Duke Nukem (video game)

Duke Nukem
Episode 1 title screen
Developer(s)Apogee Software
Publisher(s)Apogee Software
Producer(s)Scott Miller
Designer(s)Todd Replogle
Scott Miller
Allen H. Blum III
Programmer(s)Todd Replogle
Artist(s)George Broussard
Jim Norwood
Allen H. Blum III
Composer(s)Scott Miller
SeriesDuke Nukem
Platform(s)
ReleaseMS-DOS
Windows, OS X[2][3]
  • WW: December 6, 2012
Linux[4]
  • WW: May 21, 2015
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player

Duke Nukem is a 1991 platform game developed and published by Apogee Software for MS-DOS. The 2D, multidirectional scrolling game follows the adventures of fictional character Duke Nukem across three episodes of ten levels each. The game's first episode was distributed as shareware.[5] The name was briefly changed to Duke Nukum to avoid trademark issues.

Duke Nukem was followed by the similarly-styled Duke Nukem II, in 1993. The series made the jump to 3D graphics with Duke Nukem 3D in 1996, which became the most popular of the three games.

  1. ^ "3D Realms Site: History". 3D Realms.
  2. ^ "Release: Duke Nukem 1+2". GOG.com. December 6, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  3. ^ "Duke Nukem 1 and 2 now available for Mac on GOG.com". Engadget. December 6, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  4. ^ "Changelog post #1". GOG.com. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  5. ^ "Duke Nukem I (the original!)". 3D Realms. Retrieved December 10, 2023.