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Atomic Gives Descent some <3 !

Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 1:19 pm
by Duper
Here's a great write-up on an old gamer's memories of Descent. Great time to refresh everyone's memories! :mrgreen:

Read Here

Re: Atomic Gives Descent some <3 !

Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 6:26 am
by Ryujin
Good stuff Duper!

Re: Atomic Gives Descent some <3 !

Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 1:17 pm
by Tunnelcat
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. :?:

Re: Atomic Gives Descent some <3 !

Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 2:14 pm
by Top Gun
I'm pretty sure the original Doom still has a fairly active community, so that would have Descent beaten by a bit.

Re: Atomic Gives Descent some <3 !

Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 2:31 pm
by Lothar
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.

Re: Atomic Gives Descent some <3 !

Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 6:56 pm
by Top Gun
There are plenty of multiplayer console titles from that era, of course, though that doesn't really count as far as online play goes. :P

Re: Atomic Gives Descent some <3 !

Posted: Sun May 22, 2011 2:30 pm
by Tunnelcat
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.

Re: Atomic Gives Descent some <3 !

Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 7:24 am
by woodchip
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

Re: Atomic Gives Descent some <3 !

Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 9:05 pm
by Sirius
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.

Re: Atomic Gives Descent some <3 !

Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 12:57 pm
by Duper
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!
:lol: :wink:

Re: Atomic Gives Descent some <3 !

Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 8:05 pm
by Sirius
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...

Re: Atomic Gives Descent some <3 !

Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 8:49 am
by Foil
It made perfect sense to me.

Re: Atomic Gives Descent some <3 !

Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 11:23 am
by Isaac
The old 2d adventure games still seem to be selling in stores. I really like those.