Editing Duke Nukem (video game) (section)

==Reception==
[[File:Dave gnukem (2) Game for OS-2.png|thumb|right|200px|''Dave Gnukem'' is an open source parody.]]

Scott Miller estimates that the game eventually sold between 60,000 and 70,000 copies.<ref name="20YearsGameUltra">{{cite web |title=20 Years Of Evolution: Scott Miller And 3D Realms |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/programming/20-years-of-evolution-scott-miller-and-3d-realms |work=[[Gamasutra]] |publisher=[[UBM plc|UBM]] |first=Benj |last=Edwards |date=2009-08-21 |access-date=2017-11-30}}</ref> In 1995, [[Flux (magazine)|Flux]] magazine ranked the game 39th on their Top 100 Video Games writing: "Without a doubt, the best platform game for the pc ever created."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=April 1995 |title=Top 100 Video Games |url=https://archive.org/details/flux-issue-4/page/n29/mode/2up |journal=Flux |publisher=Harris Publications |issue=4 |pages=30}}</ref> A [[free software]] parody of the game was made by fans entitled Dave Gnukem.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Zymaris|first=Con|date=July 2001|title=The Open Source Lucky Dip|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=niCRTTknircC&dq=Dave+Gnukem&pg=PA52|magazine=AUUGN|location=[[Australia]]|publisher=[[AUUG]]|access-date=2023-02-06|quote=''Written by David Jaffe, Dave Gnukem is a 2D scrolling platform game, similar to Duke Nukem 1. It includes a sprite and level editor. It uses GGI and thus runs on the console as well as X, windowed or fullscreeen. It also runs on Windows, using DirectX. Download it and blow yourself away''}}</ref>