Duke Nukem (Game Boy Color)

The controls in this game (especially jump and crouch) aren't responsive enough to allow Duke to avoid enemy fire. Fortunately, enemy fire doesn't inflict that much damage on the Über-Rambo, so the game basically devolves into a title of getting shot, shooting back, finding health, and repeating. As it is, the game is extremely repetitive, with bland background graphics doing little to add to the action. You can also pick up the letters in "Nukem" to earn an extra Duke, and the letters are present so that you know that you're still heading in the right direction.

The game's sound effects are flat and bland (though the default shotgun sounds rather realistic for the Game Boy), and Duke and his enemies have very few frames of animation. With titles like Toy Story 2 and Gex 3 out for the Game Boy, Duke Nukem simply falls short. Sure, you can run around blasting everything in sight and see the occasional splatter of blood, but there are better portable platformers on the market.