Duke Nukem: Total Meltdownedit

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Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown is the name given to the Playstation port of Duke Nukem 3D. It is also a stand-alone expansion pack that features new music and an exclusive episode: Plug 'N' Pray.

[edit] Story

The story is the same of the original game except for the exclusive episode: Plug 'N' Pray. In it, Duke is out to battle aliens again, this time aiming to destroy a powerful robot they have created to kick his ass.

[edit] Gameplay

The port features all three episodes of the original game, plus one additional episode Plug 'N' Pray. It features a complete re-rendering of all the weapons and enemies, and a combination of bespoke and rearranged music in XA streaming audio made by Mark 'madfiddler' Knight, http://www.gamesounds.co.uk .

The new episode includes new enemies: a blue-colored Assault Trooper variant, Pig-in-a-Dress, a zombie-like Pig Cop, Magnum P.I.G., a underwater shark-like Sentry Drone, and the boss enemy CyberKeef.

The game is compatible with analog controllers. The game features a death-match mode for multiplayer, but only between different consoles (i.e. one player per Playstation).

[edit] Criticism

Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown received generally negative reviews from various gaming sites and magazines mostly due to the sluggish framerate encountered during the game, grainy graphics and abysmal limited control. Also, unless every player have their own Playstation console together with a copy of the game, playing multiplayer against other people is greatly limited due to the fact that there is no split screen support like in the Nintendo 64 version. Due to this some fans consider the Playstation port to be the worst of all the ports together.


Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown
Enemies Assault Captain | Assault Commander | Assault Enforcer | Assault Trooper
Blue Assault Trooper | Ghost Enforcer | Magnum P.I.G. | Mini Battlelord | Octabrain
Pig Cop | Pig Cop Tank | Pig-in-a-Dress | Protector Drone | Protozoid Slimer
Recon Patrol Vehicle | Sentry Drone | Shark | Shark Drone | Turret | Zombie Pig Cop
Bosses: Battlelord | Overlord | Cycloid Emperor | CyberKeef
Weapons Mighty Boot | Pistol | Shotgun | Chaingun Cannon | RPG | Shrink Ray
Microwave Expander | Pipebomb | Devastator | Laser Tripbomb | Freezethrower
Items Health: Small Medkit | Large Medkit | Atomic Health | Armor
Access Card | Holoduke | Jetpack | Night Vision Goggles | Portable Medkit
Protective Boots | Scuba Gear | Steroids
Episodes L.A. Meltdown | Lunar Apocalypse | Shrapnel City | Plug 'N' Pray
Related games Duke Nukem 3D | Duke Nukem 64 | Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown
Duke Nukem 3D (Sega Saturn) | Duke Nukem 3D (XBLA)
Other Multiplayer | Hazards | Difficulty | Cheat codes | Easter eggs | Quotes | Music
Game bugs | Build engine | Creators | Duke Nukem (character)