Rather than running in Ken Silverman's original Build engine used to power the PC version of Duke 3D, the Saturn version runs on Lobotomy's own in-house 3D "SlaveDriver" engine, previously seen with PowerSlave/Exhumed and set to be seen again with Quake.
Players had the choice of playing through the Single Player game cooperatively or competitively through "Dukematch" across all the levels in the game.ĭuke Nukem 3D is part of Sega's Deep Water label to recognize games created for mature audiences. Despite being a later release for the Saturn, the game does not support saving directly to Saturn Backup Memory and saves to internal battery memory only, but does allow loading from Backup Memory if a save is detected.ĭuke Nukem 3D was one of the few games that made use of the Sega Saturn's Sega NetLink modem for multiplayer between two players.In order to ascend or descend with the jet pack item or underwater, hold the Jump button ( on default) and hold either to go down, or to go up. To access items or to toggle the map on or off, you must pause the game to activate those functions. To look up or down, you hold the look button ( on default) and move the D-pad or analog stick. Since not all the actions could be mapped onto either controller, the game does not allow you to crouch. "Duke Nukem 3D makes use of either the digital controller or the 3D Control Pad for more precise control. The Saturn port also contains an exclusive level named "Urea 51."