Duke Nukem Collection 1

Duke Nukem Collection 1

released on Nov 28, 2023

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Duke Nukem Collection 1

released on Nov 28, 2023

He's back! Duke Nukem debuts on Evercade with this first collection, including the brand new Duke Nukem 1 + 2 Remastered! Tackle the forces of Dr. Proton and fight off the evil Rigelatins in this rebuilt anthology of the first two Duke Nukem games. Then take the leap to 3D with the first person classic, Duke Nukem 3D: Total Meltdown. All presented here on one physical Evercade Cartridge and including a full colour manual.


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Uniquement trois jeux sur cette cartouche mais à l'usage c'est un sans faute. La seule présence des remasters des deux premiers Duke Nukem faisait de cette cartouche un achat immédiat. Mes attentes ont été comblées de ce côté-là. Le travail effectué avoisine la perfection.

Les deux jeux ont été mis au goût du jour sans ajouts ni modifications superflues ou qui eussent pu les dénaturer. On retrouve notamment le plein écran, une fréquence d'image qui n'est plus au fraise, l'ajout des stats (utiles pour les speedruns et la complétion) et même de la musique sur le premier épisode !
Ceux qui ont comme moi joué à aux deux premiers opus sur MS-DOS les redécouvriront et devraient apprécier le résultat. Pour les autres, il n'y a peut-être pas meilleur façon de les découvrir aujourd'hui. Et le fait de pouvoir basculer à tous moments vers la version d'origine est la petite cerise sur le gâteau.

N'ayant connu que la version PC originale du cultissime Duke Nukem 3D, je ne m'attendais pas à prendre autant de plaisir à  jouer à cette version Total Meltdown. Ce portage issu de la Playstation a beau avoir pris de l'âge, cela reste du Duke pur jus ! Est-ce moi ou cette version de Duke Nukem 3D est un poil plus difficile ? Je n'ai pas le souvenir de m'être autant fait dérouillé en début de partie à l'époque !
A noter que la maniabilité n'est pas aisée sur Original : dû au nombre réduit de boutons, les commandes ne sont pas vraiment intuitives ; il faut user de nombreuses combinaison avec le bouton "select". L'expérience est plus agréable sur EXP de ce côté-là.

Au final cette cartouche est un sans faute. Il y a là de quoi ravir les fans du Duke mais aussi de quoi intéresser les amateurs d'anciens jeux de plateforme. Espérons que Blaze se lance à l'avenir dans d'autres projets de restauration de cette qualité-là !

I'm quite surprised how much I preferred the other Duke Evercade cart to this one. It's really great that they've remastered the original DOS games. And they've also included the PS1 version of Duke Nukem 3D, which I get why, as the button layout was already there, it just needed porting over. I remember playing that version of Duke Nukem 3D for hours and hours on the PS1. And I honestly thought I'd just be able to pick it up again like it was yesterday. It happened with Tomb Raider.

Unfortunately, I did find myself struggling with controls, and I also find the difficulty quite unforgiving also. Even on easy, it kicks my arse. Unfortunately I got quite far into the first episode and the save file broke. It just froze every time I loaded it up. After restarting I got to level 3, and I just didn't have anything left to give it. I still enjoy playing through it, but I think I'll just pick it up here and there for a few minutes at a time. Have it started in the 2nd slot of the VS in case I fancy a quick blast.

As for the original Duke games, they're fine. It's nice to play them but they're just OK. Bleeps and bloops and lots of jumping about. It's no (insert pretty much any good platformer from the last 30 years), but it was good to see where it started.

A good cart, but I enjoyed the 2nd collection much more.

The remaster of the first two Duke Nukem are nearly perfect.

Blaze brings black those two old & excellent platformer videogames and modernize them just as necessary to be fully enjoyed nowaday.

For those who played them in time on MS-DOS, improvements are great (like full screen, frame rate). For the others, it's simply the best way to discover them.
You even can switch to the original MS-DOS version at anytime for nostalgia, curiosity or challenge.

The cult Duke Nukem 3D in its Total Meltdown version aged a bit (it's not a remaster but a port from Playstation). But for those who met Duke at his glorious days there is still a lot of fun there. Controls are better on EXP than on Original which may be a little clunky due to the lack of buttons.

This cart is a must have for all Duke and old platformer fans as well.