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Duke Nukem 3D

One of the most famous first-person shooters and, at the same time, the third installment of the series about the adventures of an arrogant hero. The title focuses on dynamics and effectiveness, serving a lot of humour at the same time.

Action | FPP | science fiction | FPS | humorous | co-op | shooters

Duke Nukem 3D Release Date

13May1996

PC

30Sep1997

PS1

24Sep2008

X360

developer: 3D Realms publisher: GT Interactive Official website

The third chapter in the series, and the first with a 3D perspective (the original Duke Nukem and the sequel, Duke Nukem II, are side scrolling platform games). This game, set sometime in the early 21st century, begins in a ravaged LA, which was overtaken by aliens while you were abducted during Duke Nukem II. Duke, upon returning to Earth, finds himself with another mess to clean up, and another alien race that needs exterminating. Duke is a can-do hero who realizes that sometimes innocent people have to die in order to save Earth, so accuracy of gun fire is not a real concern to him. :)

This game has a long list of cool things that haven't been attempted in 3D action games, yet. The weapons, for example, kick-butt:

* There's a mine that can be placed on any wall and sends out a laser trip beam-- perfect for multiplayer games.

* There's also a shrinker ray that reduces an opponent to the size of a G.I. Joe, at which point they are foot fodder--watch them splat!

* As in Shadow Warrior, you can swim under water, and even shoot players who are standing outside the water, or vice versa.

Last updated on 10 December 2007

Game mode: single / multiplayer   Multiplayer mode: Internet   Player counter: 1 - 4  

Media type: 1CD

User score: 8.3 / 10 based on 1376 votes.

PEGI rating Duke Nukem 3D

Age rating. The PEGI rating considers the age suitability of a game, not the level of difficulty. Game contains depictions of violence.

Duke Nukem 3D System requirements

PC / Windows

PC / Windows

  • Recommended:
  • Pentium 166MHz
  • 16MB RAM
  • graphic card
Microsoft Xbox 360

Xbox 360

  • Uses:
  • Xbox Live
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