Duke Nukem 3D/Versions

Duke Nukem 3D had the following releases.

DOS/Mac

• 1.0: Duke Nukem Shareware; 29 January 1996
• 1.1: Duke Nukem Shareware; 20 February 1996
• 1.3d: Duke Nukem Full & shareware; 24 April 1996
  • Changed the .DMO demo file header.Jumping from 1 to 3d was done simply to use "3D" as the version number; there was no 1.2, and the "d" carried no special significance.
• 1.4: Duke Nukem Atomic; 27 November 1996
  • Also achieved through Plutonium Pak addon to 1.3d. Changed the .DMO demo file header, added fourth episode "The Birth", added weapon 7B expander, added enemy Protector Drone.
• 1.5: Duke Nukem Atomic patched; 12 December 1996
  • Fixed a bug that prevented 1.4 from installing on systems with more than 64MB of RAM.
• Duke 3D for Macintosh; 25 May 1997

Nintendo 64

Several changes were made for the Nintendo 64 release. These are:

• Pornographic movies are replaced by clothed movie scenes.
• Several sounds are changed to ones without profanity.
• Steroids are known as "Vitamin X"
• Many areas are re-arranged
• Some weapons are different
• Babes cannot be killed. Instead, they are saved by pressing open on them.
• There are no episodes; players go through these levels:
  • All levels of L.A. Meltdown
    • Red Light District from L.A. Meltdown is known as "Gun Crazy". The pornography store and strip club are replaced by a gun store and Duke Burger, respectively.
    • The Abyss, split into two levels, "The Abyss" and "Battlelord". The player ends Abyss when dropping into the boss-fight room; Battlelord resumes with the player standing in the landing area.
  • Duke Burger from The Birth
  • All levels from Lunar Apocalypse
    • Overlord is split; the first part is "Dreadnought"; the boss room is "Overlord".
    • Spin Cycle is missing.
  • All levels from Shrapnel City
    • Area 51 from The Birth replaces Tier Drops
  • New multiplayer levels Castle Dukenstein, Piracy, Shaft, and Noctis Labyrinthus.

External link

• 3drealms.com/history