Descent II

3D card support

The 1.2 patch of this game provides support for 3dfx and Rendition Video cards. The gameplay is the same, but the blockiness was smoothed out. The result is a more realistic looking game environment.

Arcade Version

The 3D accelerated version of this game served as a basis for the Game Arc Arcade System version at the Gameworks arcade in Seattle which opened on March 15, 1997.

References

A cheat code in Descent II is FREESPACE. This was also the name of the next game from the developer.

References to the game

A voice sample from the game was used in the song Plasticity (on the same-titled record) by the industrial band Front Line Assembly.

Soundtrack

Descent II features music by the New York goth metal band Type O Negative in the form of a very shortened, instrumental version of their song Haunted, as well as two tracks written by industrial legend OhGr (formerly of Skinny Puppy), called Ratzez and Glut.

T-Shirt

The original marketing slogan for Descent II was "Your going down... AGAIN!" You could even get a T-Shirt featuring that slogan if you purchased the game from CompUSA.

Awards

• Computer Gaming World
  • November 1996 (15th anniversary issue) – #123 in the “150 Best Games of All Time” list

Information also contributed by FloodSpectre, NeoMoose, phlux, Rantanplan and Scott Monster