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Descent for Rockbox

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SpawnHyuuga:
We can run Doom so I don't see why Descent couldn't run. It might be a 6 DOF game, but I don't think it's any more "intense" than Doom, and not only that but most functions could be emulated. I'm not real big on the controls, but maybe (I'm using a Sansa Fuze v2...so this is in description for it) - but like the up, down, left, right keys for "scrolling."

I'm not sure about button combining - but maybe using the 'select' button and arrow keys would then shift the view to emulate the 6 DOF. Then just select to fire, and scrollwheel to select weapons?

Has anyone even heard of Descent? Please tell me - I'm not the only nerd here who has heard of it.

saratoga:

--- Quote from: SpawnHyuuga on August 06, 2010, 05:36:44 PM ---We can run Doom so I don't see why Descent couldn't run.

--- End quote ---

Because its not open sourced under a free license, which makes running it in rockbox impossible.

SpawnHyuuga:
It is open source... there are several projects which had the source to make Descent use Open-GL or become "HD."

EDIT: http://www.descent2.com/ddn/sources/descent1/

Missing:
Sound
Modem (Unimportant)

Those parts are © by 3rd parties.

Llorean:
It needs to actually be under the GPL, not just "open source" in general.

SpawnHyuuga:
Could you define the difference between GPL and Open-source?

In the meanwhile, here is DXX Rebirth - or Descent Rebirth. It's Descent (with sound), in high quality [though that may have to be downgraded] even with HQ sound! It's also GPL licensed. :)

http://www.dxx-rebirth.com/

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