
The only catch? Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project will be a return to the series' side-scrolling action game roots. He'll have an arsenal of weapons and snappy one-liners at his disposal.
Duke must explore the Big Apple from its rooftops to its subways to rid the city of Mech Morphix and once again make the earth safe for exotic dancers. In this new chapter in the Duke saga, everyone's favorite red-tank-topped Übermensch is enlisted to defeat a new foe named Mech Morphix, who is infesting New York City with a toxic substance called GLOPP (gluon liquid omega phased plasma). While the world waits for Duke Nukem Forever, a small development company called Sunstorm Interactive (creator of the recent Carnivores: Cityscape) has been building Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project. As he does it a couple of times, he says "what am I, a frog?", a reference to Frogger, the game.Īccording to some reports, some retailers were initially not intending to stock this game claiming that it would not sell very well due to it being a budget release.Duke Nukem will return sooner than you think.
Latter in the second stage, Duke must avoid some cars crossing a street. Follow the White Rabbit", a reference to The Matrix movie. In the second stage, if you pick up a public phone you'll hear a woman's voice saying something like "I know you're searching something Duke, and I know how you feel. In the first stage, there's an outdoor to the "Rats" play, a reference to Broadway's Cats. The other side has "NYC" in big letters and says "Good for one fare - Transit authority". One side says "Duke Nukem Manhattan Project" and shows the Statue of Liberty with Duke Nukem's signature radioactive (Nuke) symbol behind it. The silver colored metallic keychain is circular in design. The initial release included a limited edition collectors keychain. Editorįollowing the tradition started in Duke Nukem 3D, the game includes a complete level editor hidden in the CD's folders. However, Arush then made up their own story with Morphix being the enemy. Proton was his enemy in the original Duke Nukem game from 1991. In the game's folders there still is a soundfile called "proton", where Duke talks about the enemy he fights against. Game feature: In-game screenshot captureĭeveloper Arush originally planned to do a remake of the original Duke Nukem platform game. Console Generation Exclusives: Xbox 360. There are nine weapons to choose from, such as the Golden Desert Eagle Pistol, pipe bombs, a machine gun, a rocket launcher, a pulse cannon, and others. There are over 25 different enemies Duke has to face such as Uzi-sporting alligators, ten-foot tall roach beasts, Fem-mechs (Female mutant robots with deadly whips) and the classic Pig Cop - all while spouting off his sarcastic one-liners and saving babes. Mutants of every kind are thrown at Duke as he chases down Morphix through eight large stages and avoids the green slime called GLOPP that is causing all the chaos. The story takes place in New York City, where Duke battles his way across towering skyscraper rooftops and through gritty subway stations on the hunt for power-hungry villain, Mech Morphix.
Duke Nukem returns in a new adventure in a third-person platform game which hearkens back to the days of the original Duke Nukem platformers, but this time with a 3D game engine.