# Duke Nukem Forever... this is just weird.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-this-is-just-weird/203738
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [September 25, 2003, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-this-is-just-weird/203738 "2003-09-25T13:34:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2003, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-this-is-just-weird/203738/1 "2003-09-25T13:34:56Z")
Occasionally I visit a few game sites, and everyone makes a big joke about “Duke Nukem Forever”. Apparently it is a game which will never see the light of day. Apparently. Maybe these are just fanboy sites, or maybe the company producing it is content feeding programmers pork chops and apple sauce for four years.
So what’s the dope on Duke Nukem Forever? I can understand companies going out of business, but there seems to be a belief that this game might actually, someday be released.
So says the Planet Duke FAQ
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### Author:  [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-this-is-just-weird/203738/2 "2003-09-25T14:49:06Z")
I dunno, but I really enjoyed Duke. I find Wolfenstein a marginally acceptable substitute.
I do from time to time go to a Duke fansite that is the Official Site for the Duke Nukem Movie (really).
[http://www.dukenukemthemovie.com/](http://www.dukenukemthemovie.com/)
Questions are posed as who should play the lead character (I vote for Drew Carey myself) and who can come up with the best Duke line for the film.
Look out Oscar, here comes Duke.
I got a thousand Saudi Riyals that says this project will never see the light of day.
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### Author:  [@criminalcatalog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminalcatalog)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-this-is-just-weird/203738/3 "2003-09-25T15:47:07Z")
“eww, skanky outfit!”
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### Author:  [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-this-is-just-weird/203738/4 "2003-09-25T16:06:51Z")
I thought it was actually released but was just terrible.
Or was that DN3D?
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### Author:  [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-this-is-just-weird/203738/5 "2003-09-25T16:28:46Z")
Duke Nuken 3D: Atomic Edition was the last release.
I liked it a lot, but then again people say I am odd.
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### Author:  [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-this-is-just-weird/203738/6 "2003-09-25T16:35:58Z")
The only reason this sees the light of day is the millions dumped into the project so far.
But, much like Team Fortress 2, the game now is too far behind the times to be commercially viable. I imagine they will be trivia answers some day.
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### Author:  [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-this-is-just-weird/203738/7 "2003-09-25T16:46:18Z")
Trivia answers… Heck I still have it memorized.
Go behind crate, get magazine… go to corner, shoot gas tanks, reload, raise pistol go to shaft, face half right, drop down charge toward crate, kill monster, get first aid behind crate, jump on crate, jump on ledge, get RPG…
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-this-is-just-weird/203738/8 "2003-09-25T17:48:36Z")
Who knew that when they named it “Duke Nukem Forever” what they really meant was this would be the amount of time it took to create it?
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### Author:  [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-this-is-just-weird/203738/9 "2003-09-25T19:13:15Z")
Where can I get Wolfenstein - with the same music as in the original version - that works with XP?
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### Author:  [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-this-is-just-weird/203738/10 "2003-09-25T20:59:03Z")
The orginal works _fine_ with XP. I have it on my home machine and it runs beautifully
You simply have to tell XP to run in an earlier version emulation mode. Oh yes, and it helps to do a PIF file, especially if you plan on invoking God mode.