Duke Nukem history

LeadBullet · 12-20-1999, 10:38 PM

Who came up with the idea for Duke Nukem?

Or were all of the character details set in Duke3D?

Superczar · 12-20-1999, 10:54 PM

3drealms came up with the idea... oh you wanted specifics...

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Scott Miller · 12-21-1999, 01:41 PM

Duke Nukem was named by Todd Replogle, who was trying to come up with an idea for his forth game for Apogee (after Caves of Thor, Monuments of Mars, and Dark Ages).

Todd, who at the time lived in California (while I was in Texas), always sent new game builds to me modem-to-modem, typically with Y-modem or Z-modem protocal, whichever we could get working. (We even used X-modem once in a while, but it was dog slow, though the most reliable.)

Anyway, uploaded to me a short graphics demo that had this crude person jumping around. Todd's name for the game was something like Metal Future (though that wasn't it exactly -- I can't remember the exact name). I asked him if he had a character name and he said Duke Nukem. I immediately loved the name and told hem that that should be the game's name. I also defined the character for Todd based on what I thought the name Duke Nukem conveyed, and then I found two other artists to dramatically redraw the character: [1] Jim Norwood, who later created Bio Menace on his own, and then was the lead designer on Shadow Warrior, and [2] George Broussard, before I asked him to join Apogee as my partner -- Yes, George used to be a halfway decent artist.

For the original Duke Nukem game I created all the levels in the first episode (the shareware episode), and all the game's sound effects. Allen Blum, our current most senior level designer (also the lead mapper on Duke Nukem 3D), and now working on DNF, also played a big role in creating the first Duke Nukem game, having written the game's editor tool, and designing most of the non-shareware levels.

So, the short answer is that Todd came up with the name, but I tried to make Duke into a cool character and made him the focus of the game.

Scott Miller

Sith · 12-22-1999, 12:04 AM

A creative team at Apogee/3DRealms created him. It wasn't one certain person. And yes, this should go in the Duke Nukem forum :P

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12-20-1999, 10:38 PM	#1
LeadBullet	Duke Nukem history Who came up with the idea for Duke Nukem? Or were all of the character details set in Duke3D? __________________ "The" "DNF release date" "is" "next" "month" - George Broussard "Anyway, it's close to being ready." - Joe Siegler Friend Code -oSSBB: 1160o9449o5021

12-20-1999, 10:54 PM	#2
Superczar	Re: Duke Nukem history 3drealms came up with the idea... oh you wanted specifics... ------------------ Victims falling under chains, You hear them crying dying pains... __________________ 'F*** Fresch!!!'.

12-21-1999, 01:41 PM	#3
Scott Miller 3D Realms Staff	Re: Duke Nukem history Duke Nukem was named by Todd Replogle, who was trying to come up with an idea for his forth game for Apogee (after Caves of Thor, Monuments of Mars, and Dark Ages). Todd, who at the time lived in California (while I was in Texas), always sent new game builds to me modem-to-modem, typically with Y-modem or Z-modem protocal, whichever we could get working. (We even used X-modem once in a while, but it was dog slow, though the most reliable.) Anyway, uploaded to me a short graphics demo that had this crude person jumping around. Todd's name for the game was something like Metal Future (though that wasn't it exactly -- I can't remember the exact name). I asked him if he had a character name and he said Duke Nukem. I immediately loved the name and told hem that that should be the game's name. I also defined the character for Todd based on what I thought the name Duke Nukem conveyed, and then I found two other artists to dramatically redraw the character: [1] Jim Norwood, who later created Bio Menace on his own, and then was the lead designer on Shadow Warrior, and [2] George Broussard, before I asked him to join Apogee as my partner -- Yes, George used to be a halfway decent artist. For the original Duke Nukem game I created all the levels in the first episode (the shareware episode), and all the game's sound effects. Allen Blum, our current most senior level designer (also the lead mapper on Duke Nukem 3D), and now working on DNF, also played a big role in creating the first Duke Nukem game, having written the game's editor tool, and designing most of the non-shareware levels. So, the short answer is that Todd came up with the name, but I tried to make Duke into a cool character and made him the focus of the game. Scott Miller

12-22-1999, 12:04 AM	#4
Sith	Re: Duke Nukem history A creative team at Apogee/3DRealms created him. It wasn't one certain person. And yes, this should go in the Duke Nukem forum :P ------------------ ¸.·´^Sith^`·.¸ E-Mail: [email protected] WebSites: 3DRBB Fan Site IRC: #3DRealms on irc.GamesNET.net ICQ: 6532969 Get PAID While You Surf!