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781:Publication
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629:Will Arnett
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545:Development
364:Will Arnett
243:Platform(s)
217:Composer(s)
210:David Ellis
178:David Ellis
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880:2023-12-18
856:References
820:Metacritic
763:Metacritic
755:(X360) 54%
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673:Duke Nukem
619:Jim Forbes
494:Duck Amuck
398:Duke Nukem
393:Jim Forbes
356:popularity
329:video game
167:Bryan West
66:newspapers
757:(PS3) 55%
733:Reception
728:Reception
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566:, 1983's
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195:Artist(s)
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1119:30 April
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903:Archived
828:GameSpot
791:GameSpot
602:Eat Lead
591:Eat Lead
584:Eat Lead
499:EB Games
425:Eat Lead
420:Gameplay
410:Eat Lead
366:, while
351:Eat Lead
333:Xbox 360
331:for the
297:Genre(s)
252:Xbox 360
507:Soak'Em
379:clichés
308:Mode(s)
258:Release
80:scholar
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