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Offline TopAce

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Descent 1 full download, anyone?
on: March 31, 2004, 11:25:14 am
Does anyone know where I can download Descent 1 for free?
I tried to do a search on google, but all the links I found were dead. Do you know a good site where I can download very old games for free?
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Reply #1 on: March 31, 2004, 11:27:06 am
That would be illegal, so no link for you.
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Offline TopAce

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Reply #2 on: March 31, 2004, 11:28:32 am
Illegal? A Descent 1 download? I thought old games like that are completely free.
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Reply #3 on: March 31, 2004, 11:30:54 am
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That would be illegal, so no link for you.

Decent 1 is abandonware
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Offline TopAce

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Reply #4 on: March 31, 2004, 11:35:00 am
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Decent 1 is abandonware


Sorry, but what is abandonware?
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Offline ARothers

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Reply #5 on: March 31, 2004, 11:39:04 am
I'm not sure about Descent but I know where you can get Elite for free (and legal).
 

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Reply #6 on: March 31, 2004, 11:39:31 am
Games that were commercially abandoned after they were released. Freeware if you will.
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Reply #7 on: March 31, 2004, 11:40:40 am
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...I know where you can get Elite for free (and legal).


Wait .. I believe I know which game you are talking about. Is it an older commando game?
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Reply #8 on: March 31, 2004, 11:44:51 am
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Wait .. I believe I know which game you are talking about. Is it an older commando game?


No, its the first game that ever came out on PC and the the first 3D space opera and was first released on BBC microcomputer in 1990.  Basically, if there wasn't an Elite, there wouldn't be a FreeSpace 2.  Try this: www.iancgbell.clara.net
 

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Reply #9 on: March 31, 2004, 11:54:24 am
I was thinking of Infiltrator. I read first time about it in a local gaming magazine's 'what happened fifteen years ago' head. I had that in mind for a reason I still don't know. Maybe both are very simple names, and it mixed my brain.
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Offline Woolie Wool

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Reply #10 on: March 31, 2004, 12:34:02 pm
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Illegal? A Descent 1 download? I thought old games like that are completely free.


Why are you suddenly speaking perfect English after having bad grammar for so long? It's kind of odd.:)
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Reply #11 on: March 31, 2004, 12:37:12 pm
Computer Gaming World released it on one of their CDs once, try to find it :)
 

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Reply #12 on: March 31, 2004, 01:20:33 pm
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No, its the first game that ever came out on PC and the the first 3D space opera and was first released on BBC microcomputer in 1990.
1984 (sorry for nitpicking).
 

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Reply #13 on: March 31, 2004, 01:44:33 pm
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Why are you suddenly speaking perfect English after having bad grammar for so long? It's kind of odd.:)


Somebody hit me with a magic wand. ;)
But I doubt that my English became perfect. But thanks, anyway.
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Reply #14 on: March 31, 2004, 01:45:33 pm
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Why are you suddenly speaking perfect English after having bad grammar for so long? It's kind of odd.:)


It is possible for him to speak it correctly, I suppose.

Anywho, it's not always illegal, before you go jumping to conclusions. :p

Edit: TopAce, have you looked on the-underdogs.org?

That is the HOTU page, right?
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Reply #15 on: March 31, 2004, 01:53:00 pm
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Originally posted by Raa Tor'h

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Edit: TopAce, have you looked on the-underdogs.org?
...


Not yet. I am now browsing it.
Found Descent II, but it is presumably not free, it has a dirty 'Buy it' icon.
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Reply #16 on: March 31, 2004, 02:09:09 pm
Shame really, D2 is definitely the best of the range. Although Descent was amazingly good fun as well. Level 7 pwned :D
 

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Reply #17 on: March 31, 2004, 02:50:35 pm
Check Home of the Underdogs - they explain everything.

Though IIRC, Descent I is not among their downloads - then again I could be wrong.

As for the legal turmoil - if HOTU has it, even if it's not legal you're safe to download and use it. HOTU has become quite popular, and are keen not to get in trial with any company, so whatever they have for download is pretty much as abandoned as a software can be - even freeware in several cases.

Recently thanks to several films (Bethesda - Terminator games) and "special-releases" (Hmm...Intergay 20 ect..Hmm) they had to remove several titles.

Extreme Assault is up for download! (Last time I checked). That's another classic from the action-arcade-3d-shooter genre.
It has better graphics than Descent 1/2 even if it's not 360 degrees stomach wrenching action.
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Reply #18 on: March 31, 2004, 02:51:07 pm
[color=66ff00]abandonware is a grey area, the owners don't publish it anymore so you can't buy it. As a response you can find it 'archived' on many websites. Hard to know where to stand on this, I personally have no problem with it but there's a lot of stupid publishers out there that don't want people sharing their old games.

Bit dumb really. :doubt:
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Offline ionia23

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Reply #19 on: March 31, 2004, 02:52:19 pm
The used software store up the street from my house has D1 boxed in good condition for 5.99
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