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PowerSlave (1996)

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Some gameplay from the japanese Sega Saturn version.

PowerSlave (Exhumed in European territories and 西暦１９９９ ファラオの復活 / Seireki 1999: Pharaoh no Fukkatsu in Japan), is a first-person shooter, developed by Lobotomy Software and published by Playmates Interactive Entertainment. It was released in 1996 in the US/Japan/Europe, for Sega Saturn, PlayStation and the PC.

PowerSlave/Exhumed/Seireki 1999 is set in an area around the ancient Egyptian city of Karnak in the late 20th century. The city has been seized by unknown forces, with a special crack team of hardened soldiers sent to the valley of Karnak, to uncover the source of this trouble. However on the journey there, the player's helicopter is shot down and the player barely escapes. The player is sent in to the valley as the hero to save Karnak and the World. The player finds himself battling hordes of evil creatures including mummies, Anubis guardians of the dead, scorpions and evil spirits. The player's course of action is directed by the spirit of King Ramses, whose mummy was exhumed from its tomb by these evil creatures.

Throughout the game, gameplay follows a standard first-person shooter formula. Familiar elements from the genre, such as collecting keys to open doors in a level, are present.

As the game progresses, the player picks up a number of artifacts which in turn gives himself new abilities. Such abilities include being able to jump higher, levitate, breathe underwater, walk in lava, walk through force fields and jump further to reach previously inaccessible areas of the maps. In a similar fashion, there are a number of key symbols (Power, Time, War and Earth) that can open sealed doors in previously visited areas.

Each map is connected together by a world-overview map in a similar manner to Super Mario World.

It should be noted, however, that this non-linear system only applies to the console versions.

Exhumed / PowerSlave / Seireki 1999 Pharaoh no Fukkatsu (c)1996 by Lobotomy Software

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