Leaked Duke Nukem Forever (unfinished 2001 edition) brings back nostalgia

Leaked Duke Nukem Forever (unfinished 2001 edition) brings back nostalgia
Leaked Duke Nukem Forever (unfinished 2001 edition) brings back nostalgia

You need to be thirty years (at least) good to be called a great age today Duke NukemA game released in 1996 on Mac and PC!

As with the earlier versions of Doom and Quake, this insane FPS marked the history of video games forever. it should be said that ruler The big saw wasn’t just a Terminator with closed guns, the eponymous series protagonist didn’t hesitate to leave a small note to take down a stripper, or take the time to empty his bladder in the middle of the game, screaming enough. .. main. In short, an entire era, in stark contrast to the fashion for more beni-ouioui FPS like Fortnite.

The game’s sequel was announced soon after the first installment was released.We are still in the 90s and the names of Duke Nukem Forever It was already argued on all PCs – and Macs of that time, because games developed by 3DRealms were released on almost all existing platforms. In 2001, a trailer then appeared at E3, Featuring fairly good graphics for the time and a gameplay quite close to the original – in short, everyone was happy.

Leaked Duke Nukem Forever (unfinished 2001 edition) brings back nostalgia

then the years go by and Duke Nukem Forever accumulates delays, so much so that the press sometimes considers it vaporware A big joke, if you will. Behind the scenes, no one really knows what’s going on, but as developers struggle to deliver the title, amid internal wars, opaque tactics, and financial problems – publishers follow each other, anything but Doesn’t come out. In 2008, 3DRealms sank and game development officially switched studios.Which eventually allowed the game to end, which will be released in 2011 – including Mac!

Unfortunately, the final version is not please or enough Maybe even the spirit of the times had disappeared, a matter of time. So it will be a half-flop for a title that still sells a few million copies (Take Two will also be a beneficiary) but which will remain in oblivion… by early 2022, a video of the unfinished version of E3 (2001 , so) Appears on the web!

as you can see, The title is far from complete, it lacks many levels, enemies, items… only parts of the E3 trailer are actually worked on. In short, an almost empty shell, but playable and which roughly reflects the situation in which Duke Nukem Forever found itself in 2001: a far from possible release! But not only that: the person who uploaded these images has just published a playable version on PC, giving fans of the time the fingers touch hope Truth sequel to the original duke, In practice, and even with a lot of willpower, it’s not sure we’re much better than the 2011 version, but nostalgia sometimes leads to nice surprises – check out the excellent Streets of Rage 4 which That will be released on the iPhone on May 24. ,

For those who want to play Duke Nukem 3D again, it is easily available on the internet.Because gog.com Offered it free (and legally) for a few weeks. But the binary is not 64bit compatible and all recent Macs can no longer run it at all – except after restarting under Windows. Duke Nukem Forever on the other hand is still on sale but also in 32bit, so not playable on modern machines…

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