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descent

Descent (1995) by Parallax Software Corp.

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Descent (1995) by Parallax Software Corp.

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Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year7 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2014-12-23 15:21:32 UTC to 2025-01-11 21:43:35 UTC.

0122014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20142015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments20192020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20142014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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groundlogic·Aug 17, 2019
I just did some busywork picking out what I think were the impact-wise most important games out of these (roughly half of them - super subjective :)), and then sorted them by release year, for your browsing pleasure!: Robotron: 2084 (1986) by Vid Kidz for the Atari 7800 https://github.com/videogamepreservation/robotron-7800 Galaga (1987) by Namco Limited for the Atari 7800 https://github.com/videogamepreservation/galaga-7800 Dig Dug (1987) by Namco Limited for the Atari 7800 https://github.com/videogamepreservation/digdug-7800 Centipede (1987) by Atari, Inc. for the Atari 7800 https://github.com/videogamepreservation/centipede-7800 Asteroids (1987) by Atari, Inc. for the Atari 7800 https://github.com/videogamepreservation/asteroids-7800 Ms. Pac-Man (1987) by General Computer Corporation for the Atari 7800 https://github.com/videogameprese
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rvation/mspacman-7800 Commando (1989) by Capcom Co., Ltd. for the Atari 7800 https://github.com/videogamepreservation/commando-7800 Prince of Persia (1989) by Jordan Mechner for the Apple II https://github.com/videogamepreservation/princeofpersia Hovertank One (1991) by id Software, Inc. https://github.com/videogamepreservation/hovertank3d Wolfenstein 3D (1992) by id Software, Inc. for DOS https://github.com/videogamepreservation/wolf3d DOOM (1993) by id Software, Inc. https://github.com/videogamepreservation/doom Rise of the Triad: Dark War (1994) by Apogee Software, Ltd.: https://github.com/videogamepreservation/rott Beneath a Steel Sky (1994) by Revolution Software. https://github.com/videogamepreservation/bass Heretic (1994) by Raven Software https://github.com/videogamepreservation/heretic Gravity Force 2 (1994) by Bits Productions https://github.com/videogamepreservation/gravityforce2 Descent (1995) by Parallax Software Corp. https://github.com/videogamepreservation/descent Hexen: Beyond Heretic (1995) by Raven Software https://github.com/videogamepreservation/hexen Abuse (1995) by Crack dot Com https://github.com/videogamepreservation/abuse Duke Nukem 3D (1996) by 3D Realms Entertainment, Inc. https://github.com/videogamepreservation/dukenukem3d Descent II (1996) by Parallax Software Corp. https://github.com/videogamepreservation/descent2 Quake (1996) by id Software, Inc https://github.com/videogamepreservation/quake Quake II (1997) by id Software, Inc. https://github.com/videogamepreservation/quake2 Postal (1997) by Running With Scissors https://github.com/videogamepreservation/postal FreeSpace 2 (1999) by Volition, Inc. https://github.com/videogamepreservation/freespace2 Homeworld (1999) by Relic Entertainment https://github.com/videogamepreservation/homeworld Aliens versus Predator (1999) by Rebellion Developments Ltd. https://github.com/videogamepreservation/avp MechCommander 2 (2001) by FASA Studio https://github.com/videogamepreservation/mechcommander2 DOOM³ (2004) by id Software, Inc. https://github.com/videogamepreservation/doom3
In Video Game Preservation – An archive of commercial video game source code
kragen·Dec 23, 2014
I wasn't writing games in 1995 but I suspect you are mistaken. Fortunately https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_in_video_gaming tells us about the major games that year; unfortunately there are 33 of them. Descent and Mortal Kombat 3 are the ones I remember. https://github.com/drguildo/Descent/blob/master/MAIN/AUTOMAP... Descent is written in C++ (note the "//" comments) but it's a very C-styled C++, not even with classes. MK3 I don't have any idea, but it was eventually released for a lot of platforms with different CPUs, so I doubt it was written in assembly.
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