Duke Nukem 2 iOS

Kristian Joensen · 03-14-2013, 10:49 AM

So 3D Realms and Interceptor have announced Duke Nukem 2 for iOS. It seems it is a reverse engineered port with the source code for the game being lost. In an interview Frederik Schreiber says that they have entered into "agreements on other games." with 3D Realms. Check out that interview, some screenshots and the reveal trailer here.

marioman360 · 03-21-2013, 07:14 PM

I appreciate that they added sunglasses to the Duke sprite. It's a nice little touch.

ixfd64 · 03-26-2013, 08:53 PM

This is really cool!

I've also been wondering how they got the source code. From what I've heard, reverse engineering a program can often be much harder than rewriting it from scratch.

King Duke · 03-27-2013, 05:27 AM

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Originally Posted by marioman360

I appreciate that they added sunglasses to the Duke sprite. It's a nice little touch.

Where did you see any sunglasses? I didn't see any in the screenshots or the trailer!

Altered Reality · 03-27-2013, 05:35 AM

Duke is only wearing sunglasses in the remade cover art.
It's a shame that it's just a reverse-engineered port, I was hoping for a modernized remake, with Duke wearing sunglasses and voiced by Jon St. John.

King Duke · 03-27-2013, 05:50 AM

Adding sunglasses to the sprites is possible. I've already done that using my Duke Nukem II editor. I could also add Jon St. John's voice to the Intro if someone's got a sound file of him saying "I'm back!" (and I'm not talking about the joke video Joe Siegler posted in 2011).

Kristian Joensen · 03-27-2013, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Altered Reality

Duke is only wearing sunglasses in the remade cover art.
It's a shame that it's just a reverse-engineered port, I was hoping for a modernized remake, with Duke wearing sunglasses and voiced by Jon St. John.

He is wearing sunglasses in this port. They added sunglasses to the 2d art:

http://imgur.com/a/Lolzo

MrFlibble · 04-04-2013, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Kristian Joensen

He is wearing sunglasses in this port. They added sunglasses to the 2d art:

http://imgur.com/a/Lolzo

aw yiss

Altered Reality · 04-04-2013, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Kristian Joensen

He is wearing sunglasses in this port. They added sunglasses to the 2d art:

http://imgur.com/a/Lolzo

Great!
Shame they decided not to get Jon St. John though.

MrFlibble · 04-05-2013, 09:21 AM

BTW, can you get those sprites into the DOS shareware version too?

King Duke · 04-08-2013, 06:03 AM

From what I've heard, the iOS port uses the same file formats as the original game, so it shouldn't be much of a problem to get them to work in the DOS version. I don't think you can just extract the files from the App, so you'll have to wait for Interceptor to release the modified files. Or you can use "K1n9_Duk3's Enormous Tool" to edit the sprites yourself.

The sprite files (ACTORS.MNI and ACTRINFO.MNI) from the shareware version and the full game are identical, so if you've got a modified version of them, you can just copy them into your Duke2 folder and it should work.

King Duke · 04-10-2013, 11:10 AM

Here it is: Duke Nukem II Shade-Mod

Note: I'm not that much of a pixel artist, so I didn't add sunglasses to the intro and cutscene images. I only modified all the Duke sprites, including those in the fullscreen images in the help menu, and gave them the sunglasses that my Avatar is wearing.

I also changed the end screens for episode 2 and 3, as they had some glitches in the original version, but I didn't add sunglasses to those images.

If anyone wants to finish my work, you can use this zip file to get started. It contains a PNG file of every in-game image that shows Duke in one way or another, excluding the FLIC intro animations.

ZuljinRaynor · 04-10-2013, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Kristian Joensen

He is wearing sunglasses in this port. They added sunglasses to the 2d art:

http://imgur.com/a/Lolzo

Jeez. That looks awful.

Don't tell me they are going to remake Duke Nukem 1 and give him sunglasses in that too?

They don't fit classic Duke.

Stop retconning Duke. The removal of Oprah in DNF was bad enough.

MrFlibble · 04-11-2013, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ZuljinRaynor

Don't tell me they are going to remake Duke Nukem 1 and give him sunglasses in that too?

You mean like this?

Quote:

Originally Posted by King Duke

Here it is: Duke Nukem II Shade-Mod

Awesome, thankies ^_^

03-14-2013, 10:49 AM	#1
Kristian Joensen	Duke Nukem 2 iOS So 3D Realms and Interceptor have announced Duke Nukem 2 for iOS. It seems it is a reverse engineered port with the source code for the game being lost. In an interview Frederik Schreiber says that they have entered into "agreements on other games." with 3D Realms. Check out that interview, some screenshots and the reveal trailer here. __________________ The Philosophy Of Liberty, Chaos Theory Tachyons, Time Travel, and Divine Omniscience A Refutation of Moral Relativism(Transcript)

03-21-2013, 07:14 PM	#2
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03-26-2013, 08:53 PM	#3
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03-27-2013, 05:35 AM	#5
Altered Reality	Re: Duke Nukem 2 iOS Duke is only wearing sunglasses in the remade cover art. It's a shame that it's just a reverse-engineered port, I was hoping for a modernized remake, with Duke wearing sunglasses and voiced by Jon St. John. __________________ [...] We view customers as complete morons that will never catch on and [...] we're lying to them all the time. (Gabe Newell, Valve) I'm the worst enemy in film-making and a completely talentless idiot. (Uwe Boll) Faith is why you are wrong. (Crosma)

03-27-2013, 05:50 AM	#6
King Duke	Re: Duke Nukem 2 iOS Adding sunglasses to the sprites is possible. I've already done that using my Duke Nukem II editor. I could also add Jon St. John's voice to the Intro if someone's got a sound file of him saying "I'm back!" (and I'm not talking about the joke video Joe Siegler posted in 2011).

04-05-2013, 09:21 AM	#10
MrFlibble	Re: Duke Nukem 2 iOS BTW, can you get those sprites into the DOS shareware version too? __________________ It's time to go retro and play old games. Come get some!

04-08-2013, 06:03 AM	#11
King Duke	Re: Duke Nukem 2 iOS From what I've heard, the iOS port uses the same file formats as the original game, so it shouldn't be much of a problem to get them to work in the DOS version. I don't think you can just extract the files from the App, so you'll have to wait for Interceptor to release the modified files. Or you can use "K1n9_Duk3's Enormous Tool" to edit the sprites yourself. The sprite files (ACTORS.MNI and ACTRINFO.MNI) from the shareware version and the full game are identical, so if you've got a modified version of them, you can just copy them into your Duke2 folder and it should work.

04-10-2013, 11:10 AM	#12
King Duke	Re: Duke Nukem 2 iOS Here it is: Duke Nukem II Shade-Mod Note: I'm not that much of a pixel artist, so I didn't add sunglasses to the intro and cutscene images. I only modified all the Duke sprites, including those in the fullscreen images in the help menu, and gave them the sunglasses that my Avatar is wearing. I also changed the end screens for episode 2 and 3, as they had some glitches in the original version, but I didn't add sunglasses to those images. If anyone wants to finish my work, you can use this zip file to get started. It contains a PNG file of every in-game image that shows Duke in one way or another, excluding the FLIC intro animations.