{"slug": "duke-nukem-3d", "name": "Duke Nukem 3D", "category": "media", "category_name": "Media and creative", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 5, "warners": 0, "score": 3.079, "rising": -0.98, "first": "2026-02-21", "latest": "2026-09-26", "why": "", "why_is_quote": false, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 1, "compare": 1, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "", "kind": "game", "icon": false, "domain": "gawen.me", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Duke Nukem 3D"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 778813008, "item_id": 48675813, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48675813", "by": "teabee89", "date": "2026-06-25", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "And Duke Nukem 3D made by my friend Gawen", "excerpt": "And Duke Nukem 3D made by my friend Gawen: https://gawen.me/webduke", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Half-Life 2 in a Browser"}, {"id": 753728896, "item_id": 47108056, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47108056", "by": "Postosuchus", "date": "2026-02-21", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Indeed, they made Level Editor available", "excerpt": "Indeed, they made Level Editor available. In fact, there was even a friggin' book on level design: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0782118690 Blast from the past indeed. Many many moons ago, I came up with a \"bright\" idea of designing a mod for Duke3D that modeled the office of my then-employer (large fintech company). At least I had enough sense not to boast about it - several months later a crazy guy brought a shotgun to", "context": "", "use_case": "level modding", "switched_from": "", "story": "EDuke32 \u2013 Duke Nukem 3D (Open-Source)"}, {"id": 753676224, "item_id": 47104764, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47104764", "by": "midzer", "date": "2026-02-21", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Classic!", "excerpt": "Classic! Play the (only?) WASM demo at https://midzer.de/wasm/duke3d/ (ported from https://github.com/GPSnoopy/BelgianChocolateDuke3D). Miserably only software rendering right now.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "EDuke32 \u2013 Duke Nukem 3D (Open-Source)"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["level modding", "video game"], "compared": [], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47104185", "title": "EDuke32 \u2013 Duke Nukem 3D (Open-Source)", "mentions": 3}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49841285", "title": "Pentium II at 600Mhz with Voodoo 3 Emulated on 86Box with M6 Mac Mini", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48669534", "title": "Half-Life 2 in a Browser", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {"recommend": 2, "neutral": 1}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {"compare": 1}, "2026-10": {}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 0, "family_ref": null, "runs_on": null, "lines": [], "quotes": [{"id": 797633553, "item_id": 49852097, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49852097", "by": "miffe", "date": "2026-09-26", "version": null, "stance": "compare", "quote": "I'll take the \"lower\" quality quake 3D models over Duke 3Ds 2D sprites any day", "excerpt": "They where released just 6 months apart [0], [1]. I'll take the \"lower\" quality quake 3D models over Duke 3Ds 2D sprites any day :) [0]: https://www.mobygames.com/game/365/duke-nukem-3d/ [1]: https://www.mobygames.com/game/374/quake/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Pentium II at 600Mhz with Voodoo 3 Emulated on 86Box with M6 Mac Mini"}, {"id": 778813008, "item_id": 48675813, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48675813", "by": "teabee89", "date": "2026-06-25", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "And Duke Nukem 3D made by my friend Gawen", "excerpt": "And Duke Nukem 3D made by my friend Gawen: https://gawen.me/webduke", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Half-Life 2 in a Browser"}, {"id": 753728896, "item_id": 47108056, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47108056", "by": "Postosuchus", "date": "2026-02-21", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Indeed, they made Level Editor available", "excerpt": "Indeed, they made Level Editor available. In fact, there was even a friggin' book on level design: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0782118690 Blast from the past indeed. Many many moons ago, I came up with a \"bright\" idea of designing a mod for Duke3D that modeled the office of my then-employer (large fintech company). At least I had enough sense not to boast about it - several months later a crazy guy brought a shotgun to", "context": "", "use_case": "level modding", "switched_from": "", "story": "EDuke32 \u2013 Duke Nukem 3D (Open-Source)"}, {"id": 753711728, "item_id": 47106983, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47106983", "by": "brightball", "date": "2026-02-21", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Man, I used to be in the top 10 on Cases Ladder for Duke Nukem", "excerpt": "Man, I used to be in the top 10 on Cases Ladder for Duke Nukem when I was in high school. Good times.", "context": "", "use_case": "Video game", "switched_from": "", "story": "EDuke32 \u2013 Duke Nukem 3D (Open-Source)"}, {"id": 753676224, "item_id": 47104764, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47104764", "by": "midzer", "date": "2026-02-21", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Classic!", "excerpt": "Classic! Play the (only?) WASM demo at https://midzer.de/wasm/duke3d/ (ported from https://github.com/GPSnoopy/BelgianChocolateDuke3D). Miserably only software rendering right now.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "EDuke32 \u2013 Duke Nukem 3D (Open-Source)"}]}