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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

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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 Bronze Star Contributing Member (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 Bronze Star Contributing Member (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 Bronze Star Contributing Member (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 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars 90
PC Player (Germany) DOS Jun, 1996 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 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.


This entry was contributed by Picard (12923), Trixter Bronze Star Contributing Member (8888), keth (179) and murcalumis (716)
 

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