This game was truly one of the first real 3d mouse controlled indoor flying shooter game. Even today you won't find many in this genre. Games like Darker and Terminal velocity were a bit similar and cool as well.
Mouse, hah. When I first played Descent, I had only a keyboard!
Same here, but the last time I played Descent it was with a full Thrustmaster setup including throttle, pedals and CrystalEyes 3D shutter glasses on a 19" monitor... Good times... lots of headaches.. but good times.
I still play Descent and variants with a keyboard. I also change my fps keybindings in other games to match closely to the aqze vs. the typical default wasd layouts