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Started by Alyce Addertongue
Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:36
Really old Descent
Author: Alyce Addertongue
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:36
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:36
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A) are there any copies of the original Descent (D1?) still lying around? If so, would anyone like to share? I believe my original copy was on a 512KB floppy, which I must have thrown out... 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. I'm wondering if anyone else has worked with these old DOS games. Did this ng just have a server problem? I was trying to look for old posts and between yesterday and today, most of the posts (even new spams) have become "no longer available on this server..." ~AA
Re: Really old Descent
Author: Moon
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:16
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:16
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Alyce Addertongue schrieb: > A) are there any copies of the original Descent (D1?) still lying around? > If so, would anyone like to share? I believe my original copy was on a > 512KB floppy, which I must have thrown out... IIRC even the D1 demo had more KB than this. > 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. I'm wondering if > anyone else has worked with these old DOS games. Get D1X-Rebirth from http://dxx-rebirth.de/. -- Moon's Descendarium - THE single-player guide to D1-D3 http://tinyurl.com/ybkgu2 Maintainer of The 'Official' D3 FAQ http://tinyurl.com/ya9ojh
Re: Really old Descent
Author: 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
Re: Really old Descent
Author: Alyce Addertongue
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:17
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:17
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Thanks, I'll try those sites. On my Dell, the video runs (off the CD) but after the first bot-description segment, the CD doesn't hand off to the game properly - the screen goes black and I eventually have to use TaskManager to kill the app. I don't have this problem on the other older machine. Anyone have a suggestion on how to tweak this? I have the rest of the game - without videos - installed on the HD, and didn't have any (obvious) problems with the install... ~AA "rms" <rsquiresREMOVE@REMOVEflash.net> wrote in message news:xP3Vh.17222$Um6.1678@newssvr12.news.prodigy.net... >> 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 >
Re: Really old Descent
Author: Alyce Addertongue
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:14
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:14
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Oooh, this is getting soooo frustrating... "Alyce Addertongue" <no.reply@all.com> wrote in message news:462660b5$0$24744$4c368faf@roadrunner.com... > Thanks, I'll try those sites. > > On my Dell, the video runs (off the CD) but after the first > bot-description segment, the CD doesn't hand off to the game properly - > the screen goes black and I eventually have to use TaskManager to kill the > app. I don't have this problem on the other older machine. Anyone have a > suggestion on how to tweak this? I have the rest of the game - without > videos - installed on the HD, and didn't have any (obvious) problems with > the install... > > ~AA > > "rms" <rsquiresREMOVE@REMOVEflash.net> wrote in message > news:xP3Vh.17222$Um6.1678@newssvr12.news.prodigy.net... >>> 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 >> > >
Re: Really old Descent
Author: Alyce Addertongue
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:27
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:27
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"rms" <rsquiresREMOVE@REMOVEflash.net> wrote in message news:xP3Vh.17222$Um6.1678@newssvr12.news.prodigy.net... > > 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. > What I found was quite a few copies of Descent for Playstation - none for DOS. ( I hadn't realized it had been redone for PS) ~AA >> 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 >
Re: Really old Descent
Author: rms
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:19
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:19
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'The Definitive Collection' ones are the best to get: http://video-games.attr-search.ebay.com/descent_Games_PC_W0QQa14Z24223QQalistZa14QQfromZR40QQgcsZ1135QQpfidZ1413QQpfmodeZ2QQsacatZQ2d100 >> There are many copies of D1+D2 on ebay for a few dollars. > What I found was quite a few copies of Descent for Playstation - none for > DOS.
Re: Really old Descent
Author: Wesley
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:48
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:48
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You can buy DESCENT CD very cheap. I bought for $5.00 new brand DESCENT 1 <3 Also got full free DESCENT 1 from PC POWERPLAY MAGAZINES some years ago.
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