copies of D1+D2 on ebay for a few dollars. You still
need the retail disks since they have the artwork and level files. The
actual .exe has been rewritten by the fan base to run on today's machines.
There are more than one of these re-compilation projects.
> B) has anyone tried to run D1 on an XP machine? D2 runs fine on my HP
> cheapie, but has some issues on my Dell dual-core machine.
http://www.descent2.de/
http://www.dxx-rebirth.de/main.php
Both should play D1 as well as D2, you can try them both. Dual-core issues
are usually solved by disabling the 2nd core with a utility, or setting the
'cpu affinity' with task manager.
rms
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