Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown

Aliens have landed in futuristic Los Angeles and it's up to the Duke to bring the pain and show them the door. After the initial entries of side-scrolling platform games, Duke Nukem 3D introduces a first-person perspective to the series and turns the game into a full-fledged shooter with 2.5D graphics. Duke's arsenal includes pistols, pipe bombs, laser trip mines, Nordenfelt guns, a chain gun and various rocket launchers, but also his mighty foot to kick enemies. The game sports a high level of interactivity. Many objects in the environment can be broken or interacted with, such as pool tables, arcade machines, glass, light switches and security cameras. The protagonist is also able to hand strippers a dollars to have them remove their top.

Main story

10 h

Main + extras

11 h

Completionist

20 h

Released

1997 · see every game from that year

Modes

Single player

Perspective

First person

Engine

Build

• 3D RealmsDeveloper
• GT Interactive SoftwarePublisher
• King RecordsPublisher

• ESRBMAnimated Blood and Gore, Animated Violence, Strong Sexual Content

• Action
• Comedy
• Thriller
• alien invasion
• aliens
• destructible environment
• gore
• gore system
• haunted house
• mutants
• one-man army
• profanity
• zombies

1. Duke Nukem1991
2. Duke Nukem: Episode 2 - Mission: Moonbase1991
3. Duke Nukem: Episode 3 - Trapped in the Future1991
4. Duke Nukem II1993
5. Duke Nukem 3D1996
6. This gameDuke Nukem: Total Meltdown1997 · Expanded edition
7. Duke Nukem: Time to Kill1998
8. Duke Nukem: Zero Hour1999
9. Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes2000
10. Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project2002
11. Duke Nukem Advance2002
12. Duke Nukem Mobile2004

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