Editing Duke Nukem 3D (section)

== Development ==
''Duke Nukem 3D'' was developed on a budget of roughly $300,000.<ref name="Barton99"/> The development team consisted of 8 people for most of the development cycle, increasing to 12 or 13 people near the end.<ref name="Barton99"/> At one point, the game was being programmed to allow the player to switch between first-person view, third-person view, and fixed camera angles.<ref name="Nextgen-3DRealms"/> [[Scott Miller (entrepreneur)|Scott Miller]] of 3D&nbsp;Realms recalled that "with ''Duke&nbsp;3D'', unlike every shooter that came before, we wanted to have sort of real life locations like a cinema theatre, you know, strip club, bookstores..."<ref name="Barton99"/>

''LameDuke'' is an early prototype of ''Duke Nukem 3D'', which was released by 3D&nbsp;Realms as a "bonus" one year after the release of the official version. It has been released as is, with no support.<ref name="LameDuke"/> ''LameDuke'' features four episodes: ''Mr.&nbsp;Caliber'', ''Mission Cockroach'', ''Suck Hole'', and ''Hard Landing''. Certain weapons were altered from the original versions and/or removed.

[[Lee Jackson (composer)|Lee Jackson]]'s theme song "Grabbag" has elicited many covers and remixes over the years by both fans and professional musicians, including an officially sanctioned studio version by [[thrash metal]] band [[Megadeth]]. Another version of the song was recorded by [[Chris Kline]] in August 2005. [[3D Realms]] featured it on the front page of their website and contracted with Kline to use it to promote their [[Xbox Live]] release of ''Duke Nukem&nbsp;3D''.<ref name="YT_vertexguy_dukeXBL"/>

The original official website was created by [[Jeffrey D. Erb]] and Mark Farish of Intersphere Communications Ltd.<ref name="DN3D-IntComm"/>