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3DR Patches Very Old Games

by Maarten Goldstein, Oct 25, 2005 6:14am PDT

Related Topics – 3D Realms, Games: PC

For all you crazy Crystal Caves and Secret Agent fans, 3D Realms has released new patches to fix a system clock problem found on some systems running Windows XP. Crystal Caves was released back in 1991, and Secret Agent in 1992 so this has to be some kind of release day -> patch release record.

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I think it would be cool to get the original Duke 3d game with same maps, songs and sounds on a 3d engine instead of a 2.5d engine. Just need to remake the maps and sprites to 3d. All the other artwork is the same including the story and audio. I'd buy that.

Oct 25, 2005 8:00pm PDT

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- This has been done, there are 3D Accelerated versions of Duke3d out there, and 3d models, google around : Svperstarr

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wow. I wonder what the point of this was.

Oct 25, 2005 7:43am PDT

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wow. I wonder what the point of this was. : sharkII
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- An excuse for not shipping DNF : melkore
- maybe a 5min fix : shack_konto
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  this sets the release of DNF back another year... :p : anthonybean
  - Also how little devs know about PR. : grandmasterlee
- They're very bored over at 3DR. : Wiseblood79
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  What was the point? To fix the games as stated. The titles still sell, and since we had the ability to... : Joe Siegler
- It was done! : Priest77
- Protect IP from Abandonware sites. Maybe? : baron calamity
- It's because these games still sell truckloads in South Korea... Seriously - this is a game company th... : Schnapple

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How cute.

I don't believe in DNF anymore, and the failure to admit its vaporization doesn't really improve my tarnished opinion of 3DR, but these updates do that a little bit.
I think it's about time we get DNF, because no one expects anything of it anymore, so people will certainly be pleasantly surprised, even if it is mediocre.

Earlier today I happened to stumble upon a prety neat remix of the DN3D theme song: http://www.vgmix.com/song_view.php?song_id=2259

Oct 25, 2005 11:01am PDT

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- It's okay but NOTHING beats the Megadeth version! : tagnuts

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ofmg its about time!!11oneoneoneone

Oct 25, 2005 1:51pm PDT

ofmg its about time!!11oneoneoneone : jarek99

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Any chance that this is related to gametap.com?

Oct 25, 2005 1:18pm PDT

Any chance that this is related to gametap.com? : deceiver

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I wish all companies would do this for their whole back catalogs. Even with DOS emulators I've got pretty bad backwards compatibility right now, and it sucks nuts. >:(

Oct 25, 2005 11:44am PDT

I wish all companies would do this for their whole back catalogs. Even with DOS emulators I've got pretty... : thebigbeefsandwich

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I think its rad they are still supporting their catalog of old games. I never played either but you know there have to be a few fans somewhere rejoicing.

Oct 25, 2005 8:13am PDT

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  I think it's amazing you're still using "rad". That terms older than these games. ;) : jason bergman
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Secret Agent was my favorite side scroller, till I discovered Bio Menace and , of course, Duke Nukem 1 and 2. :) I'm glad to see these classics haven't been forgotten.

Oct 25, 2005 10:05am PDT

Secret Agent was my favorite side scroller, till I discovered Bio Menace and , of course, Duke Nukem 1 an... : freshyk

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http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10717212

Haha... So true. :)

Oct 25, 2005 8:45am PDT

http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10717212 Haha... So true. :) : SilverSnake

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I think it's very cool shows they're proud of their old games. They saw they didn't work on current machines and even if nobody else noticed they fixed them. :)

Oct 25, 2005 8:38am PDT

I think it's very cool shows they're proud of their old games. They saw they didn't work on current machi... : yourname00

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intern's first job: fix some 13 year old games

Oct 25, 2005 8:37am PDT

intern's first job: fix some 13 year old games : grimiv

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Oh come on...these games are still shareware? They are 14 years old, release the full version already. I remember playing them as a kid, and have always wanted to play the full version.

Oct 25, 2005 8:24am PDT

Oh come on...these games are still shareware? They are 14 years old, release the full version already. ... : deathofrats

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I guess they had nothing better to do.

Oct 25, 2005 8:09am PDT

I guess they had nothing better to do. : SlamDunk

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It's great to see companies updating and supporting old, old games. I still play the great ones every now and then - went through X-Com again this spring.

Oct 25, 2005 7:55am PDT

It's great to see companies updating and supporting old, old games. I still play the great ones every no... : Caboose