Subsections

Originally, an RSAC advisory was supposed to be displayed on the screen, ala Heretic.

Tile #0032

The LA skybox underwent some changes. This is the beta's version: (five tiles, joined in HTML; sections 2, 4, and 5 different)

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Still a WIP, here's LA from the v1.0 shareware: (five tiles, joined in HTML; sections 2 and 4 different)

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This skybox includes a view of the ocean. In the final, it is all starry. A similar skybox was used in Duke Caribbean. (one tile, repeated five times in HTML)

Tile #0095

beta switch:

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misc stuff:

Tile #0227 Tile #0612 Tile #0722

O.J. Simpson's chase:

Tile #0806 Tile #0807 Tile #0808

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E1L3 map:

Tile #0820

signs:

Tile #0848 Tile #0963

The fire hydrant is seen at a different angle.

Tile #0982

Looks like a door texture.

Tile #1097

This appears to be an early version of a bloodprint switch.

Tile #1154

It looks like these are special gibs for the cactuses in E1L5. In the final, a green-palettized version of the paper scrap (SCRAP3) is used.

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These are some tally marks, defined in DEFS.CON even in the Atomic Edition as define SCRATCH 1393. In the final, all the tiles but II are overwritten with other art.

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I discovered some disabled code in the Duke 3D source code release (GAME.C, line 1437) that would take a number value and draw the necessary tally marks to the screen. For example, to display the number 12:

Tally Mark Example

Unfortunately, there is no trace of any applications this may have had.

Originally, the death animations did not have any blood added to them. I assume this is because the artwork team had not drawn blood over Chuck Jones' renders.

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Tiles #1511-1518

For the trooper, this extends to the begging frames as well. The second and third rows are what they would look like in-game, with the proper palettes.

Tile #1730 Tile #1731 Tile #1732 Tile #1733 Tile #1734 Tile #1738 Tile #1739 Tile #1740

Tile #1730_pal1 Tile #1731_pal1 Tile #1732_pal1 Tile #1733_pal1 Tile #1734_pal1 Tile #1738_pal1 Tile #1739_pal1 Tile #1740_pal1

Tile #1730_pal2 Tile #1731_pal2 Tile #1732_pal2 Tile #1733_pal2 Tile #1734_pal2 Tile #1738_pal2 Tile #1739_pal2 Tile #1740_pal2

Tile #1850 Tile #1851 Tile #1852 Tile #1853 Tile #1854 Tile #1855

Tile #2055 Tile #2056 Tile #2057 Tile #2058 Tile #2059 Tile #2060

gibs, ooze, blood:

Tile #2265 Tile #2266 Tile #2267 Tile #2268 Tile #2269 Tile #2300 Tile #2302 Tile #2303 Tile #2304 Tile #2305

the F1 help screen: (v0.9 beta, v1.0, v1.1; all incomplete)

Tile #2445

One of my favorite finds. The title screen did not have the "WARNING: ADULT CONTENT" text on the bottom.

Tile #2493

In v1.0, they redrew his lips, because they were slightly messed up in the beta.

Tile #2493

Mighty Foot's shading is different:

Tile #2522

cool crosshair:

Tile #2523

beta scuba mask (!!!):

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The RPG originally was tilted, and shaded heavily:

Tile #2605 Tile #2606 Tile #2607 Tile #2608 Tile #2609 Tile #2610 Tile #2611

In v1.0, they removed the shading, but it was still tilted:

Tile #2605 Tile #2606 Tile #2607 Tile #2608 Tile #2609 Tile #2610 Tile #2611

Battlelord frames are different:

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different bluefont:

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End-of-Level screen. I'm not sure what's different here. (frames 1-3 are different)

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The cutscene's tiles were not cropped as much as the final, but other than that they remained relatively unchanged. Frame 6 is missing blood, like the death animations. The beta is also missing the final three frames where the boss erupts in blood and guts.

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