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IGDB / 957

Duke Nukem

1991 70 / 100 Arcade Platform Shooter
Duke Nukem is the debut of the world’s greatest wise-cracking, alien-punching, gun-toting badass - a man who would later go on to combine both ass-kicking and bubblegum in a revolutionary way. In a world ravaged by Dr. Proton’s villainous ambitions, the original video game action hero must rise against the evil scientist’s army of sinister Techbots. And although Duke isn’t exactly what the Doctor ordered, he’s exactl Show full summary

Duke Nukem is the debut of the world’s greatest wise-cracking, alien-punching, gun-toting badass - a man who would later go on to combine both ass-kicking and bubblegum in a revolutionary way. In a world ravaged by Dr. Proton’s villainous ambitions, the original video game action hero must rise against the evil scientist’s army of sinister Techbots. And although Duke isn’t exactly what the Doctor ordered, he’s exactly what the world needed.

World design Nicht eindeutig GameplayCombat-focused

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Duke Nukem is the debut of the world’s greatest wise-cracking, alien-punching, gun-toting badass - a man who would later go on to combine both ass-kicking and bubblegum in a revolutionary way. In a world ravaged by Dr. Proton’s villainous ambitions, the original video game action hero must rise against the evil scientist’s army of sinister Techbots. And although Duke isn’t exactly what the Doctor ordered, he’s exactly what the world needed.

GameplayCombat-focused GenreArcade GenrePlatform GenreShooter ThemeAction ThemeScience fiction Traitaliens Traitcopyright infringement Traitdeath Traitdigital distribution Traitexplosion Traitfalling object Traitfootball Traitfuturistic Traithelicopter Traithigh score Traithuman Traitmale protagonist Traitmascot Traitmech Traitpixel art Traitplagiarism Traitpop culture reference Traitprotagonist's name in the title Traitrecurring boss Traitremoved from gog.com Traitrobots Traitsecret area Traitself-referential humor Traitshareware Traitside-scrolling Traitsoccer Traitsociopathy Traitsteam Traitsurveillance camera Traitteleportation Traittitle changed after release Traitturkey Traitupgradeable weapons Traitwhite noise Traitzoom platform

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Studio & publishing

Developer
Apogee Software, Interceptor Entertainment
Publisher
Apogee Software, Interceptor Entertainment, PC-SIG, cdv Software Entertainment
Franchise
Duke Nukem
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Action, Science fiction
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Dec 06, 2012
  • DOS Jul 01, 1991
  • DOS 1992
  • Mac Dec 06, 2012

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