Pistol
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The Pistol is Duke's first and (arguably) weakest weapon. Duke begins each game with this weapon.
[edit] Description
The Pistol is a dark grey pistol. It is invariably the first weapon the player will use/find in each game.
The Pistol has a high rate of fire, but each of its clips only hold 12 rounds, meaning it needs to be reloaded, which takes time. It also has a high accuracy.
Even though they do not use Pistols, Assault Troopers and Assault Enforcers will occasionally drop ammo for the Pistol when they are killed.
[edit] Tips and Tricks
- The player starts with 48 bullets, the same as an new picked-up weapon.
- The Pistol is very accurate, which makes it perfect for shooting buttons at a distance.
- As the first weapon the player will have, due to lots of ammo being available and the player likely preferring to use stronger weapons, the Pistol will almost always have lots of ammo, in case it is ever needed as a backup.
- The Pistol reloads when the ammo count is a multiple of 12. Individual clip ammo counts do not exist, so it is not possible to be carrying around multiple clips with a couple of rounds in each of them. Any clips not in the Pistol will have 12 rounds in them.
- If you know you only have a couple of rounds left before you need to reload the Pistol, it may be wise to waste them before going into battle, so that you won't be forced to reload (which takes valuable time) almost as soon as you encounter an enemy.
[edit] Trivia
- Strangely, the Pistol maximum ammunition amount (200) is not a multiple of each clip amount (12). In Duke Nukem 64, it has been changed to 192.
- The game has an unusued ammo for Pistol (48/AMMOLOTS) which adds 48 of ammo to the player. The same quote as the ammo clip is used. There is no present graphic image for the tile.
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