- 15 Dec, 2025 *
It’s been several days since I played "Secret Agent" and I was ready to play a game. 😃
I installed Duke Nukem 1 (DN1) and 2 (and several others) from my Steam libary. This is the second batch I’ve installed on Linux Mint.
I launched DN1 and as soon as I started the game I pressed F1 to enter the menu where I could access the key redefine screen. Set it to my standard keys and was good to go.
In my view, Indie Game Devs can learn from taking the time to play a game such as DN1 and really fully explore it to understand the real experience.
I ended up playing DN1 for over an hour and it seemed like 20 minutes.
It’s not just the actual game play including level design and so forth that makes the experience so good.
If I want a slower more cauti…
- 15 Dec, 2025 *
It’s been several days since I played "Secret Agent" and I was ready to play a game. 😃
I installed Duke Nukem 1 (DN1) and 2 (and several others) from my Steam libary. This is the second batch I’ve installed on Linux Mint.
I launched DN1 and as soon as I started the game I pressed F1 to enter the menu where I could access the key redefine screen. Set it to my standard keys and was good to go.
In my view, Indie Game Devs can learn from taking the time to play a game such as DN1 and really fully explore it to understand the real experience.
I ended up playing DN1 for over an hour and it seemed like 20 minutes.
It’s not just the actual game play including level design and so forth that makes the experience so good.
If I want a slower more cautious play experience I can press the < key and the game will reduce the overall speed.
On the other hand, if I want a faster more arcade like play experience I can press the > key and the game will increase the overall speed.
That was to cater to the different computer speeds back at that time.
I can tell the programmers / designers really had a lot of fun making DN1 and were trying out ideas.
It’s a great action game with a variety of enemies & terrain-based obstacles to deal with, many point-earning collectables all around (and falling from above), locked doors needing keys of the same color and occasionally special items needed to be found.
I find these games enjoyable. Not in a "nostalgic way" - I mean they are truly satisfying for me to play. It’s a great experience.
Even now, I’m thinking about the game (obviously) and kind of want to switch over to that gaming account and play DN1 again after making this post. 😅
I think a lot of it is the games weren’t meant as "activism" or "abstract art" - they were simply meant to be fun games to PLAY!