Descent 1
Descent is a first-person shooter (FPS) game developed by Parallax Software and released by Interplay Productions in 1995 for MS-DOS, and later for Macintosh, PlayStation, and RISC OS. It popularized a subgenre of FPS games employing six degrees of freedom and was the first FPS to feature entirely true-3D graphics. The player is cast as a mercenary hired to eliminate the threat of a mysterious extraterrestrial computer virus infecting off-world mining robots. In a series of mines throughout the Solar System, the protagonist pilots a spaceship and must locate and destroy the mine's power reactor and escape being caught in the mine's self-destruction, defeating opposing robots along the way. Players can play online and compete in either deathmatches or cooperate to take on the robots.
Cheat codes, console commands, secrets:
Descent
Extra screen resolutions:
Start the game with the descent -640x480 or
descent -320x400 command lines.
Cheat mode:
Type gabbagabbahey to enable cheat mode.
Note: The 3Dfx version does not require this code;
all cheats may be immediately entered. Type one of
the following codes to activate the corresponding cheat function.
Note: To prevent self-destruction, re-map the bomb key to avoid
conflicts with code entry. Enabling cheat mode will reset your
score to 0 unless a new game is started; and may not be used
during a multiplayer game. The cheat status will also be included
with any games saved and may not be disabled.
Effect Code
WowieZowie weapons scourger
Super WowieZowie weapons bigred
Mega WowieZowie weapons porgys
All weapons honestbob
All keys mitzi
Toggle invulnerability racerx
Toggle cloak guile
Full shields twilight
Level select farmerjoe<level number>
Turbo mode buggin
Extra life bruin
Pass through doors, not walls astral
Display exit path flash
Disable enemy fire ahimsa
Fast robots, less shooting lunacy
Destroy reactor biopsytoys or poboys
Full map:
Enable cheat mode, display the map, and press [Alt] + F
Extra screen resolutions:
Start the game with the descent -640x480 or
descent -320x400 command lines.
Cheat mode:
Type gabbagabbahey to enable cheat mode.
Note: The 3Dfx version does not require this code;
all cheats may be immediately entered. Type one of
the following codes to activate the corresponding cheat function.
Note: To prevent self-destruction, re-map the bomb key to avoid
conflicts with code entry. Enabling cheat mode will reset your
score to 0 unless a new game is started; and may not be used
during a multiplayer game. The cheat status will also be included
with any games saved and may not be disabled.
Effect Code
WowieZowie weapons scourger
Super WowieZowie weapons bigred
Mega WowieZowie weapons porgys
All weapons honestbob
All keys mitzi
Toggle invulnerability racerx
Toggle cloak guile
Full shields twilight
Level select farmerjoe<level number>
Turbo mode buggin
Extra life bruin
Pass through doors, not walls astral
Display exit path flash
Disable enemy fire ahimsa
Fast robots, less shooting lunacy
Destroy reactor biopsytoys or poboys
Full map:
Enable cheat mode, display the map, and press [Alt] + F
Cheat codes, console commands, secrets and system requirements for Descent 1 free online.
Game description
Platform:
MS-DOS, Macintosh, PlayStation, RISC OS
Game Developer:
Parallax Software
Game Genre:
First-person shooter
shoot 'em up
Game Mode:
Single-player, multiplayer
Game Publisher:
Interplay Productions