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NovaCoder · 23 September 2013, 14:16

I've decided to do a port of Duke Nukem 3D to AGA

This port is based on the extremely talented Fabien Sanglard's update of the original DOS port called Chocolate Duke. Like most old DOS games Duke's code is a complete mess but Fabien cleaned it up and ported it to SDL.

Using my new AGA SDL library it's only been about 4/5 days work to get it this stage.

[ Show youtube player ]

I'll have to spend a lot of time optimizing it for AGA 68k but as you can see it's basically running already. Hopefully this will result in a nice Duke Nukem port to AGA

060 only I'm afraid....

Lord Riton · 23 September 2013, 16:30

You really Rock doing such conversions !

And i'm sure You'll make more happy people who would love playing duke nukem 3D on their Amiga, but...

.. whith your skills you should be able to create a brand new Amiga game yourself ! I'm sure some graphic designers on the forum would be happy to help !

chaos · 23 September 2013, 17:06

Groovy! Cant wait to make them alien bastards pay for shooting down my ride!

Thanks NovaCoder for all your work!

Lord Aga · 23 September 2013, 19:53

Core blimey !
Duke on Amiga

hooverphonique · 23 September 2013, 20:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by NovaCoder

This port is based on the extremely talented Fabien Sanglard's update of the original DOS port called Chocolate Duke.

the original was not a port, though.. or it was not the original :-p

vroom6sri · 23 September 2013, 21:45

Next year, assuming I get my annual bonus and things are ok money wise, I'm gonna have to get 060 accelerator!!!!)

NovaCoder · 24 September 2013, 01:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord Riton

You really Rock doing such conversions !

And i'm sure You'll make more happy people who would love playing duke nukem 3D on their Amiga, but...

.. whith your skills you should be able to create a brand new Amiga game yourself ! I'm sure some graphic designers on the forum would be happy to help !

Thanks guys

I've got another couple of AGA ports that I'm working on which I want to finish, after that I think I'll retire

I was thinking about doing an original game at some point, well a clone of Geometry Wars actually. I think that kind of game could work really well on AGA.

It's much harder to code something from scratch though

Reido · 24 September 2013, 11:21

Hell yeah!

utri007 · 02 October 2013, 11:54

Duke 3D is great addon to Amiga, there is no workin DUke 3D for 68k Amigas earlier. I would ask if you could do it support both? AGA / RTG

Another thing is, 68040 should be enough for duke, at least if we compare it to Apple version. So if you could port keeping that in mind? I don't belive that it would slow down it at all.

fitzsteve · 02 October 2013, 12:11

I'm sure I've already played a 68k duke that ran ok on my 060 + RTG/ATA

But would be nice to see how far Nova can take it though, keep up the good work

NovaCoder · 02 October 2013, 12:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by fitzsteve

I'm sure I've already played a 68k duke that ran ok on my 060 + RTG/ATA

But my version will be slower and with more bugs

Quote:

Originally Posted by utri007

Duke 3D is great addon to Amiga, there is no workin DUke 3D for 68k Amigas earlier. I would ask if you could do it support both? AGA / RTG

I'll need to add RTG support to my SDL port before I can do that, I guess I'll get around to it sooner or later

fitzsteve · 02 October 2013, 13:38

Hey I found the current version and tested it on my A4000 040@40mhz (my fastest real Amiga these days!) and with low details and small window it's almost playable

I have high hopes for your port Nova as I know you always get great results

If you want me to upload the current one gimme a shot, I think i found it on Aminet yonks ago however...

utri007 · 05 October 2013, 11:57

Curent version is faster with my 040 40mhz than my 060 66mhz. I don't know why, I don't have any problems with other games.

Joystick / Joypad support would be really nice.

Duke 3D uses build engine, several nice 3d games uses it also, like Blood, Shadow warrior, Redneck Rampage, etc. It is sad that there is no generic version of build engine.

utri007 · 07 October 2013, 18:42

I don't know about chocolate duke, but eDuke support directly NAM/napalm and WWII ftom Team TNT, chocolate duke could do that also?. There is also modification to it to support Redneck rampage.

eDuke is also SDL

http://wiki.eduke32.com/wiki/Building_EDuke32_on_Linux
https://code.google.com/p/erampage/wiki/MainPage

NovaCoder · 08 October 2013, 13:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by utri007

I don't know about chocolate duke, but eDuke support directly NAM/napalm and WWII ftom Team TNT, chocolate duke could do that also?. There is also modification to it to support Redneck rampage.

eDuke is also SDL

http://wiki.eduke32.com/wiki/Building_EDuke32_on_Linux
https://code.google.com/p/erampage/wiki/MainPage

Thanks for that but it looks a bit 'heavy' for 68k

Code:

Basic dev environment (GCC >= 4.3.3, make, etc)

With these updated ports you have to be very careful I've found, they can be really hard to get working for good old AGA. Both Descent Rebirth and DosBox have been real system killers!

NovaCoder · 25 November 2013, 11:55

I suppose I should update this thread

Haven't done a thing on this port since I first got it working on my A1200, from the quick play I had it looks pretty complete already (being SDL based).

It's not coded the correct way though to get the most speed out of my AGA SDL, I'll have to rework how it updates the screen. There's also something wrong with the sound (might just be down to lack of CPU cycles).

I've been working a new 68k port recently that's been taking up all of my hobby time, I'll come back and work on this sucker when I finish it.

dlfrsilver · 25 November 2013, 12:06

what is this new 68k port ?

NovaCoder · 25 November 2013, 12:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by dlfrsilver

what is this new 68k port ?

You'll find out in a couple of weeks when I release it

fitzsteve · 25 November 2013, 15:37

Is the sound high pitch? Like the speech? If so this happens on another port of the game I think you are porting

The port in question is for the GP32. I'm not sure that helps you fix it, but might give you a clue where to look.

NovaCoder · 03 December 2013, 02:57

Ok spent some more time on this Duke Nukem port, mainly just cleaning up the source code and doing some initial optimizations.

I managed to lose the source code that I originally did when I swapped computers and then had to use a disk recovery tool to get most of it back again......my bad

Hopefully I'll get it good enough to do another little BETA video soon

23 September 2013, 14:16	#1
NovaCoder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne/Australia Posts: 4,400	Let's Rock I've decided to do a port of Duke Nukem 3D to AGA This port is based on the extremely talented Fabien Sanglard's update of the original DOS port called Chocolate Duke. Like most old DOS games Duke's code is a complete mess but Fabien cleaned it up and ported it to SDL. Using my new AGA SDL library it's only been about 4/5 days work to get it this stage. [ Show youtube player ] I'll have to spend a lot of time optimizing it for AGA 68k but as you can see it's basically running already. Hopefully this will result in a nice Duke Nukem port to AGA 060 only I'm afraid.... Last edited by NovaCoder; 23 September 2013 at 15:07.

03 December 2013, 02:57	#20
NovaCoder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne/Australia Posts: 4,400	Ok spent some more time on this Duke Nukem port, mainly just cleaning up the source code and doing some initial optimizations. I managed to lose the source code that I originally did when I swapped computers and then had to use a disk recovery tool to get most of it back again......my bad Hopefully I'll get it good enough to do another little BETA video soon Last edited by NovaCoder; 03 December 2013 at 04:02.

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23 September 2013, 16:30	#2
Lord Riton Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: France Age: 52 Posts: 507	You really Rock doing such conversions ! And i'm sure You'll make more happy people who would love playing duke nukem 3D on their Amiga, but... .. whith your skills you should be able to create a brand new Amiga game yourself ! I'm sure some graphic designers on the forum would be happy to help !

23 September 2013, 17:06	#3
chaos Registered User Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Slovenia Posts: 138	Groovy! Cant wait to make them alien bastards pay for shooting down my ride! Thanks NovaCoder for all your work!

23 September 2013, 19:53	#4
Lord Aga MI clan prevails Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Belgrade, Serbia Posts: 1,443	Core blimey ! Duke on Amiga

23 September 2013, 21:45	#6
vroom6sri Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Peterborough Age: 47 Posts: 841	Next year, assuming I get my annual bonus and things are ok money wise, I'm gonna have to get 060 accelerator!!!!)

24 September 2013, 11:21	#8
Reido Registered User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Dublin/Ireland Posts: 403	Hell yeah!

02 October 2013, 11:54	#9
utri007 mä vaan Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Finland Posts: 1,653	Duke 3D is great addon to Amiga, there is no workin DUke 3D for 68k Amigas earlier. I would ask if you could do it support both? AGA / RTG Another thing is, 68040 should be enough for duke, at least if we compare it to Apple version. So if you could port keeping that in mind? I don't belive that it would slow down it at all.

02 October 2013, 12:11	#10
fitzsteve Professional slacker! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kent, UK Age: 44 Posts: 6,683	I'm sure I've already played a 68k duke that ran ok on my 060 + RTG/ATA But would be nice to see how far Nova can take it though, keep up the good work

02 October 2013, 13:38	#12
fitzsteve Professional slacker! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kent, UK Age: 44 Posts: 6,683	Hey I found the current version and tested it on my A4000 040@40mhz (my fastest real Amiga these days!) and with low details and small window it's almost playable I have high hopes for your port Nova as I know you always get great results If you want me to upload the current one gimme a shot, I think i found it on Aminet yonks ago however...

05 October 2013, 11:57	#13
utri007 mä vaan Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Finland Posts: 1,653	Curent version is faster with my 040 40mhz than my 060 66mhz. I don't know why, I don't have any problems with other games. Joystick / Joypad support would be really nice. Duke 3D uses build engine, several nice 3d games uses it also, like Blood, Shadow warrior, Redneck Rampage, etc. It is sad that there is no generic version of build engine.

07 October 2013, 18:42	#14
utri007 mä vaan Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Finland Posts: 1,653	I don't know about chocolate duke, but eDuke support directly NAM/napalm and WWII ftom Team TNT, chocolate duke could do that also?. There is also modification to it to support Redneck rampage. eDuke is also SDL http://wiki.eduke32.com/wiki/Building_EDuke32_on_Linux https://code.google.com/p/erampage/wiki/MainPage

25 November 2013, 11:55	#16
NovaCoder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne/Australia Posts: 4,400	I suppose I should update this thread Haven't done a thing on this port since I first got it working on my A1200, from the quick play I had it looks pretty complete already (being SDL based). It's not coded the correct way though to get the most speed out of my AGA SDL, I'll have to rework how it updates the screen. There's also something wrong with the sound (might just be down to lack of CPU cycles). I've been working a new 68k port recently that's been taking up all of my hobby time, I'll come back and work on this sucker when I finish it.

25 November 2013, 12:06	#17
dlfrsilver CaptainM68K-SPS France Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melun nearby Paris/France Age: 46 Posts: 10,412	what is this new 68k port ?

25 November 2013, 15:37	#19
fitzsteve Professional slacker! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kent, UK Age: 44 Posts: 6,683	Is the sound high pitch? Like the speech? If so this happens on another port of the game I think you are porting The port in question is for the GP32. I'm not sure that helps you fix it, but might give you a clue where to look.

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