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Lobotomy Software made the 1997 Sega Saturn port of Duke Nukem 3D. Sega published it. This port uses Lobotomy Software's SlaveDriver engine instead of the classic Build engine. SlaveDriver features dynamic lighting.
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Duke Nukem stops a Time-Spanning Alien invasion. Duke Nukem is Gaming's Greatest Action Hero. This is his finest hour: Zero Hour! Enjoy awesome new enemies and hilarious gags and one-liners. He keeps the same blood and guts attitude. Over 30 gut-wrenching levels span four action-packed time eras. Incredible teamplay and Deathmatch modes support up to four players. Over 20 new weapons offer high-octane annihilation.
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Duke Nukem arrives. Become the biggest, baddest, alien basher in the universe. Duke Nukem blasts through LA streets to an orbiting station and the moon. Bag aliens with over a dozen hi-tech weapons. Thirty-two levels feature non-stop carnage. Run, jump, crawl, swim, and jetpack through danger. Big weapons and bigger bosses fuel a fun fragfest. Four-player, split-screen Dukematch action awaits.
Also ranks #59 on Best Nintendo 64 Games, Ranked
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n-Space developed Duke Nukem: Time to Kill for the PlayStation. This is the first third-person Duke Nukem game. It features levels for two-player deathmatch. Travel through time in a new Duke Nukem frag-fest. This offers more of what you want: more Duke attitude, more hardcore action, more exploration, and more shooter mayhem.
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Duke delivers epic ass-kicking, massive weapons, giant explosions, and pure fun. Put on your shades and wear Duke Nukem's boots. Alien hordes invade; only Duke can save the world. Pig cops, alien shrink rays, and huge alien bosses cannot stop this hero. Duke achieves his goal: save the world, save the babes, and be bad-ass while doing it. The King arrives with over-the-top weapons, non-stop action, and levels of interactivity.
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Duke Nukem uses his Mighty Boot in the Big Apple. GLOPP (Gluon Liquid Omega-Phased Plasma) transforms New York City creatures into a bloodthirsty mutant army. In Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project, Duke deploys WIN (Weapons, Insults and Name-Calling) to remove goo-based foes. Duke restores peace to The City That Never Sleeps.
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Duke Nukem debuted the world’s greatest wise-cracking, alien-punching, gun-toting badass. This man later mixed ass-kicking and bubblegum in a new way. In a world destroyed by Dr. Proton’s evil plans, the original video game hero fights the evil scientist's army of Techbots. Duke does not follow the Doctor's orders, but he provides what the world needed.
Also ranks #1 on Apogee Software Games List
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Duke Nukem returns. An alien foe captures Duke while he promotes his best-selling book, “Why I’m So Great”. Duke must fight evil again to save himself from the knowledge-stealing Rigelatins and prove his book’s namesake. This sequel to the 1991 high-octane, bot-busting video game sees Duke Nukem, the King of Action, blast, cannon, missile, and flame toward victory. This victory stops secrets of ass-kicking and bubblegum from falling into wrong hands.
Also ranks #4 on Apogee Software Games List
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Alien scientists plan to conquer Earth. Duke Nukem stops their evil science project. Duke uses his full weapon arsenal. He teleports across the world to stop the alien threats. He makes them pay.
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Vicious aliens rule Earth in the distant future. Only bodacious babes survive, enslaved by the hostile alien overlords. The women and the world need a hero. Only one man is big enough for the job! Duke Nukem is back and ready to settle the score. This involves a 21 action mission to hunt and destroy alien life, featuring new weapons like a sniper rifle, flamethrower, grenade launcher, and more. He also uses high-tech gadgets such as a jetpack and infrared goggles, plus many 3D cut-scenes. In Your Face music by Static-Xtches.
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Earth Defense Forces monitors the future using their time machine for security. Their agent and a special team sent there are missing. General Graves sends Duke Nukem because something is wrong.
Also ranks #2 on Apogee Software Games List
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