Duke Nukem 3D

For the Sega Mega Drive game, see Duke Nukem 3D (Mega Drive).

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Duke Nukem 3D
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Lobotomy Software
Distributor: Ecofilmes (PT), Sega-Ozisoft (AU), Tec Toy (BR)
Licensor: 3D Realms, GT Interactive Software
Original system(s): IBM PC
Developer(s) of original games: 3D Realms
Peripherals supported: 3D Control Pad, 6Player, NetLink Internet Modem
Genre: Shooting
Number of players: 1-2 (2-7 for Death Tank Zwei)
Release Date RRP Code US 1997-10-29 $49.9949.99 81071 EU 1997-10-30 MK81071-50 DE 1997-10-30 MK81071-50 PT 1997 STJSE0704 UK 1997-10-30 £44.9944.99 MK81071-50 GR 199x PL 1997 209zł209 AU 199x FDUK00SSC BR 1997-12 191x27
Non-Sega versions Game.com IBM PC PlayStation

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Duke Nukem 3D is a Sega Saturn first-person shooter developed by Lobotomy Software and published by Sega. A port of the titular 1996 IBM PC game Duke Nukem 3D, it was first released in the United States and Europe in October 1997, and notably takes advantage of the analog features of Sega's 3D Control Pad.

Gameplay

The Saturn port also contains an exclusive level named "Urea 51."

Controls

"Duke Nukem 3D makes use of either the digital controller or the 3D Control Pad for more precise control. Since not all the actions could be mapped onto either controller, the game does not allow you to crouch. To look up or down, you hold the look button ( on default) and move the D-pad or analog stick. To access items or to toggle the map on or off, you must pause the game to activate those functions. In order to ascend or descend with the jet pack item or underwater, hold the Jump button ( on default) and hold either to go down, or to go up.

Weapons

	Mighty Foot
	Pistol
	Shotgun
	Ripper Chaingun Cannon
	RPG Launcher
	Pipe Bombs
	Shrinker
	Devastator
	Tripbomb
	Freezethrower

Items

Health

	Medkit
	Atomic Health Unit
	Armor

Inventory items

	Access Cards
	Steriods
	Holoduke
	Jetpack
	Night Vision Goggles
	Scuba Gear
	Protective Boots

Enemies

	Assault Trooper
	Assault Captains
	Protozoid Slimers
	Pig Cops
	Recon Patrol Vehicles
	Enforcers
	Octabrain
	Battlelord
	Battlelord Sentry
	Assault Commander
	Sentry Drone
	Overlord
	Cycloid Emperor

Levels

• Despite being a later release for the Saturn, the game does not support saving directly to Saturn Backup Memory and saves to internal battery memory only, but does allow loading from Backup Memory if a save is detected.

	Hollywood Holocaust
	The Red Light District
	Death Row
	Toxic Dump
	The Abyss
	The Launching Facility
	Spaceport
	The Incubator
	Warp Factor
	Fusion Station
	Occupied Territory
	Tiberius Station
	Lunar Reactor
	The Dark Side
	Overlord
	Raw Meat
	Bank Roll
	Flood Zone
	L.A. Rumble
	Movie Set
	Rabid Transit
	Fahrenheit
	Urea 51
	Hotel Hell
	Stadium

Sega NetLink

Duke Nukem 3D was one of the few games that made use of the Sega Saturn's Sega NetLink modem for multiplayer between two players. Players had the choice of playing through the Single Player game cooperatively or competitively through "Dukematch" across all the levels in the game. While in-game the Saturn Keyboard or NetLink Keyboard Adapter can be used to text chat with the other player. However, the keyboard cannot be used to control player movement and is used strictly for typing text.

History

Release

Duke Nukem 3D is part of Sega's Deep Water label to recognize games created for mature audiences.

Versions

Rather than running in Ken Silverman's original Build engine used to power the PC version of Duke 3D, the Saturn version runs on Lobotomy's own in-house 3D "SlaveDriver" engine, previously seen with PowerSlave/Exhumed and set to be seen again with Quake. Improvements to the SlaveDriver engine in this iteration include the ability to support larger maps, as well as more dynamic lighting.

Conversely, the Build engine was at its heart a 2D system making use of raycasting solutions (much like the earlier Wolfenstein 3D and Doom), leading to visible distortions when the player looks up or down. The converted maps of the Saturn version mean this is no longer an issue, and many other graphical quirks associated with raycasting are also eliminated.

Like most console conversions of the era, the game aims for a 30FPS frame rate but regularly misses its target. It does, however, perform more consistently than its rival PlayStation conversion, whose use of a Build-esque software rendering engine and unlocked frame rate causes gameplay to run between rare highs of 60FPS and lows of 10FPS, depending on the scene.

The Saturn version is also more accurate than the Nintendo 64 conversion, retaining more of the PC game's original graphics and offering an in-game soundtrack. However, the N64 port benefits from the system's analogue controls, smoother frame rate and split-screen multiplayer option.

Production credits

• Executive Producer: Paul Lange, Brian McNeely
• Project Managers: Dominick Meissner, Patrick Schreiber
• Game and Stage Redesign: Dominick Meissner
• Programming Lead: Patrick Schreiber
• Programming Team: Patrick Schreiber, John Yuill, Ezra Dreisbach
• 3D Engine: Ezra Dreisbach
• Brew World Editing Tool: David Lawson
• Additional Programming: Paul Haugerud, Kurt Pfeifer
• Lead Artist: Troy Jacobson
• Ambient Lighting and Object Editing: William Vallieres
• Additional Art: Kevin Chung, Eric Klokstad
• Sound Effect and Music Arrangement: Scott Branston
• Quality Assurance: Tom Kristensen
• Additional Stage Design: Ezra "Urea 51" Dreisback, Brian McNeely, David Lawson, William Vallieres, Tom Kristensen
• Peepshow Animation Tool: Paul Schreiber
• Art Processing Tools: John Yuill, Ezra Dreisbach, Patrick Schreiber
• MIA: Kurt Pfeifer, John Schwab
• Urea 51 Bonus Track: "Desolation Sound" By Madcap
• Madcap: Troy Jacobson, Stefan Fritz, Steve Johnson, Jason Dolan, John Fujic
• Special Thanks: Marjacq Micro Ltd., David Locke, Rick "The Ice Cream Man" Wheeler, Steve Hutchins, Mark "Sonic Jam" Maslowicz, Lloyd Kinoshita, Richard Leadbetta, Dan Jevons, Manny Granillo

Sega of America Staff:

• Producer: David Locke
• Assistant Producer: Richard Wheeler
• Game Lead: Arnold Feener
• Assistant Lead: Rick Greer
• Testers: Mike Dobbins, Amy Albertson, Ferdinand Villar, Tony Borba, Jeff Junio, Howard Gibson, Karen Brown, Lloyd Kinoshita, Dennis Lee, Aaron Hommes, Dave Paniagua, Robert Amirkhan, Abe Navarro, Marcus Montgomery, Joe Damon

Source:

In-game credits

Sega of America, Inc.

• Production:
  • Producer: David Locke
  • Associate Producer: Richard Wheeler
  • Net Link Producer: Paul Stathacopoulos
  • Lead Tester: Arnold Feener II
  • Assistant Lead: Rick Greer
• Marketing:
  • Product Manager: Andrew Stein
  • Product Specialist: Mark Subotnick
  • Packaging: Eric Smith
• Special Thanks: Apogee/3D Realms, Yutaka Yamamoto, Yoshi Nakano (for Net Link development), Geraldine Dessimoz, Marcelyn Ditter, Lydia Gable, Mark Lindstrom, Mark Markey, Anne Moellering, Judie Nybo, Heather Ravenberg, Eileen Sacman, Dan Stevens, and SEEDY crew
• SOA Test Department: Amy Albertson, Robert Amirkhan, Tony Borba, Karen Brown, Joe Damon, Mike Dobbins, Howard Gibson, Aaron Hommes, Jeff Junio, Lloyd Kinoshita, Dennis Lee, Marcus Montgomery, Abe Navarro, Dave Paniagua, Ferdinand Villar

Lobotomy Software Inc.

• Executive Producers: Paul Lange, Brian McNeely
• Project Managers: Dominick Meissner, Patrick Schreiber
• Game Adaption and Stage Design: Dominick Meissner
• Programming Lead: Patrick Schreiber
• Programming Team: Patrick Schreiber, John Yuill, Ezra Drisbach
• 3D Engine: Ezra Dreisbach
• BREW World Editing Tool: David Lawson
• Additional Programming: Paul Haugerud, Kurt Pfeifer
• Lead Artist: Troy Jacobson
• Ambiant Lighting and Object Editing: William Vallieres
• Additional Art: Kevin Chung, Eric Klokstad
• Sound Effect and Music Arrangement: Scott Branston
• Quality Assurance: Tom Kristensen
• Additional Stage Design: Ezra 'Urea 51' Dreisbach, Brian McNeely, David Lawson, William Vallieres, Tom Kristensen
• PeepShow Animation Tool: Paul Schreiber
• Art Processing Tools: John Yuill, Ezra Dreisbach, Patrick Schreiber
• MIA: Kurt Pfeifer, John Schwab
• Special Thanks: Marjacq Mirco Ltd., 3D Realms, Steve Hutchins, Mark Maslowicz, Richard Leadbetter, Dan Jevons, Manny Granillo, Jon Orantes

• Manual: Curtis Clarkson, Richard Verdoni

Source:

US manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Duke Nukem 3D/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

ES print advert

GR advert

FI print advert

Print advert in Sega Power (GR) #2: "Októmvrios-Noemvrios 1997" (1997-xx-xx)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) #25: "November 1997" (1997-10-15)

Print advert in Secret Service (PL) #52: "Grudzień 1997" (1997-1x-xx)
also published in:

• Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL) #59: "11/1997" (1997-xx-xx)
• Gry Komputerowe (PL) #41: "12/1997" (1997-xx-xx)
• Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL) #60: "12/1997" (1997-xx-xx)
• Neo (PL) #2: "Grudzień 1997" (1997-xx-xx)
• Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL) #61: "1/1998" (1997-xx-xx)
• Secret Service (PL) #53: "Styczeń 1998" (1998-xx-xx)

Print advert in Sega Power (GR) #3: "Dekémvrios 1997-Ianouários 1998" (1998-xx-xx)

Print advert in Sega Power (GR) #3: "Dekémvrios 1997-Ianouários 1998" (1998-xx-xx)

Print advert in Neo (PL) #3: "Luty 1998" (1998-xx-xx)
also published in:

• Secret Service (PL) #54: "Luty 1998" (1998-xx-xx)
• Neo (PL) #5: "Kwiecień 1998" (1998-xx-xx)
• Neo (PL) #6: "Maj 1998" (1998-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source GamesMaster (UK) 86 №61, p40/41

	86
Based on 1 review

Sega Retro Average

Publication Version Score Consoles + (FR) PAL 91 Computer & Video Games (UK) 100 Digitiser (UK) PAL 90 Edge (UK) 80 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 75 Gambler (PL) 85 GameFan (US) NTSC-U 93 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 90 Gry Komputerowe (PL) 79 Joypad (FR) PAL 91 Level (TR) 88 Mega Console (IT) PAL 95 Neo (PL) 80 Saturn Power (UK) PAL 94 Sega Power (GR) 94 Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL) 85 Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL 97 Strana Igr (RU) 100 Ultra Game Players (US) NTSC-U 80

	89
Based on 19 reviews

Duke Nukem 3D

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Technical information

Main article: Duke Nukem 3D/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	554,817,984		CD-ROM (EU)	MK81071-50 V1.014
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	564,341,232		CD-ROM (US)	81071 V1.018
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1997-09-18					Page

Save data

Duke Nukem 3D makes use of the Saturn's internal battery back-up as the Saturn Backup Memory to save data for progress. This only works for the Single Player game. The game also keeps track of individual player stats for the Death Tank mini game. Death Tank can be unlocked with a game save from PowerSlave/Exhumed and/or Quake so long as they're stored on either the internal or external Back-Up Ram. To load and save data from the Ram Cart, the save file must be created on the internal battery back-up first, then moved over via the Memory Manager.

Duke Nukem 3D Save Data

Name	Comment	File Size
DUKENUKEM3D	save games	14
_DEATHTANK_	stats	51

Quake Save Data

Name	Comment	File Size
LOBOQUAKE__	save games	23

Powerslave Save Data

Name	Comment	File Size
POWERSLAVE#	save games	11