Duke Nukem
Developer(s)	Apogee Software (Todd Replogle Jim Norwood Allen H. Blum III George Broussard Scott Miller)
Publisher(s)	Apogee Software
Release date(s)	July 1, 1991 (PC)
Genre(s)	side-scrolling platform game
Mode(s)	single player
Rating(s)	OFLC: G
Platform(s)	MS-DOS PC
Media	floppy disks
Input	keyboard, joystick

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Story

The game is set in the near future. Dr. Proton is a madman, determined to take over the world with his army of Techbots. Duke Nukem, a self-proclaimed hero, is hired by the CIA to stop him. The first episode takes place in a devastated city. In the second episode, Duke follows Dr. Proton to his secret moonbase. In the third episode, Dr. Proton escapes into the future, and Duke pursues him through time. This article is about Earth as a planet. ... The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an intelligence agency of the United States government. ...

Gameplay

The game was notable in its time because of its smart level design which allows very fast gameplay.^{[citation needed]} Additionally, it allows many objects onscreen to be shot: obstacles, as well as enemies, can be destroyed by gunfire. Its play control suffers from all objects only moving in 8x8 "blocks" rather than individual pixels like most other shooters,^{[citation needed]} resulting in blocky scrolling and sloppy hit detection.^{[citation needed]} This problem also appears in Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure and Duke Nukem II.^{[citation needed]} Gameplay includes all player experiences during the interaction with game systems, especially formal games. ... Cosmos Cosmic Adventure is a video game programmed by Todd Replogle and published by Apogee Software in 1992. ... Duke Nukem II is an MS-DOS platform game developed by Apogee Software and released December 3, 1993. ...

The graphics borrowed heavily from other games, such as Turrican [1] and the PC version of Mega Man [2], and a longstanding rumor is that originally Apogee planned to port Mega Man to the PC, but could not get the rights.^{[citation needed]} Computer graphics is a sub-field of computer science and is concerned with digitally synthesizing and manipulating visual content. ... The original Commodore 64 version of Turrican features large levels with detailed graphics. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Mega Man DOS was a computer game made as part of the ever-popular Mega Man series of video games. ... Look up rumour in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

At the end of every level (with the exception of the last level in each episode), the player can receive up to seven 10,000 point bonuses, earned by making certain achievements in the level, such as destroying all cameras. At least two other Apogee titles, the game's sequel Duke Nukem II and Rise of the Triad, have similar end-of-level bonuses. In computer and video games, a level (sometimes called a stage, course, episode, round, world, map, wave, board, phase, or landscape) is a separate area in a games virtual world, in modern games typically representing a specific location such as a building or a city. ... Surveillance cameras. ... Duke Nukem II is an MS-DOS platform game developed by Apogee Software and released December 3, 1993. ... Rise of the Triad: Dark War (acronym is ROTT) is a first-person shooter video game that was first released on February 17, 1995 and developed by Apogee Software (now known as 3D Realms). ...

History

After the game's release Apogee became aware of a Captain Planet villain called Duke Nukem[3], and to avoid a lawsuit Apogee's game was renamed Duke Nukum in its version 2.0. It later turned out that Duke Nukem was not a registered name, so Apogee registered it and used the original Duke Nukem name in the sequels.[4] Captain Planet is a superhero in the animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers and The New Adventures of Captain Planet. ... Duke Nukem This page is about the Captain Planet and the Planeteers character. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Sequels

Duke Nukem was followed by Duke Nukem II in 1993, also featuring the same hero still without the dark shades, and later Duke Nukem 3D in 1996. Duke Nukem 3D was an outstanding success, and a strong competitor to 'Quake'. As of 2007, a third sequel, announced in 1997—Duke Nukem Forever—is still in development. Several other sequels were developed for consoles only, such as the PlayStation titles Duke Nukem: Time to Kill and Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes. Duke Nukem II is an MS-DOS platform game developed by Apogee Software and released December 3, 1993. ... Duke Nukem 3D is a first-person shooter computer game developed by 3D Realms and published by Apogee Software. ... 2007 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Duke Nukem Forever (DNF) is a first-person shooter video game being developed by 3D Realms, and is the next game in the Duke Nukem series. ... A video game console is an interactive entertainment computer or electronic device that manipulates the video display signal of a display device (a television, monitor, etc. ... The Sony PlayStation ) is a video game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ...

In 2002, a new special title was released to conmemorate the 10th anniversary since the first Duke Nukem. This title was Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project, done with a 3D engine and elements from Duke Nukem 3D, but with the arcade style of the first two titles.

References

• Official Duke Nukem website
• Duke Nukem - Turrican graphics comparison
• Duke Nukem - Megaman graphics comparison

External links

• Duke Nukem Central - Informative fansite on Duke Nukem I and II
• Duke Nukem at MobyGames