Duke Nukem 3D

Description

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.

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

Part of the Following Groups

• 2.5D Engine: Build
• Anaglyph 3-D Support (3-D Glasses)
• BPjS / BPjM indexed games
• Duke Nukem series
• Games with Dopefish

Merchant Title   Price   Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition $5.99   Duke Nukem 3D     Duke Nukem 3D     Please select your country: United States Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile China Colombia Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Malaysia Malta Mexico The Netherlands New Zealand Norway Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Uruguay Other Worldwide Not an American user?

User Reviews

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

The Press Says

Electric Games	DOS	1996	98 out of 100	98
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	DOS	May 01, 1996		90
PC Games (Germany)	DOS	Mar, 1996	89 out of 100	89
GameFocus	Xbox 360	Sep 29, 2008	8.1 out of 10	81
Jeuxvideo.com	Xbox 360	Oct 01, 2008	16 out of 20	80
NZGamer	Xbox 360	Oct 16, 2008	8 out of 10	80
JeuxVideoPC.com	DOS	Dec 21, 2003	16 out of 20	80
Objectif-SEGA	SEGA Saturn	Sep 06, 2008	8 out of 10	80
JeuxVideoPC.com	Xbox 360	Oct 07, 2008	15 out of 20	75
GameSpot	Nintendo 64	Jan 06, 1998	7.3 out of 10	73

Forums

There are currently no topics for this game.

Trivia

Although Duke Nukem 3D uses only a pseudo-3D like Doom, it is possible to achieve things in Duke Nuke 3D that you couldn't do in a proper 3D game. Duke Nukem 3D's levels are made up of 2D planes, and some of those planes can overlap. For example, it is possible to walk into a building and enter a room larger than the actual building was. Another example can be found in the secret level in episode two, "Lunatic Fringe", where there is a 720 degree circle that overlaps itself once.