This is part 1 of my capture of me playing through Duke Nukem 64 on the Nintendo 64. This is not an emulator. This footage was captured directly from my Nintendo 64 using a real Duke Nukem 64 cartridge. I'm playing on Come Get Some difficulty.

I recently purchased a complete copy of Duke Nukem 64 off eBay, and rather than wait, I decided to start playing through the title now.

I don't have any prior experience with Duke Nukem 3D, but I was aware of the game as a kid. I distinctly remember another kid at my junior high school talking about the strippers in the game and the "shake it baby" line, but that was all I had heard about it. Some time later I saw footage of the game online and noticed the similarities to other classic shooters like Doom and Quake. After I started acquiring Nintendo ports of other old FPS games a few years ago, I decided to get Duke Nukem as well.

While this version of Duke Nukem runs fairly well, it is heavily censored and has notable changes from the original PC version such as new/different weapons. Also, similar to the Nintendo 64 port of Quake II, Duke Nukem 64 lacks the original background music from the PC version.

Notwithstanding these facts, this version seems pretty good overall for being a console port. However, my biggest complaint is the awkward control scheme. If you choose to go with GoldenEye-style controls (control stick move), which I always do, you have to use the D-pad to aim up and down instead of using the C buttons. For some reason the game labels this as a right-handed control scheme, but I don't know how the hell the developers came up with that. It's certainly not ideal.

For this playthrough I'm completing the game on Come Get Some difficulty because the highest difficult level causes enemies to respawn, and I don't feel like dealing with that. I'll also be rescuing all the babes and finding all the secret areas, although I may miss a few enemies along the way. Anyway, enjoy the footage.

In this first part I completed Mission 1: "Hollywood Holocaust" while rescuing all the babes and finding all the secret areas.

Recorded with the Hauppauge HD PVR and the official N64 S-video cable. I used a Toshiba model D-R550 DVD Recorder to upconvert the N64's native 240p signal to 480i so that the Hauppauge could capture the console's audio/video signal.

I'm using a standard Nintendo 64 controller.

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