The parent company went belly up, and took Arush down with 'em. In a June 2006 forum post, Siegler said of the situation:Īrush got bought out by a larger company. This has been detailed a few times online by 3D Realms' webmaster Joe Siegler in their online forums. 3D Realms had inquired about retrieving the rights, but had been unable to do so.
Because of bankruptcy proceedings, the legal rights to Manhattan Project were held by a court-appointed bankruptcy firm. In 2004 Manhattan Project developer ARUSH Entertainment was bought out by HIP Interactive. The release includes two avatar awards (Jetpack and Duke Nukem logo T-shirt) that can be unlocked in game. A port of Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project was released to the Xbox Live Arcade on June 23, 2010, for 800 Microsoft Points (MSP). When Manhattan Project was first shown to the public, rumours began to spread about it actually being the cancelled Duke Nukem Forever side-scroller, but this has since been clarified: Manhattan Project is a game original to ARUSH. The project was later cancelled, with the name Duke Nukem Forever reassigned to the true Duke Nukem 3D sequel. In 1996, George Broussard was interviewed about future 3D Realms projects: he said that a Duke Nukem side-scroller called Duke Nukem Forever was in production and was supposed to come out by Christmas 1997. (though in the end Forever does not feature Proton at all, the DLC for Duke Nukem Forever called The Doctor Who Cloned Me featured the return of Proton.) The side scrolling element also pays homage to the original.ĭuke's primary enemy in the game was originally supposed to be his old nemesis Doctor Proton, but this was changed to avoid possible continuity clashes with Duke Nukem Forever. Proton, the main antagonist of Duke Nukem. half a metal face and also a mad scientist) to Dr. Manhattan Project is much like the original Duke Nukem due to its many similarities, such as 'Mech Morphix' looking and acting very similar (e.g. Manhattan Project is not a direct sequel to any earlier Duke game. The game CD includes a level editor named "PrismEd", but level-creation activity for the game never reached popularity among the players, and only a tiny level editing community is currently active. Using a cheat, player can also move the camera to any angle and take screenshots. The controls are also quite easy to get used to, with buttons only for jumping, moving, firing, and weapon changing. At some parts, the player gets to use a jetpack to fly over large voids or hazardous ground. In each part, the player must rescue a "babe" strapped to a GLOPP bomb and find a coloured keycard to unlock the way to the next part. The game is organized in 8 chapters, each one having 3 parts. Duke can crouch, run, jump and slide kick underneath small counter space.
Utilizing the 3D engine, the player can zoom in and out focusing either on the enemy approaching or an overall view of the field. The levels and characters are fully three-dimensional, and both the camera and Duke can move along any axis, but movement is restricted to a two dimensional plane. Though the engine projects the game in 3D, gameplay is restricted to a two dimensional plane.ĭuke Nukem: Manhattan Project was built using a 3D engine known as Prism3D. Manhattan Project is played from a 2.5D perspective.
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