Critical Mass Details Game Level type Duke Nukem 3D Atomic Edition Single Player Multiplayer File name Music Level designer(s) E4L8 Layers of Dust Keith Schuler Statistics Par time 3D Realms time Secrets 3:18 1:59 4 Enemies Piece of Cake Let's Rock Come Get Some 13 28 42 Continuity Episode 4 - The Birth E4M1: It's Impossible E4M2: Duke-Burger E4M3: Shop-N-Bag E4M4: Babe Land E4M5: Pigsty E4M11: Area 51 E4M6: Going Postal E4M7: XXX-Stacy E4M8: Critical Mass E4M9: Derelict E4M10: The Queen Walkthroughs Critical Mass walkthrough Walkthrough at 3D Realms

Critical Mass is the eighth level in The Birth.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Secrets 3 Easter Egg's 4 Trivia 5 Screenshots

SummaryEdit

This level appears to be centered around a power station. There are variety of areas in this level such as a Storage room with lots of crates, a trash compactor, control rooms, a large generator room and more. Towards the end of the level Duke has to use the Emergancy Overide configuration to get the yellow access card which is hidden under a pillar as well as opening the door blocking the path to the exit of the building. Once the Emergancy Overide code has been put in the entire power station will become unstable and start shaking. When Duke eventually makes his way out; the entire building will immediately collapse behind him. Once outside; Duke can see a large ship in the background which foreshadows where the next level will take place.

SecretsEdit

Easter Egg'sEdit

• One of the secret places in this level has a large control panel with donuts on it and just behind it is a sign that says "Sector 7G". This is a reference to Homer Simpson and the place he works in.

TriviaEdit

• The name of this level is also shared by Duke Nukem: Critical Mass which is the first game in the recent Duke Nukem Trilogy . Some fans on youtube have even gotten this level and Duke Nukem: Critical Mass mixed up.
• Due to the nature of some events in this level; in Co-0p mode (Xbox 360 only) some alternative paths previously only available in Dukematch were included for the Xbox 360 version . The reason was because In Co-Op when a player is killed they are returned to the start of the level and if the ceiling has already collapsed there was no way for the player to get through. In Dukematch in the storage room there is a switch(This switch does not appear in Single-Player) on that wall that will reveal a teleporter to allow the player to get past the collapsed ceiling.
• At the end of the hallway with the Red Access Card door is an additional exit that can be used in Co-op mode for the Xbox 360 version. Like the first alternative path for Co-op this is due to the unique nature of this level.

ScreenshotsEdit

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