Archive EntryPreservation Record
Duke Nukem: Time to Kill
Shelf markLIB-0028
Editorial StandingCatalogued · Permanent Record
1998Game
Catalog Information
- Original Title
- Duke Nukem: Time to Kill
- Release
- 1998 (North America)
- Developer
- n-Space
- Publisher
- GT Interactive
- Platform
- PlayStation
- Region
- NTSC-U/C · North America · SLUS-00583
- Medium
- Pressed optical disc · PlayStation retail edition
- Subjects
- Third-Person Shooter · Duke Nukem · Licensed Action · Preservation
Archival Status
- Custody
- Permanent archive holding
- Reference Copy
- Complete in box: case, pressed disc, manual, and original cover insert
- Condition Report
- Complete in box. Light shelf wear consistent with age. Preserved as a playable reference copy.
- Acquisition
- Private acquisition · August 2026
- Filed
- August 3, 2026
Curator Notes
Duke Nukem: Time to Kill is not a conversion of the PC shooter that made the character famous on this generation. It is a PlayStation-built third-person game — n-Space’s own construction under GT Interactive — and that distinction matters on a shelf that also holds Total Meltdown.
Kept alone, either title would imply that Duke’s PlayStation presence was a single idea. Together they record two different answers to the same license: one a console edition of Duke Nukem 3D, the other a new third-person campaign built for this hardware’s audience and its controllers.
The filing is custody of that second answer. It belongs here so the Original PlayStation collection can show how a major late-nineties action property was localized onto Sony’s disc format without collapsing every release into one story.
Collection Documentation
Acquired in August 2026 while establishing the first Duke Nukem pair on the Original PlayStation shelf.
The retained copy is the North American PlayStation edition published by GT Interactive (SLUS-00583). It remains complete in box with manual and cover insert, and is kept beside Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown as the reference set for this license on the platform.
Dedicated artifact views of the individual copy have not yet been filed; the gallery below is held open for that documentation.
Preservation Notes
- Access Hardware
- Sony PlayStation; compatible North American PlayStation hardware
- Original Hardware
- Sony PlayStation · NTSC-U/C
- Playback Compatibility
- Pressed for North American PlayStation consoles. The retained disc remains the primary access copy.
- Preservation Concerns
- Optical-disc aging and surface damage remain the principal risks. The disc is stored upright in its original case under stable, dry conditions; printed materials remain housed with the copy.
- Edition History
- North American PlayStation release published by GT Interactive in October 1998 (SLUS-00583), developed by n-Space. European territories received separate PlayStation localizations under GT Interactive.
- Access Status
- The original physical edition is out of print and circulates through the secondary market. No current digital edition replaces this reference copy.
Connections
- Archival Lineage
- LIB-0029Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown (1997)
- LIB-0028Duke Nukem: Time to Kill (1998)this filing
- Series
- Duke Nukem
- Editorial Record
- Reserved for future critical writing in Bloodsoaked Media.
Artifact Documentation
Reference photography of the preserved copy held by Bloodsoaked Media. Each view records the edition, materials, and condition of the work in custody.
Space is reserved for official artwork verification, collection photography, scans, and supplementary archival media. Nothing is forced into the record until documentation is filed.
Stewardship History
A permanent chronology of this archival record — filed, revised, and tended over time. Entries accumulate; none are erased.
Collection Documentation entered
Connections established
Duke Nukem series recorded.
Curator Notes entered
Filed into the Library
Accessioned as LIB-0028.
Preservation Notes entered
Published to the public shelf