2003 Vaporware Awards

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday January 20, 2004 @05:00AM from the annual-traditions dept.

7x7 writes "Wired News has the 2003 Vaporware Awards available for your perusal. Winning the Lifetime Achievement Award, if you hadn't guessed already: Duke Nukem Forever!"

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The List by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-20 05:04 · Score: 5, Informative

Lifetime Achievement Award: Duke Nukem Forever

10. RadioShark (Griffin Technology)
9. Amiga OS 4.0 (Amiga)
8. Wrist PDA (Fossil)
7. HDTV TiVo (TiVo)
6. RealPC (FWB)
5. Wi-Fi SD Card for Palm (SanDisk)
4. Team Fortress 2 (Valve)
3. Phantom Gaming System (Infinium Labs)
2. Fallout 3 (Black Isle Studios)
1. Half-Life 2 (Valve) /anon
1. Re:The List by semper · 2004-01-20 05:35 · Score: 3, Informative
  
  Don't forget the DisHonorable Mentions
  1. SCO for the as-yet-unseen Unix code that the company alleges was ripped off in Linux
  2. Microsoft for its "secure computing initiative" and the ever-slipping ship date for Longhorn, which is shaping up to be a very promising candidate for the Vaporware awards in 2006, 2007 and maybe even 2008.
  
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  Unfortunately no one can be shown what Linux is, one must experience for oneself.
Re:WMDs by drafalski · 2004-01-20 05:07 · Score: 5, Informative

From the article:

Dishonorable shout outs also go to Valve's Counter-Strike: Condition Zero; President George W. Bush's weapons of mass destruction...
Harpoon 4 ? by applemasker · 2004-01-20 05:10 · Score: 3, Informative

In development since 1997, transferred to about 43 different development teams, this project was most recently killed by UbiSoft in November 2003. Amazon was still taking orders last time I checked though, nice of them. By the time it ships, no one will even remember the Cold War.

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very important missing game by dAzED1 · 2004-01-20 05:13 · Score: 4, Informative

Ummm...EQ2?

A long time ago, the EQ2 FAQ said that EQ2 would be out Q32003. Then, it said Q42003. Then it said Q12004.

Now, it simply says:
n will EverQuest II be released?
EverQuest II will launch in 2004.

I know that EQ2 will arrive eventually, but it definately fits in the group of "all those eagerly anticipated gizmos in 2003 that were put off, put away or quietly put down."

Isn't EQ a big game, relative to anyone that would be playing Duke Nukem, even if it had come out?
7. HDTV TiVo (TiVo) ... by goofballs · 2004-01-20 05:18 · Score: 4, Informative

is actually coming out it looks like: models to be available
Do you folks even know what VAPORware is? by FreeUser · 2004-01-20 05:27 · Score: 3, Informative

Maybe you cannot be nominated more then 10 times in a row or so?

Or the fact that you can download it might disqualify it from being "vapor"-ware, at least to anyone who understands what the term means. Or are the usual anti-GNU shills more unaware than usual of common dictionary definitions of the terms they bandy about?

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The Future of Human Evolution: Autonomy
Re:Duke Nukem Forever by (54)T-Dub · 2004-01-20 05:55 · Score: 5, Informative

They don't need investors. They made enough money off of Duke Nukem and the Max Payne license to fund themseleves.

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They forgot Bitboys Oy! by SiliconJesus101 · 2004-01-20 06:18 · Score: 3, Informative

Wow, I would almost have to give Bitboys Oy ( http://www.bitboys.com ) the lifetime acheivement award. they have been announcing their "Glaze 3D" chips since Rendition was still a player in the 3D chip market.
Ahhh, the fond memories of my Intergraph Rendition Verite' 1000 card. You could play 3D accellerated vquake at 640x480 with all the prettiness of openGL at full speed on a Pentium 166; those were the days.

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Re:Story of Duke Nukem Forever? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-20 06:29 · Score: 5, Informative

The Official Duke Nukem Forever FAQ
There's really not much mentioning of the delay except that they changed engines during the development, which set them back quite a bit. But there is some interesting information regarding other apsects of the game.