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Here is some informative details about Publisher, Gearbox's '20th Anniversary World Tour' Game (DN3DWT).

Summery:
Price: $20 bucks (Steam Digital DL)
Release Date: October 11 2016
Available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows PC; Vista and up (Steam Only).
Limited physical editions for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and only for North America beginning on October 18th at Gamestop. (There is no Windows PC physical copies to buy at your local store). Based on the original 3DR Duke Team Code, new code/data done by GearBox Software and Nerve Software. (no source code released).

Gearbox won the exclusive rights to all of Duke games. Any previous Duke3D versions or ports were pulled from the digital market. Then the new and improved Duke World Tour came out (Instead of creating an add-on/patch to add to the existing DOS Atomic Edition game, they made a 'new episode' and an updated game engine, with new gamedata). Existing Duke3D owners found the original price to be too much for what it was. Personally, when WT was announced, I was ready for a 10 buck add-on patch for the v1.5 A.E. DOS game, patching up to the new Windows PC port, either from a CD or download, but they released a entire game instead.

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Minimum:
OS: Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10 x64
Processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core E2220 (2*2400) or equivalent AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 5000+ (2*2600) or equivalent
Memory: 2048 MB RAM
Graphics: GeForce 8600 GT (512 MB) or equivalent Radeon HD 4670 (512 MB) or equivalent
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 1200 MB available space

Recommended:
OS: Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10 x64
Processor: Intel Core i3-530 (2*2930) or equivalent AMD Phenom x4 9850 (4*2500) or equivalent
Memory: 2048 MB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GT 610 (1024 MB) or equivalent Radeon HD 6850 (1024 MB) or equivalent
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 1200 MB available space

Frag like it’s 1996 – this time with even more asses to kick! Join the world’s greatest action hero in Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour as he saves Earth once again, kicking alien ass and saving babes across the globe along the way. Blast your way through hordes of ugly aliens in four classic Duke Nukem 3D episodes plus an additional ALL NEW FIFTH EPISODE from the game’s ORIGINAL EPISODE DESIGNERS with NEW MUSIC from the game’s ORIGINAL COMPOSER and NEW Duke Talk from the ORIGINAL VOICE of Duke Nukem.

• ALL-NEW Episode FIVE, created by the original episode designers, Allen Blum III and Richard “Levelord” Gray!
• New, bonus content in Episode 5: Duke Nukem finally gets a INCINERATOR to roast new “Firefly” enemies!
• New “Duke Talk” plus high-fidelity re-recordings from Duke Nukem’s original voice actor, Jon St. John!
• New musical score for Episode 5 created by Duke’s theme song author and original game composer, Lee Jackson!
• Original 1996 source code and “2.5D” engine re-mastered in True 3D for PC!

Violence
Partial Nudity
Sexual Themes
Strong Language
Use of Drugs

Online Interactions Not Rated by the ESRB
Title: Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour
Genre: Action, Adventure
Developer: Nerve Software, Gearbox Software, LLC
Publisher: Gearbox Publishing
Release Date: Oct 11, 2016

Read what you get in the World Tour Edition:

...brings the classic Duke Nukem 3D Plutonium/Atomic Episodes, plus an ALL-NEW fifth episode with 8-Levels...

• It has an 'on the fly' toggle that will let you switch between the original "2.5D" graphics engine, and Gearbox's "all-new True3D Rendering mode", which renders the game world in full 3D.
• Faster Frame Rates than through DOS.
• The pixel art is still intact.
• Bump Mapped textures applied.
• The game is Painfully done with lighting.
• Video is in 1080p widescreen.
• The new fifth episode: Alien World Order; this contains eight new levels created by Duke 3D's original map designers, Allen Blum III and Richard “Levelord” Gray. (designed with all original assets with the original Duke3D BUILD Editor and Mapster32), (Gray requested changes to Mapster32 to suit his editing style).
• New Levels: AMSTERDAM, EGYPT, HOLLYWOOD, LONDON, MOSCOW, PARIS, ROME COLOSSEUM, SAN FRANCISCO. (Boss 3, The Cycloid Emperor with a repaint at the end of the episode)
• New music from Lee Jackson (who did the original main theme tune; Grabbag).
• New Duke Talk lines by the original Duke's voice actor: Jon St. Jon.
• An in-game commentary by the original dev team are also included.
• New Weapon: The INCINERATOR (Used flame thrower code as a base that was in the src already)
• New Enemy: “Firefly” enemies. (There small, expand and shoot with flames)
• The New Boss 5 is Boss 3 [Cycloid Emperor] with a repaint.
• Old Duke Talk is re-recorded in higher quality. (said to be JSJ doing them over again).
• Old Music Remastered.
• Programmed from the original 1996 3DR source code.
• Multiplayer reworked from ground up. (8player multiplayer and co-op) , (dukematch is included) , (even a 1player vs 7bots match mode). (You can play the new maps in Multiplayer as well.)
• Modernized auto-aim; A Narrow cone.
• Rewind Function (You can disable the rewind feature by disabling "Playback" in the options, and use quick saves instead).
• The DUK3D.GRP is the same as the Atomic Edition, all new gamedata is placed in the games folder.
• Other minor changes...
  

It has flaws, as most other games have. Usually those flaws get fixed over time. World Tour is not fixed, nor is there a hint that a fix, or two or three are in progress. However one patch was released:

Official GearBox Update, PATCH1: (November 2, 2016)

General

• Restored original sound FX quality
• Added option to disable auto-aim
• Updated Duke3D.GRP file to work with source ports, and included original DUKE.RTS file
• “Use” button now traces to the crosshair, removing the need to crouch to use low buttons
• Widescreen aspect ratios now increase viewport width (rather than clipping height)
• Fixed Prima Arena (E5L8) so players can get 100% kills
• Improved sound ducking when listening to dev commentary
• Fixed “Clear” and “Reset” buttons in the keyboard config menu having their functionality swapped
• Pushing up on the right analog stick no longer toggles the run state

Workshop

• Fixed Workshop Uploader
• Fixed Workshop map display name issues

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug with mini bosses sometimes killing themselves with their own projectiles
  

• Multiplayer stability, poor server quality and frequent disconnects. (The game uses peer-to-peer networking).
• Many of the original DOS game exploits remain.
• Audio Muffle, for some players. (The high and lower quality sounds don't sound great).
• Sounds play their full length before the same sound repeats. (The DOS game, sound would interrupt the previous sound). Also, the Octabrain hurt sounds play all at once, layered.
• Poor mouse control due to forced mouse acceleration and smoothing. The horizontal seems the worse. (Original DOS version had better mouse control.)
• "killing" a boss or mini-boss with the flamethrower will make them invulnerable.
• Boss, last hit point. On the finishing hit, if you hit a boss with a flame thrower they will become invincible.
• "Frozen" Shark Bug, they can not be killed.
• Rewind Function is unstable at times (leading too players disabling it and using quick saves).
• Bots don’t roam (Is there improvements in bots over the DOS Game?).

Here is a list of short comings, not real bugs.

• Boss 5 looks like Boss #3 [cycloid emperor] with just a palette change, possibly the same A.I. is used too. (It just stands there in the middle of the field).
• Boss 5 combat area is too large for the short ranged weapons he uses. (he has a flame thrower that can't even reach you).
• Mini Bosses; when shot with the incinerator become invincible.
• Mini Bosses'; blowing themselves up with their own weapons, due to poor positioning.
• Lighting effect; rough surfaces like rocks and stones have the same reflectivity as glass and polished surfaces.
• Textures look flat even with their normal maps.
• Fireflys, new enemy, works well in groups and open spaces, but are not found there.
• Incinerator looks; it is the Freezer with a very poor paint over.
• Work Shop excludes the ability to include custom material, textures and actors.
• Level Editor, is still a secret that mapster32 works to make maps.
• All previous fan work, maps, mods and entire TCs will not work anymore.

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