Posts Tagged ‘Duke Nukem 3D’
DukePlus – EDuke32 with added features
Posted by Dimitri | Filed under Retro Games
DukePlus is an EDuke32 MOD. Those who aren’t familiar with EDuke32, check out this post: Revisiting Duke Nukem 3D with EDuke32.
DukePlus adds new features to EDuke32, like new graphical elements such as: transparent water, transparent glass, water splashes, weather effects, a great number of HUDs improvements… the list is extensive, so check it out here. DukePlus also works with HRP (High Resolution Pack), after all, DukePlus is EDuke32 with more options. But what is really impressive are the number of gameplay features that comes with DukePlus.
These gameplay features include the possibility to play mirrored game levels, add cooperative bots to aid you, display health bars over the characters, spawn monsters with random attributes, add more enemies and ammo to each level, use a new and enhanced enemy A.I., the list is huge. There are also new actions for Duke Nukem, like dashing (double tap walk key), ledge grabbing, pushing and pulling objects, a new kick, wield two pistols at once, etc.
The sound had been modified in DukePlus. New sound effects for gunshots and explosions will replace the original ones.
Revisiting Duke Nukem 3D with EDuke32
Posted by Dimitri | Filed under Featured, Retro Games
While we wait for Duke Nukem Forever to be released (hopefully next year), now it is a good time to (re)play the first 3D game of the franchise. However, even if you find your old CD-ROM, the game won’t work on current PCs. A DOS emulator could be used to play the game, but let’s take a different approach and use a software that runs natively on today’s operational systems.
That’s why EDuke32 was created. The best definition for what EDuke32 is, can be found at EDuke32’s website:
Eduke32 is an awesome, free homebrew game engine and source port of the classic PC first person shooter Duke Nukem 3D— Duke3D for short—to Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, several handhelds, and to your family toaster.
And they are right; it is awesome. First off, installation is very simple just unzip Eduke32.zip and copy some game files to the same folder (more detailed instructions can be found here.)
Using Eduke32, we can play Duke Nukem 3D again on your current PC without resorting to an emulator, and better, do it at FULL HD (1920x1080px) resolution or even higher ones. Eduke32 creators have added a new renderer called Polymer which makes graphical improvements in the game, such as hardware lights, filtering, nicer perspective corrections, etc.