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Dead Space reference
In 'The Hive' chapter, after you tickle the first door, turn to your left, and walk forward. Crouch to get under the bridge, and you will see a dead EDF Soldier with Isaac Clarke's signature engineer helmet.
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Tommy Tutone reference
In the bathroom in the 'Duke Nukem's Titty City' chapter, above one of the urinals is some grafitti that reads 'Jenny - 867-5309'. This is a reference to the Tommy Tutone song of the same name.
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Starship Troopers reference
After killing some enemies, you will hear Duke say 'I'm from Las Vegas, and I say kill 'em all!'. This is a reference to Starship Troopers when Johnny Rico says 'I'm from Buenos Aires, and I say kill 'em all!'.
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Activate Cheats
Successfully complete the game on the indicated difficulty to unlock the corresponding cheats and bonuses at the 'Extras' menu.
Notice: Enabling the 'Infinite Ammo', 'Instagib', or 'Invincibility' cheat options will prevent Ego points and trophies from being earned.
| Invincibility (no damage from bullets or explosions) | Normal difficulty or higher |
| Duke Sound Board | Easy difficulty or higher |
| Movies | Easy difficulty or higher |
| Development Timeline | Easy difficulty or higher |
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| Grayscale Mode (black and white graphics) | Normal difficulty or higher |
| Instagib (enemies killed with one shot and always gib) | Normal difficulty or higher |
| Duke 3D Freeze Ray (freeze ray fires bouncing ice projectiles) | Normal difficulty or higher |
| Head Scale (adjust head size of enemies and NPCs) | Easy difficulty or higher |
| Concept Arts | Easy difficulty or higher |
| Game Speed (adjust game speed) | Normal difficulty or higher |
| Infinite Ammo | Normal difficulty or higher |
| Screenshots | Easy difficulty or higher |
| Mirror Mode (graphics are mirrored horizontally) | Normal difficulty or higher |
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| Triptych Office Photos | Easy difficulty or higher |
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Easy 'Turd Burglar' trophy
Poop can be found in toilets. There is some poop in the toilets in the room where the game begins ('Duke Lives' chapter). Grab poop from a toilet and throw it to get the 'Turd Burglar' trophy.
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Inception reference
In the 'Duke Nukem's Titty City' chapter, enter the room where you can microwave the popcorn. Look on the desk where you can use the security camera, and you will see a spinning top, like the one Leonardo DiCaprio uses in Inception.
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Mortal Kombat reference
In the Duke Nukem soundboard, there is an entry called 'Fatality'. When you select it, Duke says 'Duke wins, Fatality.'
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Easy 'I Need A Date' trophy
In 'The Shrunk Machine' chapter, near the beginning, after entering the first large room, straight ahead across the room are some double doors. There is a calendar on the wall behind the double doors. Look at all pages to get the 'I Need A Date' trophy. There is another calendar in Part 2 of 'The Forkstop' chapter on the wall in one of the rooms.
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Microwaved rat
In Chapter 2: 'Damn! It's Late...', there is a room with a microwave. Directly under the microwave is a cupboard that can be opened to find a rat. You can pick up the rat and put it in the microwave.
Notice: This room is also shared with the Duke Nukem Fanboy.
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Easy 'Air-Duke' trophy
In the 'Duke Nukem's Titty City' chapter, go to the game room at the back of the club, and play a game of air hockey. Instead of focusing on scoring, try defending your goal as good as possible. The rest will happen by accident since the opponent is very weak.
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Easy 'Sunday, Black Sunday' trophy
In the 'Duke Lives' chapter, at the very beginning of your first fight, you will see a blimp in the background. Keep shooting it until you get the 'Sunday, Black Sunday' trophy.
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Overdrive mode
Reach Level 40 in Multiplayer mode to unlock Overdrive mode. In this mode, all points earned are doubled with the exception of challenges. You will also get 20 points each time an enemy is damaged.
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Trophies
Successfully complete one of the following tasks to get a trophy:
| Bronze Trophies |
| Nuclear Devastation | Kill 250 aliens. | | | Piece of Cake | Finish the SP campaign on Easy Difficulty. | | | Pescaphobe | Kill all of the catfish in the underwater level. | | | Big Guns, Big Ships | Blow up 5 enemy Gunships or Dropships. | | | Natural Disaster 3x | Kill 3 aliens at once. | | | Nobody Likes a Whiner | Knock out the talent at the talk show. | | | Sticky Bomb Like You! | Put a Trip Mine on a live alien. | | | Judge, Jury, Executioner | Execute 20 aliens. | | | Extermination | Kill 50 aliens. | | | Fork the Pork | Kill 6 aliens with the forklift. | | | Juiced | Take steroids in SP. | | | Road Rage | Kill 15 aliens with the monster truck. | | | Drawrings | Doodle something on the whiteboard in SP. | | | On the Noggin' | Kill 30 aliens with headshots. | | | Annihilation | Kill 100 aliens. | | | Freeze Well! | Kill 15 frozen aliens. | | | Companion Barrel | Unlock the secret closet at the end of the Forkstop. | | | I Need a Date | Look at every page of a calender in SP. | | | Dead Useful | Kill 10 aliens with environmental explosives. | | | I Need a Towel | Get hit by 10 Pregnator bombs. | | | Tosser...in the Literal Sense | Kill 10 aliens with tossed objects. | | | Sunday, Black Sunday | Shoot down the blimp above the stadium. | | | Bucket Head | Find all 3 helmets in the SP campaign. | | | Trapper | Kill 10 aliens with Trip Mines. | | | Full Body Tourettes | Get knocked down 10 times. | | | One-Eyed Freak | Overcome the Cycloid. | | | Hippy-Stomper | Foot stomp 12 aliens. | | | Substance Abuser | Drink beer while on steroids or vice-versa in SP. | | | He's Got a Hologram! | Use a Holoduke in SP. | | | Flagon of Chuckles | Drink a beer in SP. | | | Turd Burglar | Find and steal a piece of poo. | | | Lots of Whacking | Be victorious in a game of Alien Abortion in the strip club. | | | Duke Angry, Duke SmasH! | Kill 15 aliens with melee attacks while on steroids. | | | Party Animal | Drink all of the beers in the strip club. | | | Baron von Nukem | Shoot down 20 alien fighters. | | | Special Thanks | Watch the credits all the way through. | | | Pit Champion | Overcome the Battlelord in Las Vegas. | | | Noms | Eat 10 pieces of food in SP. | | | Silver Trophies | | Gunslinger | Carry the gold pistol through the whole SP campaign. | | | Octacide | Overcome the Octaking. | | | Call Waiting | Listen to all phone messages. | | | Air-Duke | Be victorious in air hockey with a score of 7-0 in the strip club. | | | I Am All That Is Man | Discover all ego cap rewards. | | | A Good Dam Fight | Overcome the Battlelord on the Hoover Dam. | | | Balls of Steel | Gain a 1,000,000 pinball score in SP. | | | Let's Rock | Finish the SP campaign on Normal Difficulty. | | | Clearing the One-Eyed Worm | Overcome the Leech. | | | Not Bad for a Human | Overcome the Alien Queen. | | | Gold Trophies | | Come Get Some | Finish the SP campaign on Hard Difficulty. | | | Damn, I'm Good | Finish the SP campaign on Insane Difficulty. | | | Platinum Trophies | | Savior of the Universe | You got them all. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Bonus accessories
Successfully complete the indicated multiplayer weapon challenge to unlock the corresponding accessory in the changing room:
| Ski Goggles | Execute a frozen player 75 times (Ice To See You III). |
| Cheese Hat | Get 250 kills with the Ripper (Swiss Cheese III). |
| Tie-Dye Shirt | Get 250 kills with the AT laser (Medium Rare III). |
| Uncle Sam Hat | Stomp on 75 enemies (Pee Wee Vermin III). |
| Brain Sucker | Get 250 kills with the Enforcer (Laser Seeking Missiles III). |
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| Hoplite Helmet | Get 75 melee kills (Punchy McPuncher III). |
| Military Hat | Get 250 kills with the Pistol (Size Doesn't Matter III). |
| Canadian Flag Logo | Get 75 kills with the Garter Pistol (Tiny But Deadly III). |
| Backwards Baseball Cap | Get 250 kills with the Shotgun (Burger Face III). |
| I Shot Stupid Logo | Get 250 kills with the Railgun (Right In The Eye III). |
| Baseball Cap | Get 75 kills with pipe bombs (Splatter King III). |
| Detonator Logo | Get 250 kills with the Rocket Launcher (Boom Goes The Weasel III). |
| Jester Hat | Get 75 kills with trip mines (Watch Your Step III). |
| Wolf Logo | Get 75 kills with Steroids (Roid Rage III). |
| Retro Duke Logo | Get 250 kills with the Devestator (Meat Grinder III). |
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| WTF Logo | Get 75 kills with exploding barrels (Smile You Son Of A Bitch III). |
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Halo reference
At the begin of the 'Vegas In Ruins' chapter, before you enter the building, there is a van with weapons. The armor in the van is the same from Halo, other than the Nukem insignia on the helmet visor.
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Christian Bale reference
In Chapter 2: 'Damn! It's Late...', after walking off the set, you will see an actor yelling at someone. He says things like 'Do you want me to trash your mics? DO YOU?' and 'You're a nice guy, you really are but you're a f**king amateur'. This is a reference to when Christian Bale freaked out on the set of Terminator: Salvation.
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Easy 'Sticky Bomb Like You!' trophy
At the beginning of 'The Duke Dome' chapter, you will get an infinite amount of explosives when entering a building. Throw a trip mine directly on one of the enemies to get the 'Sticky Bomb Like You!' trophy.
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300 reference
Duke will say 'Tonight, you dine in Hell' after a kill in the 'Vegas In Ruins' chapter. This is a reference to 300, when Leonidas says 'Tonight, we dine in Hell!'