![]() ![]() PowerSlave was Lobotomy Software's first full game, with development starting in May 1995 for the PC. Such abilities include being able to jump higher, levitate, breathe underwater, walk in lava and walk through force fields. However, in the console versions as well as the remastered PC version, Powerslave EX, the game functions more as a hybrid of a first-person shooter and a Metroidvania, as the player obtains new weapons and ancient artifacts over the course of the game, providing them with abilities that allow them to explore previously unreachable areas, all of which are connected with an overworld map. Familiar elements from the genre, such as health refills and a selection of different weapons, are present. Gameplay in both the original PC version and console versions follows the standard first-person shooter formula. In the good ending, which occurs if the player makes it to the bomb on time, the Kilmaat retreat from the planet, but the main character is stuck on their ship and needs to find a way off. In the bad ending, which occurs if the player loses all of their lives or fails to disarm the bomb in time, Earth is destroyed in a massive nuclear blast. The final stage takes place aboard the Kilmaat mothership, where a nuclear weapon has been armed and is set to go off in 15 minutes, and has enough power to obliterate the planet. In the MS-DOS version, there are two slightly different endings, again depending on the player's course of action, but only in the final stage. In the bad ending, the player has failed to collect all eight pieces of the radio transmitter, and the protagonist is subsequently buried in the tomb of Ramses, only to be excavated centuries later by the now ruling forces of the Kilmaat and put on display as the last human corpse. After escaping the collapsing tomb, the protagonist is indeed rewarded as such, and becomes a powerful and benevolent Pharaoh of the entire planet. ![]() After reclaiming the mummy of Ramses, the Pharaoh thanks him for his effort, and promises the protagonist that he will inherit Ramses' Earthly kingdom, and that the Gods will bless him with eternal life and make him ruler of the world. In the good ending, the protagonist has collected eight pieces of a radio transmission device, so he can send a rescue signal and be extracted from the Valley. ![]() In the console versions, there are two endings, depending on the player's course of action during the game. The player's course of action is directed by the spirit of King Ramses, whose mummy was exhumed from its tomb by the Kilmaat, who seek to resurrect him and use his powers to control the world. The player must battle hordes of extraterrestrial insectoid beings known as the Kilmaat, as well as their various minions, which include mummies, Anubis soldiers, scorpions, and evil spirits. The player is sent in to the valley as the hero to save Karnak and the World. However, on the journey there, the player's helicopter is shot down and the player barely escapes. 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. ![]() PowerSlave is set in and around the ancient Egyptian city of Karnak in the late 20th century. The MS-DOS version of PowerSlave was added to the GOG store on November 19, 2020.ĭeveloped by Nightdive Studios in partnership with Throwback Entertainment, an enhanced port for the PC and modern consoles combining elements of the Saturn and PlayStation versions, PowerSlave Exhumed, was announced on Augand released on February 10, 2022. On May 24, 2015, Powerslave EX, an unofficial remake for the PlayStation version appeared on GitHub. It was released in North America, Europe and Japan, for the Sega Saturn, PlayStation, and MS-DOS over the course of a year from late 1996 to late 1997. PowerSlave, known as Exhumed in Europe and 1999 AD: Resurrection of the Pharaoh ( 西暦 1999:ファラオの復活, Seireki 1999: Pharaoh no Fukkatsu) in Japan, is a first-person shooter video game developed by Lobotomy Software and published by Playmates Interactive in North America, and BMG Interactive in Europe and Japan. ![]()
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