Meltdown, picks up from the moment Duke’s feet hit the ground, or more accurately, the roof of a building. To go one step further, the pixelated graphics bring me a sense of nostalgia, but the true elements that hold up, especially for anyone who played it when it came, are those Easter eggs. In fact, playing through the game just looking for the Easter eggs, can be just as enjoyable as playing it to slaughter pig cops. Some of the eggs in this game are so far reaching in scope from pop songs to movie and television references, as well as nods to and comments on pop culture events. Each level contains various weapons, items and Easter eggs. “What’s the problem with all these aliens attacking Earth anyway? How many alien races have to get their asses kicked?”ĭuke slammed his fist into the waiting eject button.įrom there, the first of three or four episodes of the game are started – three in the regular edition and four in the Atomic Edition, which is the one I’ve been playing. “Great,” Duke grumbled as his careening ship missed a skyscraper. Is anyone there? We need help!–.” The transmission went silent. “Los Angeles is under attack! There are aliens everywhere, and they’ve mutated the LAPD. “Hey, anybody out there? I got a little probl…” Duke started. Klaxons flared, warning lights flashed, and static filled his monitors. Just then, a white-hot plasmatic blast punched through the hull of his cruiser. After single-handedly saving Earth–again–he was ready for a long period of lying the hell down. That’s what I need right now.”ĭuke mused on his recent defeat of the Rigelatins, his voice raspy even in his thoughts. Go to the “Help” option in the Main Menu and you’ll see the following: (Yes, there is a plot in “Duke Nukem 3D” that goes beyond randomly shooting pigs and aliens or giving strippers money.) In fact, it borrowed plenty from those kind of movies for it’s dialogue.īut before we go down that road, let’s look at the plot.

It was a movie, a cartoon of sorts that was cheesy, gory, humorous and filled with almost 80 lines of dialogue fit for any shoot ’em up, zombie, or Hollywood action blockbuster.

It was that “Duke Nukem” wasn’t just a first person shooter. It wasn’t just that “Duke Nukem 3D” was risque and filled with half naked and sometimes even less dressed women. “Duke Nukem” and “Quake,” along with “Doom” and “Wolfenstein 3D,” are the forefathers of all first person shooters, but there was something special that set 3D Realms’ “M” Rated hero apart from the rest.

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