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Dave Gnukem is a retro-style 2D scrolling platform shooter game similar to, and inspired by, Duke Nukem 1 (~1991). The source code is cross-platform and open source. It runs on Windows, Linux, Mac, and more. (The original Duke Nukem 1 had 16-color EGA 320x200 graphics; the aim here is 'similar but different' gameplay and 'look and feel'. Please note it is not a clone, and not a re-make; it's more like a parody.)

See the ReadMe here for latest info:

https://github.com/davidjoffe/dave_gnukem

Thanks to everyone who has helped with creating ports .. too many people to mention and some I didn't know about:

Linux Packages (in various states of development)

https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=davegnukem https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=matteobin@protonmail.com https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1009780

https://software.opensuse.org/package/dave_gnukem

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dave-gnukem

OS/2 work in progress https://github.com/davidjoffe/dave_gnukem/pull/128

Spotted Ports (not necessarily listed in ReadMe):

RG350:

https://github.com/eduardofilo/RG350_adam_image/wiki/Es:-8.-Ports-de-juegos-compatibles

https://github.com/a-dekker/repackaged-opks/raw/main/DaveGnukem.opk

Haiku:

https://github.com/haikuports/haikuports/pull/4498

OS/2 port by Andreas Peters (~2022/11 merge of ~2020 https://github.com/davidjoffe/dave_gnukem/pull/128)

Debian (work in progress ~2022 - Matteo Bini; https://github.com/enigma9o7, https://github.com/bgermann; Craig Langman)

Bodhi Linux Dec 2021 efforts: https://bodhilinux.boards.net/thread/892/packaged-dave-gnukem-silly-retro

Open Pandora: http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=davegnukem-magicsam - release thread: https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/dave-gnukem.79533/ (by https://github.com/sviscapi and https://github.com/ptitseb)

MorphOS [Mar 2018, by Bruno Peloille]: http://www.morphos-storage.net/?page=Games%2FShoot+2D&file=Davegnukem_1.00.lha

Instructions for ClockworkPi GameShell: https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/lets-play-dave-gnukem/1917 by: https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Oet

OpenBSD [Apr 2019 by Dr. Brian Robert Callahan] Callahan https://twitter.com/__briancallahan https://github.com/jasperla/openbsd-wip/commit/e51e3a3b9386365cd0eb8317018463ff4682e0d3 http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/games/gnukem/

HaikuOS (see discussion thread and instructions here https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/gaming-on-haiku/3928/74) [22 June 2020]

Originally created by https://djoffe.com