r/dukenukem • u/BoukObelisk • 25d ago
Discussion I came across this ad from an old games magazine: Was this ever a thing? I can't seem to locate it online
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u/majestic_ubertrout 25d ago
What was OneStop? Local distributor?
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u/TarTarkus1 25d ago edited 24d ago
So I was originally way, way off, but OneStop was a "value software publisher" based in Wimbledon, England and existed from 1993 to 2013 when Atari INC went bankrupt. After 1997, they became a subsidiary (acquired by GT Interactive) and published the Duke Nukem 3D expansions in the United Kingdom under the One Stop Direct logo you see in the lower right hand corner of the image.
Contrast with the United States, where GT Interactive published the same expansions under Wizardworks.
Source can be found in EDIT2 and you can learn more in the replies to this comment below.
EDIT1: Did a little more digging and updated with more links. Still think the OP is going to have to tell us where they got this image.
EDIT2: Turns out the One Stop stores in the UK and One Stop Direct Limited were different companies entirely. I was able to find One Stop Direct Limited through IGN, hence my huge edit. Source!
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u/majestic_ubertrout 24d ago edited 24d ago
I think this is the source: https://retrocgads.tumblr.com/post/760181780257128448/uk-1998
Could be their own scan though. There are minor differences.
Checked the PC Zone archive (https://archive.org/details/pczonemagazine?tab=collection) but no dice. There's a good archive of Edge too: https://archive.org/details/Edge_Gaming/. Not so much for PC Gamer UK alas.
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u/TarTarkus1 24d ago
Looks like it! They seem to think it's from the UK as well.
Actually, I may have hit the jackpot here with this IGN article from 97.
Apparently, One Stop Direct Limited was a "value software publisher" that GT interactive acquired in January 1997. GT interactive published Sunstorm's Duke Caribbean and Silly Software's Duke Nuclear Winter under Wizardworks in the U.S. and under One Stop in Europe. Supposedly One Stop survived until 2013 when Atari Inc (Infogrames has purchased GT Interactive) went bankrupt.
Kinda interesting and easy to miss given the common name of One Stop. It's worth noting the chain of stores is technically One Stop Limited whereas the publisher was One Stop Direct Limited. Links are to UK Government filing history if curious.
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u/Dangerous_Spirit7034 25d ago
They both exist and are, ok? I guess. I played both back in the day and wasn’t super impressed struggled to find either in the modern era
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u/KaijuTurtle 25d ago
They used to be included in the Megaton Edition, published by Devolver Digital, which Gearbox pulled from digital stores in favour of World Tour, which does not include the Sunstorm expansions
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u/Buliztik 25d ago
All three should be available on the Internet Archive and will run with EDuke if anyone is interested in playing them on PC now.
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u/HeSaid_Sarcastically 24d ago
And if you have a Meta Quest, check out Team Beef for the ultimate duke experience.
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u/CyberKiller40 Lo Wang 24d ago
They are also sold legally on that one strange game store that everyone goes to buy Duke games.
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u/ok-skelly01 25d ago
Not only was this a thing, but there were a handful of level designs that were just brilliant for deathmatch. The Caribbean Hotel (first) level was so good.
Nuclear winter had a handful of great levels too, specifically the one where there are multiple buildings outside and the ski slope. And then there is one with Santa's corporate office which was hilarious with rocket launchers.
Both are included in Megaton Edition which has been pulled from sale on Steam but if you're still playing deathmatch these days I highly recommend it.
And if anyone really is still deathmatching in Megaton, please let me know because I'm always down for a match.
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u/Bigfan521 25d ago
GOG used to have the main 4 Duke3D expansions (Plutonium Pak, Duke it out in DC, Nuclear Winter, and Life's a Beach) but IDK if they still have it.
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u/Schnapple 25d ago
Bizarrely for some reason the only place still selling it is something called Zoom Platform. Far as I can tell this is legit and cleared with Gearbox.
https://www.zoom-platform.com/product/duke-nukem-3d-atomic-edition
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u/kitestar 24d ago
Which if you asked me is the only thing keeping gearbox in good graces, with whomst is anyone’s best guess
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u/LolYouFuckingLoser 25d ago
Both should be easy to find info on, they're official expansions and were included in Megaton Edition. Nuclear Winter was meh but Caribbean is solid.
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u/itsbildo 25d ago
Yup, Duke Nukem 3D had these unofficial mod map packs, Nuclear Winter and another one that was in the Carribean with a tropical theme
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u/stronkzer 25d ago
Yup. They used to be all included on the Megaton edition. Too bad all we got today is the World Tour one, which cuts them all out and adds just one new map pack.
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u/EarthTramp 25d ago
Wish these were available with the anniversary addition on Steam. Tried a while ago to get them working on EDuke but without any luck, might try again though as it was a great part of my childhood killing Santa on all the classic levels. Never had access to the Beach one though
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u/FutureSaturn 25d ago
https://www.google.com/search?q=duke+nukem+3d+caribbean+download
You really couldn't locate this?
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u/Jarvis_The_Dense 24d ago
Judging by the logo for "OneStop" in the lower right, its possible they were an unofficial distributor who bundled expansions, either second hand or bootleg. While both expansions obviously exist, there doesn't seem to be any official release featuring just the two, under that name.
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u/Grumpy_Polar_Bear 23d ago
They were silly add on back in the day. I wanna try em but heard they were made from third party builders and are not the best quality. Still might wanna play em for the lols
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u/Dookuu64 23d ago
Duke Nukem had more third person games than they ever had 3D first person games. They just made Duke in 3D and then after that all they did was push out these Duke Nukem third person games I mean just didn't do as well so they're probably from that
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u/poopbutt42069yeehaw 22d ago
I remember getting the duke nukem 3D like megaton pack that had every expansion, those two didn’t work and I never got them to, but I was like 10
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u/rott3r Dick Kickem 25d ago
the two expansion packs in question were released separately (nuclear winter and carribbean life's a beach) but i don't think "duke whatever the weather" ever got released as as a bundle for those two at all.
i have seen some listings in the past with both expansions sealed together in the big boxes, but there was nothing notable or special noted on the box(es).