LameDuke: Duke 3D's Original Story?

Flying Techbot · 06-14-2011, 09:21 PM

A minion of Proton has returned....
Hi, 3D Realmers. I've been really interested in the LameDuke version of Duke 3D, and after playing through parts of it, I have to wonder: what
was Duke Nukem 3D's story originallly supposed to be about? The number of episodes, the locations, and the enemies all seemed intriguing to me. The enemies are particularly intriguing, because the space suit enemies in the game remind me of the troopers you fight in Duke Nukem II. The style of the game feels like a slightly mature ode to the style of the first two games, though with more urban environments. I also wonder as to what the bosses for the original version of Duke 3D would have looked like and fought like (I doubt that they would have opted for using hover-chair bosses in 3D during that stage of development).
Is there any idea among forum users here as to how Duke Nukem 3D's story was originally intended? Do you think 3D Realms had planned a return for the Rigelatins in 3D? Or were they meant as allies for the Rigelatins, who were invading futuristic Earth in retaliation to Duke's destruction of the former species? Any archives of development history at our disposal?

pjVgt · 06-21-2011, 04:42 PM

It seems that they would with this path - most enemies are cyborgs and rarely anything organic. In FPS of 90s era there was almost no story, maybe one paragraph in the manual. Answer to Your question would be probably very dissapointing.

Flying Techbot · 06-26-2011, 05:31 PM

Thanks, PjVgt,

Does anyone among the original Apogee/3D Realms staff know what the plan and story behind this early incarnation of Duke 3D? I still find it cool that it tried to retain some aspects of the Duke platform games, such as having soda cans as health.

Romulus_ut3 · 07-01-2011, 07:36 AM

Very interesting question indeed, I too am interested in knowing what was the original storyline when they intended to create Duke Nukem 3D?

06-14-2011, 09:21 PM	#1
Flying Techbot	LameDuke: Duke 3D's Original Story? A minion of Proton has returned.... Hi, 3D Realmers. I've been really interested in the LameDuke version of Duke 3D, and after playing through parts of it, I have to wonder: what was Duke Nukem 3D's story originallly supposed to be about? The number of episodes, the locations, and the enemies all seemed intriguing to me. The enemies are particularly intriguing, because the space suit enemies in the game remind me of the troopers you fight in Duke Nukem II. The style of the game feels like a slightly mature ode to the style of the first two games, though with more urban environments. I also wonder as to what the bosses for the original version of Duke 3D would have looked like and fought like (I doubt that they would have opted for using hover-chair bosses in 3D during that stage of development). Is there any idea among forum users here as to how Duke Nukem 3D's story was originally intended? Do you think 3D Realms had planned a return for the Rigelatins in 3D? Or were they meant as allies for the Rigelatins, who were invading futuristic Earth in retaliation to Duke's destruction of the former species? Any archives of development history at our disposal?

06-21-2011, 04:42 PM	#2
pjVgt	Re: LameDuke: Duke 3D's Original Story? It seems that they would with this path - most enemies are cyborgs and rarely anything organic. In FPS of 90s era there was almost no story, maybe one paragraph in the manual. Answer to Your question would be probably very dissapointing. __________________ "Imma want my dukemz to pley!!!" - chaosomega

06-26-2011, 05:31 PM	#3
Flying Techbot	Re: LameDuke: Duke 3D's Original Story? Thanks, PjVgt, Does anyone among the original Apogee/3D Realms staff know what the plan and story behind this early incarnation of Duke 3D? I still find it cool that it tried to retain some aspects of the Duke platform games, such as having soda cans as health.

07-01-2011, 07:36 AM	#4
Romulus_ut3	Re: LameDuke: Duke 3D's Original Story? Very interesting question indeed, I too am interested in knowing what was the original storyline when they intended to create Duke Nukem 3D?