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

Part of the Following Groups

• 2.5D Engine: Build
• BPjS/BPjM indexed games
• Duke Nukem series
• Games with Dopefish

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User Reviews

The first game that can be legitimately called a Doom killer	DOS	Maw (828)
The Most Original and Fun FPS Yet	DOS	Halmanator (530)
I want to be like Duke when I grow up.	DOS	Zovni (8824)
Parallel to Quake - and pretty much the last good 2.5D game.	DOS	Quackbal (46)
It's time to kick ass and chew bubble-gum... and I'm all out of gum.	DOS	Steve Hall (322)
Memorable and innovative: the second great FPS	DOS	Chris Wright (71)
The last great 2.5D game.	DOS	Smackmud (5)
Hail	DOS	Ashley Pomeroy (227)
This one is a definite classic, but I still don't like it much.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4495)
Buy this game but don't play it	Saturn	pluke (11)

The Press Says

High Score	DOS	Apr, 1996	5 out of 5	100
Electric Games	DOS	1996	98 out of 100	98
Pelit	DOS	May, 1996	94 out of 100	94
Game Revolution	DOS	Jun 05, 1996	A-	91
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	DOS	May 01, 1996		90
PC Player (Germany)	DOS	Jun, 1996		83
JeuxVideoPC.com	DOS	Dec 21, 2003	16 out of 20	80
Objectif-SEGA	Saturn	Sep 06, 2008	8 out of 10	80
GameSurge	DOS	Jun 25, 1997	80 out of 100	80
PSX Extreme	PlayStation	Feb, 1998	80 out of 100	80

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Trivia

Dust off that copy of Duke Nukem 3D and ignore what everybody is saying! It is compatible with Windows XP and you don't need a dual boot to get it to run. All you need to do is download a file called NOLFB (compatible with all BUILD games) from Ken Silverman's website that turns off the feature in the game that makes it crash! The downside is that you will have to run NOLFB through command prompt every time you want to play.