Trivia
An official statement from Apogee regarding the many game titles of Duke Nukem:
There is frequently a great deal of confusion over the correct spelling of one of Apogee's most prized characters, Duke Nukem. The original spelling for the name was "Duke Nukem"; however, during the code fix stage between v1.0 and v2.0 of the original game, Apogee found a character overseas named "Duke Nukem" that was thought to be copyrighted. So, for v2.0 of the original Duke game, the name was changed to "Duke Nukum." Then, during the programming of the next Duke Nukem game (Duke Nukem II), it was discovered that the character they found overseas was not copyrighted after all -- and so the original name was reinstated. "Duke Nukem" is also the spelling used in all successive games that featured the character.
The spellings "Duke Nuke 'em," "Duke Nuke'um," "Duke Nuke'm," "Duke Nuk'em" or other variations are not, and were never, correct. The correct spelling of the game is "Duke Nukem".
Duke Nukem II and its predecessor obviously used graphics taken from other games, for instance from Turrican and Savage, two classic platformers. See this link for some good examples. It is unknown, but doubtful, whether or not this was done with permission of the authors of these games.
Contributed by
NGC 5194 (17444) on Jul 08, 2004.
The voice in the intro, "I'm back!", is done by Joe Sieglar, 3D Realms Webmaster.
You can find the full version of Duke Nukem 2 on the CD of Duke Nukem 3D (as well as the first Duke Nukem game).
Contributed by
Goteki45 (324) on Sep 23, 2003.
Duke Nukem II version 1.0 was released on December 3rd 1993.
Contributed by
Xantheous (1240) on Aug 15, 2000.
A complete version of Duke Nukem II is available on Classic Games Collection CD featured with the July 2000 issue of PC Gamer Magazine.
This game should be cheap nowadays. I got my copy from Sam Goddy for $1.
