If you had to wait for the complete memory card save every time, you would end up pulling your hair out. This was great because in this type of game, you will save often. What this does is instead of saving the game to the memory card every time you save, it saves to the internal memory of the PSX, making the saving and loading much faster. When I did find some of the harder ones, it was quite satisfying.ĭuke Nukem has a feature that is revolutionary on the PSX. I spent hours combing levels and still could not find some of the secrets. I always wanted to find every secret and this gave me some guidance on how many I found and how many I missed. At the end of each level you will be notified of the number of secrets you found, and the number you missed. Some are obvious, and others are next to impossible to find. What really makes the game fun is trying to find the secrets located around the levels. You can play most levels by just busting through, blasting everything in your path, flipping a few switches, and making it to the end. The biggest problem, however, is the lack of custom configuration-the three presets simply aren't sufficient.ĭuke's a solid offering, but the game's frame meltdown keeps it out of the top tier of PlayStation corridor shooters like Doom and Powerslave.Ī big part of Duke Nukem is exploration. The controls are solid, but maintaining the item and weapon inventory can easily become confusing.

Fortunately, the soundtrack rocks with jazzy music, booming explosions, and clearly audible sound effects. Then the game slows down, the graphics get choppy, and, worst of all, control accuracy goes right out the window. Additionally, the action's intense, the levels are huge, and the wide variety of weapons and disgusting alien monsters will keep corridor-shooter fans satisfied.ĭuke has excellent sounds, and for the most part he's lookin' good-except during intense action sequences. Unlike Duke Nukem 64, this Duke retains the off-color dialogue and eyebrow-raising visuals that made the game what it is today. Meltdown features the three episodes from the original PC version, along with some exclusive PlayStation levels.

It's enjoyable to play, but frame rate and control problems bring the fun down a notch. Duke Nukem finally makes his longawaited PlayStation debut with a raunchy kill-em-and-smile attitude and solid gameplay.

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