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Descent 3 Wiki Page error

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Hey,

Was just looking at the wiki page and noticed something was wrong.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descent_3

If you look on the right hand side where the text is in the box, the release date say 1999 for the MAC and June 2000 for the PC in North America. I think someone messed that one up as it was released in 1999 here in NA.
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Re: Descent 3 Wiki Page error

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Probably from the same person editing the page with their own footnotes of hearsay for fame

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why did they remove the linux release... even tho they still have the loki games box at the bottom...

wikipedians are an odd bunch.

that being said, can someone find anything with the release date of the mac/linux ports?
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Re: Descent 3 Wiki Page error

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The last news on that was a bit over a year ago ...or has it been two now?... when Kevin and Matt T. last posted here. ... and then vanished into the nether... :(

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yeah.. check HERE

You'll need to holler at Kevin directly. He offered his email up.
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Re: Descent 3 Wiki Page error

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I believe he's asking about the original ports from ~12 years ago.
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Re: Descent 3 Wiki Page error

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Doh.

It looks like Feb 28, 2001..if that's the same version.

Look HERE.
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Re: Descent 3 Wiki Page error

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According to Interplay support web site it was release 1999-06-15

http://www.interplay.com/support/index.php
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Re: Descent 3 Wiki Page error

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Looks like someone is using the published date info from gamespot.. So sad

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Re: Descent 3 Wiki Page error

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Looks like about half of the "Notes and Reference" links are dead too.
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Re: Descent 3 Wiki Page error

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are you guys allergic to editing wikipedia?
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Re: Descent 3 Wiki Page error

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I'm not afraid to edit the wiki, I could always pull up my pre-order ship date **

Demo was released thanksgiving weekend 1998

Forgot to mention the Vegas D3 Tourney was August of 26-29th of 1999 using Retail version 1.1 or 1.2

Now the Add on pack Mercenary was released the following year in early 2000 with version 1.3 (need to check my ship date on that had it two weeks before it hit retail shelves)

The downloadable PXO version of the 1.3 update was released 3 days after Mercenary was officially on shelves

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** Retail Descent 3 Began shipped for pre-orders from Digital River on June 11, 1999 with D3 Collectable hat

oh how i miss that hat, wore it in Vegas


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Re: Descent 3 Wiki Page error

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If I am going to edit a Wikipedia page, I would want solid references to keep the notability idiots at bay, which boils down to having a working website with the correct information.

so, the release date of the mac port is nov 24, 1999, at least according to KB's archive
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