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	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)

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The Press Says

PC Player (Denmark)	DOS	1996	94 out of 100	94
GameSpot	DOS	May 01, 1996	8.8 out of 10	88
Official XBox Magazine	Xbox 360	Sep 24, 2008	8.5 out of 10	85
IGN	Xbox 360	Sep 24, 2008	8.5 out of 10	85
Gamer.nl	Xbox 360	Sep 25, 2008	8 out of 10	80
Jeuxvideo.com	Xbox 360	Oct 01, 2008	16 out of 20	80
Game Over Online	Xbox 360	Oct 30, 2008	80 out of 100	80
Eurogamer	Xbox 360	Sep 25, 2008	8 out of 10	80
IGN	Nintendo 64	Nov 14, 1997	8 out of 10	80
JeuxVideoPC.com	Xbox 360	Oct 07, 2008	15 out of 20	75

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Trivia

According to information from 3d Realms' own forums, at the beginning of of the development of Duke3d, they briefly considered making it a "First-person sidescroller".

Not so hard to figure out why this this idea was almost immediately abandoned, is it? ;)

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