Duke Nukem on XBLA has "already been discussed"

by Ludwig Kietzmann { Oct 4th 2006 at 6:00PM }

"Mr. Broussard, do you have a minute?"
"Make it quick, I'm in the middle of a WoW raid."
"I'm sorry ... quick?"
"You know, the opposite of slow?"
"Right! Well, Doom was released on Xbox Live Arcade just recently."
"Oh, I know, I was playing it all day yesterday. Good stuff."
"That's the general consensus, yes. Which is probably why every gamer ever now wants a port of Duke Nukem 3D as well."
"Hmm, I like that idea. Provided Microsoft wants it too, I'm sure we could make that happen ... right after I level up some more."

At least, that's how we imagine such a discussion to go down within the finely decorated offices of 3D Realms. Following Doom's successful outing on Xbox Live Arcade, fans have already begun a clamorfest (not an actual word) for an Xbox 360 port of that other FPS classic, Duke Nukem 3D. Commenting on the official 3D Realms forums, staff member Joe Siegler assured visitors that the idea had been favorably considered, but that getting a game onto Microsoft's service wasn't as easy as e-mailing them the original code.

"I talked about this yesterday with George, he's all up for the idea, but we don't have the time to do the port ourselves, plus there's the issue of whetther [sic] Microsoft would really want it. Don't just assume they would, there's a big submissions procedure to go through. Plus their release schedule is booked solid for quite awhile now, even if we delivered it to them today, I would imagine it wouldnt' [sic] come out for awhile anyway."

Imagine that. Still, if Microsoft were to eventually give the game their stamp of approval and a developer like Nerve were tasked with porting the game, it would probably be well worth the wait.

[Via Xbox 360 Fanboy]

Tags: 3D Realms, 3dRealms, DNF, Duke Nukem, Duke Nukem Forever, Duke Nukem Fornever, DukeNukem, DukeNukemForever, DukeNukemFornever, George Broussard, GeorgeBroussard, XBLA, Xbox Live Arcade, XboxLiveArcade

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

daryl/me/azn1080p/ethan @ Oct 4th 2006 6:06PM

I think they should save Duke Nukem for the PS3 Arcade because the PS3 won't have lag like Doom does on the Xbox 1.5

Colonel @ Oct 4th 2006 6:13PM

lol Azn you never fail to show how much of an idiot you are

lag can happen to a 5,000 dollar computer or a laptop from 1994. Its not the computer, it's all about the network. If you really expect Sony to have a perfect network backbone for launch you're in for a real rude awakening this november.

i love how you called it the PS3 arcade even though no such thing has been announced by sony at all, only thing close being the PS1 to PSP download service. all your posts are fanboyish turds

GTFO.forever

LordMinogue @ Oct 4th 2006 6:14PM

And prehaps Blizzard could borrow Ensemble's consol RTS control scheme and bring us Starcraft as well?

moofre @ Oct 4th 2006 6:15PM

How about Marathon for XBLA? Show the Halo fans what they missed.
Marathon Infinity on Aleph One is still one of my favorite multiplayer games.

tcc3 @ Oct 5th 2006 10:59AM

The delays dont matter, it will still hit XBLA before Duke Nukem Forever comes out.

Yeah I went there.

dan s. @ Oct 4th 2006 6:18PM

I agree with Marathon for xbla. I'm sick of all these titles that I can still easily find on ebay or for other systems. Where are the exclusive titles and rare gems?

daryl/me/azn1080p/ethan @ Oct 4th 2006 6:21PM

"lag can happen to a 5,000 dollar computer or a laptop from 1994"

The PS3 is far more powerful than any mere $5000 computer. The Cell chip will easily bypass any lag not to mention the PS3 has built-in WiFi unlike the Xbox 1.5 which makes you pay extra for it.

Wedge @ Oct 4th 2006 6:32PM

I remember there was a native port of DN3D to the original X-Box. That was cool. Blood is better though.

Moogle @ Oct 4th 2006 6:23PM

Hahaha. Colonel got trolled by by . Will we be seeing you in the kneejerk race in the 2008 paralympics? (all in good fun :) )

Honestly, I'd hope to see this on every system because I loved DN3D, and I'm not getting an xbox for idealistic reasons. That's just me. Personally I would find DN3D more exciting than doom, but I don't think others would agree. Doom had a much bigger following I think. At least DN3D and Quake kinda competed and split the fps fanbase, whereas doom had no real competition (at least that's how it looks now, maybe that's not true).

Komrade Kayce @ Oct 4th 2006 6:25PM

Careful, if any of azn1080p's other posts are true, hes got a sony 'crew' ready to curbstomp you for such sladerous words against his console. ;)

If Duke3D ends up on the xbox live arcade, Ill actually put some serious thought into buying a 360 when the next price drop hits. Whatever doubts I had about the console are still there, but they are slowly being outweighed by little things like this.

I havent been able to play a good game of Duke3d since XP came out. Sure, you can jump through some hoops to get it running, but then if you want a multiplayer game, you have to jump through hoops on everyone elses computers (which doesnt work so well with non computer-saavy friends) and then you find out that half your friends havent even played Duke Nukem 3d in so long that nobody wants to do all the work anyhow.

Props to Microsoft if they let the port go through. Id bite.

Moogle @ Oct 4th 2006 6:29PM

Sorry, forgot that less thans and greater thens get swallowed in the comments. That was "Colonel got trolled by (generic sony fanboy comment) by (generic sony fanboy)"

moofre @ Oct 4th 2006 6:29PM

Wow azn1080p... you have no idea how a computer networking works.
Stop while you're behind please

Dave @ Oct 4th 2006 6:44PM

Marathon needs to happen on XBLA. As does Goldeneye and the original Perfect Dark. Speaking of those two Rare games, who exactly owns the rights to them? I'd rather see them come out on both XBLA and Nintendo's Virtual Console then be stuck in limbo over publishing rights. I only bring that up because my N64 is recently deceased. And with all the new consoles, I don't have room for it anyway.

Matt @ Oct 4th 2006 6:51PM

6 player Marathon deathmatches over the LAN in my dorm during my freshman year of college was pure joy. Oh, to experience that thrill again (with updated textures?). The SPNKR rocket launcher was the weapon that really set the early standard for arena weapons.

Kaemon @ Oct 4th 2006 6:54PM

"The PS3 is far more powerful than any mere $5000 computer."

How... can you even say this? The PS3 wont be as powerful as a $5000 computer! If you are smart a $5000 computer could probobly be tons better then it already is then the PS3, which by the way, will have lag.

daryl/me/azn1080p/ethan @ Oct 4th 2006 7:00PM

Kaemon you liar, of course the PS3 is far more powerful then anything you could build for $5000, its the PS3, and its made by Sony, it has Blu-ray and 1080p! You can't do any better then that! And of course all these things add up to a lag free online experiance.

daryl/me/azn1080p/ethan @ Oct 4th 2006 7:02PM

"If you are smart a $5000 computer could probobly be tons better then it already is then the PS3, which by the way, will have lag"

Besides needing a visit from the grammar police, how can say the PS3 will have lag and it's not even out yet? All the top Sony execs say the PS3 will be the most powerful computer ever and I'm pretty sure they know a lot more than you - just some guy posting on the net.

daryl/me/azn1080p/ethan @ Oct 4th 2006 7:05PM

Number 16 has ripped off my name and it is not appreciated.

Josh @ Oct 4th 2006 7:06PM

PAY ATTENTION TO THIS POST!

Can't you people tell this is just some other person impersonating our resident PlayStation fanboy? It's not really darryl saying these things here. It's not that hard to tell that he's not that horribly biased, even though he could stand to open up his mind a little.

yay @ Oct 4th 2006 7:10PM

I am lolling at these comments

Hiro Protagonist @ Oct 4th 2006 7:11PM

"Kaemon you liar, of course the PS3 is far more powerful then anything you could build for $5000, its the PS3, and its made by Sony, it has Blu-ray and 1080p! You can't do any better then that! And of course all these things add up to a lag free online experiance."

1. Wrong. The PC is already getting games that look better than PS3 games.
2. Blu-ray? No one cares.
3. 1080p? PC has had higher resolution than that for ages.
4. NO console OR PC can have a lag free experience. It depends on the network, which can be flawed, easily, or overloaded.

Forest @ Oct 4th 2006 7:17PM

"The PS3 is far more powerful than any mere $5000 computer. The Cell chip will easily bypass any lag not to mention the PS3 has built-in WiFi unlike the Xbox 1.5 which makes you pay extra for it."

LOL then why did Cryech say that Crysis wont be on the PS3 or 360 because they werent powerful enough? my $2000 dollar computer meets the reccomended reqirements for Crysis why not the PS3?

daryl/me/azn1080p/ethan @ Oct 4th 2006 7:22PM

"LOL then why did Cryech say that Crysis wont be on the PS3 or 360 because they werent powerful enough? my $2000 dollar computer meets the reccomended reqirements for Crysis why not the PS3?"

First off, it won't be on the 360 because it is not nearly powerful enough. Of course the PS3 could run Crysis (in 1080p at 120fps I might add), but M$ has obviously paid them off to say otherwise.

Scott @ Oct 4th 2006 7:22PM

Trolling for the Win

Forest @ Oct 4th 2006 7:25PM

"First off, it won't be on the 360 because it is not nearly powerful enough. Of course the PS3 could run Crysis (in 1080p at 120fps I might add), but M$ has obviously paid them off to say otherwise."
lol your such a noob dude why would they ever do that?
BTW assassins creed will be better on 360 than ps3
http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2006/10/04/assassins-creeds-brains-exclusive-to-360/

random @ Oct 4th 2006 7:37PM

Good god people, you (almost) all fail at the internets. Do you really need someone to place [sarcasm][/sarcasm] tags all over the place?

daryl/me/azn1080p/ethan @ Oct 4th 2006 7:44PM

"BTW assassins creed will be better on 360 than ps3"

Again, just because Ubisoft says that doesn't mean it's true. How is it not disgustingly obvious they were paid of by M$?! If Ubisoft even tried a little bit, AC would be far better on the PS3, especially the AI. Do you not realize what 7 SPUs can do with AI?!

360wire @ Oct 4th 2006 7:47PM

@ azn1080p

I have only one question.

Are you needing some spare change for a bus back to the loony bin?

daryl/me/azn1080p/ethan @ Oct 4th 2006 7:51PM

"Are you needing some spare change for a bus back to the loony bin?"

I'm thinking it's you who needs some spare change to buy some more horse armor and Madden hint videos. With the storage space of BluRay, EA will include those videos on the disc at no extra charge! You can't even fit them on a standard DVD lol.

Kaemon @ Oct 4th 2006 10:44PM

No, he probobly doesn't, he's probobly using the internet acces AT the loony bin.

And seesh, if the company says so, then its TRUE, or else they wouldent say it, the game WILL be better on the 360 if they say it! Becasue THEY are the ones making it. They do try and they put quite a bit of money, more then you will ever make in your pathetic life I might add, into making that game, and tehy will do their best on it.

jonm @ Oct 4th 2006 7:57PM

I don't know what's funnier Daryl/..../azn1080p's comments, or people actually responding to them and thinking they are true. The comments do sound exactly like what those Fanboys would say.

Josh @ Oct 4th 2006 7:59PM

random, if you're not this darryl impersonator (even if you are), everyone is so stupid here!

Did you people not even see my post?! (Number 19)

moofre @ Oct 4th 2006 8:03PM

They have high res textures for the three marathons on aleph one.
It's amazing being able to read the text on the health rechargers...
"Do not insert fingers or other objects. DO NOT OVERCHARGE"

I wish i could overcharge :(

Here's a quick link that may be out of date... http://orbitalarm.bungie.org/downloads/textures.html

daryl/me/azn1080p/ethan @ Oct 4th 2006 8:15PM

To all my haters,

if I suck your dick, will you shut up and stop hating me?

Grindstone @ Oct 4th 2006 8:21PM

33. To all my haters,

if I suck your dick, will you shut up and stop hating me?

Posted at 8:12PM on Oct 4th 2006 by daryl/me/azn1080p/ethan 0 stars

Uhm, ... okay, but that doesn't make me gay, it makes you gay. And I'm okay with that.

daryl/me/azn1080p/ethan @ Oct 4th 2006 8:38PM

"To all my haters,
if I suck your dick, will you shut up and stop hating me?"

Second time there is an imposter of me in this thread. That seriously sucks. Obviously I would bot have said that.

Exidor @ Oct 9th 2006 7:15PM

Somebody please port Dark Forces to something modern.

Tom @ Oct 4th 2006 9:16PM

Usually when one of those clowns: darryl, me, azn1080p, or other sony SUPER fans comment on a xbox post they are usually grouped together. Anyone else notice that? I think the master mind in this thread did and this is one of the funniest things I've seen all day, next to the link on azn's name. I needed a good laugh thanks.

On topic, I thought the same thing the second Doom was annouced for XBLA, where is Duke3d? I recently rebought a copy back in march off of 3drealms.com. I couldn't find my copy and had to play it again. Classic Duke on xbox live would rule!

Bill @ Oct 4th 2006 9:18PM

That sounds like a bunch of red tape on microsoft's part.

Doesn't really sound like what I think XBLA is meant to be.

I mean as far as release schedule, would it kill them to release two games some weeks?

I guess it would. I mean surely they space out the release list so they dont have as many gaps in the future weeks that people bitch about, and they probably want each game to get it's alone time in the spotlight to try and sell well...and and and so on.damn you microsoft and your "logic!" I'll get you yet! *shakes fist*

gamesarefun @ Oct 4th 2006 10:04PM

anyway, back to the damn topic. ms needs to fucking put lumines live up before they keep milking out classic first person shooters.

Anthony @ Oct 4th 2006 10:06PM

"The PS3 is far more powerful than any mere $5000 computer. The Cell chip will easily bypass any lag not to mention the PS3 has built-in WiFi unlike the Xbox 1.5 which makes you pay extra for it."

Haha this is the funniest shit ever, before I ignored your posts thinking you had a fanboy PS3 opinion and there typical of most, but I saw this one and couldn't help but read it then laugh. Are you really that ignorant and that big of a funboy to makeup things that anyone taht has some knowledge about networking ang aming in general would know?

If you went out and bought the most expensive top of the line gmaing computer from alienware, and got it to your house, Hooked it up and went on a game with a dial up connection, or connected to a host with a shitty connection you would get the gameplay of a shitty computer.

No matter how good your computer is power wise, If your connecting to a bad network or host, Your GOING TO have a bad connection no matter what, its the graphics in a way are serverside, and you can in theory only play without lag when the network is optimized to give you the most bandwidth that is possible. Assuming that you have someone hosting a game of 16 people on Xbox Live, If the connection is 10mb/s(DL)-56kb/s(UL), even though the hosts can download super fast, it doesnt mean he can host, and will result in a game drop or serve lag.
Say they want to host 16 with a 10mb/s(DL)-10mb/s(UL) All players games should perform as best as the game engine allows.

To some this down for you since it even confuses me when typed(not the idea but the typed idea), Your computer speed has little to do with a games lag. The lag is dependant on the hosts/servers connection. Your connection also has little to do with download, but more upload

Anthony @ Oct 4th 2006 10:08PM

O ya, Where can i get that free blowjob aZn? Cause my girlfriend went home around 6 and im getting alittle bit horny.

Jason @ Oct 4th 2006 10:27PM

Dude, now that would be AWESOME! I love Duke Nukem that was THE game that got me into 3rd person shooters...None of this Quake etc... Duke had finesse and comedy...BRING IT BACK BRING IT BACK!!!!

random @ Oct 4th 2006 10:36PM

Bravo Anthony, freaking bravo. I'd pat you on the back, but I'm afraid that the stupidness might be contagious.

Anthony @ Oct 4th 2006 10:58PM

#43 Whats that suppose to mean? Give some supporting details. Btw, don't call someone stupid, and use the word "stupidness".....Its not a work, I guess you mean stupidity? That just made you look beyond stupid by saying that...PWNed Noob

Wild Homes @ Oct 4th 2006 11:28PM

haha this is the best thing ever. it makes the thread so compact, being able to shrink all the asinine things the five or six best Sony Defense Leaguers would say into posts by one composite, fake fanboy.

I am such a big fan of this I suggest that we create fake composite fanboys for all Microsoft and Nintendo, too, and then just ban all the real tards so we can get along. oh and one composite fake person to gripe about Vlad, because I am so tired of those people.

MosquitoControl @ Oct 4th 2006 11:33PM

I'd hope they do a better job than with Doom.

Don't get me wrong, I love Doom, and after a few minutes I no longer minded not getting something more akin to jDoom, but 4 player games lag like hell, and even finding them is rough.
Single player, and split screen co-op, is still every bit as fun as I remembered, which I didn't expect.

Also, I don't get why Microsoft would turn anything down. Too full of a release schedule? Cram more on! We don't need one release a week, we could use three or four. If they're good I'll buy them, it's not like I'd skip another game I'd otherwise purchase in favor of Duke, I'd just get both, maybe not at the same time but within a few weeks.