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Prepare To Start Your Descent.

Sensory overload in 360° 3-D.

Welcome to Descent™ - 27 levels of the most mind-bending, stomach-churning action game ever. Featuring true 3-Dimensional worlds with light source shading, texture mapping, 3-D morphing, directional sound effects and sizzling music, this is technology taken to the limit.

Something has happened at Lunar Base I. The Post-Terran Mining Company has lost contact with the miners and none of the mining robots are responding. The PTMC has brought in you the Material Defender to deal with the situation. Your mission is to find any survivors and find the source of threat. You will start a journey that takes you from the Moon to Pluto. Best of luck Material Defender.

Lunge straight down mine shafts, twist around never-ending tunnels and fight your way past robotic menaces in an environment that's truly 6 degrees of freedom... move up, move down, shoot everything everywhere. Hang onto your senses (and your lunch) as you drop straight down mine shafts on a ride that'll leave you spinning.

And what's the good of losing your mind if you can't share the experience with your friends? Descent invites you and your buddies to dive into the action together with head-to-head combat and cooperative two-player modem and eight-player network support.

Get ready for Descent...

System Requirements

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macOS

SteamOS + Linux

Minimum:

OS *: Windows XP, 7, 8
Processor: 1 Gigahertz or faster
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 or better
DirectX: Version 7.0
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 32 MB available space
Sound Card: Sound Blaster compatible
Additional Notes: Please visit Interplay's support site for the optimal settings for Descent 3's setup.

* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.

Minimum:

OS: OS X 10.6.8 or later
Processor: Intel Core Duo 2GHz+
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 64MB of video memory
Storage: 50 MB available space
Additional Notes: Recommended two-button mouse, or Apple mouse with Secondary Button / Secondary Click enabled.

Minimum:

OS: Ubuntu 16.04 or later
Processor: 2.0 GHz Processor
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 256 MB VRAM, OpenGL compatible
Storage: 50 MB available space

(C) 1995 Parallax Software Corp. Descent and the Interplay logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Interplay Entertainment Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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