Nightvision goggles allow players to see enemies in the dark.

Steroids make the player move faster, as well as removing the effects of the shrink-ray. They range from Duke's foot for kicking, a pistol, a 'Chain gun' (similar in design to the Nordenfelt gun), pipe bombs, freeze- and shrink-rays, and laser-trip-mines.Īside from weapons, Nukem can also find 'medkits' to heal himself whenever the player chooses. The game includes a range of weapons, some of which, even today, are still unique to the Duke Nukem series. The secret items also include ( light switches to make it easier to see, water fountains and broken hydrants provide some health points) or simply provide a touch of diversion and strippers who Duke tells jokes to and sometimes they open up their clothes.

This makes the levels well suited to multiplayer deathmatchs. Levels were designed with many routes so that players can climb through air ducts, back doors and sewers to avoid enemies or find hidden secrets. The levels of Duke Nukem 3D take the player outdoors and indoors, on the street, inside military bases, deserts, flooded cities, space stations, moon bases and Japanese villas. America has been turned into a wasteland, and pornography has become the only entertainment. Only a few women remain as slaves for the aliens. Duke crash lands back on Earth and finds most humans are gone. An alien transgenic species has invaded Earth while Duke has been fighting in space.

The game moves on to places such as lunar space stations. The player must also sometimes solve puzzles to find the way through the level.ĭuke Nukem 3D is set 'sometime in the early 21st century', starting in a badly worn down Los Angeles. The player fights the aliens, most often by shooting at them with different guns, but Duke can also kick, and throw pipe bombs like grenades. Instead of following the character around like a third-person shooter, Duke Nukem is like being inside Duke, and the player can see Duke's hands and weapons on the screen. The game is a first person shooter, so the player sees the game from Duke's eyes. An add-on pack called The Plutonium Pak, later added a fourth episode of 11 new levels, new enemies, and one new weapon. The game is made up of 28 levels spread over three chapters. Players must fight invading aliens that want to take over Earth.

In the game, players control Duke Nukem, an action hero from Earth. 7 Software projects working with the GPL licensed source code.

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