Duke Nukem 3D (Video Game 1996)

Blonde action hero Duke Nukem takes on murderous aliens and mutated Los Angeles police officers that have taken over Los Angeles.

Director:

George Broussard

Stars:

Lee Jackson, Lani Minella, Jon St. John

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Lee Jackson	...	Fat Commander (voice)
Lani Minella
Jon St. John	...	Duke Nukem (voice)

Storyline

In the early 21st century, The city of Los Angeles has been taken over by murderous aliens and the LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department) has mutated. The streets of L.A. has become a infestation zone. Only one man can take out the trash and that man is the man who loves to kick ass and chew bubblegum... Returning to Earth and armed with a arsenal of weaponry, blonde action hero Duke Nukem takes on the murderous aliens and the mutant Los Angeles police officers in a spectacular ultra-violent showdown, from the red light district to the football stadium, Duke is the only man who can save the earth and stop the murderous aliens who need exterminating.

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Plot Keywords:

alien | earth | stadium | alien invasion | 2000s | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

M

Details

Official Sites:

3D Realms / Apogee Software

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 January 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

Duke Nukem 3

Filming Locations:

Apogee/ 3D Realms Entertainment, Garland, Texas, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

3D Realms Entertainment, Apogee Software Ltd.

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Another poke at a competitor is when Duke finds a torn-apart body and says "That's one doomed space marine". This references the games Ultimate Doom and Doom II: Hell on Earth from iD Software.

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Goofs

When using pipe bombs, Duke has a detonator button wrapped on his finger. When he has other weapon equipped, the detonator button is gone.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Duke Nukem: Damn, those alien bastards are gonna pay for shooting up my ride.

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Connections

Referenced in Death Rally (1996)

User Reviews

Badass, but kicking and plain awesome.

The first time I played Duke Nukem 3D was at a friends place. It has just been released and he was lucky enough to have a PC that could handle it, and the game itself.

We spent several hours walking through just the first level, there was so much to see! You got your explosive scenery, your secret areas, your generally badass weaponry (which IMO is still unmatched by ANY shooter today) a host of unique enemies and level design that introduces recognizable landmarks (cities, bars, strip clubs, prisons etc.) which, for it's time, was a great stride ahead!

And of course, then there's the interactivity, also unmatched so far. You could play a match of pool, burn your fingers on an electrical outlet, hand money to strippers, or shoot them, blow up most any decorative object in the game, as well as have Duke interact with an object, only to have him give one of his trademark one-liners.

Which brings me to another great aspect of Duke 3D, The one-liners. Although some of them where not exactly 'new' and taken from popular movies from back in the day, each and every one of them where humorous and usually highly appropriate quotes that really set Duke's personality.

It's been a long while since I've seen a game character have that strong of a personality without the overuse of Cinematic cut-scenes and FMV's.

3D Realms have truly shown what shooters should be like: Fast-paced, comical at times and very immersive.

But after all this I left 1 rather important thing out: Multiplayer! Essentially Duke Nukem 3D's multi-player modes are either Deathmatch (dubbed DukeMatch) or Cooperative Play.

In DukeMatch the goal is simple: Kill as many other players as you possibly can. With weapons like the Freezer, the shrinker, the RPG and Tripbombs this could either turn into your frantic killing spree or attempting to lure the enemy into your own traps.

With Cooperative play the goal was to finish the Singleplayer campaign with multiple players. For this purpose 3DRealms had added additional weapons, extra buttons (to evade certain 'lock-up' situations that might occur in single-player) and other useful stuff.

Duke Nukem 3D is a classic and IMO deserves to be PC Game #1 ever. In combination with JonoF's port (a result of the source code release) this game can even be played on Win32 systems.

Hail to the King baby!