A growing collection of computer games that are freeware, open source or free to play.

Story

Descent pits you in a battle in underground mines infested with robots whos AI has been messed up by a hostile computer virus. You are a mercenary pilot named ‘Material Defender’ who is sent by the PTMC (Post Terran Mining Corp.), the owner of the mines, to get rid of these robots, and possibly the source of the virus. You are equipped with a small space ship, the Pyro GX, and a basic complement of weapons, which you can upgrade throughout game.

Goals

As Descent 1/2 are rather old games, all you have to do is to shoot everything that moves (apart from the Guidebot), and pick up everything that floats around (weapons and other stuff). Eventually you will find up to three color coded keys allowing you to access locked areas of the level. Don’t forget to pick up the hostages that are kept prisoners somewhere in the levels, as saving them will award you extra points.

To finish a level, destroy the reactor hidden somewhere in it and fly through the exit before the mine blows up. Instead of a reactor, you will encounter an especially big, tough and mean boss robot every once in while. It is a good idea to save the big missiles for these encounters.

There is also a level-editor available, as well as a lot of user created missions.