You pilot a space ship that moves 360 degrees in all three dimensions in this famous shooter. You work for a mining corporation whose bases have been attacked by an invasion force that is heading towards Earth. The manufacturing facilities have been adapted from building mining robots to develop a robot army. Your mission is to move from mine to mine, destroy the core and escape before the entire mine is obliterated. Originally planned as an Apogee shareware title, the shareware version contains the first 7 levels and is missing a few of the weapons. The registered version has 30 levels.

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Downloads

Complete version history:

Descent v1.4 Shareware (2,877,472 bytes)	1995-04-11	DOS	Play online
Descent v1.3 Shareware (2,912,442 bytes)	1995-03-06	DOS
Descent v1.2 Shareware (2,912,611 bytes)	1995-02-22	DOS
Descent v1.1 Shareware (2,909,561 bytes)	1995-01-06	DOS
Descent v1.0 Shareware (2,883,231 bytes)	1994-12-22	DOS

Source code

Patches

Availability

Interplay has filed for bankruptcy protection and has closed its online store.

It can be purchased from Amazon:

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Descent
Descent Anniversary Edition
Descent I and II: The Definitive Collection
Interplay 15th Anniversary Anthology

Cheat Codes

GABBAGABBAHEY - Cheats enabled!

SCOURGE - WowieZowie Weapons!
MITZI - All Keys!
RACERX - Invulnerability On/Off!
GUILE - Cloak On/Off!
TWILIGHT - Shields Recharged!
FARMERJOE - Warp to Which Level?

***The following cheat codes work only in the registered version***

BUGGIN - Turbo mode; everything (including enemies) speeded up
BRUIN - Extra Life!
BIGRED - SuperWowieZowie Weapons! (includes ALL weapons)
FLASH - Illuminates a path to the exit
AHIMSA - Turns off enemy ships' firing
BIOPSYTOYS - Blows the reactor immediately
POBOYS - Also blows the reactor immediately
ASTRAL - "Ghost" mode; go through doors, etc. (NOT walls)
PORGYS - MEGA WowieZowie Weapons! (Must be seen to be believed)
LUNACY - Robots move fast, fire seldom