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Duke Nukem (GB) |
| Date: |
27/08/00 (161 review reads) |
| Rating: |
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Advantages: Very playable, cute, addictive, a retro-styled classic platform game, quite good game plot
Disadvantages: Rather dated
I remember this game very well indeed! I was a Sega Megadrive owner when this game was originally released in the early 90's, but it got a second chance at life as bonus content on the third game of it's series; 'Duke Nukem 3D', in the later mid 90's (for the PC).
I'm swear, I'm not lying, that I found the original Duke Nukem game far more satisfying than the cool but fancy third sequel. The second sequel 'Duke Nukem 2' was similar to the first, but nowhere near as addictive as the first either.
Whereas 'DN3D' is a modern first-person perspective view game, 'DN' is simply a traditional scrolling platform game (where did that style of gaming go eh?) where you take control of the beefy, comical Duke Nukem and go around shooting things, finding things, solving puzzles in a colorful and very addictive environment. I'd forgotten about the dark Doom-isms of 'DN3D' and spent ages trying my hand at completing this game, which I did eventually after a number of tries. The only real similar trait between this and it's third installment is the name of the character and some personality things.
After solving the game though I didn't come back to it, accomplishment makes you feel great though!
The graphics are very kind of 8-bit? I'd say, just blocky and colorful, and the sound is very laughable and cartoony in this day and age, but a good game is a good game no matter how old it is. It has the plot styles and feels of Nintendo's Mario games and Sega's Sonic games, and as far as I'm concerned Duke's the closest representative there is for the PC!
You can probably get this game free now (might be on some online software library somewhere) and I'd suggest you try it as it really is fun. Atleast from the view of a late 80's to early 90's gamer (and I owned an Amstrad CPC 464, aghh!)
Anyway, I love this game. It might be dated compared to today's games,
but as I said a good game is a good game - just a shame it doesn't have a longer appeal.
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