QOTD: Which Source Port of Duke Nukem 3D is your favorite? Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/MrJohnReviews Link for the Source Ports EDuke32: www.eduke32.com/ RedNukem: github.com/nukeykt/NBlood BuildGDX: m210.duke4.net/ RAZE: raze.zdoom.org/about NetDuke32 forums.duke4.net/topic/11826-netduke32-enhanced-duke3d-netplay/
I use Build GDX. I didn't know about being able to play the 5th World Tour episode. How do I access it? Do I need to buy World Tour again? I have it on my PS4 though. I got Duke 3D on my PC from Zoom.
Idk, personally whenever this actually happens I end up just laughing out loud because it catches me off guard and I feel ridiculous, in a good way, for letting it happen
DOSBox isn't a source port. It's an x86 PC emulator with an included version of DOS designed to be compatible with MS-DOS applications. You aren't running a source port, you're running the original version inside the emulator.
Eduke has the biggest modding and total conversion support as far as I'm aware, so it's my brand. If you want huge new experiences that are completely free like AMC Squad, WGR: Demon Throne or rad overhauls for Duke3d like Alien Armageddon, eduke all the way. Very glad we have the authenticity targeting alternatives of course.
resolution upscaling is one of the most important points of these ports (as well as for doom etc.) for the mere fact that screens nowadays are almost double the size of our old CRT's back then.
@@vibemasterkorosu2469 I don't really know how much support has, but it definitely is more popular. Anyway, what I meant is that I'm extremely familiar with both GZDoom and Raze configuration and command lines. That's the main reason Raze is my choice :)
So back in the day, my dad and his boddy used to make maps and share them with each other all the time. some were cool team based maps over pits. the level builder was similar to what doom builder was back in the day. i used to play around with it all the time.
I briefly tried EDuke32, but the two-point perspective was just as annoying (borderline nauseating) as in the original version. Switched to RAZE and its proper three-point perspective support, and I'm happy with that.
8:55 EDuke32 and Rednukem (and the greasy port as well) has the advantage of the software renderer running in native code while BuildGDX runs in a Java virtual machine 11:05 Raze's post-processing isn't really comparable to Polymer though. hopefully one day Raze will have support for Polymer lights though 12:13 EDuke32 is forked off jfDuke (and the OG EDuke for DOS), and Raze and BuildGDX takes their Duke code from jfDuke as well
8:20 Actually, there was BloodCM before BloodGDX/BuildGDX, so it wasn't the only way to play Blood apart from the DOS version. The Blood Wiki has a lot of well-documented information on everything about the game, including its source ports. Would be cool if you could make a video about Blood source ports. :)
I honestly believe that one of the biggest factors of shooters overcoming platformers in terms of frequency/popularity was because of Carmack’s open source policies. Think about it; by opening up Doom/Quake and being chill with “Doom-clones”, thousands of modders/fans got to take a crack at making a first person shooter, and when some of those modders became game devs they carried the experience they had to make shooters for the next 20 years. Meanwhile, Nintendo and Sega have locked down their IPs and patented their game mechanics; while platformers flourished in an era where game development was highly restrictive, they didn’t let any up-and-coming creators have any experience with working on a platformer themselves. As a result, it’s taken decades for platformers to resurface in response to game development being made easier and patents expiring, rather than the immediate and overwhelming boom we saw with shooters in the 90s to 2000s.
It doesn't help that Randy Pitchfork can't seem to make decent ports on Steam. Both Shadow Warrior Redux and Duke Nukem World Tour/Megaton Edition are bad ports. The fact that we still have to use source ports is ridiculous. I wish Duke got the Nightdivde treatment that the other ID titles had. I fucking hate Randy Pitchfork.
Now that Blood and the other Build Engine games can be playable without DOSBox, the only game left that is powered by the engine that's impossible to play right now on modern systems is Extreme Paintbrawl, due to its use of both a Windows 95-based launcher and a MS-DOS-based executable which both won't run properly on any modern versions of Windows. Unless one wants to reverse-engineer that awful game and make a source port that uses a unique launcher to replace the Windows 95-based one, its probably going to be left in the Windows 9x/MS-DOS realm of the Build Engine.
Extreme Paintbrawl is an unfinished mess of a game which wasn't fit for a commercial release. It'd be good to be able to play it for completion sake, but I don't expect a lot of people will try it more than once.
I used to use Eduke32 for everything. Nowadays, I use RedNukem for DN64, Raze for the stock games (DN3D, Blood, etc) and Eduke32 for the mods that requires this source port.
Your comparison on DOSBox vs. EDuke3D when it comes to graphics is wrong. Run the setup in DOSBox and you can choose to run Duke3D at hi-res VESA and it'll look as good as EDuke. The default is regular 320x200, but running it in 640x480 will already make it look a lot sharper.
Given that Night Dive Studios is now capable of remastering many old FPS games from the 1990s, were going to see less games being re-released with DOSBox bundled in the next few years.
Gdx I absolutely love. But I use both gdx and eduke32 for duke nukem. I actually prefer gdx for blood over even blood fresh supply. It's that good for me.
Honestly don't get the hate for 20th Anniversary. Sure, there are better options, but there are loads of accessibility features, the new episode is great, and the ambient occlusion adds some extra atmosphere. It plays really well right out of the box, and it's only real major detraction is lack of expansions (which, let's be honest, are a bit rough).
From what I remember trying World Tour it had horrible mouse freelook feel, usually these modern day ports have bad mouse look/sensitivity, like the new Doom1+2 has horrible mouse feel.
@@enrott8560 As a matter of fact, hDuke was made for cheating. But only for those who had access to the cheats. Spawning with weapons for example and other shit like tons of health. The rest was just propaganda. On top, hDuke did not play good. It had delay and tons of bugs, for example shooting rockets that went throughy our opponent. If you switch back from hDuke to xDuke, you can feel, that xDuke is way cleaner. xDuke feels like playing in a home-network with best ping, while hDuke feels like having 200ms ping all the time. There happens too much unfair shit in hDuke, absolutely not recommended.
well the reason winxp and on had no dos support was due it being a different kernel than what was in windows 1 - 3, 95, 98 and me. xp is based off of the windows nt kernel, which was their server kernel. windows 2000 would be the first main stream os that was built on that kernel, though it was still mainly a server os. drivers for win 2K are mostly compatible with xp. since the original windows kernel was built on top of dos, it made sense to have dos be accessible. but for the nt kernel it would had to have been emulated since nt was not built on dos.
I believe you could always turn autoaim off by editing the game's CONs. I know because I used to do it. Always hated autoaim except when the game first came out and was keyboard only. But I get why this might be too technical for most people and why people have largely forgotten it. I mostly use EDuke32 and Raze. Raze I use more for other Build games. EDuke32 is just great for most other cases (though you do mention a few use cases the other ports are better). I just hate that EDuke32 has some consistency issues. For instance the last time I installed it, one version would crash when attempting to load HRP. Another could load HRP but couldn't find other GRPs. I've always had weird issues like that with EDuke32 over the years. Raze has its own issues too. For instance, I can't figure out how to load other GRPs in that and had to use something else to play the Deadly Kiss GRP that was posted to the internet years ago. I wish there was a solution that just worked and did everything you'd want right out of the box. Though at least they're all better than the old Windows Shadow Warrior port that would randomly glitch and rotate the screen.
Personally speaking, I lile Raze the most because all others seem to give me some micro-stutter/jitter whereas Raze seems smoothest to me. That said, EDuke32 is the obvious choice if you want to play Duke mods. RedNukem is the choice if you want demo compatibility
I will always avoid anything related to Graf Zahl, knowing what an idiot he is and that it will probably take him 10 years to add a feature that would take 2 minutes to add... Well, I'll stick with BuildGDX and Rednukem because, well, I don't know of any Duke Nukem mod that catches my attention and as long as Blood also runs, it works for me.
but duke has quite advanced setup utility where you can setup higher VESA resolutions, so playing at the native 320x200 is kind of not really utilizing its full power
Legacy? You're gonna have to set up your own server, which might not be worth it for you. There is a source port that lets you play multiplayer called NetDuke32 though.
One red flag i see in games nowadays is that remakes have more bugs than the original game they're based on, like c'mon, how did you screw up the code this badly? Also, the fact that the 5th episode has the Cycloid Incinerator. He's a mediocre boss because he uses his flamethrowers at long range even though its close range, giving you more time to shoot it before it shoots you. Also, the fact that a Gearbox Software employee mentioned that Randy Pitchford is no longer interested in Duke Nukem, and avoids referencing him other than cameos.
EDuke32 is my favorite however I think Duke 64 is a Better game than vanilla Duke 3D... Also I really want the texture resize modes from GZDooM/Raze added to Eduke32 as well as being able to look directly up and down.
EDuke changes too much. Can't do speedrun glitches thanks to the clipping overhaul, I dunno why but I'm positive that the Shotgun feels slower and you can't quickly switch it right after shooting to another weapon like you can in more faithful ports. Megaton is king but it's forever gone unless you already own it thanks to the terrible WT port. Raze and Rednukem are good too but I do not like Rednukems HUD weapon placement like the RPG being way over to the right.
I think the issue is most people played back then 640x480 not 300x200 or whatever he was doing. I'm pretty sure The original goes as high as 1024x768 but on my PC i cant get a good consistant frame rate on that with dosbox. Dosbox also includes scaling which could also improve image quality if you have powerful HW. As for DOS games being the golden era, nah your just nostalgic and forgetting all the negatives. DOS caused a lot of issues unless you got lucky and had the best "compatible" PC for that individual game, if you got unlucky having the wrong sound drive, the wrong port address(yea remember that crap?) the games either dident start or bugged out. It was a golden era in terms of creativity but not that great for players, games were still experimental rather then anything else more like akin to arthouse films rather then good entertainment, you can see some gems among the top games of that time but most of it was very messy. Interesting sure but messy. Take dungeon crawlers for example, the first one came out in 81, but it wasent untill the early 90's they started to include a automap and even then it wasent untill the mid 90's where that became the standard, which would have been obvious from our perspective. Lets also not forget the issues with clockspeed, DOS games were often created for a specific speed rate in mind, if your PC is to slow the game will run slower, if to fast it runs like on steroids, future profing was often not a thing.
QOTD: Which Source Port of Duke Nukem 3D is your favorite?
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Link for the Source Ports
EDuke32:
www.eduke32.com/
RedNukem:
github.com/nukeykt/NBlood
BuildGDX:
m210.duke4.net/
RAZE:
raze.zdoom.org/about
NetDuke32
forums.duke4.net/topic/11826-netduke32-enhanced-duke3d-netplay/
wasn't raze renamed to zeta few years ago?
@@DualBackdrop no that was for the android port
I use Build GDX. I didn't know about being able to play the 5th World Tour episode. How do I access it? Do I need to buy World Tour again? I have it on my PS4 though. I got Duke 3D on my PC from Zoom.
As for the 5th Episode, you have to buy the World Tour Edition.@@CMONCMON007
@MrJohnReviews hmm thanks for that. I'll see if they have it on gog maybe?
Probably just eDuke because getting crushed by doors sucks.
I like it because it supports Duke 64
@PeterLawrenceYT Man, thats obviously is truly iconic & classy Build engine feature ever.
Idk, personally whenever this actually happens I end up just laughing out loud because it catches me off guard and I feel ridiculous, in a good way, for letting it happen
DOSBox isn't a source port. It's an x86 PC emulator with an included version of DOS designed to be compatible with MS-DOS applications. You aren't running a source port, you're running the original version inside the emulator.
Eduke has the biggest modding and total conversion support as far as I'm aware, so it's my brand.
If you want huge new experiences that are completely free like AMC Squad, WGR: Demon Throne or rad overhauls for Duke3d like Alien Armageddon, eduke all the way.
Very glad we have the authenticity targeting alternatives of course.
GT4, DBZ and NFS music on a Duke Nukem video is making me feel some way I can't explain...
Glad someone else noticed it!
resolution upscaling is one of the most important points of these ports (as well as for doom etc.) for the mere fact that screens nowadays are almost double the size of our old CRT's back then.
Nah, best Duke is low res Duke
If only I had a CRT Monitor still.. I have a Sony Trinitron and 2 other CRT TV's, but its not the same as CRT pc monitor.
Coming from someone that used to play GZDoom a ton, Raze is the best option.
I've heard Eduke was the most supported and is in general more popular for modding
@@vibemasterkorosu2469 I don't really know how much support has, but it definitely is more popular. Anyway, what I meant is that I'm extremely familiar with both GZDoom and Raze configuration and command lines. That's the main reason Raze is my choice :)
@@RockyLobster25 Very respectable. Im also a massive GZDoom enthusiast, it’s just such an awesome port. PrBoom+ is also really dope.
@@vibemasterkorosu2469 PrBoom+ is an excellent source port! I'm testing it these last few days. Thanks for your politeness. Rare perk these days. :)
i just wanna be able to play redneck rampage with fancy graphics
So back in the day, my dad and his boddy used to make maps and share them with each other all the time. some were cool team based maps over pits.
the level builder was similar to what doom builder was back in the day. i used to play around with it all the time.
I briefly tried EDuke32, but the two-point perspective was just as annoying (borderline nauseating) as in the original version.
Switched to RAZE and its proper three-point perspective support, and I'm happy with that.
you're commentary about these source ports would make civvie proud
Thanks
Polymer needs to be used in conjunction with the HRP in order to apply normal mapping and displacement mapping
8:55 EDuke32 and Rednukem (and the greasy port as well) has the advantage of the software renderer running in native code while BuildGDX runs in a Java virtual machine
11:05 Raze's post-processing isn't really comparable to Polymer though. hopefully one day Raze will have support for Polymer lights though
12:13 EDuke32 is forked off jfDuke (and the OG EDuke for DOS), and Raze and BuildGDX takes their Duke code from jfDuke as well
The one thing we can agree on is that you should never play the curse Randy version.
8:20
Actually, there was BloodCM before BloodGDX/BuildGDX, so it wasn't the only way to play Blood apart from the DOS version. The Blood Wiki has a lot of well-documented information on everything about the game, including its source ports.
Would be cool if you could make a video about Blood source ports. :)
I wish more devs would release the source code of their old games for fans to tinker with
I honestly believe that one of the biggest factors of shooters overcoming platformers in terms of frequency/popularity was because of Carmack’s open source policies. Think about it; by opening up Doom/Quake and being chill with “Doom-clones”, thousands of modders/fans got to take a crack at making a first person shooter, and when some of those modders became game devs they carried the experience they had to make shooters for the next 20 years. Meanwhile, Nintendo and Sega have locked down their IPs and patented their game mechanics; while platformers flourished in an era where game development was highly restrictive, they didn’t let any up-and-coming creators have any experience with working on a platformer themselves. As a result, it’s taken decades for platformers to resurface in response to game development being made easier and patents expiring, rather than the immediate and overwhelming boom we saw with shooters in the 90s to 2000s.
I love GZDoom and I bet RAZE is just as good but... Graf Zahl as a person is a total fcking lunatic.
After messing around with several Build source ports, I settled with Raze. That's my favorite of the bunch.
eDuke32 is my go-to because of familiarity, but they should add a toggle to let doors kill us again. ;)
This video got me to try Duke Nukem again. Duke Nukem has been the most neglected when it comes to modern-day PC releases.
It doesn't help that Randy Pitchfork can't seem to make decent ports on Steam. Both Shadow Warrior Redux and Duke Nukem World Tour/Megaton Edition are bad ports. The fact that we still have to use source ports is ridiculous. I wish Duke got the Nightdivde treatment that the other ID titles had. I fucking hate Randy Pitchfork.
Now that Blood and the other Build Engine games can be playable without DOSBox, the only game left that is powered by the engine that's impossible to play right now on modern systems is Extreme Paintbrawl, due to its use of both a Windows 95-based launcher and a MS-DOS-based executable which both won't run properly on any modern versions of Windows.
Unless one wants to reverse-engineer that awful game and make a source port that uses a unique launcher to replace the Windows 95-based one, its probably going to be left in the Windows 9x/MS-DOS realm of the Build Engine.
Extreme Paintbrawl is an unfinished mess of a game which wasn't fit for a commercial release. It'd be good to be able to play it for completion sake, but I don't expect a lot of people will try it more than once.
I just use Raze. It does the job just fine and supports what I need it to.
I used to use Eduke32 for everything. Nowadays, I use RedNukem for DN64, Raze for the stock games (DN3D, Blood, etc) and Eduke32 for the mods that requires this source port.
Raze and EDuke32 are my favs
Your comparison on DOSBox vs. EDuke3D when it comes to graphics is wrong. Run the setup in DOSBox and you can choose to run Duke3D at hi-res VESA and it'll look as good as EDuke. The default is regular 320x200, but running it in 640x480 will already make it look a lot sharper.
Given that Night Dive Studios is now capable of remastering many old FPS games from the 1990s, were going to see less games being re-released with DOSBox bundled in the next few years.
@@wadmodderschalton5763not unless you get them on gog (blood does come with the dos collection)
hmm for some reason software rendering in eduke32, rednukem and gdx has better performance than other modes plus it looks way more vanilla
I use BuildGDX for the most part, it supports multiple games and has a custom difficulty option (although not as good as the one in Fresh Supply).
I just got the World Tour Edition for a few bucks on Xbox while on sale. I'm new to Duke Nukem and I had lots of fun, what's so wrong with it?
Gdx I absolutely love. But I use both gdx and eduke32 for duke nukem.
I actually prefer gdx for blood over even blood fresh supply. It's that good for me.
Great video!
Honestly don't get the hate for 20th Anniversary. Sure, there are better options, but there are loads of accessibility features, the new episode is great, and the ambient occlusion adds some extra atmosphere. It plays really well right out of the box, and it's only real major detraction is lack of expansions (which, let's be honest, are a bit rough).
From what I remember trying World Tour it had horrible mouse freelook feel, usually these modern day ports have bad mouse look/sensitivity, like the new Doom1+2 has horrible mouse feel.
JFDuke3D is also among EDuke32's ancestors along with EDuke 2.
I wanted to ask if the atomic edition of duke nukem 3d was a non DOS sourced port because my version of it came with some enhanced version of it.
i think the atomic edition is a dos game, i don't know what version came with stuff that you've mentioned
@@MrJohnReviews yea it makes more sense or I had a Mandela effect that atomic came with a new source port
@@AngelloProduct either it was a bootleg copy or did you pirate it?
@@MrJohnReviews I got a CD filled with different games as a kid. So most likely since it came with some emulators
10:20 Oooo... Rom Di Prisco - Romulus 3 (Need For Speed 3 soundtrack) Imma subscribe for that
Awesome video, keep the good work!
Thanks, your soundtrack for Duke3D is AMAZING
9:58 grease randy mentioned
Raze has to be my top pick, user-friendly and it's able to emulate other build engine games, not just DN.
eDuke32, Raze, and even the world tour edition on steam, are the ones I like
Either Raze or EDuke32.
I remember using one called Hduke playing multiplayer with it. I liked it better than ED32 myself
Hduke was xduke with lots of improvements and an anti cheat cuz xduke didn't stop anyone from just changing some values/files inside the .grp
@@enrott8560 As a matter of fact, hDuke was made for cheating. But only for those who had access to the cheats. Spawning with weapons for example and other shit like tons of health. The rest was just propaganda. On top, hDuke did not play good. It had delay and tons of bugs, for example shooting rockets that went throughy our opponent. If you switch back from hDuke to xDuke, you can feel, that xDuke is way cleaner. xDuke feels like playing in a home-network with best ping, while hDuke feels like having 200ms ping all the time. There happens too much unfair shit in hDuke, absolutely not recommended.
well the reason winxp and on had no dos support was due it being a different kernel than what was in windows 1 - 3, 95, 98 and me. xp is based off of the windows nt kernel, which was their server kernel. windows 2000 would be the first main stream os that was built on that kernel, though it was still mainly a server os. drivers for win 2K are mostly compatible with xp. since the original windows kernel was built on top of dos, it made sense to have dos be accessible. but for the nt kernel it would had to have been emulated since nt was not built on dos.
I believe you could always turn autoaim off by editing the game's CONs. I know because I used to do it. Always hated autoaim except when the game first came out and was keyboard only. But I get why this might be too technical for most people and why people have largely forgotten it.
I mostly use EDuke32 and Raze. Raze I use more for other Build games. EDuke32 is just great for most other cases (though you do mention a few use cases the other ports are better). I just hate that EDuke32 has some consistency issues. For instance the last time I installed it, one version would crash when attempting to load HRP. Another could load HRP but couldn't find other GRPs. I've always had weird issues like that with EDuke32 over the years. Raze has its own issues too. For instance, I can't figure out how to load other GRPs in that and had to use something else to play the Deadly Kiss GRP that was posted to the internet years ago.
I wish there was a solution that just worked and did everything you'd want right out of the box. Though at least they're all better than the old Windows Shadow Warrior port that would randomly glitch and rotate the screen.
Too bad none of the source ports have splitscreen support.
Personally speaking, I lile Raze the most because all others seem to give me some micro-stutter/jitter whereas Raze seems smoothest to me.
That said, EDuke32 is the obvious choice if you want to play Duke mods. RedNukem is the choice if you want demo compatibility
EDuke32 for regular DN3D and mission packs, Red Nukem for DN64.
I will always avoid anything related to Graf Zahl, knowing what an idiot he is and that it will probably take him 10 years to add a feature that would take 2 minutes to add...
Well, I'll stick with BuildGDX and Rednukem because, well, I don't know of any Duke Nukem mod that catches my attention and as long as Blood also runs, it works for me.
When i try to download eduke32, McAfee says that the file is 'dangerous', can anyone help?
Oh god I know this background music but I can't remember exactly where it is from. A racing game or something? Source? Played at the DOSBOX part.
Gran Turismo 4
@@MrJohnReviews Oh yeah, indeed! I remember now. Thanks.
One track is from Need for Speed 3 made by Rom Di Prisco.
but duke has quite advanced setup utility where you can setup higher VESA resolutions, so playing at the native 320x200 is kind of not really utilizing its full power
Shhhhhiaaaa.... t, i don't know now which intro song is better.
Hi, can someone help me? I am trying to play Duke Nukem 3D Legacy multiplayer, how do I do this?
Legacy? You're gonna have to set up your own server, which might not be worth it for you. There is a source port that lets you play multiplayer called NetDuke32 though.
bro tried sneaking in gt4 music
The the best way is real DOS on a CRT. Mouse input is snappy as its meant to be, no delay. DOSBox is delayed af
what song is in the Raze section?
Romulus from need for speed III
@@MrJohnReviews thanks! i know that song are on my chilhood ✨😊👍
@@Cataflexia you're welcome 😁
0:40 as i can remember Windows XP had ms-dos compatibility
One red flag i see in games nowadays is that remakes have more bugs than the original game they're based on, like c'mon, how did you screw up the code this badly? Also, the fact that the 5th episode has the Cycloid Incinerator. He's a mediocre boss because he uses his flamethrowers at long range even though its close range, giving you more time to shoot it before it shoots you. Also, the fact that a Gearbox Software employee mentioned that Randy Pitchford is no longer interested in Duke Nukem, and avoids referencing him other than cameos.
If you wanna aim straight up and down. RAZE is what you want. if not EDuke32 and RedNukem.
EDuke32 is my favorite however I think Duke 64 is a Better game than vanilla Duke 3D... Also I really want the texture resize modes from GZDooM/Raze added to Eduke32 as well as being able to look directly up and down.
For multiplayer, NetDuke32 is the way to go. You can even play the Duke64 mod online with it.
I prefer BuildGDX for build engine games (Duke3D, Blood, Shadow Warrior), mainly because of the included multiplayer support.
Why do you need 15 minutes to say "eDuke"?
EDuke changes too much. Can't do speedrun glitches thanks to the clipping overhaul, I dunno why but I'm positive that the Shotgun feels slower and you can't quickly switch it right after shooting to another weapon like you can in more faithful ports. Megaton is king but it's forever gone unless you already own it thanks to the terrible WT port. Raze and Rednukem are good too but I do not like Rednukems HUD weapon placement like the RPG being way over to the right.
Off-topic: I wish the Black Mesa team remade Duke Nukem 3d too
Me, which one can I emulate on my phone
i use raze for the build engine games nowadays. supports 'em all. even powerslave.
Raze
no source port. DOSBox.
my Duke3D never looked that bad, you dont have the good screen 500% or the right tools to stream it
I think the issue is most people played back then 640x480 not 300x200 or whatever he was doing.
I'm pretty sure The original goes as high as 1024x768 but on my PC i cant get a good consistant frame rate on that with dosbox. Dosbox also includes scaling which could also improve image quality if you have powerful HW.
As for DOS games being the golden era, nah your just nostalgic and forgetting all the negatives. DOS caused a lot of issues unless you got lucky and had the best "compatible" PC for that individual game, if you got unlucky having the wrong sound drive, the wrong port address(yea remember that crap?) the games either dident start or bugged out. It was a golden era in terms of creativity but not that great for players, games were still experimental rather then anything else more like akin to arthouse films rather then good entertainment, you can see some gems among the top games of that time but most of it was very messy. Interesting sure but messy.
Take dungeon crawlers for example, the first one came out in 81, but it wasent untill the early 90's they started to include a automap and even then it wasent untill the mid 90's where that became the standard, which would have been obvious from our perspective.
Lets also not forget the issues with clockspeed, DOS games were often created for a specific speed rate in mind, if your PC is to slow the game will run slower, if to fast it runs like on steroids, future profing was often not a thing.
Raze plays the best in my opinion
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Idk, I hate the high res look of old games. Dosbox ftw
Dosbox no questions asked
My man on that Chocolate Doom grind.
Bild Egine
When is someone going to make a Duke 3D editor akin to Ultimate Doom Builder? Been waiting for years.
it's called Mapster32.
E duke 32
DOS was the golden age, are you for real dlc and micro trans you must love them with digital games haha