[Offer] Duke Nukem and Duke Nukem II

Ham62

I have the original registered versions of Duke Nukem volumes 1, 2, 3 and Duke Nukem II that a friend gave me stuffed in a boxed version of Night Hunter at school.
All 4 diskettes are fully readable and working. Duke Nukem is on a single 720kb 3.5” diskette and Duke Nukem II is on three 720kb diskettes.

I will start imaging all 4 diskettes soon and upload to the WinWorld library for everyone to enjoy!

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Edit: Duke Nukem II is on 720kb diskettes also

bleex

These are not abandonware: http://www.gog.com/game/duke_nukem_12

Ham62

bleex wrote:

These are not abandonware: http://www.gog.com/game/duke_nukem_12

That game you linked to is a remake of the original and is for Windows XP and later.
I'm uploading the original DOS version that doesn't work on anything later then XP and has not been sold for years.

Plokite_Wolf

1) There's no such thing as a remake of those. GOG just makes repacks/redistributions with fanmade solutions or DosBox.

2) What part of "not abandonware" do you not understand?

calvinb

Games are treading down a thin line. Even if they're old, they don't become less useful due to interop/missing features with age - they're still a fun toy, and they're often still old. Microsoft won't sell you Word 5.1, but Valve will sell you Quake on Steam or GOG will sell you System Shock.

Only truly abandoned games should be on WW, IMHO.

ibmpc5150

https://3drealms.com/catalog/duke-nukem-1_24/

Apogee / 3D Realms is still selling both Duke Nukem I & II.

I think this offer may not be accepted on here.

But I'm interested in both your disk image.

P.S. I sent PM to you.

BOD

ampharos wrote:

Games are treading down a thin line. Even if they're old, they don't become less useful due to interop/missing features with age - they're still a fun toy, and they're often still old. Microsoft won't sell you Word 5.1, but Valve will sell you Quake on Steam or GOG will sell you System Shock.

Only truly abandoned games should be on WW, IMHO.

I agree, you'll find little demand for say, Word 6 in the general populace, but something like Doom 2 from the same era is in massive demand still.

thinkpadman

ibmpc5150 wrote:

https://3drealms.com/catalog/duke-nukem-1_24/

Apogee / 3D Realms is still selling both Duke Nukem I & II.

Amusing on that website, the minimum requirements are a Core 2 Duo with 2GB RAM when I remember playing those on a 286.

IMHO, there's other sites that cater to old games generally so some of these aren't overly difficult to find. Nevertheless, it's not a bad thing to archive the original images from a historical point of view.

We do have Doom available here however available for download when it's available on Steam for $10. Is the technicality that there's no Ultimate Doom on offer? Quake at some point might have been intended to be added at some point as there is still a page for it. I think it needs to be decided whether this site is all for it or against it.

Speaking of games, Doom and Fallout 4 to be released later this year look very worthy of playing.

Plokite_Wolf

thinkpadman wrote:

Amusing on that website, the minimum requirements are a Core 2 Duo with 2GB RAM when I remember playing those on a 286.

It's now common for sites like Steam and GoG to inflate the minimum system requirements to those that are required to run Steam itself/GoG installers :P

thinkpadman wrote:

IMHO, there's other sites that cater to old games generally so some of these aren't overly difficult to find. Nevertheless, it's not a bad thing to archive the original images from a historical point of view.

Not if the game still catches the attention of the rights holders, who would file a DMCA as soon as they notice it.

thinkpadman wrote:

Is the technicality that there's no Ultimate Doom on offer? Quake at some point might have been intended to be added at some point as there is still a page for it. I think it needs to be decided whether this site is all for it or against it.

Quake 1 and Ultimate Doom (among others) have recently been re-released:

http://www.gog.com/game/the_ultimate_doom
http://www.gog.com/game/doom_ii_final_doom
http://www.gog.com/game/quake_the_offering

dosbox

Even though a lot of these games are still sold, they are not being sold on their original media anymore.

calvinb

Yes, but still being sold is the key word. Even then, you can easily rip out the meaty bits of GOG's usual DOSBox containers.