Newly-released GPL games from 3D Realms

[techieMoe]

In case you haven't heard, 3D Realms is closing down, which is sad. However, before they do, they've released several of their old Apogee Software titles with GPLed sourcecode. They're not groundbreaking by any means, but now fans of these games are free to port and improve them. I think all software houses should do this after a certain amount of time.


3D Realms News: The Classic Games Archives
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[b2bwild]

Its quite old, actually very old.. is there anyone who play these?

[jayd512]

I'm 31... and I have to say that the old Wolfenstein games are still some of my faves!
And yes... I still play them

Come to think of it, i also like Pharaoh's Tomb and Dark Ages!

[bigtomrodney]

This is still great news, I'm very happy that some light came out of this. Maybe no Duke Nukem Forever but if you're going to go out of business it's good to see your works live on.

[b2bwild]

Hmm. Im trying it..its not that bad
It got quite flashy graphics, Reminds me of very old time...When i started using computer. X_X..
May be Duke Nukem 3D should have HD Texures. Higher Resolutions, Shader 3 Support, and OpenGL 2 rendering.

[Roxoff]

May be Duke Nukem 3D should have HD Texures. Higher Resolutions, Shader 3 Support, and OpenGL 2 rendering.

I'd have been happy if had just let me aim my gun using the mouse, rather than using the mouse to turn around doing the aiming for me. 'twas a long time ago that I last played Duke3D, though.

[techieMoe]

May be Duke Nukem 3D should have HD Texures. Higher Resolutions, Shader 3 Support, and OpenGL 2 rendering.

If you have the retail CD, there is a high-res add-on you can download that improves the graphics somewhat.

Duke Nukem 3D: High Resolution Pack

[b2bwild]

If you have the retail CD, there is a high-res add-on you can download that improves the graphics somewhat.

Duke Nukem 3D: High Resolution Pack

How would I have a retail release <_<, I didn't even knew this game.
I know Doom, which is quite similar to this.
I have Doom 3 retail which i can play natively on Linux.

[techieMoe]

How would I have a retail release <_<, I didn't even knew this game.
I know Doom, which is quite similar to this.
I have Doom 3 retail which i can play natively on Linux.

You can play Duke Nukem 3D in Linux too. It's only similar to DOOM on the surface. Once you get to playing it the level design and interactivity (not to mention sense of humor) are quite unique.

[techieMoe]

Its quite old, actually very old.. is there anyone who play these?

You might be surprised. The point is, now that the code is GPL, fans can create updated versions of the games. Many of the games that come with GNOME and KDE are remakes of older arcade classics (Robots, Nibbles, Xgalaga, etc). Imagine how much quicker a Linux port of these might have come out had the source code been available from the start.