Duke Nukem 3D

Duke Nukem 3D
Developer(s)	3D Realms General Arcade (Megaton Edition) Gearbox Software, Nerve Software (20th Anniversary World Tour)
Publisher(s)	GT Interactive Software MacSoft Games (Mac OS) Sega (SS) Piko Interactive (SG) Virgin Interactive (PS) 3D Realms (X360) MachineWorks Northwest (iOS, Android) Devolver Digital (Megaton Edition) Gearbox Publishing (20th Anniversary World Tour)
Designer(s)	George Broussard Allen H. Blum III Todd Replogle
Composer(s)	Robert Prince Lee Jackson
Series	Duke Nukem
Engine	Build
Platform(s)	MS-DOS Android Game.com iOS Linux Classic Mac OS Microsoft Windows Nintendo 64 macOS PlayStation PlayStation 3 PlayStation Vita Mega Drive/Genesis Sega Saturn Xbox 360 PlayStation 4 Xbox One
Release date(s)	January 29, 1996 MS-DOS NA: January 29, 1996 EU: 1996 Game.com NA: January 1, 1997 Mac OS NA: 1997 Sega Saturn NA: 1997 EU: 1997 PlayStation NA: September 30, 1997 EU: December 1997 JP: January 28, 1999 Nintendo 64 NA: October 31, 1997 EU: November 14, 1997 Mega Drive/Genesis BR: October 12, 1998 WW: October 16, 2015 Xbox 360 NA: September 24, 2008 EU: September 24, 2008 iOS WW: August 11, 2009 Android WW: November 1, 2011 Megaton Edition: Windows, OS X WW: March 20, 2013 Megaton Edition: Linux WW: September 4, 2013 Megaton Edition: PS3, PS Vita NA: January 6, 2015 EU: January 7, 2015 20th Anniversary World Tour: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows WW: October 11, 2016
Genre(s)	First-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Aggregate scores
Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	88.50% (MS-DOS) 82.50%(Saturn) 80.67%(X360) 63.80%(iOS)
Metacritic	89/100 (Windows) 80/100 (X360)
Review scores
Publication	Score
AllGame
GameSpot	8.8/10

Duke Nukem 3D is a first-person shooter video game developed by 3D Realms and published by GT Interactive Software. The shareware version of the game was originally released on January 29, 1996, while the full version was released on April 19, 1996 as version 1.3d. It is a sequel to the platform games Duke Nukem and Duke Nukem II, published by 3D Realms. The Plutonium PAK, an expansion pack which updated the game to version 1.4 and added a fourth eleven-level episode, was released in November 1996. The Atomic Edition, a standalone version of the game that included the content from the Plutonium PAK and updated the game to version 1.5, was later released; the original version of Duke Nukem 3D has since been discontinued. An official fifth episode was released on October 11, 2016 with 20th Anniversary World Tour published by Gearbox Software.

Duke Nukem 3D features the adventures of the titular macho Duke Nukem, voiced by Jon St. John, who fights against an alien invasion on Earth. Along with Wolfenstein 3D and Doom, Duke Nukem 3D is considered to be responsible for popularizing first-person shooters, and was released to major acclaim. Reviewers praised the interactivity of the environments, gameplay, level design, and unique risqué humor, a mix of pop-culture satire and lampooning of over-the-top Hollywood action heroes. The game's violent nature, erotic elements, and portrayal of women incited controversy.

After fifteen years in development hell, a direct sequel was released in 2011 called Duke Nukem Forever.