NedLand: Isn't it something that the first Duke started out as a children's game on affordable computers? What's even more remarkable is that it was a fun platform game: the result of perfecting the platforming engines and gameplay of Apogee's and Id's earlier installments like Commander Keen and BioMenace. The incredible thing about Duke 1 is that its hero resembled very much the heroes from Secret Agent and Crystal Caves, except his skin wasn't gray, and the gameplay of Duke 1 was a beefy update on both games. Apogee made the most of this engine's EGA colors and sprites, and it shows. It also betrays a very Terminator influence upon its setting. To think that 3D Realms would transform this mainly child friendly game into a much more adult game upon its conversion to FPS. Duke would never be the same again, and he would have ascended further if it were not for DNF's tragic development.