The game established the Duke Nukem persona as a parody of masculinity. At the time, Duke Nukem 3D was highly controversial due to it's high amount of violence, sexual content/ nudity, and strong language. The character's popularity grew with the release of Duke Nukem 3D, released in 1996, which exchanged the previous games' side-scrolling action for first-person shooting. Two years later, Duke Nukem II was published, and took advantage of 25-color VGA graphics, MIDI music, and digitized sound. It consisted of three episodes, the first of which was distributed as shareware. In 1991, Duke Nukem first appeared in the self-titled Duke Nukem, an Apogee platform game. History From the intro of the original Duke Nukem. He also has blond hair cut in a short, military-style crewcut a style maintained since his first appearance.
He is also known for his golden Desert Eagle pistol and a pair of eye-obscuring sunglasses he has worn since since Duke Nukem 3D. Other than a wide array of automatic firearms, explosives, and energy weapons, Duke is best known for his trademark jet pack, which gives him the ability to fly short distances in quick bursts. He is also apparently extremely sexually adept and irresistible to women, and circumstances generally find him surrounded by many buxom members of the fairer sex. Nukem is also a smart-mouth and his sneering visage is often found speaking cheesy one-liners while slaughtering his enemies. Duke is a confident, aggressive, and frequently politically incorrect muscle-man, who, although not technically superhuman, nonetheless manages to achieve incredible physical feats of violence and conquest through sheer machismo and expertise with automatic weapons. Proton interrupting his shows, Duke's personality in all his games since Duke Nukem 3D has been that of a hyper-masculine, egotistical, machismo-filled womanizer, and his missions generally involved killing aliens that had invaded Earth to enslave its women.ĭuke Nukem's character is a pastiche of a number of Hollywood-action heroes. Originally a disgruntled TV viewer who took offense to Dr. Since the debut of Duke Nukem 3D, Duke's iconic voice was fueled by voice actor Jon St. He was created by George Broussard, Todd Replogle, Scott Miller, and Allen Blum of 3D Realms/ Apogee Software. Duke Nukem is the sole protagonist of the Duke Nukem franchise.
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