[puremetal]

Hi all, new user here and apologies if this has been asked before. I took a quick look around and couldn't see this question anywhere.

Where can I buy a (digital) copy of Duke Nukem 3D these days? I understand since the rights for the game changed hands in December it's no longer on sale anywhere - GOG, Steam, etc. I could buy a used CD version if it comes to it, but would prefer a digital download.

Thanks

[Lunick]

You can't buy it digitally anywhere without supporting the owners currently. You could check key reselling sites but they are usually poorly managed and very shady, stay away.

[FistMarine]

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[PsychoGoatee]

I think your best bet at the moment would indeed be to buy a used CD of Duke Nukem 3D atomic edition on amazon for example. You can get one for 50 cents "like new" and 4 dollars shipping. Then with just a few files from that install you can use eduke32, a great source port.

[Inspector Lagomorf]

Aside from the obvious methods, which we do not officially condone, the only current methods are outlined above. Be mindful that there is a lot of price discrepancy on the Atomic Edition, since you'll find shady sellers who will try to pass the items off as "RARE COLLECTIBLES!!!1" and overprice them.

This list should get you going in the right direction: Amazon.com used listings of Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition

Maybe one day the lawyers will make the digitized version of the game available. Goodness knows until they do, they'll be losing money to people who will inevitably pirate the game under the mistaken assumption that it's abandonware.

[Kyanos]

I thought it was abandonware now, what makes a game abandonware?

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Abandonware is a product, typically software, ignored by its owner and manufacturer, and for which no product support is available.

^ sounds like gearbox and Duke3D IMO

I got half a mind to put a link up just to test the waters

[Inspector Lagomorf]

Drek, on 11 April 2016 - 12:46 PM, said:

I got half a mind to put a link up just to test the waters

I'm not paying your legal fees.

[Mike Norvak]

AMC TC is funnier...

[deuxsonic]

The logic of Gearbox pulling Duke3D eludes me. By doing so, people that would buy the game will now use other methods to obtain it. This is the same thing that happens when big media pull crap like geo-blocking and not having a worldwide release date for things. When one method is more convenient, guess what people are going to do? They always act shocked I guess because they're all rich and have a distorted view of the world (many have no real concept of money.)

[Lunick]

I find it funny that others have a hard idea grasping the concept of games getting removed from store fronts when changing ownership.

[deuxsonic]

I find it funny that someone would want to miss out on sales of a game.

[Danukem]

Drek, on 11 April 2016 - 12:46 PM, said:

I thought it was abandonware now, what makes a game abandonware?

wiki

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Abandonware is a product, typically software, ignored by its owner and manufacturer, and for which no product support is available.

^ sounds like gearbox and Duke3D IMO

I got half a mind to put a link up just to test the waters

If only Duke 3D and its related IP was completely and utterly ignored by its owners...that would be a better world than the one we live in, no?

[Lunick]

deuxsonic, on 11 April 2016 - 09:31 PM, said:

I find it funny that someone would want to miss out on sales of a game.

Oh look, Bethesda pulls the Fallout series from storefronts due to switching ownership of the IP
Oh look, the Umihara Kawase series removed from Steam due to the publisher closing down.

Both game series were put back up for sale after a period of time. It's just a thing that happens.

[xMobilemux]

All you have to do is wait, Duke3D was removed from digital stores so Gearbox could take ownership of Duke3D and then resell them on digital stores at a later date all thanks to the ass hats that are currently running the embarrassment that used to be 3D Realms.

I saw somewhere(on this forum I think) that Gearbox had stated that they are gonna bring Duke3D back soon.

[TheDragonLiner]

It wouldn't be surprising to see them put Duke3D back on digital stores with a bigger price than usual, for instance on GOG it wouldn't be surprising to see it tagged 10 bucks instead of the old 5.

Speaking of which EDuke32's measure for missing GRPs or CONs should be updated accordingly unless it's already done

[Micky C]

Doesn't Duke4.net have lots of gog accounts with copies of Duke 3D? There used to be that "read me" thing at the top of forums about it. Maybe Yatta is the one to contact about that.

[t800]

Mike Norvak, on 11 April 2016 - 02:14 PM, said:

AMC TC is funnier...

*cough* You can also try playing any user map made for Duke3D (but it musnt contain new code, graphics or sounds) in it especially with selected Zaxtor character. ;-) *cough*

[Forge]

FistMarine, on 11 April 2016 - 05:07 AM, said:

we don't support piracy

gearbox owns the duke ip

TerminX, on 30 March 2016 - 03:05 PM, said:

Gearbox is actively trying to kill HTTKC now,

who is pirating whom?

fuck gearbox - i condone killing it and burying it in a toxic landfill

[FistMarine]

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[TerminX]

Looks like you can get v1.3D on archive.org... https://archive.org/..._3D_Realms_1996

[Kyanos]

FistMarine, on 12 April 2016 - 10:43 AM, said:

I was saying that it's not allowed to post any links to download Duke Nukem 3D. I am well aware of who owns the IP, it's just that this forum doesn't support piracy, so posting download links to the full version of game is not allowed.

Rules are subject to the whims of the masters.

[deuxsonic]

OP hasn't posted again so I'm guessing they found a solution.

[Kyanos]

what a cool little archive site, the internet is good for stuff and things

archive.org/details/DOS.Memories.Project.1980-2003

[HiPolyBash]

There'll be a re-release from Gearbox Software eventually but it'll be locked down to disallow modding in typical Gearbox fashion.

[DustFalcon85]

TerminX, on 12 April 2016 - 11:07 AM, said:

Looks like you can get v1.3D on archive.org... https://archive.org/..._3D_Realms_1996

*NB4 the free v1.3D gets discovered by Gearbox and takes it down.*

[Lunick]

DustFalcon85, on 13 April 2016 - 05:13 AM, said:

*NB4 the free v1.3D gets discovered by Gearbox and takes it down.*

There's lots of illegal looking stuff on archive.org that hasn't been taken down. I doubt Gearbox would see it

[Daedolon]

Archive.org is my favourite website at the moment (for various video game history / files), but there's a big problem with the site being drowned in questionable material. I wish they'd get a proper monitoring program until some big bad wolf comes and bites them in the ass. I wouldn't know what would happen to the world without Archive.org, probably nothing good.

[Inspector Lagomorf]

FistMarine, on 12 April 2016 - 10:43 AM, said:

I was saying that it's not allowed to post any links to download Duke Nukem 3D. I am well aware of who owns the IP, it's just that this forum doesn't support piracy, so posting download links to the full version of game is not allowed.

TerminX, on 12 April 2016 - 11:07 AM, said:

Looks like you can get v1.3D on archive.org... https://archive.org/..._3D_Realms_1996

I love the fact that these posts are back-to-back - the latter being by the site admin, no less.

[FistMarine]

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[Forge]

FistMarine, on 13 April 2016 - 10:26 AM, said:

I guess that makes it legal to download.

and i would guess that assuming 1.3 is abandonware is probably inaccurate