Duke Nukem 3D

Duke Nukem 3D is a first-person shooter developed by 3D Realms and released on January 29, 1996 by Apogee Software, featuring the adventures of Duke Nukem, based on a character that had appeared in earlier platform games by the company: Duke Nukem and Duke Nukem II. more...

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Synopsis

\"Murderous aliens have landed in futuristic Los Angeles, and humans suddenly find themselves atop the endangered species list. The odds are a million-to-one, just the way Duke likes it!\"

Taking on the role of Duke Nukem, players must fight through 28 levels spread over three chapters. (A commercial upgrade later added a fourth episode of 11 additional levels.) As usual for a first-person shooter, players encounter a whole host of different enemies, and can engage them with a range of weaponry. As well as killing aliens to free the Earth, players must also solve puzzles to progress through the various levels. Some puzzles allow access to extra, hidden levels. Duke Nukem 3D is set in the early 21st century. Throughout the game, there are hints at a more specific time period, including a calendar which says \"December 2007\". Ironically, Duke Nukem Forever is unlikely to be released before that date.

Humor

Duke Nukem 3D is mainly notable for the often crude humor it introduced into what had previously been a fairly humorless genre, including a stream of one-liners (heavily inspired by Ash Williams and John Nada) from the title character. Many of these related to the frequently gruesome deaths meted out by Duke (\"That's gotta hurt\"), interactions with usable props such as toilets (\"Ahhh, much better\") or noteworthy things Duke comes across and feels necessary to comment on, like Duke Nukem arcade machines (\"Hmm... don't have time to play with myself.\"). Various Easter eggs appear in the game, such as a giant sign on a wall proclaiming \"YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE\" (signed \"Levelord\") in an area not accessible except by using a no-clip cheat or a jetpack.

The game also references and spoofs many films and other games. For instance, when the player comes upon a corpse that closely resembles the player character in Doom (Doomguy), Duke comments, \"That's one doomed space marine.\" This quote became famous after websites dedicated to Duke Nukem 3D began reporting that Doom's developer, id Software, had filed a lawsuit against Apogee Games and 3D Realms, trying to obtain an injunction to remove it. (The suit was ultimately unsuccessful.) Another jab at a fellow shooter game was a line in a level in Episode 3 when a building (with a sticker warning of a fault line) blows up and partially collapses; Duke responds, \"I ain't afraid of no quake\", obviously poking fun at the game Quake, which was yet to be released. Another level also has the player pressing a TNT plunger and demolishing a building. This building was supposedly modeled after the Mesquite, Texas headquarters of id Software.

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