Duke Nukem
| Duke Nukem | |
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| Studio | Apogee software |
| Publisher | Apogee software |
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
MS-DOS: July 1, 1991 1992 Windows, OS X: December 6, 2012 Linux: May 21, 2015  |
| platform | MS-DOS , Microsoft Windows , OS X , GNU / Linux |
| genre | Jump 'n' run |
| Game mode | Single player |
| control | Keyboard and mouse , joystick or gamepad |
| medium | 5.25 ″ and 3.5 ″ diskette , CD |
| language | English |
Duke Nukem is a jump 'n' run / shoot 'em up for the PC released on July 1, 1991 . It is named after the main character of the same name who appears in the game. The game was programmed by Todd Replogle, Allen Blum, George Broussard and Scott Miller. It was distributed by the small shareware company Apogee Software .
content
The action takes place in 1997, in which Dr. Proton strives for world domination and a new social order with the help of a horde of self-bred techbots. The only one who can stop him now is Duke Nukem, hired and equipped by the CIA . The story is divided into three episodes, each with ten levels.
- Shrapnel City - Shrapnel City is the largest city on earth and is already completely under the control of Dr. Proton. After Duke has fought his way through town, the final battle ensues, at the end of which Dr. Proton flees to its moon base.
- Mission: Moonbase - Duke Nukem follows his enemy to the moon, fights again with numerous Techbots and meets Dr. Proton, who is now escaping through his time machine.
- Trapped in the Future - Duke also jumps into the time machine and has to contend with an even larger number of techbots in the future. After he has mastered the final battle and promoted the adversary to the afterlife, the mission is fulfilled.
The first episode was released as shareware, while episodes two and three were available for purchase. The respective episodes appeared as independent programs. The game was also included in 1996, together with Duke Nukem II , the game Duke Nukem 3D for free.
Gameplay
The game contains EGA graphics that are compatible with VGA . It has scrolling in all four directions and a 3D-modeled background. The character Duke Nukem could jump, shoot and climb.
The main objective of the game is to find the exit of each level while the player destroys opponents and increases his score by picking up items. The game was known at the time for its compact level design, which enabled fast play. At each end of a level, the player can collect up to 10,000 bonus points if he has achieved various goals such as: B. by destroying all cameras. Two other Apogee titles, the successor Duke Nukem II and Rise of the Triad, offer similar end-level bonuses.
Duke Nukem
After Apogee published the computer game Duke Nukem on July 1, 1991 , a character with the same name was found in Captain Planet and the Planeteers . Since Apogee assumed that Ted Turner's TBS and DiC had already protected the name as a trademark , the game was renamed Duke Nukum with the next patch (v2.0) in order to avoid legal problems. During the work on Duke Nukem II , however, it turned out that the name was not a trademark. Apogee registered the name and has been using it again ever since.
Trivia
Web links
- Duke Nukem I on 3drealms.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Duke Nukem I (the original!). 3D Realms , accessed January 1, 2016 .
- ↑ Graphics copied from Turrican. Nemmelheim.de, accessed on November 28, 2013 .