Duke Nukem Forever @ Ars Technica

Lincoln Russell 1 Apr, 2006 at 10:58pm ET Article published in Tech

Remember back in 1997 when Duke Nukem Forever was launched? Well nearly nine years later, we’ve got what looks to be a near golden-master version of the game. We also found out why it has taken so long (think Ajax).

From the ReadMe.txt file, I also found out why we’ve been waiting so long for Duke Nukem Forever. Wanting Duke Nukem Forever to run on all platforms, but not wanting to bust a nut writing three different versions (not to mention having to come up with both PowerPC and x86 binaries for Mac OS X), the developers came up with a clever solution. Duke Nukem Forever has been rewritten as an Ajax application written using the Ruby on Rails framework. What it means is that Duke Nukem Forever runs in your web browser. Any web browser, on any platform… well almost. More on that later.

Source: Ars Technica

Comments

1 Apr 2006 ~ 11:01pm Linc ...getting in a little bit of fun at the wire Couldn't let the day go unmarked on the site.
2 Apr 2006 ~ 6:56pm Enverex Erm, Duke Nukem Forever didn't come out in 1997.... also your post says it was posted at 04:58 AM on April 2nd. Not April fools...
2 Apr 2006 ~ 8:12pm Thrax

Yesterday, 10:58 PM

There are 24 time zones.
2 Apr 2006 ~ 10:31pm Linc I made the deadline for EST :P
2 Apr 2006 ~ 10:39pm primesuspect Erm.
3 Apr 2006 ~ 2:57am Enverex

Thrax wrote:

There are 24 time zones.

Exactly, -12 to +12 thus noon on 1st of April would be the perfect time to do it (albiet you'd still be 1 second out in one timezone).
3 Apr 2006 ~ 9:25am primesuspect I knew we made a smiley just for you, mr. grumpybutt