[Vasudan Commander]

FS2 demo came on my pc.

[Wobble73]

I got FreeSpace2: Collossus with my Voodoo2 graphics accelerator card (so I voted demo disc in a bundle). Then gave that card to my brother-in-law along with the disc a lost it for a while. Then going through soem of my old demo discs last year I came across the demo of Freespace 2, thought "That was a good game!" searched the interweb for it, found myself here and a few links to the ISO's, got them, burnt them, played them, then while reading this forum I found out about FS2 Open, upgraded graphics, FS1 port (Which I have now played through twice  ) and various other user made campaigns. (Just playing through Transcend, then on to Sync  ) I should be here for quite a few years now.


Note to self: LEARN TO MOD/FRED!!!! 

[Grizzly]

it was in a article about space games in the Magazine PCGameplay (and it was said it was great )

[peterc10]

freespace 1 and 2 were not advertised enough, my dad learned about it in a magazine i think.

[Dark Hunter]

My father is an avid Descent fan, so when he saw the "Descent" prefix on Freespace's title, he bought it, thinking it was another mine-blowing-up game. He didn't like the gameplay, but I did, and there you go!

[spartan_0214]

Dark Hunter, in RW (Real World) was talking about trying to find Freespace. I said to myself, "Heh, old game, not worth much, Freelancer is probably better." He found it, played it. He loved it like I love Halo. He told me there was a sequel. He played it, loved it like Freespace. He found out about the EULA clause, burned me three CDs. I installed it, thought it was okay. Played Halo some more. Dark Hunter introduced me to the HLPBB. He gave me some of the mods (plus the important SCP Patch), I played them, loved the new SCP graphics, got hooked. Started own campaign.... oh, right, carried away.

Anyway, recommended by a friend.

[Nuclear1]

FS1 as a birthday present when I was in elementary school.

FS2 as a birthday present when I was in middle school.

Got both demos from PCG, IIRC.

[spartan_0214]

PCG? Hmmm, apparently haven't been with them long enough to get those demos...

[FSW]

FS1 was found in the bargain bin. It stirred some memories of good reviews.

[ShivanSpS]

I always like flight simulators games, like, F-15, F-22, F-16, and space shooter games of Start Wars, like the X-wing vs tie fighter and X-wing alliance, them when I on the house of a friend of me, helping him which a pc problem i see they have a game called "Wing Commander 4", when i look i say WHOooa 6 CDs, so i ask it for some days, after i played it, i give it back to him and they say "hey, you do like to try this one?, this have better graphics", i say yes, and she give me a game called "Descent Freespace", which Box, manuals, everything, it wa sthe original game, having original game is very very unusual in now, because they are too damn expensive, i no going to play +$200 for a game (remember that i live in Argentina), but in those days it still possible, because the dollar still in 1to1, anyway... they give me the game, i played it, and i copied the CDs and give it back

And Freespace 2... i find it the first time by looking in internet myself, i just put "Descent Freespace2" on the search, and i see the main page there

That was back in 2001 year, i first downloaded it, because cant find it on stores, and later on I found it at a good price of $25 (dollar still at 1to1), so i buyed, whit box and everything in 2002 year.

[Fergus]

I found the FS1 and 2 combo package and Ground Control and its expansion pack all together for £15...suffice to say I haven't looked back from that purchase.   Bought them both because they both had a rather impressive blurb from PC Gamer.

[Roanoke]

FS2 made it to PCZone's top 5 space shooters @ no2. I couldn't find X2 so I got FS 1&2 White label instead.

[Switchfoot]

I purchased a "100 best PC Games ever" magazine in around 1999, with Conflict: FreeSpace ranking about 6th (I have no idea why they didn;t have FS2 on that list). I read the review with earnest and was pleased to discover that it was included on the bundled demo disc. I must have played that demo thirty times in about a week

Went out and managed to get myself C:FS and FS2 as a single deal, and fell completely in love with the original then the sequel. Unfortunately as time went by I played them less (other games, other things), and had some tech issues with a new family computer. Disaster also struck when I managed to snap one of my FS2 discs in half while I was playing it through yet again. Frantic searching eventually yeilded me a copy of the GotY edition on ebay <3

It was only very recently, after viewing the Wiki on FreeSpace out of having nothing better to do, that I stumbled across the SCP. A fantastic discovery by any stretch, as I'd long ago come to the conclusion that I was one of very, very few people on the planet who even knew FS existed, let alone played it. The prospect of an active community and user-made campaigns was too much for me to ignore .

[Unknown Target]

Picked FS2 up on a whim from my dad's store when I was about 9 or 10 years old. The rest is history.

[Tyrian]

I heard about it from a friend of mine.  Him, me and our friends would all sit together at lunch.  At random times, he would yell out "Dive, dive, dive!  Hit your burners pilot!"  Eventually I asked him what that was from, and he said "FS2, the most awesome games ever made."  A couple weeks later, I found it at a game store and bought it. 

[ssmit132]

I had a demo disk with Descent: Freespace on it for ages. (Well it wasn't really mine, it was my auntie's) When I found out that there was a community for FS1/2 last year I asked my uncle in England to buy FS1+Silent Threat it off eBay for me. When I finally got it, I couldn't wait to play it, but my computer was playing up. I decided to ask said uncle to buy FS2 for me after I played the demo off the Silent Threat disc. I actually found out about the SCP before I got FS2 and thought It was for FS1  : .

[Admiral Edivad]

I got it from Darth Dysko.

[asyikarea51]

I wouldn't be surprised if you could still pick up FS1+ST from the shops here (Bargain bin bundle, FS1+ST+D3+D3M IIRC). FS2 on the other hand, is impossible.

I remember buying PCG back then, and I ran into an advert for FS2 only once. Next thing I saw was a strategy guide, but that was pretty much it.

Forced to play FS1 and knowing full well that a sequel was out there somewhere...

[Admiral Edivad]

D3

Descent 3...here in italy i can't find it... i broke the CD1 time ago and i can't find another copy...does someone know if it's possible to get it from internet (like FS2)?

[Mobius]

You have Descent? Since when?

I have an old demo of Descent 1...