Duke Nukem 3D is a
first-person shooter video game developed by
3D Realms and published by
GT Interactive Software. The full version of the game was originally released for
MS-DOS in May 1996 as version 1.3d, while the shareware version was released on January 29, 1996. It is a sequel to the
platform games Duke Nukem and
Duke Nukem II, published by 3D Realms. The
Plutonium PAK, an expansion pack which updated the game to version 1.4 and added a fourth eleven-level episode, was released in November 1996. The
Atomic Edition, a standalone version of the game that included the content from the
Plutonium PAK and updated the game to version 1.5, was later released; the original version of
Duke Nukem 3D has since been discontinued.