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Descent was called Project Inferno while it was in development
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Descent was called ProjectInferno while it was in development, and they kept on sendingme...

Descent was called Project
Inferno while it was in development, and they kept on sending
me VCR, you know, "builds," you know, I couldn't run it on my computer,
but I could watch the video of it

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Descent was called Project Inferno while it was in development,
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and they kept on sending me VCR, you know, "builds,"
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you know, I couldn't run it on my computer, but I could watch the video of it.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
01:28:00
Uploaded
Apr 16, 2025
Genres
documentary, action
Production
CreatorVC

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Movie Summary

A documentary about first-person shooter video games.
Descent was awesome. It had something different to it. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:05
Descent was awesome. It had something different to it.
During that time, developers were trying to find a different - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:07
During that time, developers were trying to find a different
And this is like really cool, six degrees of freedom rotating. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:05
And this is like really cool, six degrees of freedom rotatin...
It looks really good. The, the technology is beyond - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:07
It looks really good. The, the technology is beyond
I would love to publish this game, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:16
I would love to publish this game,
And then they just, like, go to Interplay. Interplay, boom, publishes it, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:09
And then they just, like, go to Interplay. Interplay, boom, ...
When Descent was first presented to us, it was really crude. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:06
When Descent was first presented to us, it was really crude.
It was just a simulator of a little spaceship flying in an interior of an asteroid. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:07
It was just a simulator of a little spaceship flying in an i...
Matt Toschlog was in touch with Brian Fargo, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:11
Matt Toschlog was in touch with Brian Fargo,
And so, there was sort of, like, our foray into that space. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:05
And so, there was sort of, like, our foray into that space.
In Descent, there is no such thing as down - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:10
In Descent, there is no such thing as down
The 360 rotation; I think that's the thing that really surprised everybody, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:15
The 360 rotation; I think that's the thing that really ...
People were just overwhelmed with the ability of moving in all directions. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:07
People were just overwhelmed with the ability of moving in a...
There have been numerous people at, uh, Interplay QA - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:08
There have been numerous people at, uh, Interplay QA
While it was a decent frame rate, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:07
While it was a decent frame rate,
The average hardware of the time, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:08
The average hardware of the time,
I could totally handle that. You know, Space Road was the same. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:05
I could totally handle that. You know, Space Road was the sa...
You're rotating in space trying to dock with something - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:08
You're rotating in space trying to dock with something
But, no one was really ready for the 360 rotation. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:05
But, no one was really ready for the 360 rotation.
And I noticed a lot of people at, at first - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:09
And I noticed a lot of people at, at first