Duke Nukem 3D coming to iPhone

Author: Joe Martin
Published: 7th July 2009
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Duke Nukem 3D coming to iPhone

Duke Nukem 3D will soon be coming to the iPhone and iPod Touch, though without a multiplayer element.

Developer MachineWorks Northwest is preparing to bring the classic 90's shooter Duke Nukem 3D to the iPhone and iPod touch in the near future, according to IGN.

Of course, a port of Duke Nukem 3D has long been available to owners of jailbroken iPhones and Duke 3D is one of the cadre of games which, along with Doom, usually finds itself instantly ported to any new system - but this will be a legitimate copy of the game found in the AppStore.

According to IGN the iPhone version of Duke Nukem 3D will include the full singleplayer element of the original game, with slightly retouched graphics and a new control system. It'll lack the multiplayer side of the game, but otherwise it looks to be content-complete, strippers and all.

The new control system will use a somewhat cluttered-looking HUD that allows users to switch between either a tap-to-shoot or button based aiming system.

There's no definite word on how much the iPhone version of Duke Nukem 3D might cost, nor a firm release date, but the game is apparently nearly finished and is being prepped for final submission to Apple as we type.

When it is released, iPhone Duke 3D will join it's retro brethren Doom and Wolfenstein 3D on the iPhone. Let us know what you think of the growing roster of retro titles on the iPhone platform in the forums.
Quote liratheal 7th July 2009, 13:33
If it doesn't play like hammered ****, then bought.
Quote Sifter3000 7th July 2009, 13:34
By the time it comes out, we won't have iPhones, they'll just be beaming games and phonecalls directly into our brains
Quote liratheal 7th July 2009, 13:35
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Originally Posted by Sifter3000
By the time it comes out, we won't have iPhones, they'll just be beaming games and phonecalls directly into our brains

Sign me up for that **** right now.
Quote Daniel114 7th July 2009, 13:37
Was this the 'other Duke Nukem project' mentioned in the 3d realms bankruptcy case then?
Quote perplekks45 7th July 2009, 14:11
No that was Duke Knight.
If it plays anything like Wolfenstein I'll pick it up.
Quote D3s3rt_F0x 7th July 2009, 14:34
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Originally Posted by perplekks45
If it plays anything like Wolfenstein I'll pick it up.

Which control interface option did you use? As I got the free version the other day and tried it for 2 mins but simply couldn't get away with it.

But it could be a different story when you have Duke saying shake it baby. Ahh I still remember playing this when I was 10/11 years old, before my mam banned me from playing it after GMTV were saying what an evil and corrupting game it was, still that only lasted 2 days.
Quote sub routine 7th July 2009, 17:06
oooooo, as soon as I played wolfenstein on the ibone I was hoping for something like this.



^^mr fox I was using the left thumb to move forward back and straife. right thumb was looking left and right and also tapping on the gun to shoot. Super smooth and a real joy to play.
Quote perplekks45 7th July 2009, 18:13
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Originally Posted by sub routine
^^mr fox I was using the left thumb to move forward back and straife. right thumb was looking left and right and also tapping on the gun to shoot. Super smooth and a real joy to play.

Exactly what I did/thought. ;)
Quote wuyanxu 7th July 2009, 18:39
lol, in the end, the accelerometer was a whole lot of hot air for gaming.

i find the screen too small for real FPS action. and i hardly have time for long action games, fieldrunner/trism FTW
Quote sub routine 8th July 2009, 10:56
rolando is ace though, but in general I agree no much fun for driving and shooting.
Quote Burnin' 8th July 2009, 17:35
even though I don't own an Iphone, this only proves that we'll be getting a new Duke game for PC/consoles eventually... It's too much of a hit for the developers to just let the Duke Nukem name die

It's only a matter of time... hopefully not "when it's done"
Quote perplekks45 8th July 2009, 18:25
If it's not 3D Reals it's not the Duke. End of story.
Quote Nexxo 8th July 2009, 18:30
http://forums.bit-tech.net/picture.php?albumid=32&pictureid=3741
Quote perplekks45 8th July 2009, 19:37
Have some rep. ;)

Made me sad though, maybe because it's so true. :(
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