Parallax Software Corp.

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After creating the legendary Descent series, Parallax later split into two separate companies, Outrage and Volition.

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After creating the legendary Descent series, Parallax later split into two separate companies, Outrage and Volition.

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Descent (Game)

17 March 1995

In the shoes of a Material Defender working for the PTMC, the objective is to take to the underground and overcome the epidemic of rogue mining robots plaguing across planets in a heart pounding 360 degree action shooter.

PC​ MAC​ PS1​ +2

Descent II (Game)

13 March 1996

The Material Defender returns in this underground 360 degree action shooter, this time retrofitted with a prototype warp core in his ship that will take him to distant worlds. The game features a new array of destructive weapons and berserk robots that ups the ante from its predecessor.

AMI​ PC​ MAC​

Descent Maximum (Game)

30 April 1997

Descent Maximum is a Playstation exclusive entry in the Descent series, based on Descent II's improvements over Descent, but with entirely new levels.

PS1​

Descent: Levels of the World (Game)

31 December 1995

Descent: Levels of the World is a mission disk for Descent containing more than a 100 user created levels. It was intended to be first in a series of such disks, but the only one to be released.

PC​ MAC​

Descent II: Vertigo Series (Game)

15 November 1996

Vertigo Series is an expansion pack for Descent II, originally released in November 1996.

PC​ MAC​

Published Games

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Parallax Software Corp.

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Developed Games

• Descent (Game)
• Descent II (Game)
• Descent Maximum (Game)
• Descent: Levels of the World (Game)
• Descent II: Vertigo Series (Game)
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Published Games

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Franchises

• Descent (Franchise)

People

• Brian Luzietti (Person)
• Larry Peacock (Person)
• Johann Langlie (Person)
• Peter Rotter (Person)
• Dan Wentz (Person)
• Jim Torres (Person)
• Ken Allen (Person)
• Leslie Spitzer (Person)
• Mark Morgan (Person)
• Ronald Valdez (Person)
• Tim Wiles (Person)

Characters

• Material Defender (Character)
• Samuel Dravis (Character)

Concepts

• Exit Door (Concept)
• First-Person Perspective (Concept)
• Aggressive Door-Opening (Concept)
• Enemy Spawner (Concept)
• Flat Shading (Concept)
• Redbook Audio (Concept)
• Bounty Hunter (Concept)
• Computer Virus (Concept)
• Corridor Crawler (Concept)
• Countdown Timer (Concept)
• Credits Menu Option (Concept)
• Crosshair (Concept)
• Dashboard View (Concept)
• Death (Concept)
• Destructible Environment (Concept)
• Difficulty Level (Concept)
• Electronic Music (Concept)
• Energy Weapons (Concept)
• Escape From Exploding Building (Concept)
• Flight (Concept)

Locations

• Mine (Location)
• Asteroid Field (Location)
• Zeta Aquilae (Location)
• Callisto (Location)
• Charon (Location)
• Europa (Location)
• Ganymede (Location)
• Hyperion (Location)
• Io (Location)
• Jupiter (Location)
• Laboratory (Location)
• Mars (Location)
• Mercury (Location)
• Military Base (Location)
• Miranda (Location)
• Neptune (Location)
• Nereid (Location)
• Oberon (Location)
• Pluto (Location)
• Saturn (Location)

Objects

• Robot (Object)
• Spaceship (Object)
• Ammo (Object)
• Color-coded Key (Object)
• Door (Object)
• Energy Force Shield (Object)
• Gatling Gun (Object)
• Gun (Object)
• Homing Missile (Object)
• Key (Object)
• Laser (Object)
• Laser Gun (Object)
• Lava (Object)
• Planet (Object)
• Spread Gun (Object)
• Asteroid (Object)
• Cloaking Device (Object)
• Gauss Rifle (Object)
• Laser Fence (Object)
• Missile (Object)