Duke Nukem: Zero Hour Full Playthrough on Hard (Project 64)

00:00:51 Training Mission: Episode One
00:05:58 Mean Streets
00:28:12 Liberty or Death
01:02:02 Nuclear Winter
01:39:41 Wetworld (Secret Level)
02:09:50 Fallout
02:20:43 Under Siege
02:41:54 Boss Hog (Boss)
02:44:59 Dry Town
03:06:42 Jailbreak
03:29:33 Up Ship Creek
04:06:16 Fort Roswell
04:26:51 Probing the Depths
04:32:46 Cyborg Scorpion (Boss)
04:35:18 The Whitechapel Killings
04:53:53 Dawn of the Duke
05:16:07 Hydrogen Bomb
05:26:15 The Rack
Going Down (Secret Level) (I didn't obtain all of the time machine pieces to unlock this level)
05:47:16 Brainstorm (Boss)
05:53:28 The Brothers Nukem
06:11:22 Alien Mother
06:37:44 Zero Hour (Boss)
Developer(s) Eurocom, 3D Realms
Publisher(s) GT Interactive Software
Composer(s) Lee Jackson
Series Duke Nukem
Platform(s) Nintendo 64
Release date(s) NA: August 1, 1999, EU: September 30, 1999
Genre(s) Third-person shooter/First-person shooter (multiplayer)
Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer
Duke Nukem: Zero Hour Full Playthrough/Walkthrough on Hard by zusaij
Resolution 1280x960
I played with Xbox One Controller
I used Emulators Saves, originally on DN:ZH (N64) there where no checkpoints so if you die you have to play the whole level again.
Quotes from various magazine (and online) publications about Duke Nukem: Zero Hour:
legacy.3drealms...
Duke Nukem: Zero Hour Facts:
32MB (256 megabit) cartridge -- the same size as Zelda 64.
More than 30 different levels ranging through time.
Tons of traditional Duke enemies as well as new foes.
A huge selection of more than 20 weapons.
Loads of audio samples and one-liners.
Four-player Multiplayer mode.
4MB Expansion Pak support for optional high-resolution mode.
Hidden secrets and cheats.
Rumble Pak support.

[@stadoner4473]

Can we please start a petition for a remasterd version. This was the best game of my childhood

[@nickpavloff8977]

I agree

[@billpoolman1803]

@@nickpavloff8977 its what we need right now

[@brotherroach5514]

Its a fact at this point that this is the king of underated games we should get a remaster or some type of mod that fixes all the problems of the original like a rom hack of the game that is better but this game is more slept on than an MGK album so i don't know we might never see this game in a more superior state

[@britishwordplay4335]

Duke Nukem Time To Kill was the best one

[@89Epro]

@@britishwordplay4335 go to hell

[@oceanpandaz]

This game was so underrated, truly a masterpiece. You can tell they had more passion for games back then

[@leeartlee915]

I agree with the first part, vehemently disagree with the second. It’s a fun game for what it is: a sort, kinda, Tomb Raider clone with a lot more shooting and a lot less platforming. But masterpiece? Ehhhhh, that’s a stretch. Don’t get me wrong, I really liked this game back in the day. Always felt it was one of the better M-rated games on the N64. But it has SERIOUS problems. Lots of moments where there is no action going on. Funky controls (though that tended to be true on a lot of N64 games). Uneven difficulty spikes. I’d still put it in a top 25 N64 games but that’s not saying much.

[@joyisgoodlol]

@@leeartlee915 You have a point.

[@chrisd8458]

​​@@leeartlee915 Growing up I thought 64 was crap outside of 10-12 games. Sure these were some of the best games of all time... but not enough to stand up to PS1. Fast forward to 2023.... I still own that PS1. I still got the Saturn. Now I have an N64 with 60 or so games and counting. Found a really good source for high quality repros. 50 of my games are original. But am done paying original game prices. So these repros are a godsend. That being said...... I realize now just how underrated 64 was. It's honestly in my eyes the king of wrestling and FPS games. Anything Rare touches is also pure gold in this era. Every game they did was a masterpiece. Ocarina of Time is one of the greatest games ever made. Goldeneye too. There are new 007 games now like The Spy Who Loved Me, Tomorrow Never Dies and GoldFinger. Crazy how a console I didn't pay much attention to then has my attention now the way it does.... Conkers Bad Fur Day always looked stupid to me so I never played it. Same with Banjo Kazooie.. I was too busy playing Final Fantasy 6-9, Silent Hill, Resident Evil 1-3, Gran Turismo and Metal Gear to care. Now I love Conkers and Banjo Kazooie. Now Gameboy games are coming out on 64 carts... I got Pokémon blue😂 Its rad. That generation of gaming was the absolute best. PS1, Saturn, N64.... and Dreamcast coming in at the end to get the year long jump on PS2. I dont know why I'm playing so much 64 these days.... my PS5 is collecting dust. I've always played PS1 and Saturn...but never 64 like this outside of the short list of main games.

[@goatjames388]

Childhood right here . This game is an absolute masterpiece

[@NukeA6]

This was the real Duke Nukem Forever for me. It could've used some checkpoints though. Most never made it past Liberty or Death.

[@NukeA6]

@Kharnij is Here You were so close too. The final boss is actually kinda easy. Just load up the Havoc Multi-launcher and fire away.

[@DmitriyK12]

I didn't own this version of DN... but I always did want to try it out.

[@travisrassel9978]

This game was hard to beat but fun at the same time.

[@supercell1995]

This was one of my favorite Duke Nukem games, and couldn't believe how long these levels were for an N64 game especially. A few of them took me over an hour to get through before memorizing their level designs.

[@quantumuniversetvinc.6117]

I'm going to remake the first level for Half-Life 1 engine GoldSrc. I'm about to finish the first couple levels of Duke3D... my other channel From Unda Productions has videos.. but next I'm going to tackle some Zero Hour levels. I loved this game

[@3xperiment8]

@@quantumuniversetvinc.6117 Any chance a do of First level from Duke Nukem: Time to Kill?

[@southerngunnut5661]

Oh God I remember watching my dad play this when I was little and I’d sneak and play it while he was at work and conkers bad fur day. And we’d also play turok together. Those were the days... now I’m all in my feels

[@jakeman025]

How old are you? I remember playing this when I was like 10 lol

[@jeffreya8329]

Andrew Eubanks yes best games ever these 3 and golden eye were my childhood

[@ryanchristian3977]

I watched my uncle play this. We also played Perfect Dark together. #flashback

[@hugon6717]

I watched my older brother play this and perfect dark. We would play multiplayer together with our little brothers. Good times.

[@OBrienDesigns]

This was the best part of my childhood hands down

[@yodaman1985]

This game was awesome even as a multiplayer game. Me and friends spent hours playing multiplayer. Good times.

[@dennismetzger9287]

I remember my friend and I killed each other at the same time and had the same death sound effect and it made us both die laughing 😂

[@zusaij]

00:00:51 Training Mission: Episode One 00:05:58 Mean Streets 00:28:12 Liberty or Death 01:02:02 Nuclear Winter 01:39:41 Wetworld (Secret Level) 02:09:50 Fallout 02:20:43 Under Siege 02:41:54 Boss Hog (Boss) 02:44:59 Dry Town 03:06:42 Jailbreak 03:29:33 Up Ship Creek 04:06:16 Fort Roswell 04:26:51 Probing the Depths 04:32:46 Cyborg Scorpion (Boss) 04:35:18 The Whitechapel Killings 04:53:53 Dawn of the Duke 05:16:07 Hydrogen Bomb 05:26:15 The Rack Going Down (Secret Level) (I didn't obtain all of the time machine pieces to unlock this level, but I have another playthrough of this game called ''Duke Nukem: Zero Hour Full Playthrough with Cheats (Nintendo 64)'' and there are all the levels) 05:47:16 Brainstorm (Boss) 05:53:28 The Brothers Nukem 06:11:22 Alien Mother 06:37:44 Zero Hour (Boss)

[@JorshPodGaming]

zusaij respect man, an awesome video, well played!!!!

[@alvisceratortheultimate1660]

Thanks for the time zones.

[@jerewaswa6652]

I use to watch my big brother play this game, along with golden eye, and tons of other games.... our favorite we use to play as Mario Party. damn, those were the days

[@kadenmackriell4751]

I used to watch my dad play it same with goldeneye and perfect dark But now I have the n64 and it still works

[@POOKR]

Thanks for this lol. I like how you take a few seconds to read the funny signs and posters.

[@jacklight7628]

Man I miss this game and conkers bad fur day so much

[@4ener_]

Dang what year were u born bro I was born in 96 use to play this and conkers bad fur day all the time sickest games ever

[@jacklight7628]

Pignut Dan that's crazy man I was also born in 96 so I can see why were the same lol your a good man.

[@leathery420]

You can get it on the xbox market place.

[@jacklight7628]

leathery420 duke nukem zero hour right?

[@leathery420]

I mean't conkers bad fur day. There is a anthology of games made by Rare on the Xbox marketplace called Rare Replays.

[@38columbo38]

My childhood. Thanks for uploading a full playthrough!!

[@TheNaturalPatHarris]

I’d be down for an HD remaster of Zero Hour

[@GucciManecubus]

This, Sarge's Heroes, Vigilante 8, Starfox, Golden Eye, Perfect Dark, Jetforce Gemini, Castlevania, and Battle Tanks I & II were THE games

[@soulbrother5435]

I love how Duke reloads shotgun just like T-800 in Terminator 2

[@irishpride2993]

love this game ordered it off amazon. Gonna order duke nukem 64. This was back when duke nukem games were good.

[@dylanvalorfall]

Fuck duke 64. Just play the updated steam version on pc. The n64 one isnt even the original to begin with

[@dannyt564]

god this brought back memories I dearly miss of playing this with people who aren't in my life anymore

[@MrDefacia]

Thank you for letting me finally enjoy this game, at least vicariously

[@jordyvanparys6732]

its the best oldskool shootergame ever made in the 90’s i wish it had a remake on pc/ps4

[@jeremiahgerow295]

First time i played this was teaching my olderfriend videogames and she taught me how to bowl. Was a great weekend ❤

[@ochszy3831]

I never made it past the statue of liberty as a kid on this game, I remember it scaring the hell out of my 5 year old self hahaha

[@taintedgoose9138]

Same but with waterworld

[@4ourtycal]

I was born in 92 I was young af playing this game and it was my favorite I just couldn’t beat it after awhile lol great game

[@johnedelmann6711]

If one plays the game long enough, you may notice this: when you have dual revolvers (from the Wild West portion of the game), and you need to reload them, there's a chance that, for some reason, Duke grabs his crotch like Michael Jackson. I think it has something to do with how you're running, though.

[@SolidSonicTH]

The sound design in this is pretty good for an N64 game.

[@jaimeastin]

A lot was good for the time. Very clean graphics , sound and gameplay

[@LilThornton901]

Don't worry, saving chicks is what I'm all about! - Duke

[@LibertarianUSA1982]

We demand a remastered version

[@judgedread3054]

I used to play this for hours

[@TopMusic-cv5up]

This was the shit back in the days thanks for posting

[@markcullimore1]

This is better than Time To Kill, prove me wrong.

[@casualbutsmart7634]

The first Nintendo Power I ever got did a review of this game. Once my mom found out about the strippers it was a no go though.

[@Bennett1430]

But aliens getting a hole blown through their body and heads blasted off is completely fine :)

[@karld3659]

my childhood game right here aha love the video thanks for nostalgia

[@travissaldana8647]

Beat game ever win I was a kid I never forget the memories omg I love this game so much

[@elcarnero4763]

THX FOR THE WALKTHROUGH,THIS GAME BRINGS BACK CHILDHOOD MEMORIES,I PASSED THE WHOLE GAME,IT IS REALLY FUN 2 PLAY,THIS 1 IS MY FAVORITE THEN THE PS3/PS4 VERSION,IF ONLY THIS DUKE NUKEM GAME GOT RE-LEASED IN2 THE PS4,THAT WOULD'VE BEEN REALLY AWESOME,I'D PROBABLY PLAY IT ALOT IF THEY DID JUST LIKE WHEN I USED 2 PLAY IT ON THE N64👍👍👍

[@jerryholbrook13]

Duke nukem on n64 in 2020 I'm hyped I'm ready to go get another n64 and do it again. This game rocked!

[@kryptonaryxx6418]

The memories 🔥💯

[@iana.dickson5464]

Duke Nukem : "HAIL TO THE KINGS BABY!"

[@markcollins2704]

Underated as fuck game. All the third person dukes are. Time to kill is also a banger.

[@АнатолийАнтонов-й1ч]

It's a pity that there are few games like Duke Nukem on the Nintendo 64🎮👾

[@SithBerserker1488]

Just began watching and for the way you're playing, I know Im gonna enjoy this XD

[@turboman9471]

Crazy graphics for 1999, best duke nukem period

[@zenicehero9154]

Duke Nukem Zero Hour is not only one of the best looking games of 1999 but also one of the best game in the series alongside DN 3D n Manhathan Project

[@stevenramiez5345]

Planet of the apes 🦍 anyway 1:02:17

[@travisrassel9978]

This is the best duke game ever. I love this game. So unique.

[@BoyDanny93]

One of the very few games I had with N64 that I completely beat. Was difficult, took times, but definitely was fun.

[@jaimeastin]

Loved exploring, reading signs, listening to am the random dialogue

[@lsadin2457]

I am not a real N64 Fan, but this is insane, it looks much better than the PSX Versions of the series…

[@kdk200]

16:00 ... Spice girls?? I never noticed it before lol

[@crisboostaddict4614]

Fuckkk what a throwback loved playing this on my 64 😭😭 just the music hypes me

[@joeymontanye1338]

Duke Nukem 64 and Duke Nukem Zero hour 64 are the classic far best Nintendo games of it's time Hail to the king Babie

[@glndlbro83]

Any chances of this getting an HD remaster for PS Store?

[@hugon6717]

glndlbro83 if I remember correctly, this was a N64 exclusive, but I'd definitely buy it again if it wasn't.

[@TheFEARSlayer01]

Searchman ____ it was

[@HsienKoMeiLingFormerYANG]

Maybe HD Reduke on Wii U/Switch.

[@digitalcynicism]

Yea n64 exclusive

[@emeraldd_]

As a kid I remember I couldn’t never pass the East Coast Badlands level 2:09:50

[@lukasdreemurr109]

Shit, I used to the play the shit out of this game when I was younger. I remember having no controller pack so we couldn’t save but that didn’t seem to bother me at all. I just restarted over and over again LMAO never did get to the end though, sadly. I barely even remember what the conflict and story to this game was bdkshsjdnf This, Perfect Dark and Golden Eye were tied as my favorite N64 games. Man, I wanna play this game again, now. Edit: now that I’ve started to watch the play-through I am 1, overwhelmed with intense nostalgia and 2, reminded of what the story was and now I remember everything clearly.

[@zusaij]

We didn't have controller pak either. Sometimes me and my brothers played couple of missions just to unlock new multi-player characters and then played deathmatch together. This was our #1 multi-player shooter game back in the day. So we never finished the game then and this playthrough was my first time actually completing the game. Even if you had a controller pak, the game saved only between missions so it wasn't exactly an easy game because the missions were so long :D (fortunately if you use an emulator you can save at any point) Duke Nukem: Zero Hour is totally worth playing even today. I never owned Goldeneye or Perfect Dark back in those days. I'm happy this video gave you nostalgia, thank you for your comment and have a good day :)

[@jerryholbrook13]

This game brings back good memories thanks for sharing!

[@axo137]

Damn memories. I finished this damn game without a memory pak. Took me a while though.

[@zusaij]

Without a memory pak? I salute you. That's impressive!

[@supermetroid009]

I remember when this came out in 1999 i was about 11 years old..my oldest brother (think he was 17 at the time ) barrowed this from his freind, and woudlnt let me and my older brother (was 15 at the time ) play it..so we asked our dad to rent it for us, and it kicked ass.

[@Wesley_C]

I like playing Duke Nukem games so much.

[@Boristhaspydr]

I'm just going to say based off of this that Duke Nukem and Medievil take place in the same universe; Duke killed the ripper, the professor saw the time machine and took its idea, Lord Palethorn resurrected the Ripper (who seems supernatural almost as a person, so it makes sense he'd be what he turned into in Medievil II) and then Dan shows up in the time machine that was based off of Dukes to begin with, to once again rip him a new one.

[@kobelamoucheproductions2709]

Awwww I miss this game (except for Duke's terrifying scream of death everytime you keep dying), Btw... I JUST BECAME YOUR 666TH SUBSCRIBER.

[@ash_j_williams]

I remember playing this when I was little and having to constantly start over and then my mom heard duke say "who the hell are you" and she was like "nooooo, you don't need to play that" and took the game

[@KrimsonKloud]

I remember playing any game with swearing as a kid, I had to turn the volume down. San Andreas and Killer 7 I had to play on mute almost.

[@EduardoSilva-je5rq]

Damn I miss this game so much! I didn’t had the memory on it so I had to leave the system on for days until i finally passed it 😂 great times when we us kids didn’t have responsibilities

[@Nathan_Wagner]

Didn't expect to hear the original Minecraft splashing sound at 4:09. I didn't know it was that old of a sound effect.

[@ranger135xp]

Oh what do you know, @3:50:00 you're invincible again. You even shake the camera in victory. You're an expert at this game.

[@zusaij]

It is also possible that when I save during a fight the game gliches and I don't lose health.

[@stonerose1995]

I remember I wasnt allowed to play this game I was either 5 or 6

[@ONI_LONI]

I really enjoy this game, but considering that Duke Nukem 3D was my first Duke, I would love if anyone could mod this into a first-person shooter.

[@prestongreen4137]

no need to mod, all you have to do is input a cheat to get the first person view.

[@Kyur.]

One of the best Duke Nukem games ever made. It's a shame that it was only released on Nintendo 64. I can imagine how the game would play on PC with mouse + keyboard.

[@quantumuniversetvinc.6117]

I loved this game lol. Although I could never beat level 3. I just liked running around blasting stuff as the Duke. And multiplayer was fun

[@UCSPanther20]

(picks up a box of pipe bombs) "Perfect for home defense!"

[@danielperdomo7184]

The music of this Game rocks 🔥🔥🔥🔥 i've play this Game as a kid

[@makorampage4375]

I'd beat this game years ago when I was a kid

[@jaimeastin]

This was a great game. Loved it. Funny and good time traveling

[@digitalcynicism]

I loved this one more than the original Duke Nukem 64.. something about the 3rd person

[@DmitrySkorobogatov3dCossack]

Thanks for playthrough!

[@stonerose1995]

This was my childhood I wasn't even allowed to play this but my father let me rent it all the time

[@zusaij]

I was way too young to play this as well back in the day this was new. My older brother borrowed the game from his classmate and it's still on my shelve. We did ask if he wants the game back but he said ''you can keep it, it's fine'' I don't think he even has a Nintendo 64 anymore :D

[@raeltarantino]

Looks so much better than the PS1 Duke Nukem games.

[@firenicey7319]

All hail our patron voiceover saint.... John St. John!!!

[@boredkid1235]

I don't think I ever beat this game as a kid but I absolutely loved it. The multiplayer was a blast too. Might have to get an emulator just to play it again

[@SicketMog]

I remember a friend had this and I watched him play. Was at least impressed by the graphics back then. Today... Not so much and it doesn't look that fun tbh... Likely won't stop me from trying it on emulation when I have the time. Cool to see a game I had almost erased from my own memory running.

[@jorgemelendez3516]

Hopefully Nightdive Studio makes a remaster for Duke Nukem Zero Hour. Hay if Shadow Man got remastered why not this badass game. And who knows maybe some cut content was removed that be great.

[@oasisbeyond]

lol spice girls, didn't notice that on my crt lol, got stuck so watching here for next part. Brutal that there's no save system, I died right at the last enemy, don't feel like replaying all of that, silly devs.

[@Emerald152]

5:26:06 I remembered laughing so much at that part! XD

[@NinaSeleneRossi]

Memories, man!

[@DrWackySanchez]

never noticed it's the spice girls as the mannequins in the first level windows

[@sunson1491]

*The fact that you could throw bombs out of the map was the biggest flaw this game had. Otherwise a timeless game.*

[@maize-paper9]

14:18 Oh....That's what that meant😂

[@yeto22]

The best.

[@MrStefanwalker]

Glad you approve, i was one of the programmers :)

[@Shadow-ln6ld]

Duke nukem to Evil Cowboy Duke : You Too Good Look In Kill But I'm gonna kill you anyway

[@MrKevin486]

I'd pay for a 16:9, updated remaster of this on the Switch. Would be awesome. This game was really underrated and in a lot of ways ahead of its time.

[@XxScaleHealerxX]

Camera nod at 13:30 love it!

[@Byrnzi360]

As a kid I never really looked at the posters. As an adult, I can’t believe they made it by the censors.

[@timothysam4943]

Dang music bring me back to the days of Nintendo

[@tayk8080]

Damn I miss dis game soooo fuckin much man damn bringing back the best memories

[@GreggSagge-lt6le]

Best duke nukem soundtrack

[@oasisbeyond]

This game is brutal with n o saving, you can play 1 hour and die and you need to restart level lol. Wow. Don't think it will take 20 to 30 hours... That's a stretch. Maybe 10 to 15 hours max.

[@pierreclinton]

I completed Duke Nukem: Zero Hour by defeating alien 👽 enemies around the world 🌎 🌍 and save a bunch of vanilla(white)chicks and crushed the enemy’s competition and defeating Zero in NYC and Duke’s statue for defeating enemies and I did that without failing a mission objective and that’s good times I have with this game. 👍

[@pierreclinton]

I’m good at extermination on my game by defeating aliens 👽 and he said kids: I’m a professional, don’t try this at home and if you’re playing the games, please don’t try this at home, if you do so you may cause serious injury to other people and that’s my advice I’m giving you.👍

[@pierreclinton]

Thank you 🙏 for picking my comment I sent you and please remember my advice that I sent you and we be friends.

[@JC-gv9ik]

3d realms need to make a reboot of duke nukem there the only developer who can do the duke justice

[@titotobar7769]

Tanto gráfico en el programa, parece 🎨 arte del dibujo artístico, o pintura al óleo, como lo están hechos los fondos del juego, flipped, por estructuras de control del juego Ok

[@andre.mateus]

Does "Hard" unlock anything new? I've played this game on "Normal", but there's one cheat not unlocked. "Select Skin"! I heard it only works when there's a second controller plugged in and that's for multiplayer!

[@ranger135xp]

@3:48:22 did you enable God mode? I hear Duke getting hurt, but the health stays at 104 during the fight in the cargo room. Then @3:49:04, the camera goes out while you likely disable God mode because 1 tiny shot from a regular liz trooper takes out 2 health, but full shots from the previous scene with the, much tougher, cyborg soldier don't deal a single point of damage. This is a sham.

[@zusaij]

It actually looks that way in the video :D However I didn't because I already was using the emulators save states so if I die I just load the lastest save. If I would play with a real N64 console I have to complete the whole level until I can save between the levels if I had a Memory card (Controller Pak). So I saved all the time anyway (which is already a form of cheating considering that you could not do it when playing with the real N64) so no need for god mode, however I do find that clip weird because it looks like I did got hit there..

[@rogerstephenroth8073]

Did anyone notice the hidden spice girls on the glass stores in the game? That was pretty funny