#apogee software

[retrocgads]

USA 1993

[videogamesskies]

Duke Nukem II (PC) (1993)

[doom-nerdo-666]

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Not really looking forward to what Adi Shankar will do to Duke, specially after tweets like these:

And his response to Broussard's tweet.

This also reminds me of how people talk about Duke, like what is Duke about and how he came to be.

Because even with the comedy and sense of humor, you have to wonder if there's a way to make him work today and avoid certain traps of modern writing like "erm okay?".

Something some people agree on is that some parts of Duke can be played straight.

A good example being the environment or mood being gritty and dark, specially since it is about guns and aliens taking over and even kidnapping women and doing horrible things.

But you could allow Duke doing some occasional one liners that don't turn down the mood and maybe have some details like an alien with boobs hanging out.

Some places with silly billboards with joke names here and there but it's not that focused or something.

An idea i thought of is going the route of a Leslie Nielsen movie where there's absurd elements but they're played straight, specially in an age where everything is ironic or self-aware and winks at the audience.

Because even if Duke isn't dramatic or so serious, i like to think you can have some grittyness to Duke which can even help the absurdity a bit.

In fact, Blood was kinda like this but with horror and taking place in an older time and with religious elements, even if the humor felt smaller.

Whereas Shadow Warrior is probably way less serious than Duke, for some obvious reasons.

Because Duke references stuff that the devs are clearly into.

Even if not as serious as the movies it references, it's clear the devs grew up with 80's action movies and based Duke mostly on them.

Like how plenty of iconic game series were the result of devs being inspired by the works they love.

Maybe there's some argument that 2010's and 20's doesn't have enough interesting stuff to reference, specially in the field of cool action movies.

I'm sure there could be good ideas but Adi won't get them.

[murdercide626]

[kommanderkeen2k]

The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - “Um Sonho de Liberdade” 🇧🇷 - is an incredible movie. Perhaps one of the best ever made. If you haven’t seen this film, go away from here to avoid 🚨SPOILER🚨 and WATCH the film. It’s worth it. That said…

In Dukem Nukem 3D (1996) game, at a certain point (level 3 of the first episode), you will end up in a prison and need to get out of it. Paying homage to the film, your exit is in one of the cells behind a poster.

As you pass through it, you end up finding a sewage system, exactly where the character in the film reaches his freedom.

Details like this are what make this game so incredible to this day (just like the movie 🙂).

#pieceofcake 🍰🔫

[narklos]

Commander Keen doodle!

[bubbio32]

the developers of incredible power who made rise of the triad were definitely smoking something when they made this and i want some.

[slipgatetourist]

Turbo Overkill

[tueddeldraht]

Habe heute im Stream angefangen Arctic Adventure (1991 von Apogee Software / 3D Realms, https://store.steampowered.com/app/358170) zu spielen. Ist tatsächlich ein super Spiel und hat mir mehr Spaß gemacht, als ich anfangs dachte. Das Spiel hat 4 Episoden (Schwierigkeitsgrade?) mit je 20 Leveln, die mal mehr, mal etwas weniger knackig ausfallen. Jedes Level – in Form einer Höhle – ist ein Bildschirm groß; Ziel ist es, die umherliegenden Spitzhacken einzusammeln und zum Levelende (Pfeil oder Röhre) zu gelangen.

Auf dem Weg sammeln wir verschiedene Schätze (Punktejagd!!!), Pistolen (Munition), Spitzhacken und Schlüssel ein. Die Munition verwenden wir, um uns gegen Gegner zu erwehren, und die Spitzhacken dienen dazu, bestimmte Blöcke zu zerstören, die meistens vor dem Levelende liegen. Mit Schaltern erschaffen oder zerstören wir Blöcke. Bedachtes Handeln ist zwar unerlässlich, aber unendliche Versuche erleichtern den Weg!

Nicht vergessen: Die Schlüssel unterwegs einsammeln, denn sie öffnen die ein oder andere Höhle! In einem der Level befindet sich auch ein Boot, das man zum Voranschreiten benötigt. "Abgeschlossene" Level bleiben – auch wenn man nicht alles eingesammelt hat – verschlossen und können nicht erneut betreten werden. Sollte man einen Fehler machen, muss man die Episode leider erneut beginnen, da erst mit dem Abschließen von 19 Leveln sich das letzte öffnet.

Ich musste mich heute etwas bremsen, um im Stream nicht das Spiel komplett durchzuspielen. 😅

Dienstag geht es dann weiter, und ggf. bin ich dann auch mit allen 4 Episoden durch.

Stream-Link: https://twitch.tv/videos/2361482066

[old-web-dreams]

Games i played in my childhood- Cosmo's cosmic adventure (1992)

[gallimaufryish]

[retrocgads]

USA 1993

[arconinternet]

Clyde's Adventure - registered version (DOS, Moonlite Software, 1992)

From the developer of Apogee's Hocus Pocus. You can play it in your browser - the first half and the second half.

[doom-nerdo-666]

"Duke Nukem D-Day has just been leaked. D-Day is a cancelled Duke Nukem game for the PS2 developed by n-Space, which involved travelling back in time to WW2, with this prototype including 12 levels"

[tricornonthecob]

gdi why did that one track from the Duke Nukem 2 OST have to go so hard.

[alastaircraig]

Absolutely wild.

Really puts it in perspective.

This is what the US electoral map would look like if it were the title screen to the 1993 side-scrolling PC game “Bio Menace”.