You’ll Never Believe Who Found this Unreleased Duke Nukem Game

When Unreleased Games are Found, we Usually Hear the Same Old Stories of Games Found on Old Development Kits, or Test Cartridges Accidentally Found in a Pile of Retail Games. Not so for "Duke Nukem: Critical Mass", a Game Intended for PSP Release before its Cancellation in 2009. For the 1st Time Ever, an Unreleased Game has been Found in the Collection of the Library Of Congress in the USA, Where Works are Sent for Copyright Registration. The Game was Found in Source Code Form on a DVD, which Would Have been Used to Master a UMD for the PSP. David Gibson, a Technician at the Library of Congress, Wrote a Blog Post about the Discovery of the Game and the Struggles Involved in Trying to View its Content, Much of which is in Proprietary Sony Formats. As you Can See from this Untextured Model of 'Duke' on a Jetpack (Gif below), their Efforts Have had Minor Success but, they Have a Long Way to Go.




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http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2014/08/dukes-legacy-video-game-source-disc-preservation-at-the-library-of-congress