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* MercyInvincibility: While Duke is [[XRaySparks flashing from being hurt]], he can't be hurt again.

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* MercyInvincibility: While Duke is [[XRaySparks flashing from being hurt]], he can't be hurt again. This is intentionally used at one point to offer a shortcut through a maze; you can run through a long field of spikes, losing three points of health but saving a lot of time. Without the temporary invincibility, the shortcut would be quickly lethal.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Duke is a "self-proclaimed hero" working as an unofficial CIA agent before he even has a reputation whatsoever, not to mention [[RealMenWearPink he wears pink]] and watches ''[[Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow Oprah]]''. Dr. Proton is a predominantly human antagonist trying to take over the world, compared to the alien threats in the rest of the series, and the enemies are absolutely strange - everything from alien-like creatures and living flames, to [[LawyerFriendlyCameo Energizer Bunnies called "Rabbitoids"]] and all sorts of weird stuff, not to mention actual [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes ACME weights]] all strewn about. Whereas future games have at least some semblance of seriousness mixed with satire, the first game is one wacky jaunt of a platformer.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
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Duke is a "self-proclaimed hero" working as an unofficial CIA agent before he even has a reputation whatsoever, not to mention [[RealMenWearPink he wears pink]] and watches ''[[Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow Oprah]]''. Dr. Proton is a predominantly human antagonist trying to take over the world, compared to the alien threats in the rest of the series, and the enemies are absolutely strange - everything from alien-like creatures and living flames, to [[LawyerFriendlyCameo Energizer Bunnies called "Rabbitoids"]] and all sorts of weird stuff, not to mention actual [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes ACME weights]] all strewn about. Whereas future games have at least some semblance of seriousness mixed with satire, the first game is one wacky jaunt of a platformer.platformer.
** Some versions of the game respelled his name as "Duke Nukum", because the publishers thought there was a copyright name conflict with the villainous Duke Nukem from ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers''. When it turned out there wasn't, it was reverted for later versions, including the final one.
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Upgraded the Attackable Pickup instance for turkey drumsticks.


** The turkey becomes bigger when shot once, giving double health and double points.

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** The cold turkey drumstick becomes bigger a warm turkey dinner when shot once, giving yielding double health and double points.
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Added Flame Spewer Obstacle, a flaming jets erupt at intervals which Duke has avoid until they recharge.

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* FlameSpewerObstacle: Pipe ends appear in various levels, set in the floor or in one step of a staircase, which erupt into a jet of damaging flame for 3 seconds. Duke must time himself to avoid these jets until they abate into recharge mode.
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* RealMenWearPink: Classic Duke is [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness a bit more in touch with his feminine side.]] He wears a pink beater (The 16-color EGA graphics didn't leave much choice, since red was already taken up by his skin tone), watches ''Oprah,'' and rocks a curlier hairdo compared to later games.

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* RealMenWearPink: Classic Duke is [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness a bit more in touch with his feminine side.]] He wears a pink beater (The 16-color EGA graphics didn't leave much choice, since red was already taken up by his skin tone), watches soap operas and ''Oprah,'' and rocks a curlier hairdo compared to later games.



* SegmentedSerpent: The Snake Techbot consists of four blue/white balls linked together that have to be destroyed individually. For some reason, the remaning segments don't join into a shorter snake, but instead leave gaps where the destroyed segments were.

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* SegmentedSerpent: The Snake Techbot consists of four blue/white balls linked together that have to be destroyed individually. For some reason, the remaning remaining segments don't join into a shorter snake, but instead leave gaps where the destroyed segments were.
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* NamesTheSame: {{Invoked}}. Soon after the launch of the first game, the name was changed to "Duke Nukum" because of the character Duke Nukem from ''WesternAnimation/{{Captain Planet|AndThePlaneteers}};'' however, since the name was not trademarked, they switched back to "Duke Nukem."
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* RobotMaster: Dr. Proton, oh, so very much.

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