Atomic Gives Descent some <3 !

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Thu May 19, 2011 1:19 pm

Here's a great write-up on an old gamer's memories of Descent. Great time to refresh everyone's memories!

Read Here

Ryujin · Post by **Ryujin** » Fri May 20, 2011 6:26 am

Good stuff Duper!

Tunnelcat · Post by **Tunnelcat** » Fri May 20, 2011 1:17 pm

Yeah, that summed up Descent and it's following pretty well.

That got me thinking. What's the oldest video game still being regularly played today? I don't keep up on these things, but Descent and it's successors seem to top the list.

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Fri May 20, 2011 2:14 pm

I'm pretty sure the original Doom still has a fairly active community, so that would have Descent beaten by a bit.

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Fri May 20, 2011 2:31 pm

Nethack (1987) and other roguelikes are still being played. Then there's DooM (1993) and then Descent (1995). I don't know of any other video games from that era or sooner that are still actively played in semi-original incarnations.

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Fri May 20, 2011 6:56 pm

There are plenty of multiplayer console titles from that era, of course, though that doesn't really count as far as online play goes.

Tunnelcat · Post by **Tunnelcat** » Sun May 22, 2011 2:30 pm

Top Gun wrote:I'm pretty sure the original Doom still has a fairly active community, so that would have Descent beaten by a bit.

Just looking at the original Doom now gives me a headache! How did we ever play that with those colors (and I played it for hours)? Descent still gives me good entertainment without the eye burn.

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Mon May 23, 2011 7:24 am

I think you'll find a good following of the UT series. I still play UT 2004 online and it is amazing the number of maps players have created

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Mon May 23, 2011 9:05 pm

Yeah, I believe UT still has a decent following - though the first UT was in 1999, and Unreal was released in '98, so the Descent (1/2) and Doom (also 1/2) games still have it easily beat for longevity.

Starcraft is a year newer than Descent 2 and two than Descent, but in terms of sheer size of following versus age, I'm pretty sure it's the biggest outlier one could care to mention.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Tue May 24, 2011 12:57 pm

Sirius wrote: Starcraft is a year newer than Descent 2 and two than Descent, but in terms of sheer size of following versus age, I'm pretty sure it's the biggest outlier one could care to mention.

Less beer, moar type!

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Tue May 24, 2011 8:05 pm

I can't give credit for that one to alcohol. I could claim that I gained the knack for incomprehensibility from my brief study of Latin perhaps...

Foil · Post by **Foil** » Wed May 25, 2011 8:49 am

It made perfect sense to me.

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Wed May 25, 2011 11:23 am

The old 2d adventure games still seem to be selling in stores. I really like those.

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