Yeah, that summed up Descent and it's following pretty well.
That got me thinking. What's the oldest video game still being regularly played today? I don't keep up on these things, but Descent and it's successors seem to top the list.
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Nethack (1987) and other roguelikes are still being played. Then there's DooM (1993) and then Descent (1995). I don't know of any other video games from that era or sooner that are still actively played in semi-original incarnations.
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Top Gun wrote:I'm pretty sure the original Doom still has a fairly active community, so that would have Descent beaten by a bit.
Just looking at the original Doom now gives me a headache! How did we ever play that with those colors (and I played it for hours)? Descent still gives me good entertainment without the eye burn.
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Yeah, I believe UT still has a decent following - though the first UT was in 1999, and Unreal was released in '98, so the Descent (1/2) and Doom (also 1/2) games still have it easily beat for longevity.
Starcraft is a year newer than Descent 2 and two than Descent, but in terms of sheer size of following versus age, I'm pretty sure it's the biggest outlier one could care to mention.
Sirius wrote:
Starcraft is a year newer than Descent 2 and two than Descent, but in terms of sheer size of following versus age, I'm pretty sure it's the biggest outlier one could care to mention.