Aliens have landed in futuristic Los Angeles and it's up to the Duke to bring the pain and show them the door. After the initial entries of side-scrolling platform games, Duke Nukem 3D introduced a first-person perspective to the series and turned the game in a full-fledged shooter with 2.5D graphics.

Duke's arsenal includes pistols, pipe bombs, laser trip mines, Nordenfelt guns, a chain gun and various rocket launchers, but also his mighty foot to kick enemies. The game sports a high level of interactivity. Many objects in the environment can be broken or interacted with, such as pool tables, arcade machines, glass, light switches and security cameras. As a mature game, the protagonist is also able to hand strippers a dollars to have them remove their top.

The character, voiced by Jon St. John, also regularly delivers commentary on the events through one liners. There are 28 levels, divided over three episodes, set in locations such as streets, a church, a space station, a Japanese villa, a football field and many modern environments. Enemies mainly include aliens, mutated humans and members of the police force that have been turned into Pig Cops. Next to weapons, Duke also has access to medikits, steroids to enhance his speed, nightvision, protective boots, a hologram known as the holoduke, and a jet pack to reach higher areas. Most of the gameplay is action-oriented, but there is also an amount of puzzles needed to progress or access secret areas.

The game includes network play through the IPX protocol, for deathmatch and cooperative games.

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Alternate Titles

"毀滅公爵" -- Chinese title (traditional) - DOS version
"Duke Nukum 3D" -- Working title
"Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown" -- PlayStation title
"Duke Nukem 64" -- Nintendo 64 title
"Duke Nukem" -- European PlayStation title
"Duke3D" -- Informal title
"デュークニューケムトータルメルトダウン" -- Japanese PlayStation Spelling

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Merchant	Title	Price
	Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition	$5.99
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User Reviews

The Most Original and Fun FPS Yet	Halmanator (531)
The first game that can be legitimately called a Doom killer	Maw (828)
I want to be like Duke when I grow up.	Zovni (9114)
Parallel to Quake - and pretty much the last good 2.5D game.	Quackbal (46)
"My name's Duke Nukem...and I'm coming to get the rest of you alien bastards..."	Mr. Me (36)
Whether it’s platformer or first-person shooter, Duke still has the power	Black Wolf (37274)	unrated
It's time to kick ass and chew bubble-gum... and I'm all out of gum.	Steve Hall (322)
The best damned 2.5D shooter out there.	Andy Voss (1623)	unrated
The last great 2.5D game.	Smackmud (5)
Memorable and innovative: the second great FPS	Chris Wright (84)

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The Press Says

GamePro	May 04, 2005		100
Electric Games	1996	98 out of 100	98
Kingdom of Desire	May 12, 2006	9.5 out of 10	95
Pelit	May, 1996	94 out of 100	94
PC Zone	Aug 13, 2001	9.3 out of 10	93
FZ	Dec 16, 2006		90
PC Games (Germany)	Mar, 1996	89 out of 100	89
PC Player (Germany)	Jun, 1996		83
Computer Games Magazine	1996		80
HonestGamers	Nov 02, 2007	7 out of 10	70

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Trivia

Some quotes from Duke, like "Groovy!", are inspired in Sam Ash, the main character of the "Evil Dead" movie trilogy, played by Bruce Campbell and directed by Sam Raimi.

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