But unlike the legion of DOOM clones that so characterized mid 90s gaming, the Duke would up the ante by offering more interactivity within a realistic setting, and giving their anti-hero an actual personality to identify with. Years passed and 3D Realms started their four-year long project of bringing Duke into the realm of DOOM-style first-person shooters. But Duke Nukem was kicking ass 2D-style in arcade sidescrolling adventures as early as 1991, then known as ‘Duke Nukum’. He last reared his buzzcut head into gaming when Forever came out of its coma. If you’re not sure about which sound card to choose, select Sound Blaster for each and stick with the default settings.Not many games feature adult theaters as levels.įor better or worse, we all know the man. When the installer completes (assuming you have the 12.8 megabytes of required free space), you will be immediately instructed to run the Duke Nukem 3D setup utility by typing SETUP at the command line.įeel free to fiddle to your heart’s content, but be sure to pay special attention to the ‘Sound Setup’ options playing Duke Nukem 3D without listening to Duke dropping one-liners is like eating a bowl of Lucky Charms without the marshmallows.
Run the installer by typing install at the prompt, and press Enter a few times to get the ball rolling. Navigate to the game installation directory using the cd command if you’ve followed our guide so far, typing cd Duke3D at the prompt should get you to the appropriate directory. Ignore the background window (it’s just a status display) and take a moment to familiarize yourself with your old friend, the DOS command prompt. Boot up DOSBox, and a pair of windows will pop up. Now that you’ve cranked your machine down to Pentium 1 standards, it’s time to start gaming.
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