

Duke Nukem 1991
Developed by Apogee Software, Interceptor Entertainment
- Shooter, Platform, Arcade, Action
Duke Nukem is the debut of the world’s greatest wise-cracking, alien-punching, gun-toting badass - a man who would later go on to combine both ass-kicking and bubblegum in a revolutionary way. In a world ravaged by Dr. Proton’s villainous ambitions, the original video game action hero must rise against the evil scientist’s army of sinister Techbots. And although Duke isn’t exactly what the Doctor ordered, he’s exactly what the world needed.
ShooterPlatformArcadeActionScience fictionalienshelicoptersoccerfootballmechmascotdeathrobotsfuturisticside-scrollingsteamsharewarePC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS
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Unpretentious, plot-driven, resolved and cool.
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
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About the game
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS
- Developer
- Apogee Software, Interceptor Entertainment
- Publisher
- Apogee Software, Interceptor Entertainment, PC-SIG, cdv Software Entertainment
- Released
- July 1, 1991
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view
IGDB rating 7.0/10 from 61 ratings.
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