Duke Nukem 3D: Overview

The third chapter in the series, and the first with a 3D perspective (the original Duke Nukem and the sequel, Duke Nukem II, are side scrolling platform games). This game, set sometime in the early 21st century, begins in a ravaged LA, which was overtaken by aliens while you were abducted during Duke Nukem II. Duke, upon returning to Earth, finds himself with another mess to clean up, and another alien race that needs exterminating. Duke is a can-do hero who realizes that sometimes innocent people have to die in order to save Earth, so accuracy of gun fire is not a real concern to him. :) This game has a long list of cool things that haven't been attempted in 3D action games, yet. The weapons, for example, kick-butt: There's a mine that can be placed on any wall and sends out a laser trip beam-- perfect for multiplayer games. There's also a shrinker ray that reduces an opponent to the size of a G.I. Joe, at which point they are foot fodder--watch them splat! As in Shadow Warrior , you can swim under water, and even shoot players who are standing outside the water, or vice versa.

Using their 'Build Engine', it Features:

24+ interactive, realistic, complex levels await you in the sinister streets of New Los Angeles, an orbiting space station and on the surface of the moon itself.
Other games talk about being "immersive," but Duke Nukem 3D delivers: With Build technology you will enter a fully interactive world of towering skyscrapers, deep canyons, murky water, functional moving vehicles and never-before-seen special effects.
Armed to the teeth you brandish your fully automatic sidearm, rocket launcher, remote controlled pipebombs, shrinker ray, laser trip bomb and other hi-tech weaponry designed to send the aliens to a messy grave.
Full movement control lets you sprint, jump, crawl, swim and jetpack your way through hostile environments.
A fully interactive, 3D level editor helps you design your own levels to play and pass around freely.
Multiplayer support! Duke Nukem 3D's DukeMatch(tm) feature allows for eight players to battle each other over an IPX network, or slug it out head-to-head via modem. Cooperative play is also supported.
Awesome and often funny speech by Duke Nukem himself.
SuperVGA graphics support. Requires a VESA compatible video card.
Supports all major game controllers and sound cards. Game music by Bobby Prince (who wrote DOOM's music.)

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