Duke Nukem Forever’s E3 2001 trailer is one of the most iconic video-game trailers of all time. Although this was only “smoke and mirrors“, it’s a trailer that hyped the game to extreme heights. And now, thanks to its leaked 2001 build, Burning Fish Gaming recreated the entire trailer using in-game assets in 4K.
Burning Fish Gaming has used the leaked 2001 build of Duke Nukem Forever in order to recreate this trailer. Additionally, they used camera angles that are very similar to the ones used in the original trailer. Thus, the end result is a perfect remake of that trailer that you can enjoy in full 4K.
Now as you will see, some scenes exhibit graphical glitches. This is to be expected as the leaked build is unfinished. Nevertheless, it’s really cool watching this classic trailer without its awful video compression. After all, in 2001, most publishers were releasing low-resolution versions of their trailers (at least by today’s standards).
You can download Duke Nukem Forever’s 2001 build from here. As said, this is an unfinished build, so you should temper your expectations. However, and since this version is already out, it will be really cool if modders get their hands on it in order to further polish and complete it.
Enjoy!
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Don’t care, i want duke nukem forever remade in Unreal 5.
Such amazing technological firsts in Duke Nukem Forever that never truly saw the light of day, only such a feat is possible from utilizing the Unreal Engine.
3D Realms’ knew exactly where the industry was headed!
Speaking of which, the actual DNF that was released looks like Doom 3, an ID tech game.
Don’t know if the “feat” he is talking about is the graphics or the game getting indefinitely delayed.
There are some glitches on character models, but it’s very good recreation overall. These days retro inspired fps shooters are very popular, so I hope some talented developer will buy the rights to finish this UE1 2001 version, because many people would love to play it.
1:08, couldnt you texture that door before making the trailer? Its not exactly hard to open the editor and change the texture.
damn the same youtuber has upscaled the 1998 trailer that has some awesome moments in there such as shelly, we need that version too.
It wasn’t, this game was released in 2011.
That looks awesome in glorious 4k!
I just tried that leaked version…
All I can say is : good luck to modders.