Editing Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project (section)

==Gameplay==
[[Image:Duke manhattan screen.png|thumb|left|''Manhattan Project'' is played from a [[2.5D]] perspective. Though the engine projects the game in 3D, gameplay is restricted to a two dimensional plane.]]''Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project'' was built using a 3D engine known as Prism3D. The levels and characters are fully three-dimensional, and both the camera and Duke can move along any axis, but movement is restricted to a two dimensional plane. Utilizing the 3D engine, the player can zoom in and out focusing either on the enemy approaching or an overall view of the field. Duke can crouch, run, jump and slide kick underneath small counter space.

The game is organized in 8 chapters, each one having 3 parts. In each part, the player must rescue a "babe" strapped to a GLOPP bomb and find a coloured keycard to unlock the way to the next part. At some parts, the player gets to use a jetpack to fly over large voids or hazardous ground. The controls are also quite easy to get used to, with buttons only for jumping, moving, firing, and weapon changing. Using a cheat, player can also move the camera to any angle and take screenshots. The game CD includes a [[level editor]] named "PrismEd", but level-creation activity for the game never reached popularity among the players, and only a tiny level editing community is currently active.

''Manhattan Project'' is a spin-off game, serving as a direct sequel to ''[[Duke Nukem: Zero Hour]]''. ''Manhattan Project'' is much like the [[Duke Nukem (1991 video game)|original ''Duke Nukem'']] due to the side scrolling element (paying homage to the original) and its many other similarities, such as 'Mech Morphix' looking and acting very similar (e.g. also a mad scientist with half a metal face) to Dr. Proton, the main antagonist of ''Duke Nukem''.  Duke's primary enemy in the game was in fact originally supposed to be his old nemesis Dr. Proton, but this was changed to avoid possible [[Continuity (fiction)|continuity]] clashes with ''[[Duke Nukem Forever]]''{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}}; ultimately ''Forever'' did not feature Proton except for the DLC entitled ''The Doctor Who Cloned Me''.

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