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Descent 2 updated for OSX - and free!
I don't know why or how, but the gaming classic Descent 2 - yea, the entire thing - is available for OSX, Windows and Linux, and was just updated to version 0.2. It looks like an open source team somehow got ahold of the source and has been chugging away at getting it to work across platforms. (Looks like Interplay, the game's original publisher, has a pretty barren site these days.) I played the 0.1 version on OSX and it was pretty slick, but the game didn't like my mouse very much. Hopefully that was addressed with this update, but either way: go check out this most awesome of classic 3D spaceship fly-around-and-blow-up-crazy-robots games.
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Shig said 6:51PM on 9-06-2005
This seems to be a trend lately, bringing back classic games as open-source cross-platform apps. Or if it isn't a new trend, I hadn't noticed it before now. I've already played Star Control II ( http://sc2.sourceforge.net/ ) and Wing Commander Privateer ( http://wcuniverse.sourceforge.net/ ) in the last couple months. I wonder what else is in store.
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Nick Schoeneberger said 7:20PM on 9-06-2005
I'm not sure about this because I won't get to test until I get home to my Mac, but the site seems to indicate that it includes the D2 Demo data, not the full game. It also mentions that it can play D1 which is pretty cool - wonder if I can find my copy from 19whatever - gosh that's old.
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Dr. Webster said 7:37PM on 9-06-2005
Now if they could only port SimCity 2000 for OS X...
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Jay Brewer said 10:10PM on 9-06-2005
I would love to see Dune 2 come out for Mac OS X. Bring it back!
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CcntMnky said 1:28AM on 9-07-2005
Their website is barren??? Wow, that's a total shocker. Definitely not what I would expect from that type of company.....
...the bankrupt, closed kind that is.
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milieu said 12:44PM on 9-07-2005
Interplay is a dead company. They laid off all their employees and stiffed them on their final checks, didn't pay their health insurance, etc etc.
All that's left is a few execs trying to cut big deals for the properties they own.
It's really sad...Interplay was one of the best game companies around. So many amazing games came out of their studio. :(
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