hey i didn't know about the scaler.
It works rather well. the text already seems a lot better anyway. :)

Bah, despite nobody here apparently being able to weigh these versus Radix, (Man I hope GoG gets this on here one day so people can experience the glory of it!) I still went ahead and grabbed this Descent pack as well as Part 3 just to round thing out and hopefully encourage Radix coming to the service.
Really don't know how I missed these all that time ago they apparently popped on GoG...good thing for that little mainpage blurb on it to draw attention.

Great initiative but I agree that 4,99 price is more atractive to undecided buyers than 5,39.

Just bought Descent 1 & 2, first GOG purchase and I'm impressed, the game will be great to try out, after hearing so much about it over the years!

Part of the strategy is to hoard your resources for when you need them. It's like any other game that way. Shoot off all your ammo at once and ... well, you're going to have to start punching people instead of shooting them. But while you run out of missiles, you can pick them up from enemies you kill. And you can always use your lasers. Often, you should choose them first so your missiles will be around to unloose in a big barrage against enemies that are really scary.
Sounds like you didn't use your lasers well or maneuver very well if the lowest drone wiped you out right away. The game is definitely a challenge, and that's one of the things that is really fun about it. You can't just wade in and have the enemy drop dead.
The other stuff sounds like installation problems. None of what you said made it sound like the demo wasn't that good.

dear friend :) , i merely wanted to say that the game went in overdrive when i started it meaning it was a dualcore problem. it ran way to fast so when i pushed space it shot all my rockets. when the first enemy showed i was dead in 1 second because of the overdrive.
i've played this game 100rd's of times before but thanks for the tricks :)
maybe somebody else might be able to use them.

No, this is not just another Descent 1+2 are good games. They are, and many people described them in the needed details. I want to bring up a different subject, which is probably just the right time when 3D is becoming popular (see the new hit movie Avatar, etc.).
Few people on this planet knows that Descent 1+2 are 3D games. No, not the lousy red-blue glass 3D, but really 3D with the so called LCD stereoglass technology. Way back when Descent 1 came out, I wasn't particularly impressed. I mean, it was nice, but......
As a coincidence I got a present from someone, an LCD stereoglass, with a shortened version of Descent. I installed it on my computer and my eyes popped up of the amazement. Words can not describe the HUGE difference. They can't, because one must see it. There is just no other way. Especially Descent 1 and 2 (opposed to 3), because it has the narrow tunnels, rather than the large rooms and open spaces and the 3d technology makes them look frighteningly real, as if you would be there. It blew my mind and I was hooked. I mean hooked to the point of playing it hours and hours in every free moment of my day.
Unfortunately, that 3d technology is gone. Only on Ebay one can pick up those old style glasses here and there, but if you can find one, it sells usually for a few bucks. Those are the LCD stereoglasses which are plugged into the printer port of the old computers (NOT the type Edimensional sells) and require a "driver like" program, called LCDBIOS. That still can be found on the internet.
To be perfectly honest, I have no idea whether they would work or not with DOSBOX. I should dig up my old glasses (boxed away in my basement) and check it. But if somebody out there knows what I am talking about and willing to spend a few dollars and experiment, get one, get Descent 1+2 here on GOG and you surely will have the ride of your life in the world of Descent. I sure had.

www.descentbb.net is the best place to get help for any of the Descent series.
There are 2 updates for D1/2 to make then playable in XP/Vista without Dosbox. They are called D2x Rebirth and D2XL or something.
www.planetdescent.com also has tons of info and levels for all 3 of the games.
Saw pics for Radax, doesn't comapre to D1/2 or even 3.
CDN_Merlin

No no no it's not gone!! D2X-XL supports 3D rendering. Check here: http://descent2.de/
Unfortunately, XL requires a bunch of setup. I'd make a copy of your D2 directory, one for the game itself and one for XL.
Music1an

[i]No no no it's not gone!! D2X-XL supports 3D rendering. Check here: http://descent2.de/
Unfortunately, XL requires a bunch of setup. I'd make a copy of your D2 directory, one for the game itself and one for XL.[/i]
THANKS!
I will try it and report the result.
Gabor