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Australian release FAQ.

by Alden Bates.

Credits to: The Australian goverment
        Without whom none of this would be necessary. :-)

        CONTENTS:

                [1-0] Introduction

                [1-1] What is Duke Nukem 3D?

                [1-2] What is the Australian release?

                [1-3] Which poor saps got it?

                [1-4] Why is it censored?

                [1-5] How can I uncensor it?

                [2-0] Technical information.

                [2-1] Disclaimer

[1-0] Introduction

Hello, and welcome to the FAQ for the Australian release of Duke
Nukem 3D. This FAQ is a stand against unnecessary censorship.  If
we want to censor it, we'll do it ourselves, thankyouverymuch.

[1-1] What is Duke Nukem 3D?

Well, it's a kick-arse game from 3D Realms.  Similar in design to
DOOM, you play the part of Duke Nukem, out to get revenge on aliens
for stealing Earth's women.

The game is a first person perspective which ranges through city
streets to a space station to the moon and back.  You can either
play against the monsters or against other people.

There are many, many improvements over previous games, including
increased customisability, sloping surfaces and a great deal of
humour. 

[1-2] What is the Australian release?

The version of Duke Nukem released in Australia and New Zealand is
saved on the CD in such a way that the parental lock cannot be
removed by conventional means.
The Parental Lock, when on, prevents a number of things appearing in
the game. these include, but are not restricted to:

- The women.
- Some of Duke's phrases.
- A lot of the gore.
- Remote ridicule. (due to the phrases)

[1-3] Which poor saps got it?

Anyone who bought the game in Australia or New Zealand.  I don't
know of any other countries getting it.
The Australian version has a white label on the bottom left corner
of the box which say 'Modified version'.

[1-4] Why is it censored?

Over protective governments. :-)
I believe the reason it was censored was not due to the presence of
said material, but to the fact that you can shoot the women, however
inadvertantly. 

[1-5] How can I uncensor it?
OK:  Run up your handy Hex Editor and open DUKE3D.EXE 
Go to location 0x100 which should currently be an 'E'.  Change it to
something else. 
Go to location 0x110 which should currently be an 'O'. Change it to
something else. 
Save your changes and close.  
Run up a text editor and open DUKE3D.CFG.  
Find the line 'Environment = " "' and remove the section between the
quotes.  IE, change it to 'Environment = ""' 
Save and exit.
Run Duke3D, enter the options menu, select Parental Lock and change
Adult mode to 'ON'. 

All done.

[2-0] Technical information.

The files included in the Australian release appear to be:

DUKE3D.EXE - A short encoded EXE which sets adult mode off at every
execution. 
DUKE3D.1 - Probably the actual game EXE, encoded.
DUKE3D.PRG - A file that same size as DUKE3D.???, but containing
only '*' 

The rest of the files ought to match the American release, though I
have no idea how the US release is structured.

[2-1] Disclaimer

Neither Apogee nor 3DRealms have anything to do with this document
Neither do I, and if any government officials call, I won't be home.


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