Besides the game, what do you want in the Duke Nukem retail box?

[KO Gilligan]

My official tchotchke thread.

tchotchke - (Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket
chachka, tsatske, tshatshke
collectable, collectible - things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique)

Because I love cheap trinkets included with games.

Please try to be reasonable and keep it realistic - of course you could be talking about a special collectors edition which, like other games, could have some pretty cool little toys.


Here's a couple I can think of right away


1. A Key Card - distributed as collectables in the different colors, 1 per box.

2. A Duke Nukem Photo Album - 100 pages of great Duke moments and developer photos from the Duke games past.

[WarThrash]

A fold out poster of duke in front of a radioactive symbol

I love me some posters

[GOK]

A poker chip, or card guard, with the Nukem symbol at its centre.

[PredatorFL]

I like the key-card idea that's awesome I would especially want a poster and possibly a copy of Duke's shades in a collector's edition.

[DrakeBueno]

A hardback book showing the whole development process from start to finish with details etc of the games creation from start to finish...if it will fit.

A soundtrack of the game.

A cool replica of one of the bullets for one of the guns in the game, like the freeze ray for example.

A bottle of jack or a nice looking duke nukem bottle opener that says one liners upon use.

dude i have alot of them i may post more later.

[alexgk]

I'd like nothing more than a good manual which I can read when I go to the bathroom

[The Commander]

13 years of my life back.

[Needle]

A vial of bitter bitter fan tears.

[Rösti]

Standard Edition

- The game
- Manual
- Poster

Limited Collector's Edition

- The game
- Manual
- Poster
- Artbook
- A deck of cards featuring Duke as King, Bombshell as Queen, a pig cop as the Jack and George as Joker
- Exclusive in-game content of various kinds

On another note, I think there might be one or two threads already about this topic, didn't find them while searching though.

[Psyrgery]

A signed picture of George Broussard in a bikini or tanga thanking us for being such patient fans.

[thunderPIN]

If somehow there is a Collector's Edition of the game I think it would be great if it had the following:

- Collectable steel book case containing the game and manual. (Hopefully the manual is full color and not the cheap black and white 6 page manuals EA release with their games)
- Bonus DVD featuring DNF trailers, exclusive footage, interviews with the developers and a complete history on the development of DNF.
- Bonus CD featuring the original soundtrack and various Duke one-liners.
- Collectable poster.
- A book featuring the Art of DNF.

And MAYBE 1 of the following:
- Collectable Duke glasses.
- USB stick in the shape of a bullet containg various media.
- Mini Pewter figurines of Duke and a Pig Cop. (Got the idea from Prey Colletor's Edition)

If this set was real I'd pay quite a bit of money for it.

[terrannova]

In the Collector's Edition, a hardcover book that is over 300 pages, no advertisements, and features the Making of Duke Nukem Forever.

It has 14 chapters, and contains information, pictures, diagrams on the 14-year development process of Duke Nukem Forever if the game is released in 2010.

15 chapters if DNF is released next year.
16 chapters if DNF is released in 2012, and so on...

I want to see the struggle 3DRealms employees went through over the decades to get the game to finally be on the store shelf. I want to understand their frustrations, their pains, and ultimately their deliverance of one heck of a product.

[KO Gilligan]

Originally Posted by GOK

A poker chip, or card guard, with the Nukem symbol at its centre.

Originally Posted by Rösti

Standard Edition

- The game
- Manual
- Poster

Limited Collector's Edition

- The game
- Manual
- Poster
- Artbook
- A deck of cards featuring Duke as King, Bombshell as Queen, a pig cop as the Jack and George as Joker
- Exclusive in-game content of various kinds

Yes, Gotta have a poker chip or a deck of cards in DNF

Originally Posted by Rösti

On another note, I think there might be one or two threads already about this topic, didn't find them while searching though.

There's probably been a dozen threads like this over the years

[gamefan11]

The game, manual, and an apology

[WarThrash]

Originally Posted by gamefan11

The game, manual, and an apology

Apology for what? I'd consider the game itself the apology. Why expect some stupid letter or whatever? I'd just be happy that the game finally hits shelves

[Zeromaeus]

Originally Posted by Rösti

Standard Edition

- The game
- Manual
- Poster

Limited Collector's Edition

- The game
- Manual
- Poster
- Artbook
- A deck of cards featuring Duke as King, Bombshell as Queen, a pig cop as the Jack and George as Joker
- Exclusive in-game content of various kinds

On another note, I think there might be one or two threads already about this topic, didn't find them while searching though.

Pretty much this. Also a cryptic note about a sequel that may never exist.

[Subaruandy]

Originally Posted by KO Gilligan

1. A Key Card - distributed as collectables in the different colors, 1 per box.

2. A Duke Nukem Photo Album - 100 pages of great Duke moments and developer photos from the Duke games past.

I like these ideas!

A steel hard case with just the nuke symbol in the centre.

A poster.

And of course the game with a DECENT manual

[Conan of Cooma]

I really don't give a toss.

[pjVgt]

It will be just a empty box with George's shit in the cd holder and a handwritten paper piece "fooled ya guys again hur hur dur smell ma shit!" .

[prophecy holder]

A card which allows us to purchase a previous 3DR/Apogee game for free.

[glade23]

a bonus disk with time to kill, zero hour and land of the babes in it for pc. a apologly letter (A very good one), duke gloves and lastly a 12 inch action figure model of duke killing an octobrain

[BuddhaMaster]

A apologize?

"We are VERY SORRY from the bottom of our hearts, to have you wating for 14 years!"


When D3D was released you had stuff like books and carpets in your game-package.
Now a quick-setup instructions card, including a web-link for the full online-manual. At most.

[Jackhole]

Howz about a pack of those new Fire & Ice condoms.

[cof_3pc]

How about 6 expansion packs to make up for what we should have already had. lol

I wonder how many times that has been joked about. Hmm....

[Baff1]

A shrunken stripper.

[Xgthug]

One of the figures from the new line of Duke Nukem action figures that had better be made.

[BugsBunny]

1. A steel book big case with the Nuke symbol engraved into it.
2. A large DNF Poster that comes in a separate hard poster tube.
3. A Duke figurine in full color.
4. An art-book showing various concept arts.
5. Another book summarizing 13 years of development history, including screen-shots of never before scene footage from previous builds.
6. An extra DVD with trailers, interviews with developers.
7. Free VIP strip club passes for your local strip clubs.

[GOGO]

A pair of Duke's Sunglasses, if they can't do that a pair of Terminator 2 sunglasses because they are incredibly hard to find.

[dino]

the below in a wooden crate that has the nuke symbol painted on...

1. black boots
2. blue jeans
3. red tank top
4. gloves featuring the nuke symbol
5. sunglasses
6. 30 bucks for a haircut
7. gift certificate for the '25h GYM'
8. the game
9. the e-manual on a bullet shaped flash drive
10. autograph card signed by scott and george and on the back a copy of the guiness book entry of longest development phase for a video-game
11. a poster featuring duke ripping apart copies of the law suit and a slogan saying "aint stoppin' me"
12. a plastic car plate replica reading "DUKE NF13"
14. a flag featuring the nuke symbol


... and a decent price tag for this HA!

[KO Gilligan]

Originally Posted by pjVgt

It will be just a empty box with George's shit in the cd holder and a handwritten paper piece "fooled ya guys again hur hur dur smell ma shit!" .

[mide7]

Originally Posted by GOGO

A pair of Duke's Sunglasses, if they can't do that a pair of Terminator 2 sunglasses because they are incredibly hard to find.

Duke's sunglasses are ray ban wayfarers and they cost about 125 dollars or so kind of expensive for a collector video game.

[Rapture_Rising]

I want a download code for any T2 game as an apology to the fans for taking 3DR to court and holding up the already long waiting time.

[joey007]

I want a stripper in the box, but that won't happen

[Nukkus]

Originally Posted by Psyrgery

A signed picture of George Broussard in a bikini or tanga thanking us for being such patient fans.

May have to dig out my peril-sensitive sunglasses from Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy for that one.

[Baff1]

MOAR ammunition.

[DerricktheW]

I want a mighty boot

[PsychoGoatee]

A mouse pad would be badass. I still use my Max Payne mouse pad.

[mr.smith]

Every Duke Game Ever Made!
even the old builds of what shudda been DNF.
No Trinkets, no posters, Just every Duke Game spit shined and ready to rock.

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or even a documentary about the development and everything involved with making the game. (closure)

[Airtraffic]

Originally Posted by The Commander

13 years of my life back.

Sums up my thoughts.

[Kalki]

Nothing. Extras don't really do anything for me anymore. I look for a game I want to play from start to end.

Originally Posted by Airtraffic

Sums up my thoughts.

Should be easy to pack in. If you expect 13 years of your life from a game box, how much of a life did you really have to begin with?