Xbox 360

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" -- DOS Chinese spelling (traditional)
• "Duke Nukum 3D" -- Working title
• "Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown" -- PlayStation 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 featuring auto-mapping
• Games with Dopefish

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The Press Says

IGN	Sep 24, 2008	8.5 out of 10	85
Official XBox Magazine	Sep 24, 2008	8.5 out of 10	85
GameFocus	Sep 29, 2008	8.1 out of 10	81
Jeuxvideo.com	Oct 01, 2008	16 out of 20	80
GameSpot	Oct 15, 2008	8 out of 10	80
Game Over Online	Oct 30, 2008	80 out of 100	80
TeamXbox	Sep 27, 2008	8 out of 10	80
UltraNinjas	Oct 14, 2008	8 out of 10	80
Gamer.nl	Sep 25, 2008	8 out of 10	80
3D Juegos	Sep 25, 2008	7.6 out of 10	76

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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.