a leaked build of the original duke nukem forever is being turned into a real full game by modders and the first slice of the project is due out this weekthe duke nukem forever 2001 restoration project just released a trailer for its first slice which is set to be released on december 21 with the games opening levels the end goal of the project is to take the levels and content from the games leaked builds stitch them together with new material and additional story elements and turn it into the full game that mightve been released in the early 2000sthis trailer could pass for any good modern boomer shooter in the vein of dusk or amid evil even that glassbreaking tech is still fairly impressive these days of course duke nukems brand of machismo was already in bad taste back in the 90s and youre going to need to decide for yourself whether youve got the stomach for such sterling bits of humor as uh a visit to the slick willy strip clubthe real value in this project is more in its satisfaction of historical curiosity while its 14year dev history has since been eclipsed by beyond good evil 2 duke nukem forever remains forever cemented as gamings most infamous example of development hell the original version of the game was in development at 3d realms but work stalled as the scope of the project continued to balloon without a clear idea of what the final game would look like the duke nukem forever we actually got in 2011 was made by borderlands studio gearbox and while it carries over some elements from the original version its basically an allnew gamethe 3d realms version of dnf existed mostly in fans memories of old trailers and magazine writeups until earlier this year when a 2001 development build made its way onto the internet its very playable but very unfinished which is why something like the restoration project mod could be so valuablego oldschool with our guide to the best retro games of all time