Where's Duke Nukem been the last decade?

by Christopher Grant { Dec 19th 2007 at 1:56PM }

The door swung shut, his familiar frame lumbered in, sunk into the couch, like nothing had changed these last ten years.

"Where have you been?" we screamed. "It's been ten years!"

"I'm looking for some alien toilet to park my bricks. Who's firrrrst?"

"So that's it? You come in here stinking like a wet cigar and that's all you've got to say for yourself?"

He puffed on his cigar, blew radioactive smoke in our faces, and left ...

Evidently, the boys at ShackNews have gotten over their abandonment issues (any pointers?) and taken a calendar-heavy look at the game's progress (or lack thereof, knowhutamean?) over the last decade of development. Most telling: the two E3 trailers, in '98 and '01, that show plenty of gameplay in what would almost seem to be a nearly complete game. Once you're done reading that, take another look at The Duke Nukem Forever List, an incredibly sobering breakdown of the things that have transpired since the game was first announced (spoiler alert: Google didn't exist yet). How much were milk and eggs back then, Grandpa?

Read – A Decade of Duke: The Brief Long History of DNF
Read – The Duke Nukem Forever List

Tags: 3D-Realms, DNF, Duke-Nukem-Forever, Vaporware

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

gonk @ Dec 19th 2007 2:01PM

i'll wait til the game actually comes out, the list will be longer by then

Nick the Hero of Canton @ Dec 19th 2007 2:10PM

There is (maybe was, not sure) a pretty huge list on the GameSpot forums of what has happened in the world since Duke Nukem: Forever was announced.

Good stuff :)

Christopher Grant @ Dec 19th 2007 2:12PM

Can you find a link? I'll add it to the post.

gonk @ Dec 19th 2007 2:16PM

is that the one that went around the internet like 6-12 months ago? i read whichever one that was

Nick the Hero of Canton @ Dec 19th 2007 2:18PM

I can't find the original thread but here is a webpage that seems to have put it up:

http://duke.a-13.net/

Poisoned Al @ Dec 19th 2007 3:41PM

THANK YOU! That list made me LOL! What got me is that all of the GTA games came out in that time. In a world where adult video games have "grown up", does the immature Duke have a place any more?

Andy @ Dec 19th 2007 2:26PM

http://360post.com/watch/153/duke-nukem-forever-trailer
trailer

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Dec 19th 2007 2:28PM

Thats a long list.

Your first "read" link is broken, but I think its on their end, not yours.

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Dec 19th 2007 2:35PM

But now it works.

Edog Lost @ Dec 19th 2007 2:31PM

That retrospective, "Decade of Duke" really makes me want to play this game. Early builds of the game have similar theatrical presentation as Half Life. It could have been the ground breaking FPS back then. Now I don't think it's going to do anything but make us all chuckle when it hit's store shelves early 2009.

Scott @ Dec 19th 2007 2:38PM

Funniest part of the trailer: "Stay Tuned".

ROFLMAO

mcatrage @ Dec 19th 2007 2:45PM

Gotta remember this was done by some guys on their own this isn't really official they just released it because they liked it. If this game comes out before 2010 I'll be shocked.

Altairio @ Dec 19th 2007 2:46PM

Does anyone have any bubblegum? I'm all out.

Jerk Face @ Dec 19th 2007 2:54PM

I gave all mine to the bubble monkey.

Geist @ Dec 19th 2007 2:56PM

It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of ass.

*Chew chew chew*

billy harris @ Dec 19th 2007 3:18PM

What do you mean wheres he been?

billy harris @ Dec 19th 2007 3:22PM

whoops...here

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/harlock/dukeleblanc.jpg

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Dec 19th 2007 3:31PM

not enough blonde, or flattop.

Otherwise, they look nothing alike :)

Worst Review Ever @ Dec 19th 2007 3:31PM

So, when are Duke Nukem and Marcus Fenix finally gonna hook up?

GaryM @ Dec 19th 2007 3:43PM

When Marcus' steroid supply runs out.

digitaldisco @ Dec 19th 2007 4:24PM

Are you kidding me? Duke Nukem. Does anyone really care about this? Please developers put these 2nd - 4th gen games to bed. I'm looking at you Bionic Commando. Also, Tomb Raider, give it up, and just die already.

J-Guy @ Dec 19th 2007 4:03PM

Screw DN:ForNever, when is Duke Nukem 3D coming to the Virtual Console?

rasgueado @ Dec 19th 2007 4:09PM

Forget the fact google didn't exist. This line sums it up really well...

"January 1997: Early prototyping begins on the next true Duke game. The FPS sequel to Duke Nukem 3D is tentatively referred to as Duke Nukem 4.

March 1997: Daikatana development begins. "