10 Essential FPS Levels Every Fan Must Play

Welcome guys and gals, to gaming royalty.

This was the 90s first-person shooter perfected. All the fundamentals were here: buttery smooth movement; visceral gunplay and varied, hard-hitting enemies. Level design was outstanding, intuitive, fun and crammed full of secrets.

Interactivity was mind-blowing. damaged fire hydrants gushed water that healed you; mirrors were reflective; light switches actually worked. No game had done that before. Many still don’t.

But these were the people behind DOOM and Quake. You expected that.

No, what set Duke Nukem apart was the fact that you’re not playing as some silent, unnamed tough guy.

Instead, you’re Duke Nukem. You’re Stallone, you’re Schwarzenegger, you’re the baddest SOB alive and you’re there to save babes, kick ass and chew bubblegum, all while rattling some off the hammiest, most hilarious and downright awesome one-liners ever written.

Duke Nukem 3D is an outrageously over-the-top but - for the time - surprisingly clever pastiche of the 90s Hollywood action movies. Hollywood Holocaust brilliantly encapsulates the experience in one neat, compact, punchy level.

Duke Nukem Forever may have proved that Duke's era has come and gone, but this level remains arguably its least offensive, and accessible, showpiece.