MAKKO'S DUKE NUKEM 3D PAGE - About Duke



I created this page to tell all those people who have no idea what Duke Nukem 3D is. Well, its a game, ofcourse, but I'm about to tell you about the reign of Duke3D, and anything the makers of Duke might have in store for us. I hope you find this useful, and if you don't, who cares??

Duke Nukem started out in those simple Commander Keen style games, and we all loved them. Duke Nukem 1 and Duke Nukem 2 were very successful, even though they didn't get as many parts as Commander Keen(7). This stayed as it was for a while, and then came Duke Nukem 3D! It hit gamers right in the face with wonderful graphics, great design , and just plain wonderful play. It was a major developement over the Doom series, with true 3D (Doom wasn't a true 3D game, as no object was able to stay above another . Bridges were impossible, tunnels underneath rooms, etc). Duke 3D makers really thought hard about the design. They were very realistic, and I think that Duke3D still has an edge over Quake, and even Quake 2. The Quake characters just aren't realistic enough, with very geomaetric bodies, if you understand. I just hope Trinity and Quake 3 are an improvement. Duke 3D has great lighting, great underwater scenes (which Doom couldn't give us), and a simple storyline that didn't need to brush up the game. The better the game, the less important storyline it is. It works the other way too. Game designers bring in a flashy story to make up for terrible game.
Duke makers didn't stop after they completed Duke 3D. There was a short pause, and then a whole range of Duke 3D addons, and whole new Games were released. In my possesion I have Duke3D original, and Duke3D Atomic, which has an extra episode, called The Birth. There are plenty of addons for Duke3D, like Penthouse Paradise (my favourite). This comes with new graphics and stuff, and a really challanging level. Thats not the only one, theres Duke it Out in DC, and a couple of other major ones.
So, what can we expect for the future? Theres Duke Nukem 64 now on N64, theres also gonna be a Duke Nukem Forever, and/or Duke Nukem TTK (time to kill). I have no idea if these rumors are true, or if the games are out, but I'm a bit behind on latest Duke news.
Since entering the shops, Duke Nukem 3D spread like wildfire over the internet. There are literally million's of maps, cons, rts', and other files. I'll be very lucky if I can bring you 0.1% of those.
Is there going to be a movie Duke3D? I heard something about that, and theres also a whole range of games turned into movies. Currently we're awaiting Doom, Duke Nukem, and a few other games. But for now, all we can do is sit and wait, and make sure we don't miss out on anything new.
HAPPY DUKING!