Descent (video game) (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Descent (video game)" in English language version.

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Antoniades, Alexander (June–July 1995). "Descending to the Top". Game Developer. pp. 57, 59.
Kondō, Kōshi (April 1996). "Descent, a monumental crystal of 3D games" 3Dゲ—ムの記念碑的な作晶、デイセント. Game Criticism ゲーム批評 [Gēmu Hihyō] (in Japanese). Vol. 8. p. 111. ISBN 4-944000-31-6. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
"You're going down, mate!". Play. No. 4. February 1996. pp. 20–21.
Nelson, Graham (Christmas 1998). "Deeper and down". Acorn User. No. 202. pp. 52–53.
"Faster Descent". Acorn User. No. 263. September 2003. p. 9.
"E-3 The Biggest And Best Electronic Entertainment Show Ever! – 3DO". GameFan. Vol. 3, no. 7. July 1995. pp. 38–39.
"NG Hardware – 3DO M2 – Key Software". Next Generation. No. 12. December 1995. p. 81.
"Cutting Edge – 3DO buoyant as M2 picks up speed – M2 launch software". Edge. No. 23. September 1995. p. 7.
"Preview – Coming Soon – M2". 3DO Magazine. No. 10. May 1996. p. 34.
"News – E3 '96: 3DO? – M2 Dream List". 3DO Magazine. No. 12. July 1996. p. 4.
"Preview – Coming Soon – M2". 3DO Magazine. No. 12. July 1996. p. 34.
Hoffman, Chris (Christmas 2010). "Underground Revival". Nintendo Power. No. 262. p. 34. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
Kaufeld, John (1998). Games Online for Dummies. IDG Books Worldwide. p. 42. ISBN 978-0764504341. Retrieved November 20, 2012.

baltimoresun.com

Himowitz, Michael J. (March 13, 1995). "A game that two comouters can play". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on June 29, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2019.

books.google.com

Kunkel, Bill (1995). Descent: The Official Strategy Guide. Prima Publishing. ISBN 9780761500414. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
PlayStation Games Book. Vol. 2. Brady Games. June 1, 1996. ISBN 9781566865739. Retrieved June 23, 2019.

budwin.net

insectoid.budwin.net

"DESCENT: Robots". Archived from the original on September 18, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2022.

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newspapers.com.

"Dixon's Latest Releases for Sega, Nintendo, & PCs". Daily Mirror. March 4, 1995. p. 10. Archived from the original on December 31, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2023. New Release//Descent//New

engadget.com

Hinkle, David (February 13, 2014). "Classic PC shooter Descent plots a course for Steam". Engadget. Archived from the original on February 10, 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
Lumb, David (May 31, 2018). "'Overload' revives the cramped combat of classic shooter 'Descent'". Engadget. Archived from the original on June 14, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2019.

eurogamer.net

Linneman, John (August 12, 2018). "Forsaken Remastered – the welcome return of the six-degrees shooter". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on August 3, 2019. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
Matulef, Jeffrey (March 10, 2015). "Descent is being rebooted as a MOBA on Kickstarter". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on March 23, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2015.

gamasutra.com

Derrick, Craig; Leighton, Jason (October 8, 1999). "Postmortem: Outrage's Descent 3". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on February 4, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019.

gameinformer.com

Hanson, Ben (March 30, 2011). "The Secret History of Volition". Game Informer. Archived from the original on November 11, 2018. Retrieved June 16, 2019.

gamespot.com

Dunkin, Alan (January 26, 1998). "Descent Source Code Released". GameSpot. Archived from the original on March 6, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
Makuch, Eddie (January 11, 2016). "Descent Games Pulled From Sale, Dev Claims It Hasn't Been Paid Royalties in Years [UPDATE]". GameSpot. Archived from the original on June 27, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
"Descent Review". GameSpot. May 1, 1996. Archived from the original on March 4, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015.

giantbomb.com

Klepek, Patrick (May 5, 2011). "Phew, Descent WiiWare Still in Development...Wait, What?". Giant Bomb. Archived from the original on April 15, 2023. Retrieved April 15, 2023.

gog.com

"Welcome back Descent series!, page 2 - Forum - GOG.com". GOG.com. November 24, 2017. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2019.

guinnessworldrecords.com

"First fully 3-dimensional FPS". Guinness World Records. 2010. Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved July 2, 2019.

ign.com

"Descent N64 Update September 1997". IGN. September 25, 1997. Archived from the original on November 21, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2019.

interplay.com

"Interplay's Descent Released As Shareware". Interplay Entertainment. December 27, 1994. Archived from the original on December 20, 1996. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
"Interplay Releases Descent: Levels of the World CD". October 8, 1997. Archived from the original on October 8, 1997. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
"Interplay To Ship Descent I & II: The Definitive Collection In Time For Christmas Rush" (Press release). Interplay Productions. September 17, 1997. Archived from the original on July 10, 1998.

lparchive.org

"Descent".

macworld.com

DeLisio, Fred (April 1996). "Descent 1.0". Macworld. Archived from the original on August 9, 1997.

newspapers.com

"Interplay:Firm Tempts Customers With Free Samples". Los Angeles Times. March 16, 1995. Archived from the original on February 10, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
"Descent PC/CD-ROM//Interplay". Heartland Evening News. March 4, 1995. p. 4. Archived from the original on February 10, 2024. Retrieved December 30, 2023. The latest game to be inspired by PC classic, Doom, is Descent -- a futuristic 3D extravaganza from Interplay on PC floppy and CD-ROM, due out in early March.

nintendolife.com

Wahlgren, Jon (April 15, 2010). "Interplay Straps In with Descent for WiiWare". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on April 15, 2023. Retrieved June 28, 2019.

pcgamer.com

Bennett, Dan (May 1995). "Descent". PC Gamer US. Archived from the original on November 15, 1999.

pcgames.de

Thöing, Sebastian (April 24, 2009). "PC Games Meisterwerke: Heute mit Descent 1 und Descent 2". PC Games (in German). Archived from the original on February 10, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2019.

pcgameshardware.de

Spille, Carsten (March 17, 2019). "Apple sues Microsoft and Interplay brings Descent (PCGH Retro, March 17)". PC Games (in German). Archived from the original on June 25, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2019.

pcworld.com

Dingman, Hayden (April 10, 2015). "Reader picks: 15 more classic PC games you should play again". PCWorld. Archived from the original on July 20, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2019.

planetdescent.com

Asrale (September 11, 2000). "Volition Interview". Planet Descent. IGN. Archived from the original on January 20, 2010. Retrieved May 15, 2012.

rockpapershotgun.com

"The best space games on PC". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. February 1, 2018. p. 3. Archived from the original on July 27, 2019. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
Tarason, Dominic (October 5, 2018). "Descent: Underground resurfaces with a shorter title and more single-player focus". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2019.

sec.gov

Interplay Entertainment Final Prospectus (Report). Irvine, California. June 22, 1998. p. 36. Archived from the original on February 26, 2017.

shacknews.com

Faylor, Chris (September 3, 2008). "Good Old Games Launches Public Beta Sept. 8". Shacknews. Archived from the original on June 28, 2019. Retrieved June 28, 2019.

steampowered.com

store.steampowered.com

"Descent Video Game on Steam". Steam. Parallax Software. Archived from the original on December 17, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2019.

usgamer.net

Parish, Jeremy (March 16, 2015). "Revisiting Descent, the Most Literal Interpretation of "3D Shooter"". USgamer. Archived from the original on July 2, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015.

venturebeat.com

Takahashi, Dean (March 10, 2015). "Sci-fi game makers aim to bring back the 3D space combat of Descent". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019.

vidgames.com

"Sony PlayStation Available Software sorted by Release Date @ www.vidgames.com". June 11, 1998. Archived from the original on June 11, 1998. Retrieved November 27, 2023.

web.archive.org

Ryan, Michael (August 1995). "360° of War". PC Magazine. Archived from the original on April 17, 2001.
Bennett, Dan (May 1995). "Descent". PC Gamer US. Archived from the original on November 15, 1999.
DeLisio, Fred (April 1996). "Descent 1.0". Macworld. Archived from the original on August 9, 1997.
"DESCENT: Robots". Archived from the original on September 18, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
Hanson, Ben (March 30, 2011). "The Secret History of Volition". Game Informer. Archived from the original on November 11, 2018. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
Laidlaw, Marc (June 1, 1995). "The Doom Killers". Wired. Archived from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
"Interplay:Firm Tempts Customers With Free Samples". Los Angeles Times. March 16, 1995. Archived from the original on February 10, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
Spille, Carsten (March 17, 2019). "Apple sues Microsoft and Interplay brings Descent (PCGH Retro, March 17)". PC Games (in German). Archived from the original on June 25, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
"Interplay's Descent Released As Shareware". Interplay Entertainment. December 27, 1994. Archived from the original on December 20, 1996. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
"Descent PC/CD-ROM//Interplay". Heartland Evening News. March 4, 1995. p. 4. Archived from the original on February 10, 2024. Retrieved December 30, 2023. The latest game to be inspired by PC classic, Doom, is Descent -- a futuristic 3D extravaganza from Interplay on PC floppy and CD-ROM, due out in early March.
"Dixon's Latest Releases for Sega, Nintendo, & PCs". Daily Mirror. March 4, 1995. p. 10. Archived from the original on December 31, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2023. New Release//Descent//New
"Sony PlayStation Available Software sorted by Release Date @ www.vidgames.com". June 11, 1998. Archived from the original on June 11, 1998. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
"Descent 1 Ending". YouTube. February 2012. Archived from the original on July 22, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
"Interplay Releases Descent: Levels of the World CD". October 8, 1997. Archived from the original on October 8, 1997. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
"Interplay To Ship Descent I & II: The Definitive Collection In Time For Christmas Rush" (Press release). Interplay Productions. September 17, 1997. Archived from the original on July 10, 1998.
"Descent N64 Update September 1997". IGN. September 25, 1997. Archived from the original on November 21, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
Wahlgren, Jon (April 15, 2010). "Interplay Straps In with Descent for WiiWare". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on April 15, 2023. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
Klepek, Patrick (May 5, 2011). "Phew, Descent WiiWare Still in Development...Wait, What?". Giant Bomb. Archived from the original on April 15, 2023. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
Dunkin, Alan (January 26, 1998). "Descent Source Code Released". GameSpot. Archived from the original on March 6, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
Parish, Jeremy (March 16, 2015). "Revisiting Descent, the Most Literal Interpretation of "3D Shooter"". USgamer. Archived from the original on July 2, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
Faylor, Chris (September 3, 2008). "Good Old Games Launches Public Beta Sept. 8". Shacknews. Archived from the original on June 28, 2019. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
Hinkle, David (February 13, 2014). "Classic PC shooter Descent plots a course for Steam". Engadget. Archived from the original on February 10, 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
Makuch, Eddie (January 11, 2016). "Descent Games Pulled From Sale, Dev Claims It Hasn't Been Paid Royalties in Years [UPDATE]". GameSpot. Archived from the original on June 27, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
"Welcome back Descent series!, page 2 - Forum - GOG.com". GOG.com. November 24, 2017. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
"Descent Video Game on Steam". Steam. Parallax Software. Archived from the original on December 17, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
Himowitz, Michael J. (March 13, 1995). "A game that two comouters can play". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on June 29, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
Interplay Entertainment Final Prospectus (Report). Irvine, California. June 22, 1998. p. 36. Archived from the original on February 26, 2017.
Takahashi, Dean (March 10, 2015). "Sci-fi game makers aim to bring back the 3D space combat of Descent". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
"Descent Review". GameSpot. May 1, 1996. Archived from the original on March 4, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
LeVitus, Bob (June 1996). "The Game Room". MacUser. Archived from the original on February 25, 1999. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
"The best space games on PC". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. February 1, 2018. p. 3. Archived from the original on July 27, 2019. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
Lumb, David (May 31, 2018). "'Overload' revives the cramped combat of classic shooter 'Descent'". Engadget. Archived from the original on June 14, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
Linneman, John (August 12, 2018). "Forsaken Remastered – the welcome return of the six-degrees shooter". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on August 3, 2019. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
Dingman, Hayden (April 10, 2015). "Reader picks: 15 more classic PC games you should play again". PCWorld. Archived from the original on July 20, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
"First fully 3-dimensional FPS". Guinness World Records. 2010. Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
Derrick, Craig; Leighton, Jason (October 8, 1999). "Postmortem: Outrage's Descent 3". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on February 4, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
Thöing, Sebastian (April 24, 2009). "PC Games Meisterwerke: Heute mit Descent 1 und Descent 2". PC Games (in German). Archived from the original on February 10, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
Asrale (September 11, 2000). "Volition Interview". Planet Descent. IGN. Archived from the original on January 20, 2010. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
Matulef, Jeffrey (March 10, 2015). "Descent is being rebooted as a MOBA on Kickstarter". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on March 23, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
Tarason, Dominic (October 5, 2018). "Descent: Underground resurfaces with a shorter title and more single-player focus". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2019.

wired.com

Laidlaw, Marc (June 1, 1995). "The Doom Killers". Wired. Archived from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2019.

youtube.com

"Descent 1 Ending". YouTube. February 2012. Archived from the original on July 22, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2022.

zdnet.com

Ryan, Michael (August 1995). "360° of War". PC Magazine. Archived from the original on April 17, 2001.

macuser.zdnet.com

LeVitus, Bob (June 1996). "The Game Room". MacUser. Archived from the original on February 25, 1999. Retrieved July 20, 2019.