Duke Nukem (Gameboy Color)

Duke Nukem is a 2D side-scrolling platform-shooter video game for the Game Boy Color. Due to RAM and cartridge size constrictions of the Game Boy Color it was presented in the series' original 2D form, and not the first-person 3D style of Duke Nukem 3D. Duke Nukem was Torus Games's first handheld game using 3D Realms's Duke Nukem license (the second being Duke Nukem Advance). The game was sublicensed from then publisher of Duke Nukem games GT Interactive.

Plot
The game's overall premise is partially based on Duke Nukem II, with exactly the same situations presented in the opening (Duke being captured and escaping out of his cell). Duke Nukem is captured from a talkshow by an alien race called Zorgonites. The aliens want to use Earth's greatest warrior's brain to conquer the world. However, Duke escapes and defeats all the aliens, including their Emperor, reducing their society to a simple farming community, and then returns to Earth.

Gameplay
Several of the enemies and backgrounds closely resemble those of the earlier game Duke Nukem II. However, the levels, graphics, music, enemies and bosses are brand new. Furthermore Duke has the ability to hang onto the edge of platforms in the Game Boy Color game. The game features 21 levels of play and eight save game slots.