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The first Duke game was titled Duke Nukem, but Apogee learned that this name might have already been trademarked, so they changed it to Duke Nukum for the 2.0 revision. The name was later discovered to be not trademarked, so the spelling Duke Nukem was restored for Duke Nukem II and all successive Duke games, and is preferred even when referring to the original.

The character is mostly known from the first-person shooter game Duke Nukem 3D, developed by Apogee's 3D Realms division and released in 1996. Duke Nukem 3D was one of the most controversial games at the time due to its gratuitous violence, strong language and racy content.

Though initially a disgruntled TV viewer who took offense to Doctor Proton interrupting the soap operas, Duke's personality in all his games since Duke Nukem 3D was that of a womanizer, and his missions generally involved killing aliens that had invaded Earth to enslave the women.

A live action Duke Nukem movie has been announced but no casting decisions have been made public.

Some of Duke's catchphrases:

• "Hail to the king, baby!" (a referenece to Army of Darkness)
• "Come get some!"
• "Shake it, baby!"
• "Let's rock!" (a reference to Aliens)
• "It's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and I'm all outta gum" (a reference to They Live)
• "I'm Duke Nukem, and I'm coming to get the rest of you alien bastards!"
• "Makin' Bacon!"
• "Groovy!" (a line from Evil Dead 2)
• "Nobody steals our chicks... And lives"
• "Mmm... That's one doomed space marine!" (a reference to DOOM)
• "Somebody is gonna freakin' pay for screwing up my vacations!"
• "Wow... I make this look good!"
• "Time flies when you're kickin' ass!"
• "Damn, I'm looking good!"
• "I'll be done with you and still have time to watch OprahOprah is a long-running daytime television talk show, hosted, produced and owned by Oprah Winfrey. It debuted in 1986. It runs the gamut from gossip to entertainment to health, frequently turning to personal revelations on the part of the host. One featur!"
• "Mhh...Don't have time to play with myself!"
• "I'm going to rip off your head and shit down your neck" (he says to a boss before he fights it. then afterwords he rips off the head pulls down his pants sits on the neck and reads a newspaper. Also a reference to Full Metal JacketFull Metal Jacket is the title of a 1987 movie of the war film genre, directed by Stanley Kubrick, and based on the novel The Short Timers by Gustav Hasford. For the ammunition after which the film is named, see full metal jacket bullet. The first part of)
• (Cracks his nuckles) What are you waiting for , Christmas ?

1 The Duke games

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• Duke Nukem II - 19931993 is a common year starting on Friday and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003 Events January January 1 Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic. - MS-DOS
• Duke Nukem 3D - 1996 - MS-DOS
• Duke Nukem 64 - 19971997 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Reef''. Events January January 3 NBC's Today Show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time January 8 Mister Rogers receives a star on t - Nintendo 64Super Smash Bros. Nintendo 64 or simply N64 is Nintendo's third home video game console, released on June 23, 1996 in Japan, September 29, 1996 in North America, and finally March 1, 1997 in Europe. The Nintendo 64 was released with only two launch games
• Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown - 1997 - PlayStation
• Duke Nukem: Time to Kill - 1998 - PlayStation
• Duke Nukem: Zero Hour - 1999 - Nintendo 64
• Duke Nukem - 1999 - Game Boy Color (not the same as the MS-DOS game)
• Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes - 2000 - PlayStation
• Duke Nukem Advance - 2003 - Game Boy Advance
• Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project - 2003 - Microsoft Windows

Also, a long-promised sequel to Duke Nukem 3D, Duke Nukem Forever, is still in production after several years of development.