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Our final Duke Nukem themed Ad of the Day post covers two games

Duke Nukem 64 and Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown were ports of Duke Nukem 3D to the Nintendo 64 and PlayStation respectively. These were published by GT Interactive. A Saturn version was released at the same time, but was published by Sega, explaining why it didn’t show up in this ad.

Fancy a bit of Duke on the go?

Duke Nukem Advance is Duke’s third handheld outing, and arguably the best. It’s based on Duke Nukem 3D in gameplay terms, but features a totally original story and setting.

One of two Duke Nukem games made right here in Melbourne:

Duke Nukem for the Game Boy Color is the hero’s second handheld outing. It’s in some ways a remake of Duke Nukem II, but never explicity claims to be such.

How about one from the UK?

The Sega Saturn version of Duke Nukem 3D was developed by Lobotomy Software and published by Sega. The game is quite different to the PC version, as it uses the full 3D Lobotomy Engine, which allows for coloured lighting, proper up/down looking and other nice effects. They still had to chop out a bunch of animation, though.

We promised you Duke Nukem TV commercials, so here they are. These are all tied to the major console releases – there wasn’t an ad for the PC release of the original game that we know of.

First up is a teaser for Duke Nukem 64 and Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown

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Duke Nukem: Zero Hour was Duke’s second outing on the Nintendo 64.

You can read more about Zero Hour and the rest of the Duke Nukem series in our special History of Duke Nukem article series.

GT Interactive started running ads in magazines promoting the release of Duke Nukem Forever as early as 1998, around the time of Duke’s first console exclusive outing, Time to Kill.

You can read more about Duke Nukem in our 7 part history feature that’s running all week.

On the first day of Duke Nukem Week, we bring you an Italian ad for Duke Nukem 3D

Duke Nukem 3D was the game that made Duke a household name. For more on the history of Duke Nukem, read our massive 7-part feature this week.

Today’s ad is for everybody’s favourite 30 hour+ collect-a-thon

Donkey Kong 64 was the last original Donkey Kong game developed by Rare to be released before they were bought out by Microsoft. It was the first game on the Nintendo 64 that required the Expansion Pak, which was included in most copies of the game free of charge. Due to difficulties with Expansion Pak emulation and the inclusion of Jetpac (which Microsoft owns the rights to) in the game, Donkey Kong 64 has not, and probably will not be released on the Virtual Console.

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The Wavebird was a wireless version of the Nintendo GameCube controller that used RF for its wireless connectivity, rather than the generally ineffective infrared systems used by previous controllers. A groundbreaking peripheral when released, the Wavebird set the standard for wireless controllers, and now they are commonplace. This ad originates from the United States.