Duke Nukem II

Game: Duke Nukem II → (DOS, 1993)

Rigel Engine: a reimplementation of Duke Nukem II that replaces the original DOS executable. It reads the game’s data files and plays just like the original, but runs natively on Windows, Linux, and macOS, and can also be installed on the Steam Deck. It was made by reverse engineering, disassembling the original binary. All four episodes, from the shareware and registered versions, are fully playable and on par with the original. It adds a widescreen mode, smooth scrolling with a higher frame rate, quick saving, better controller support, and extended modding features. Its author considers it done: it’s in maintenance mode, with no new features planned. The complete reconstruction of the original code is a separate project, Duke2Reconstructed.

You needThe Duke Nukem II data files, from the registered version or the free shareware one: NUKEM2.CMP is enough, plus the optional intro movies (NUKEM2.F1 to F5). Plus a graphics card with OpenGL 3.0 or OpenGL ES 2.0.

How it gets to PC

Fan reimplementation

Console

MS-DOS

Original studio

Interceptor Entertainment

Year

1993

Author

lethal-guitar

Stars

1k

Last activity

2026-09-28 · 1 month ago

Latest version

v0.9.1 · 2022-12-10

License

GPL-2.0

Language

C++

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