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Duke Nukem 3D (PC)

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Shooter/First-Person Shooter

RELEASE DATE

29/JAN/96

ESRB RATING

MATURE, Animated Blood & Gore, Animated Violence, Strong Sexual Content

DEVELOPER

3D Realms Entertainment

PUBLISHER

3D Realms Entertainment

ALSO AVAILABLE ON

Sega Saturn, game.com, Xbox 360, Nintendo 64

TRAITS (member-attributed "LIKES")

THE SETTING #USES

PLAYING AS #USES

PLAYING AGAINST #USES

aliens 79
Other players 9

HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES

GENERAL TONE #USES

DESCRIPTION

Blond, buff, and brazen Duke Nukem moves from side-scroller to first-person shooter with Duke Nukem 3D. The action begins in a futuristic Los Angeles, which has been decimated by an alien invasion. To save his cherished planet, Duke vows to kick some posterior and chew gum — and he's all out of gum. What follows is a tongue-in-cheek shooter filled with offbeat weapons, cheesy one-liners, and numerous pop culture references. Over the course of three chapters and 28 levels, Duke will battle aliens and mutants on city streets, in outer space, and everywhere in between.

Belying its title, the game does not feature a true 3D graphics engine. Instead, Duke Nukem is populated with sprite-based enemies lurking throughout 2D environments designed in a way to resemble three-dimensional space. Notable features include bullet holes appearing in walls, destructible furniture, and interactive objects such as phone booths, toilets, pool tables, security cameras, and arcade games. Each level also contains secret rooms and passages waiting to be discovered.

Duke Nukem can attack enemies with one of ten weapons, or if he runs out of ammo, perform a swift kick with his mighty foot. Among the more noteworthy armaments are pipe bombs, laser-activated trip bombs, plasma cannons, shrinkers, and expanders. Shrinkers reduce enemies to a fraction of their size, while expanders inflate enemies until they explode. In addition to the single-player campaign, Duke Nukem 3D offers cooperative as well as competitive action for up to eight players. Also included with the game is a built-in editor for designing custom levels. ~ Scott Alan Marriott, All Game Guide

Duke Nukem 3D (PC)

GENRE/STYLE:

Shooter/First-Person Shooter
RELEASE DATE:

29/JAN/96
TOP TRAITS:

Duke Nukem, FPS, humorous
DESCRIPTION:

Blond, buff, and brazen Duke Nukem moves from side-scroller to first-person shooter with Duke Nukem 3D. The action be... more

players 337

followers 4

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Duke Nukem 3D (PC) by: thrawn2034

“Classic”

created 15/SEP/2011

Duke Nukem 3D (PC) by: RedFalcon

“The FPS that took the genre to another level. This game featured vertical aiming, vertical movement (via a jet pack), inventory system, environmental changes, and some of the most iconic quotes in the game industry.”

created 23/JUN/2010

dowekeller played Duke Nukem 3D on 31/JAN/10

“This is a great fun game, just wish the controls were more user modifiable.”

created 31/JAN/2010

KatrinaTheLamia was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“HAH!

I am waiting to get into this one. I hear the newer version, Duke Nukem Forever, is much better, and should be out any day now.”

Neodarkside was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@KatrinaTheLamia Hehe Duke Nukem Forever, don't you know they changed the name of that game, its called Halo now, you seriously can't tell that its Duke beneath MC's uniform!?

Yeah I loved Duke Nukem 3d, want to buy it off Xbox Live but don't have the space and can't afford a bigger hard drive. Its funny watching reviews for the older Duke Nukem games... the dude wore PINK!!

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/goggles/giguo/1758-duke-nukem-pc”

dowekeller was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@Neodarkside, No, it was lightish-red! Yeah, I love the old Duke Nukem side scrollers even better than DN3D, but they did keep the sense of humor in the new game, I just wish they'd have given him a ray gun, and had cokes and turkeys for health instead of those boring health packs. Plus collecting joysticks and TV-sets would be cool too.”

dowekeller was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Oh, and being able to set the controls to where they work for me (rather drastically left-handed, I am) would be a big improvement too. That's a complaint I have with Blood, which is based on the same engine too.”

KatrinaTheLamia was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“You know--the idea that Duke Nukem is now calling himself Master Chief is one of the more amusing ideas out there.

I mean--the only one that counters this is the theory that Master Chief is a girl, ala Samus Aran.

Hail to da chief, baby!”

dowekeller was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@KatrinaTheLamia, heck yeah! It all fits, Duke's been fighting aliens longer than anyone else, he's shown he can cream their ass mano-a-mano ... er, tenticle-thingy-o, who would be better to kick Covenant @$$?!?”

Neodarkside was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“http://godmode.keenspot.com/d/20070924.html

I rest my case.”

KatrinaTheLamia was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@dowekeller heh! Well--seeing as how they are tentacled... I think I may go along the school that Master Chief is a girl... ala Samus Aran.

*Envisions a tentacle rape scene featuring Master Cheif and Samus Aran*
@Neodarkside I will need to check that out later. For some reason, every time I do some web browsing, my browser random chooses some sites that work, and all the others I cannot view.

This mess would not appear to be dependant on the browser either. Though, seeing as how, for some garbage reason I am having issues running Firefox, chromium or Opera at the same time--I am unable to see if it is the same sites for the same browsers. Helping me diagnose whether the problem is at my computer, or somewhere in the cloud my computer talks to.”

KatrinaTheLamia was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@Neodarkside HAH! I was wanting to find that comic for use in this thread

XD XD XD XD

Yush--love it! XD”

Neodarkside was the last to comment - over 3 years ago... show previous hide previous

“@KatrinaTheLamia Took me awhile to find it.”

Meh

“Not the best screen shot, but I had to upload one :)”

Added by: dward526
Date: 28/OCT/2009
Views: 177
Votes: 0

created 28/OCT/2009

SeLeXeL was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Hehe, I remember playing the demo of this time and time again.
I'm sure there health in one of the palm trees here too, and the flaming container :P”

dward526 played Duke Nukem 3D on 28/OCT/09

“Oh, the memories this brings back. Just bought the Atomic Edition over at GoG.com for 5.99! Wicked....Let's Rock!”

created 28/OCT/2009

My top 5 influential games, sort of by: Retodon8

“What are the Top 5 Games that were most influential to your gamerDNA? Actually I can't list five games and honestly say that those are without a doubt the five most influential games I ever played....”

created 09/OCT/2009

TheTot was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“It's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum. And I'm all out of bubble gum.”

Duke Nukem 3D (PC) by: Malakai

“The famous DN3D was my favorite LAN Game in those times. Great Humor and massive Action due Weapons and Utilites as Pipe Bomb, Devastator, Holo Duke, Shrinker etc. Every ambitious FPS Gamer should have played it once to know one this great...”

created 02/OCT/2009

Duke Nukem 3D (PC) by: Tjuhl

“Shooter. Old-school. Featuring a hero with style - and hookers.”

created 20/SEP/2009

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“The King”

Added by: puppybreth
Date: 05/JUL/2009
Views: 136
Votes: 0

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Added by: puppybreth
Date: 14/JUN/2009
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Votes: 0

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Added by: JungleSnake777
Date: 14/MAY/2009
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created 14/MAY/2009

Alcavani played Duke Nukem 3D on 02/APR/09

“Old school!!”

created 03/APR/2009

Duke Nukem 3D (PC) by: colliny2k

“I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum. Oh and this game is awesome!”

created 01/APR/2009

Duke Nukem 3D (PC) by: Karr

“Shake it baby .. Damn I'm good .. Who can't remember at least one of his fanciful one-liners? 'Ol Duke, expanding on the "3D" GFX of Doom - this was an all around blast in the early gaming career. Just hand me the Devastator!”

created 12/MAR/2009