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Game » consists of 30 releases. Released Jan 29, 1996
At the end of each episode, Duke Nukem must battle a boss to continue.
A level that is focused entirely on a boss encounter.
DukeBots are available in multiplayer. The bots do not use any strategy; they're just roaming the map and often getting stuck. Rumours says they were made to help testing maps and the developers decided to include them in the final game.
Glass that can be broken and destroyed in real-time.
Using the Red Cross in an entertainment product is expressly forbidden by the Geneva Convention and international law, however some games don't realise that.
In video games, breaking the fourth wall occurs when a game becomes aware of its nature as a game, or when a character directly acknowledges the player.
Duke Nukem 3D was the game that popularized the Build Engine.
When a character from an existing media franchise makes a brief appearance in a video game, sometimes without even openly acknowledging their origins.
Games that feature cheerleaders. Whether they be girls with pom-poms or burly Japanese men, they know how to get people motivated.
A chicken is a small, domesticated flightless bird that can be white, yellow, brown or black. A female is a hen, a male a rooster, and a baby a chick.
Palette-swapping are sometimes used to denote the different strengths and abilities of your adversaries.
Games that ask the player whether they are sure about the decision that they have just made.
Bad language, nudity, strippers, fould mouth, blood, violence... the list goes on. Duke Nukem didn't try to avoid any controversies... at all.
The PC and XBLA version contains 2-8 player co-operative play.
A small, immobile marine animal found on the sea floor.
As one of the first first person shooters, Duke Nukem 3D included a crouch function.
A trap designed to kill off victims by crushing them. Commonly found in sacred temples though industrial variations (like car crushers) exist.
Boss-type enemy from the Duke Nukem franchise.
A cyclops is any race of creature that is born with only one eye.
Dancing is the movement of a body, usually rhythmic and to some kind of music. A lot of times, it happens between two people and may be romantic.
Darkness is used in games to restrict access, increase tension, or just to set a mood. Often the player has access to a light source that can mitigate its effect.
Any object or illusion used to draw an enemy's attention, in order to lure the enemy or distract from the user's activities elsewhere. Both players and enemies have been able to create decoys in many games.
The act of emptying one's bowels.
A boss character in a game which shows up again later as a regular enemy.
A destructible environment means the player has the ability to destroy his/her surroundings. This allows players to use the environment to their advantage.
DWANGO was a subscription-based online service that ran from 1994-1998 which allowed multiplayer games to be played online before Internet play was common.
Sometimes you want a challenge, sometimes you wanna coast.
The game can be bought at www.gog.com
Digitized sprites, popularized in the early 90s, were a form of graphics that used footage of real actors, Stop-motion frames of a figure/clay model or 3D renders of characters that were then made digital and put into the game.
The severing of limbs is a good way for designers to make every battle a bloodier, gorier mess. Or sillier in the right situations.
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