Posts Tagged ‘3D Realms’

This week I take Bitstrips to a new level and give a proper send off for the game Duke Nukem. 3-D Realms closed it’s doors last week. Although I don’t think it will keep the next version of the Duke Nukem franchise down (After all, Take Two Entertainment still owns rights to it), it will definitely add to the “Wait” time of the newest version of game. We’ve been waiting since 2001.

Duke Nukem was best known for Topping Year end Vaporware lists of Duke Nukem Forever as the “Game that never was”. There was some resurgence this last year, but that all ended when 3D Realms said they will be closing the company due to the economy.

Therefore, in tribute, we give you the Duke Nukem: Bitstrips style. Better yet, here is the video on how I created the strip.

For the last ten years, Duke Nukem has been promising “Duke Nukem Forever” - the sequel to the 3D first player game. Now it looks like the game has finally grown some legs. Does this show that Vaporware can possibly become reality?

The long awaited sequel started back in 1997. Using the Quake II Engine – basically a licensed program within the game itself which runs the 3-D realm – the game was going to continue the saga between Nukem and Dr. Proton – Nukems’ original arch nemesis. The plan was to release the game by 1998.

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