This Wednesday: Hail to the King, Duke Nukem 3D is back

by Ross Miller { Sep 22nd 2008 at 1:40PM }

Lines you're likely to hear from this week's Xbox Live Arcade release, Duke Nukem 3D:

"What are you waiting for? Christmas?"
"It's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum. And I'm all out of gum"
"I ain't afraid of no quake!"
"What are you? Some bottom-feeding, scum sucking algae eater?"
"Hmm, that's one "Doomed" Space Marine."
"I should have known those alien maggots booby trapped the sub."
"And I thought 10 guns was hard to carry!"
"Damn! I'm looking good!"
"Nobody jacks with our Independence!"
"I can't wait to play myself in Duke Nukem Forever, coming Fall 1998."

Killing alien scum will cost you 800

($10).

Tags: 3d-realms, duke-nukem, duke-nukem-3d, xbla, xblawednesday, xbox-live, xbox-live-arcade

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Titanium_Orchid @ Sep 22nd 2008 1:49PM

Damn, that's the second time those alien bastards shot up my ride!

Ricksta @ Sep 22nd 2008 1:58PM

"I stole lines from Ash in the Evil Dead series"

Thatoneguy64 @ Sep 22nd 2008 3:50PM

And Roddy Piper in They Live

Roofie @ Sep 22nd 2008 1:59PM

I honestly can't remember seeing golden showers in video games since Duke Nukem.

Dr. Stabbingworth @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:01PM

$10? Fuck you, Microsoft.

McWeen @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:08PM

I bought this for $10 10 years ago on PC. No thanks.

Obie @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:11PM

I think the 4 player co-op, VS modes. New replay and rewind features merit the $10 price. But to each their own.

Bigfoot @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:27PM

$10 isn't really that bad.

Tiptup300 @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:42PM

You guys are complaining about $10? You may want a raise on your allowance.

Shmil (Mr ESC Liberation Front) @ Sep 22nd 2008 5:01PM

honestly, what did you expect the price to be?

Obie @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:05PM

"I got balls of steel!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE3KdcTgrno

Actually I need a new points card.

Red Leader @ Sep 22nd 2008 3:56PM

Glad you posted it, cause if nobody else did I was.

Dirty @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:10PM

This game was so rad growing up. I remember being blown away because you could flush the toilet with the space bar.

Foetoid @ Sep 22nd 2008 5:34PM

I remember being blown away by the fact you could shot the toilet and drink the water to replenish your health. I had this game on N64, which before now i say is the definitive version of the game. I also thought Duke Nukem: Zero Hour was the bomb.

xGeneral DEATHx @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:11PM

Shake it, Baby.

burgerbat @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:13PM

Can someone go line by line and tell me all the movies and shows those lines are from? Or are some original?

Bigfoot @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:28PM

They're from the game.

Dirty @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:34PM

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Ricksta @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:40PM

Some are original, most are "borrowed" from movies and pop culture.

Boffo the $ock @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:40PM

* "It's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum. And I'm all out of gum"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OImKPh6N_Lw
This comes from the movie They Live starring Roddy Piper. This movie has one of the coolest fight scenes ever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqKFadyJxwg

* "I ain't afraid of no quake!"
Original line in reference to the game Quake id software.

* "What are you? Some bottom-feeding, scum sucking algae eater?"
Original line

* "Hmm, that's one "Doomed" Space Marine."
Original line in reference to Doom by id software.

The rest of the quotes here are pretty much original. The other movie quotes from DN3D are

"Get away from her you bitch!"
from the classic sci-fi film Aliens

"Hail to the king baby!"
from the cult classic Army of Darkness

"Yippie ka-yay, motherfucker!"
from the classic action film Die Hard

The line "Groovy" could also be attributed to Ash from the Evil Dead series...I guess.

Obie @ Sep 22nd 2008 3:12PM

"The line "Groovy" could also be attributed to Ash from the Evil Dead series...I guess."

Yup, Ash said it when he upgraded his chopped-off hand for a badass chainsaw/shotty combo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr4PcOQYFAw

Awesome...

Boffo the $ock @ Sep 22nd 2008 3:14PM

Yeah, I know Ash said it, but he didn't exactly coin the phrase.

burgerbat @ Sep 22nd 2008 3:28PM

Thanks Boffo. I was curious. Dirty is such a loser, BTW.

Dirty @ Sep 22nd 2008 5:05PM

Yourself @ Sep 22nd 2008 9:35PM

I'd have to say "I ain't afraid of no Quake" is a reference... not sure the phrasing "I ain't afraid of no _____" is really common language.

Wiinterfang @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:26PM

All Hail Duke Nukem, the king of Corny lines.

Habiib @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:30PM

Humf humf, where is it?

Yeah, piece of cake.

DangerMouse @ Sep 22nd 2008 3:12PM

I'd buy this if it came to PS3. Since it won't, i can only hope it makes its way on to steam one day.

ed @ Sep 22nd 2008 3:28PM

What the fuck

Why would you have a PS3 and not a 360, are you a dense spacker who doesnt like games, instead waiting on tenterhooks to the noises of BS that the sony execs shat at you?

Enjoy your limited gaming library. I'm going to purchase this as soon as its available and have some good times whilst you and the SDF circlejerk over the LBP features being removed one by one and claiming its for the best.

Titanium_Orchid @ Sep 22nd 2008 3:49PM

Damn, so now we are harassing people because they don't own a specific system? nice.

DangerMouse @ Sep 22nd 2008 4:11PM

ed,...

The reason i chose a PS3 over the 360 is due to the fact the PC has received nearly every game that i have been interested in on the 360 9-12 months after the initial release date. PS3 games that spark my interest do not find their way to the PC as easily.

It's too bad you're such a closed minded individual that anyone who doesn't agree with your limited thought process becomes labeled a fanboy. Instead, you waste your time being a whore disguised as a loyal console owner to take sides with video game manufacturers that makes money off of you. I post the faults of the PS3 all the time, and think the 360 is an excellent system, but unfortunately it's not for me. You're doing the job of advertisers by prancing around on forums promoting the 360, and while they're making millions, you're not seeing a damn thing. Have some self respect. Seriously.