431:
1056:
363:
The game is set in the year 1997. Dr. Proton is a madman, determined to take over the world with his army of
Techbots. Duke Nukem, the eponymous hero, takes upon the task of stopping him. The first episode takes place in the devastated city of Los Angeles. In the second episode, Duke chases Dr.
757:
Written by David Jaffe, Dave Gnukem is a 2D scrolling platform game, similar to Duke Nukem 1. It includes a sprite and level editor. It uses GGI and thus runs on the console as well as X, windowed or fullscreeen. It also runs on
Windows, using DirectX. Download it and blow yourself
34:
325:
384:, but producer Scott Miller hated the name and chose to name it after the lead character, similar to comic books. He proposed Duke, which he felt sounded strong, and Replogle proposed Nukem as his last name.
1606:
340:, gun powerups, and some inventory items with special abilities. The final level of each episode has no exit, and is instead completed by finding and defeating Dr. Proton.
1283:
1566:
364:
Proton to his secret moonbase. In the third episode, Dr. Proton escapes into the future, and Duke pursues him through time, to put an end to his mad schemes.
1163:
822:
1331:
418:
was not a registered name, so Apogee registered it and used the original Duke Nukem name in the sequels. Apogee also received a legal letter from
422:
alleging trademark violation. Apogee successfully fought back, and agreed to use the full Duke Nukem name in all their marketing materials.
1586:
347:(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
445:
magazine ranked the game 39th on their Top 100 Video Games writing: "Without a doubt, the best platform game for the pc ever created." A
1596:
1092:
622:
1601:
1156:
971:
398:
1611:
1362:
1546:
815:
1348:
336:. Many objects onscreen can be shot including boxes, obstacles and blocks. Besides points, some collectibles include health
780:
511:
1383:
1121:
917:
910:
659:
1269:
682:
1468:
1369:
1325:
1262:
1184:
1135:
998:
403:
71:
1170:
1142:
808:
1541:
1290:
949:
352:
348:
732:
1591:
1005:
966:
896:
380:. The game world scrolls by shifting 8x8 "blocks" rather than individual pixels. The game's original title was
259:
1105:
1085:
1012:
332:
The main objective of the game is to get to the exit of each level, while destroying enemies and collecting
1616:
1425:
1404:
1390:
1376:
1019:
842:
285:
1551:
903:
94:
1581:
1576:
1571:
1510:
626:
56:
44:
1561:
1494:
1432:
1418:
1059:
344:
120:
78:
66:
1556:
1397:
1078:
935:
878:
142:
441:
Scott Miller estimates that the game eventually sold between 60,000 and 70,000 copies. In 1995,
430:
1520:
1276:
1255:
1234:
942:
539:
377:
154:
104:
713:
1473:
1040:
630:
244:
109:
784:
442:
419:
393:
593:
284:. The 2D, multidirectional scrolling game follows the adventures of fictional character
1515:
1451:
1311:
407:
288:
across three episodes of ten levels each. The game's first episode was distributed as
1535:
1478:
1355:
1241:
1213:
1198:
1177:
871:
864:
446:
312:
306:
273:
249:
184:
83:
1304:
1227:
373:
333:
33:
483:
1318:
1220:
1033:
991:
773:
566:
1439:
1297:
1149:
1128:
832:
655:
134:
1248:
1101:
1070:
795:
789:
740:
687:
571:
469:
289:
277:
49:
465:
1411:
1026:
516:
337:
692:
544:
488:
324:
281:
193:
149:
429:
323:
164:
159:
1204:
744:
1074:
804:
800:
376:
helped him program some low-level parts of the game code in
316:
in 1996, which became the most popular of the three games.
449:
parody of the game was made by fans entitled Dave Gnukem.
402:
animated series featured a character with the same name (
310:, in 1993. The series made the jump to 3D graphics with
372:
According to programmer and co-creator Todd
Replogle,
512:"Duke Nukem 1 and 2 now available for Mac on GOG.com"
1503:
1487:
1461:
1340:
1113:
983:
959:
927:
888:
849:
683:"20 Years Of Evolution: Scott Miller And 3D Realms"
255:
243:
172:
141:
129:
119:
103:
93:
77:
65:
55:
43:
26:
1086:
816:
8:
1164:Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons
616:
614:
1607:Video games developed in the United States
1093:
1079:
1071:
823:
809:
801:
32:
23:
720:(4). Harris Publications: 30. April 1995.
406:) and therefore to avoid a lawsuit, the
1567:Games commercially released with DOSBox
650:
648:
457:
662:from the original on November 10, 2014
594:"Todd Replogle interview (from 2001)"
351:in the level, such as destroying all
304:was followed by the similarly-styled
7:
410:renamed the 2.0 version of its game
292:. The name was briefly changed to
14:
1157:Commander Keen in Goodbye, Galaxy
681:Edwards, Benj (August 21, 2009).
623:"Duke Nukem - Little Known Facts"
399:Captain Planet and the Planeteers
388:Legal concerns with the game name
231:
214:
147:
1055:
1054:
656:"3D Realms Site: Duke Nukem I"
621:Miller, Scott (May 25, 2022).
567:"Duke Nukem I (the original!)"
1:
1384:Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project
918:Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project
911:Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes
1587:Science fiction video games
1326:Xenophage: Alien Bloodsport
1263:Raptor: Call of the Shadows
1136:Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold
733:"The Open Source Lucky Dip"
414:. It later turned out that
298:to avoid trademark issues.
276:developed and published by
1633:
1597:Side-scrolling platformers
1143:Blake Stone: Planet Strike
783:November 18, 2021, at the
731:Zymaris, Con (July 2001).
392:After the game's release,
1602:Single-player video games
1332:List of minor video games
1050:
950:Duke Nukem: Critical Mass
840:
484:"Release: Duke Nukem 1+2"
466:"3D Realms Site: History"
437:is an open source parody.
31:
1171:Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
1006:Vivisector: Beast Within
897:Duke Nukem: Time to Kill
1612:Video games set in 1997
1013:Duke Nukem 3D: Reloaded
1547:Action-adventure games
438:
396:became aware that the
329:
38:Episode 1 title screen
904:Duke Nukem: Zero Hour
714:"Top 100 Video Games"
598:www.strifestreams.com
433:
327:
1511:Apogee Entertainment
627:Apogee Entertainment
343:At the end of every
1419:Wrath: Aeon of Ruin
540:"Changelog post #1"
328:Gameplay screenshot
1398:Duke Nukem Forever
1114:As Apogee Software
974:Duke Nukem Forever
936:Duke Nukem Advance
879:Duke Nukem Forever
520:. December 6, 2012
492:. December 6, 2012
439:
330:
1529:
1528:
1521:Saber Interactive
1426:Kingpin: Reloaded
1349:Terminal Velocity
1277:Rise of the Triad
1235:Monuments of Mars
1068:
1067:
943:Duke Nukem Mobile
378:assembly language
265:
264:
115:Allen H. Blum III
89:Allen H. Blum III
1624:
1542:1991 video games
1474:George Broussard
1122:Arctic Adventure
1095:
1088:
1081:
1072:
1058:
1057:
1041:Duke Smoochem 3D
825:
818:
811:
802:
762:
761:
753:
751:
728:
722:
721:
710:
704:
703:
701:
699:
678:
672:
671:
669:
667:
652:
643:
642:
640:
638:
629:. Archived from
618:
609:
608:
606:
604:
590:
584:
583:
581:
579:
563:
557:
556:
554:
552:
536:
530:
529:
527:
525:
508:
502:
501:
499:
497:
480:
474:
473:
462:
235:
233:
219:December 6, 2012
218:
216:
197:
188:
110:George Broussard
36:
24:
1632:
1631:
1627:
1626:
1625:
1623:
1622:
1621:
1592:Shareware games
1532:
1531:
1530:
1525:
1499:
1483:
1457:
1336:
1270:Realms of Chaos
1109:
1099:
1069:
1064:
1046:
979:
972:Development of
955:
923:
884:
845:
843:Title character
836:
829:
785:Wayback Machine
770:
765:
749:
747:
730:
729:
725:
712:
711:
707:
697:
695:
680:
679:
675:
665:
663:
654:
653:
646:
636:
634:
633:on May 25, 2022
620:
619:
612:
602:
600:
592:
591:
587:
577:
575:
565:
564:
560:
550:
548:
538:
537:
533:
523:
521:
510:
509:
505:
495:
493:
482:
481:
477:
464:
463:
459:
455:
428:
420:Duke University
394:Apogee Software
390:
370:
361:
322:
278:Apogee Software
239:
230:
226:
222:
213:
209:
201:
192:
183:
179:
114:
112:
88:
86:
61:Apogee Software
50:Apogee Software
39:
22:
21:1991 video game
17:
16:1991 video game
12:
11:
5:
1630:
1628:
1620:
1619:
1614:
1609:
1604:
1599:
1594:
1589:
1584:
1579:
1574:
1569:
1564:
1559:
1554:
1549:
1544:
1534:
1533:
1527:
1526:
1524:
1523:
1518:
1516:Embracer Group
1513:
1507:
1505:
1501:
1500:
1498:
1497:
1491:
1489:
1485:
1484:
1482:
1481:
1476:
1471:
1465:
1463:
1459:
1458:
1456:
1455:
1452:Tempest Rising
1448:
1443:
1436:
1429:
1422:
1415:
1408:
1401:
1394:
1387:
1380:
1373:
1370:Balls of Steel
1366:
1363:Shadow Warrior
1359:
1352:
1344:
1342:
1338:
1337:
1335:
1334:
1329:
1322:
1315:
1312:Wolfenstein 3D
1308:
1301:
1294:
1287:
1280:
1273:
1266:
1259:
1256:Pharaoh's Tomb
1252:
1245:
1238:
1231:
1224:
1217:
1210:
1202:
1195:
1188:
1181:
1174:
1167:
1160:
1153:
1146:
1139:
1132:
1125:
1117:
1115:
1111:
1110:
1100:
1098:
1097:
1090:
1083:
1075:
1066:
1065:
1063:
1062:
1051:
1048:
1047:
1045:
1044:
1037:
1030:
1023:
1016:
1009:
1002:
999:Balls of Steel
995:
987:
985:
981:
980:
978:
977:
969:
963:
961:
957:
956:
954:
953:
946:
939:
931:
929:
928:Portable games
925:
924:
922:
921:
914:
907:
900:
892:
890:
886:
885:
883:
882:
875:
868:
861:
853:
851:
847:
846:
841:
838:
837:
830:
828:
827:
820:
813:
805:
799:
798:
787:
769:
768:External links
766:
764:
763:
723:
705:
673:
644:
610:
585:
558:
531:
503:
475:
456:
454:
451:
427:
424:
408:software house
389:
386:
369:
366:
360:
357:
321:
318:
263:
262:
257:
253:
252:
247:
241:
240:
238:
237:
227:
221:
220:
210:
200:
199:
190:
180:
174:
170:
169:
168:
167:
162:
157:
152:
145:
139:
138:
131:
127:
126:
123:
117:
116:
107:
101:
100:
97:
91:
90:
81:
75:
74:
69:
63:
62:
59:
53:
52:
47:
41:
40:
37:
29:
28:
20:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1629:
1618:
1617:Windows games
1615:
1613:
1610:
1608:
1605:
1603:
1600:
1598:
1595:
1593:
1590:
1588:
1585:
1583:
1580:
1578:
1575:
1573:
1570:
1568:
1565:
1563:
1560:
1558:
1555:
1553:
1550:
1548:
1545:
1543:
1540:
1539:
1537:
1522:
1519:
1517:
1514:
1512:
1509:
1508:
1506:
1502:
1496:
1493:
1492:
1490:
1486:
1480:
1479:Todd Replogle
1477:
1475:
1472:
1470:
1467:
1466:
1464:
1460:
1454:
1453:
1449:
1447:
1444:
1442:
1441:
1437:
1435:
1434:
1430:
1428:
1427:
1423:
1421:
1420:
1416:
1414:
1413:
1409:
1407:
1406:
1402:
1400:
1399:
1395:
1393:
1392:
1388:
1386:
1385:
1381:
1379:
1378:
1374:
1372:
1371:
1367:
1365:
1364:
1360:
1358:
1357:
1356:Duke Nukem 3D
1353:
1351:
1350:
1346:
1345:
1343:
1339:
1333:
1330:
1328:
1327:
1323:
1321:
1320:
1316:
1314:
1313:
1309:
1307:
1306:
1302:
1300:
1299:
1295:
1293:
1292:
1288:
1286:
1285:
1281:
1279:
1278:
1274:
1272:
1271:
1267:
1265:
1264:
1260:
1258:
1257:
1253:
1251:
1250:
1246:
1244:
1243:
1242:Mystic Towers
1239:
1237:
1236:
1232:
1230:
1229:
1225:
1223:
1222:
1218:
1216:
1215:
1214:Major Stryker
1211:
1209:
1207:
1203:
1201:
1200:
1199:Duke Nukem II
1196:
1194:
1193:
1189:
1187:
1186:
1182:
1180:
1179:
1178:Crystal Caves
1175:
1173:
1172:
1168:
1166:
1165:
1161:
1159:
1158:
1154:
1152:
1151:
1147:
1145:
1144:
1140:
1138:
1137:
1133:
1131:
1130:
1126:
1124:
1123:
1119:
1118:
1116:
1112:
1107:
1106:list of games
1103:
1096:
1091:
1089:
1084:
1082:
1077:
1076:
1073:
1061:
1053:
1052:
1049:
1043:
1042:
1038:
1036:
1035:
1031:
1029:
1028:
1024:
1022:
1021:
1017:
1015:
1014:
1010:
1008:
1007:
1003:
1001:
1000:
996:
994:
993:
989:
988:
986:
984:Related games
982:
976:
975:
970:
968:
967:List of media
965:
964:
962:
958:
952:
951:
947:
945:
944:
940:
938:
937:
933:
932:
930:
926:
920:
919:
915:
913:
912:
908:
906:
905:
901:
899:
898:
894:
893:
891:
887:
881:
880:
876:
874:
873:
872:Duke Nukem 3D
869:
867:
866:
865:Duke Nukem II
862:
860:
859:
855:
854:
852:
848:
844:
839:
835:
834:
826:
821:
819:
814:
812:
807:
806:
803:
797:
793:
792:
788:
786:
782:
779:
777:
772:
771:
767:
760:
759:
746:
742:
738:
734:
727:
724:
719:
715:
709:
706:
694:
690:
689:
684:
677:
674:
661:
657:
651:
649:
645:
632:
628:
624:
617:
615:
611:
603:September 19,
599:
595:
589:
586:
574:
573:
568:
562:
559:
547:
546:
541:
535:
532:
519:
518:
513:
507:
504:
491:
490:
485:
479:
476:
471:
467:
461:
458:
452:
450:
448:
447:free software
444:
436:
432:
425:
423:
421:
417:
413:
409:
405:
401:
400:
395:
387:
385:
383:
379:
375:
367:
365:
358:
356:
354:
350:
346:
341:
339:
335:
326:
319:
317:
315:
314:
313:Duke Nukem 3D
309:
308:
307:Duke Nukem II
303:
299:
297:
296:
291:
287:
283:
279:
275:
274:platform game
271:
270:
261:
260:Single-player
258:
254:
251:
248:
246:
242:
229:
228:
225:
212:
211:
208:
204:
195:
191:
186:
182:
181:
178:
175:
171:
166:
163:
161:
158:
156:
153:
151:
148:
146:
144:
140:
137:
136:
132:
128:
124:
122:
118:
111:
108:
106:
102:
99:Todd Replogle
98:
96:
95:Programmer(s)
92:
85:
84:Todd Replogle
82:
80:
76:
73:
70:
68:
64:
60:
58:
54:
51:
48:
46:
42:
35:
30:
25:
19:
1552:Apogee games
1495:Build engine
1469:Scott Miller
1450:
1446:Phantom Fury
1445:
1438:
1431:
1424:
1417:
1410:
1403:
1396:
1389:
1382:
1375:
1368:
1361:
1354:
1347:
1341:As 3D Realms
1324:
1317:
1310:
1305:Wacky Wheels
1303:
1296:
1291:Secret Agent
1289:
1284:ScubaVenture
1282:
1275:
1268:
1261:
1254:
1247:
1240:
1233:
1228:Monster Bash
1226:
1219:
1212:
1205:
1197:
1191:
1190:
1183:
1176:
1169:
1162:
1155:
1148:
1141:
1134:
1127:
1120:
1039:
1032:
1025:
1018:
1011:
1004:
997:
990:
973:
948:
941:
934:
916:
909:
902:
895:
877:
870:
863:
857:
856:
831:
790:
775:
756:
755:
748:. Retrieved
736:
726:
717:
708:
698:November 30,
696:. Retrieved
686:
676:
664:. Retrieved
635:. Retrieved
631:the original
601:. Retrieved
597:
588:
578:December 10,
576:. Retrieved
570:
561:
549:. Retrieved
543:
534:
522:. Retrieved
515:
506:
494:. Retrieved
487:
478:
460:
440:
434:
415:
411:
397:
391:
381:
374:John Carmack
371:
362:
349:achievements
342:
331:
311:
305:
301:
300:
294:
293:
268:
267:
266:
236:May 21, 2015
223:
206:
202:
189:July 1, 1991
176:
133:
125:Scott Miller
87:Scott Miller
72:Scott Miller
57:Publisher(s)
45:Developer(s)
18:
1582:Platformers
1577:MacOS games
1572:Linux games
1319:Word Rescue
1221:Math Rescue
1034:Bulletstorm
992:Death Rally
850:Main series
750:February 6,
435:Dave Gnukem
382:Heavy Metal
368:Development
143:Platform(s)
121:Composer(s)
113:Jim Norwood
79:Designer(s)
67:Producer(s)
1562:Duke Nukem
1536:Categories
1488:Technology
1440:Core Decay
1298:Stargunner
1192:Duke Nukem
1129:Bio Menace
960:Production
858:Duke Nukem
833:Duke Nukem
791:Duke Nukem
776:Duke Nukem
453:References
416:Duke Nukem
412:Duke Nukum
404:Duke Nukem
302:Duke Nukem
295:Duke Nukum
286:Duke Nukem
272:is a 1991
269:Duke Nukem
135:Duke Nukem
27:Duke Nukem
1557:DOS games
1405:Bombshell
1377:Max Payne
1249:Paganitzu
1185:Dark Ages
1102:3D Realms
1020:Bombshell
889:Spin-offs
796:MobyGames
774:Official
741:Australia
688:Gamasutra
572:3D Realms
470:3D Realms
426:Reception
290:shareware
105:Artist(s)
1412:Ion Fury
1060:Category
1027:Ion Fury
781:Archived
666:June 21,
660:Archived
517:Engadget
338:powerups
320:Gameplay
250:Platform
245:Genre(s)
1504:Related
1150:Boppin'
778:website
637:May 25,
545:GOG.com
489:GOG.com
353:cameras
256:Mode(s)
203:Windows
173:Release
155:Windows
1462:People
1433:Graven
1208:series
551:May 6,
524:May 6,
496:May 6,
334:points
282:MS-DOS
177:MS-DOS
150:MS-DOS
130:Series
737:AUUGN
345:level
224:Linux
165:Linux
1391:Prey
1206:Kroz
758:away
752:2023
745:AUUG
718:Flux
700:2017
668:2008
639:2022
605:2017
580:2023
553:2019
526:2019
498:2019
443:Flux
359:Plot
280:for
207:OS X
198:1992
160:OS X
794:at
693:UBM
1538::
754:.
743::
739:.
735:.
716:.
691:.
685:.
658:.
647:^
625:.
613:^
596:.
569:.
542:.
514:.
486:.
468:.
355:.
232:WW
215:WW
205:,
194:EU
185:NA
1108:)
1104:(
1094:e
1087:t
1080:v
824:e
817:t
810:v
702:.
670:.
641:.
607:.
582:.
555:.
528:.
500:.
472:.
234::
217::
196::
187::
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
