Play Duke Nukem 64 Online

Duke Nukem 64 came out for the Nintendo 64 in 1997, a port of the PC game by 3D Realms. It landed right in the middle of the console's life, when 3D shooters were still figuring out how to work with a controller instead of a keyboard and mouse. This was one of the earlier attempts to bring that kind of fast action to the living room TV.

You control Duke Nukem, a muscular wisecracker, through a series of levels infested with aliens. Your main job is to shoot everything that moves, find colored keycards to open new areas, and eventually stop an invasion. The game is built on exploring environments screen by screen, solving simple puzzles like activating switches, and collecting items such as medkits and armor. The pacing is relentless; you are almost always under attack from multiple directions, which makes the difficulty pretty steep. It feels chaotic and loud, a straightforward blast of action where your main goal is to survive the next room.