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Encyclopedia > Duke Nukem (game)
Duke Nukem
Developer(s) Apogee Software
(Todd Replogle
Jim Norwood
Allen H. Blum III
George Broussard
Scott Miller)
Publisher(s) Apogee Software
Distributor(s)
Designer(s)
Engine
Latest version
Release date(s) July 1, 1991 (PC)
Genre(s) side-scrolling platform game
Mode(s) single player
Rating(s) N/A
Platform(s) MS-DOS PC
Media floppy disks
System requirements

Duke Nukem is a platform video game developed and published by Apogee Software, featuring the adventures of Duke Nukem. The game was released on July 1, 1991. Screenshot from the computer game Duke Nukem. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... Corporate logo of Apogee Software Apogee Software, Ltd. ... Todd Jason Replogle is a video game programmer, known in the PC game community as the inventor of the successful Duke Nukem series. ... George Broussard is a computer game producer and designer known in the PC game community as one of the two creators of the widely successful Duke Nukem series (Todd Replogle being the other). ... Scott Miller is a game programmer, producer, and level designer who is probably most famous for founding Apogee Software in 1987 and co_founding Gathering of Developers in 1998. ... Video game publishers are companies that publish video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer. ... Corporate logo of Apogee Software Apogee Software, Ltd. ... A game designer is a person who designs games. ... A game engine is the core software component of a video game. ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... One of the first PCs from IBM - the IBM PC model 5150. ... This is a listing of computer and video games genres with brief descriptions and examples from each genre. ... A side-scrolling game or side-scroller is a genre of video games in which the gameplay action is viewed from a side-view camera angle, and the onscreen characters generally move from the left side of the screen to the right in order to reach their goals. ... A screenshot of the original Donkey Kong. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... For the list, see list of computer and video games. ... Microsofts disk operating system, MS-DOS, was Microsofts implementation of DOS, which was the first popular operating system for the IBM PC, and until recently, was widely used on the PC compatible platform. ... One of the first PCs from IBM - the IBM PC model 5150. ... A floppy disk is a data storage device that is composed of a ring of thin, flexible (i. ... A computer keyboard is a peripheral modeled after the typewriter keyboard. ... For other uses, see Joystick (disambiguation). ... A screenshot of the original Donkey Kong. ... For the list, see list of computer and video games. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... Video game publishers are companies that publish video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer. ... Corporate logo of Apogee Software Apogee Software, Ltd. ... Duke Nukem is an action hero created by computer game developer 3D Realms/Apogee Software. ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


The game was notable in its time because of its smart level design which allowed very fast gameplay. Additionally, it allowed almost everything onscreen to be shot: obstacles, as well as enemies, could be destroyed by gunfire. Gameplay includes all player experiences during the interaction with game systems, especially formal games. ...


The game is set in the near future, in a slightly post-apocalyptic world. 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. Apocalyptic science fiction is a sub-genre of science fiction that is concerned with the end of civilization, through nuclear war, plague, or some other general disaster. ... Earth, also known as Terra, and Tellus mostly in the 19th century, is the third-closest planet to the Sun. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


Duke Nukem's graphics borrowed heavily from other games, like Turrican and the PC version of Mega Man, and a longstanding rumour is that originally Apogee planned to port Mega Man to the PC, but could not get the rights. Computer graphics (CG) is the field of visual computing, where one utilizes computers both to generate visual images synthetically and to integrate or alter visual and spatial information sampled from the real world. ... The original Commodore 64 version of Turrican features large levels with detailed graphics. ... One of the first PCs from IBM - the IBM PC model 5150. ... Mega Man firing his weapon while in Shadow Mans stage from Mega Man 3 (NES). ... A rumor (British English: rumour) is a piece of purportedly true information that is circulated without substantiating evidence. ...


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 games sequel Duke Nukem II, and Rise of the Triad, had 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. ... The two-year-old Jamie Bulger being led away by his killers, recorded on shopping centre CCTV. Closed-circuit television (CCTV), as a collection of surveillance cameras doing video surveillance, is the use of television cameras for surveillance. ... Duke Nukem II is a MS-DOS platform game developed by Apogee Software and released December 3, 1993. ... Rise of the Triad: Dark War (shortened to RotT) is a first person shooter computer game, first released on December 21, 1994 by Apogee Software (later known as 3D Realms). ...


Nukem or Nukum?

After the games release Apogee became aware of another Duke Nukem character, and to avoid a lawsuit Apogee's game was renamed Duke Nukum in version 2.0 of the game. It later turned out that Duke Nukem was not a registered name, and Apogee registered it, using the original Duke Nukem name in the sequels. A sequel is a work of fiction in literature, film, and other creative works that is produced after a completed work, and is set in the same universe but at a later time. ...

  • some claim that the Captain Planet villain Duke Nukem was the character involved, however, 3D realms indicates otherwise(source: [1])

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Sequels

Duke Nukem was followed by Duke Nukem II in 1993, and Duke Nukem 3D in 1996. As of 2006, a third sequel, announced in 1997—Duke Nukem Forever—is still in development. Duke Nukem II is a MS-DOS platform game developed by Apogee Software and released December 3, 1993. ... 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. // Synopsis Murderous aliens... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Duke Nukem Forever (DNF) is a yet-to-be-released first-person shooter video game being developed by 3D Realms, and is the next game in the popular Duke Nukem series. ...

Duke Nukem series
Games
Duke Nukem I - Duke Nukem II - Duke Nukem 3D - Duke Nukem Forever (in development)
Console games
Duke Nukem 64 - Duke Nukem: Zero Hour - Duke Nukem: Time to Kill - Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes
Other games
Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project

Duke Nukem in the title screen of Duke Nukem 3D Duke Nukem is an action hero created by computer game developer 3D Realms/Apogee Software. ... Duke Nukem II is a MS-DOS platform game developed by Apogee Software and released December 3, 1993. ... 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. // Synopsis Murderous aliens... Duke Nukem Forever (DNF) is a yet-to-be-released first-person shooter video game being developed by 3D Realms, and is the next game in the popular Duke Nukem series. ... Duke Nukem 64 is a Nintendo 64 port of the first-person shooter PC (MS-DOS) video game Duke Nukem 3D. There are many changes from the PC version. ...

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  Results from FactBites:
 
Duke Nukem (computer game) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (513 words)
The game was released on July 1, 1991.
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.
This title was Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project done with a heavy engine but with the arcade style of the first 2 titles also containing elements from Duke Nukem 3D such as the weapons and aliens but also featuring new elements of each.
Game Trivia for Duke Nukem (422 words)
Apogee released the original Duke Nukem, a 2D EGA platform side-scroller with parallax scrolling.
The original spelling for the name was "Duke Nukem"; however, during the code fix stage between v1.0 and v2.0 of the original game, Apogee found a character overseas named "Duke Nukem" that was thought to be copyrighted.
So, for v2.0 of the original Duke game, the name was changed to "Duke Nukum." Then, during the programming of the next Duke Nukem game (Duke Nukem II), it was discovered that the character they found overseas was not copyrighted after all -- and so the original name was reinstated.
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