Descent (1995) · Tastebuds

Welcome to Descent - 30 levels of the most mind-bending, stomach-churning action game ever. Featuring true 3-Dimensional worlds with light source shading, texture mapping, 3-D morphing, directional sound effects and sizzling music, this is technology taken to the limit.You begin deep below the surface of Lunar Base I where an unknown alien race has taken over the chasm of the Post-Terran Mining Corporation.

Shooter Simulator Action Science fiction bloody shoot 'em up death robots open-source futuristic spaceship time limit online hostages campaign sharewarePanasonic M2, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, PlayStation

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Plot-driven, relentless, unpretentious and earnest.

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Platforms: Panasonic M2, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, PlayStation
Developer: Parallax Software, Interplay Productions
Publisher: SoftBank, MacPlay, Interplay
Released: March 3, 1995
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective: First person

IGDB rating 7.4/10 from 72 ratings.

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