iPhone Duke Nukem 3D Screenshot Revealed, Coming Soon
posted July 6th, 2009 7:42 PM EDT by Eli Hodapp in First Person Shooter, Retro, Upcoming Games, iPhone games, iPod touch games
While Duke Nukem Forever may be dead, or close to it, MachineWorks Northwest has been busy at work porting Duke Nukem 3D to the iPhone. Developed by the same company that brought us Prey Invasion [App Store], Duke Nukem 3D seems to borrow heavily from the control scheme of both Prey Invasion and 3D Hunting [App Store]. IGN broke the news this afternoon, and according to them-
The developer has ported over the entire 1996 PC game to the iPhone, so if you have fond memories of ventilating pig-cops and saving strippers, all of this will be both welcome and familiar. It had been a long time since I last stepped out with the Duke, but settled right back into our old two-step after just a few minutes with an earlier build of the game. While MachineWorks has not monkeyed with the gameplay at all, it has subtly upgraded the visuals. The sprites still get a touch blocky up close, but they have been smoothed out so it's not as harsh as you may recall. Those wise-ass cracks, though? They are full intact.
IGN shares our concern over the controls, but describes the tap-to-shoot mechanic as "far more tactile — and enjoyable." Either way, Duke Nukem 3D brings so much nostalgia to the table that fans of the series will no doubt find any control issues very easy to overlook.
I've emailed the developers, so hopefully we will have more information on the game before it's released. Otherwise, IGN states Duke Nukem 3D will be on the app store "very soon."
Come get some!
One word – aaahhhhhhhhhhhh!
Here we go again.
Damnit! I want this, Wolf RPG, Doom Classic, Doom RPG, and practically the whole ID catalogue! MORE MORE MORE! I'm not complaining!
outstanding!!! Hey Carmack better step your game up and get Doom classic out!!
Long live the most famous vaporware in computer history, may it make the Need for Speed wait look like a short cock-up!
Butchered by iPhone control schemes. Pass!
as long as it's not on rails like the let-down of a game Doom!
Looks like it's the same controls as Prey, which are flawed–but fun in tap-shoot mode. And Prey Invasion has been updated (more monsters) based on user feedback, which a "name brand" IP game could easily not be. So I appreciate that.
wish they can use the brothers in arms control scheme, i hated the controls in prey and practically ruined the game for me
Hail to the king baby!
yea….I think I just play it on my PC. Not really digging these iPhone FPS controls.
Pls have multi
Coming soon stands for a decade.
Get back to work you slacker
(Oblig) Damn … those alien bastards are gonna pay for shooting up my ride!
WTF are they doing with the contols FFS.
I'm curious as to how the jet pack will be implemented – the accelerometer?
I'm in fear for the controls…
It should have the Wolfenstein controls, but have accelerometer for mouse look – both inverted and regular orientations.
Yeah, my first thought was wow duke nukem! Then, I thought bout the control and I'm pretty sure it will sucksz ..i hope i'm wrong though.
AWESOME! Didn't care for the Prey controls too much, but it worked…
Can't wait to try the iphone/itouch version of this though! A great classic is reborn!
WOOHOO! awesome. Those alien b*****d shooting of my ride. Can't wait for it.
Awesome but i might wait on it for a bit i got the DOOM res for my touch and there are too few levels and the fact that its a rail game is kind of a let down. The classic one in the app store right now is a steel at 350 yen
(3-4 $)
Controls like terminator or space trader moon madness please!!!!
This is one game where the "I want BOTH nostalgia AND something NEW" don't really apply. With the other ports of older games, there were two camps: those who wanted just the older games ported over, and those who wanted nothing but new, made-for-iTouch/Phone games. I personally can't see why we can't have BOTH, and commended Carmack and id for giving us BOTH DOOM Resurrection AND the soon to be released DOOM Classic.
But I won't even bother asking for a new Duke Nukem game alongside the port of this classic for obvious reasons.
Unfortunately, this won't make it into the German App Store because the game is banned here
I can't wait.
hail to the king, baby
Must…have…multiplayer.
"Hmm, don't have time to play with myself."
Duke
Machineworks!!!??? meh
No analog for aiming. Touch aminig please!!! Moon madness or Terminator Salvation or Metroid Prime
control please