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Descent Coming to Wii

by Chris Faylor, Apr 15, 2010 11:10am PDT

Related Topics – Descent, Volition, WiiWare, PC, Interplay

With Descent PC having just celebrated its fifteen year anniversary, publisher Interplay has announced that the six-degree spaceship shooter series is coming to Wii.

The original Descent (PC), circa 1995.

Due this fall as a WiiWare download,

"Descent will pair perfectly with the motion sensing Wii Remote controller and we can't wait to show players how intuitive the game play and control can be," according to Scott Hawkins of WiiWare version developer G1M2.

The original Descent was crafted by Parallax Software, which later split into two companies--Volition (Saints Row, Red Faction) and Outrage (Descent 3, Alter Echo)--that were both later purchased by THQ. While Volition remains to this day--it's currently readying new Red Faction and Saints Row entries--Outrage was closed by 2004.

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I played this originally with my Flightstick Pro at home and that metal F16 Thrustmaters down at work. I'm not really sure I'd want to play this game with a Wiimote, let alone a gamepad. Anyways, if the price is right, I'll buy it for nostalgia.

Apr 16, 2010 2:21am PDT

I played this originally with my Flightstick Pro at home and that metal F16 Thrustmaters down at work. I... : JackAxe

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Is it going to have multiplayer?

Apr 15, 2010 12:20pm PDT

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Is it going to have multiplayer? : ianlippert
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Did anyone else think that Descent: Freespace was better than the originals? I also think that Freespace would be an easier sell for the Wii.

Apr 15, 2010 12:00pm PDT

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Interesting. I've occasionally pictured playing Descent on the Wii.

This could turn out great, but it's really going to depend on how well the Wiimote controls work with the gameplay. Hopefully, Interplay (or whoever is developing this) will let players fine-tune the controls to their own preferences.

Apr 15, 2010 12:28pm PDT

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Interesting. I've occasionally pictured playing Descent on the Wii. This could turn out great, but it... : SigmaDraconis
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- I got really excited, right until they said this was going to be motion controlled. As an option, fine, b... : ckozlowski

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If you buy descent at GoG and use the Rebirth source port and a 360 controller, you will have a grand old time.

http://www.dxx-rebirth.com/

Apr 15, 2010 1:25pm PDT

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remember descent, the highest form of patriotic

http://www.superpoop.com/042009/remember-descent.jpg

Apr 15, 2010 11:46am PDT

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remember descent, the highest form of patriotic http://www.superpoop.com/042009/remember-descent.jpg : Mr.SEX
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So what they're saying is that the Wii has roughly the graphical capabilities of my gaming computer of 15 years ago? Yeah, that sounds about right.

P.S. Descent kicked ass!

Apr 15, 2010 3:48pm PDT

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- So that means because Perfect Dark is on the 360 the 360 is only as powerful as the N64 is? Yeah, that s... : Derringer

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Descent was the first game I got motion sickness from. Actually, it might be the only game I ever got motion sickness from.

Apr 15, 2010 11:56am PDT

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- Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Such a great game, albeit disorientating at times. ^_^ : monchipeters

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I get a 404 error when clicking on the picture on the left...

Apr 15, 2010 12:36pm PDT

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- whoops. thanks. : Chris Faylor

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Are there any good modernish source ports of this thing on Windows?

Its source code was released but never, as far as I can tell, got the attention that, say, DOOM did.

Apr 15, 2010 11:29am PDT

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I really want this to come to XBox Live Arcade.

Apr 15, 2010 11:18am PDT

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    Exactly. Even the DS would be better, the source port on that is buggy but great. : node
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WRONG platform. Bummer.

Apr 15, 2010 12:27pm PDT

WRONG platform. Bummer. : TerraDelu

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descent 3 multiplayer was so much fun, its one of the first mp games that I got into.

Apr 15, 2010 11:12am PDT

descent 3 multiplayer was so much fun, its one of the first mp games that I got into. : stgdz

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