Case study

Freenukum: a Duke Nukem 1 clone

Freenukum recreates the 1991 DOS game Duke Nukem 1 using Rust and the original game's graphics data. It provides a data installation tool and is still missing opponents and some level items.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-09
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Building from source requires a Rust compiler and SDL2 and SDL2_ttf development libraries.
Prerequisites: Original Duke Nukem 1 graphics data is required; freenukum-data-tool can install it.
Limits: Opponents and some level items are unfinished.
License: The README declares AGPL-3.0-or-later in its SPDX header.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{freenukum-case,
  title = {{Freenukum: a Duke Nukem 1 clone}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://gitlab.com/silwol/freenukum}},
  url = {https://gitlab.com/silwol/freenukum},
  urldate = {2026-11-09},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/freenukum-case/}}
}

Plain text

Freenukum: a Duke Nukem 1 clone. https://gitlab.com/silwol/freenukum (accessed 2026-11-09). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/freenukum-case/

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Primary sources

https://gitlab.com/silwol/freenukum/-/blob/60c2d6159fea73c7e2c5c6b3f6846bf66766a8a3/README.md