Descent 1 & 2 Games work great in modern Stereo 3D

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Descent 1 & 2 Games work great in modern Stereo 3D

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I was afraid my new 3DTV and modern desktop wouldn't play the old Descent games but they work fantastic. I am using Nvidia 3D driver but I assume it works on all modern 3D drivers.

Gog (Good Old Games) has Descent 1 & 2 bundle for only $5.99.:
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/descent_1_descent_2

Then you need the modern update called DXX-Rebirth (Descent Rebirth 1 & 2) free.
You can install the GOG version, then create a new directory for Rebirth and follow his super simple instructions.
http://www.dxx-rebirth.com/download-dxx-rebirth/

The last piece is a single file, opengl32.dll, in the GLDirect5 package. Place it in the Rebirth main directory:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gldirect/files/

Now when you bring up the game the modern Nvidia drivers act like its no big deal and just work.
OS: Windows 7
Graphics card: Nvidia GeFoce GTX 275
Nvidia Driver: Its the latest posted.
TV via HDMI cable: 32" Vizio 3DTV with passive glasses

Some of you may have never heard of Descent. Check it out on YouTube.com. It was a first person shooter in 6 degrees of freedom. It was pretty extreme and there is no other game like it. Think of it, for $6 you get two Stereo-3D games and 10 years worth of extra missions for free (You can find extra missions everywhere). You could never play all of them!

Descent 2 on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yco5wClECOc
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I remember playing Decent on my Playstation many years ago. Great find 3D Wolf! :)
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Nice. That game was so amazing back in the day.
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That's really tempting! The only game where you could actually get lost in a corner of a room. Have you got a screenshot, by chance?

Decent 2 was old enough that they put the game on the first "track" of the CD. The rest of the tracks were the in-game music. I still have some of those around. (Skinny Puppy, I think?)
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