Todd Jason Replogle (born 1969) is an American

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best known as the co-creator of the ''

Duke Nukem ''Duke Nukem'' is a video game series named for its main character, Duke Nukem. Created by the company Apogee Software Ltd. (now 3D Realms) as a series of video games for personal computers, the series expanded to games released for various co ...

'' series. He wrote six 2D action games for MS-DOS released as

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by Apogee Software between 1990 and 1993. This included ''Duke Nukem'' and ''Duke Nukem II'', which were side-scrolling

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s. Replogle worked as a programmer on a team of developers for ''

Duke Nukem 3D ''Duke Nukem 3D'' is a first-person shooter video game developed by 3D Realms. It is a sequel to the platform games ''Duke Nukem'' and '' Duke Nukem II'', published by 3D Realms. ''Duke Nukem 3D'' features the adventures of the titular Duke N ...

'', published in 1996. One of the first major 2.5D games following ''

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'', it used the

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Ken Silverman Ken Silverman (born November 1, 1975) is an American game programmer, best known for writing the Build engine. It was most notably utilized by ''Duke Nukem 3D'', '' Shadow Warrior'', ''Blood'', and more than a dozen other games in the mid- to ...

. After ''Duke Nukem 3D'', Replogle started some technical experimentation into what would later become ''

Duke Nukem Forever ''Duke Nukem Forever'' is a 2011 first-person shooter game developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K Games for Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. It is the fourth main installment in the ''Duke Nukem'' series and the sequel to '' ...

''. He retired from the gaming industry in 1997. The last game Replogle was known to be working on was called "Mr. Fist". This was something he showed to 3D Realms, but it was never published.3D Realms Corporate forum post
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Personal life

Replogle graduated from

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as a member of the class of 1987. He lives with his wife Malisa and son Tyler in

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. He loves eating

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Games

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'' (1990) *''

Monuments of Mars ''Monuments of Mars'' is a third-person puzzle-platform game developed by Scenario Software for MS-DOS and compatible systems. It was published by Apogee Software. The game consists of four 20-level episodes, the first episode being shareware, the ...

'' (1991) *'' Dark Ages'' (1991) *''

'' (1991) *'' Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure'' (1992) *'' Duke Nukem II'' (1993) *''

'' (1996)

References

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