[MS-DOS Request] Descent to Undermountain, playable demo?

Allegedly there was a demo of DtU that had support for cooperative play, but it got "recalled" because it "did not represent the final product".

Been looking for this for years now, but all I've been able to find is a non-interactive video. I know it's a huge crapshoot, but I just thought I'd ask here and see if anyone has any leads. Thanks.

 

Found one, but link is dead and no wayback page due to ftp. http://web.archive.org/web/19970605100917/http://www.cdmag.com/demos/pages/descu.html

Edit: Tried some others but still no luck.

 

Apparently it is available in a package on a Russian website. I think I may have found which site that is, but I'm afraid to download anything from it.

Anyways, a user on some forum has it and has shared it at some point, but the download link is expired.
http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=302644&sid=ea21b2be75c5966d4b8d45a9eb3799c5#p302644

 

You should link to the russian site, i'm sure everyone here has an antivirus. Also there's no point in infecting abandonware with trojans >.< ....

 

All I've got is the video. It doesn't look like their site mentioned the co-op feature in November 1996, when it was first archived.

http://web.archive.org/web/19961107050203/http://www.interplay.com/games/dtum.html

Was it on a cover disc?

 

Ok here is the link. I use NoScript so I have no idea what this link actually does.
http://oldergames.ru/file.php?id=233?game=

PS: also since I knew it was found on a Russian website, this is my search terms for google if it is the wrong one:

Descent Undermountain download .ru

 

Having trouble running it, but it looks like it might be the full version (a lot of foreign sights use "full demo" to refer to an illegal full version copy).

Here's an interesting lead: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic/comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg/pwpbezVolxc

I'll have to try searching for that "dtum.zip" later, see if anything pops up.

 

Apparently it was on a cover disc for Computer Gaming World, the January 1997 issue (either #149 or #150, depending on which website you believe).

Archive.org has a collection of CGW discs, but not that one: http://archive.org/details/cgw-coverdiscs And my first CGW was...October 1998 I think? The one that had full version RPGs on it (Wasteland, Betrayal at Krondor, Ultima IV, Might & Magic...).

Getting closer!

 

Ok! How about this one... It isn't an AVI, it says "demo" (in Russian) but I suppose it could be the full game. I don't think I have the game myself so I wouldn't be able to say. I did download it and opened it with Winrar and see it has a setup. It has this in the readme.

Google Translate link:
http://translate.google.com/transla...ntain+demo+exe&start=10&sa=N&biw=1280&bih=842

Direct Link:
http://www.ag.ru/games/descent-to-undermountain/demos/3545

 

Awesome, looks like you found it =)

Now I just need to dig out a system that will actually run it (DOSBox is too slow, and IIRC I had issues trying to get it to run in VDMSound).