Editing Duke Nukem (video game) (section)

{{Short description|1991 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Duke Nukem
| image = DukeNukem1Titlecard.gif
| caption = Episode 1 title screen
| developer = [[3D Realms|Apogee Software]]
| publisher = Apogee Software
| director = 
| producer = [[Scott Miller (entrepreneur)|Scott Miller]]
| designer = [[Todd Replogle]]<br />Scott Miller<br />Allen H. Blum III
| programmer = Todd Replogle
| artist = [[George Broussard]]<br />Jim Norwood<br />Allen H. Blum III
| writer = 
| composer = Scott Miller
| series = ''[[Duke Nukem]]''
| platforms = {{cslist
| [[MS-DOS]]
| [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
| [[macOS|OS X]]
| [[Linux]]
| [[Evercade]]
}}
| released = {{Unbulleted list
| '''MS-DOS'''
| {{vgrelease|NA|July 1, 1991<ref name="APOGEEhistory">{{cite web|url=http://legacy.3drealms.com/history.html |title=3D Realms Site: History |publisher=[[3D Realms]] }}</ref>|EU|1992}}
| '''Windows, OS X'''
| {{vgrelease|WW|December 6, 2012<ref>{{cite web |title=Release: Duke Nukem 1+2 |url=https://www.gog.com/news/release_duke_nukem_12 |website=[[GOG.com]] |access-date=6 May 2019 |date=6 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Duke Nukem 1 and 2 now available for Mac on GOG.com |url=https://www.engadget.com/2012/12/06/duke-nukem-1-and-2-now-available-for-mac-on-gog-com/ |website=[[Engadget]] |access-date=6 May 2019 |date=6 December 2012}}</ref>}}
| '''Linux'''
| {{vgrelease|WW|May 21, 2015<ref>{{cite web |title=Changelog post #1 |url=https://www.gog.com/forum/duke_nukem_series/changelog/post1 |website=[[GOG.com]] |access-date=6 May 2019}}</ref>}}
| '''Evercade'''
| {{vgrelease|WW|November 28, 2023}}
}}
| genre = [[Platform game|Platform]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
}}

'''''Duke Nukem''''' is a 1991 [[platform game]] developed and published by [[3D Realms|Apogee Software]] for [[MS-DOS]]. The 2D, multidirectional scrolling game follows the  adventures of fictional character [[Duke Nukem (character)|Duke Nukem]] across three episodes of ten levels each. The game's first episode was distributed as [[shareware]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Duke Nukem I (the original!) |url=https://legacy.3drealms.com/duke1/index.html |website=[[3D Realms]] |access-date=10 December 2023}}</ref> The name was briefly changed to '''''Duke Nukum''''' to avoid trademark issues.

''Duke Nukem'' was followed by the similarly-styled ''[[Duke Nukem II]]'', in 1993. The series made the jump to 3D graphics with ''[[Duke Nukem 3D]]'' in 1996, which became the most popular of the three games.