History VideoGame / PowerSlave

* AncientAstronauts: Set, the evil Egyptian god, appears as the first of the game's two bosses, and appears to be an alien (in fact he strongly resembles a cross between the Cycloid Emperor and the Alien Queen from ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D''). The connection between the Kilmaat and ancient Egypt is unclear, but most of their Mooks are themed around ancient Egypt.

** In the PC version, the endings involve how well you do on the Kilmaat mothership. Run out of lives or fail to disarm the super powerful nuclear bomb aboard the ship and the Earth gets destroyed. Succeed and while [[BittersweetEnding you drove the Kilmaat off, you basically stuck on the ship.]]

* CheckPoint: Even in the PC version, the game saves only automatically, at specific points, the beginning of the levels, and when you reach a golden scarab.

* GameMod: There are 3 source ports available to get the game to run on modern systems with modern mouse controls and modern hardware accelerated rendering (similar to [=GZDoom=], [=EDuke32=], or the Deep Dive ports of various ''Doom''-era games). [=PCExhume=] (based on the EDuke32 engine), [=BuildGDX=], and [=Raze=] (a continuation of [=PCExhume=] by the [=GZDoom=] team). Of the 3, Raze seems to be the most recent and to have the least compatibility issues on Windows 10, though the opening movie doesn't play when running the game on it.

* GameMod: There are 3 source ports available to get the game to run on modern systems with modern mouse controls and modern hardware accelerated rendering (similar to GZDoom, EDuke32, or the Deep Dive ports of various ''Doom''-era games). [=PCExhume=] (based on the EDuke32 engine), [=BuildGDX=], and [=Raze=] (a continuation of [=PCExhume=] by the GZDoom team). Of the 3, Raze seems to be the most recent and to have the least compatibility issues on Windows 10, though the opening movie doesn't play when running the game on it.

After being unavailable for digital purchase for years, the PC version of the game was [[https://www.gog.com/game/powerslave digitally re-released]] on Website/GOGDotCom by Throwback Entertainment on November 19th, 2020, with Throwback also [[https://twitter.com/ThrowbackCorp/status/1329889365447897091 working with]] Creator/NightdiveStudios to remaster both versions of the game.

* RecycledInSpace: This is ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' (for the plot) and ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'' (for the GameEngine) in Egypt.

%* EnemyRisingBehind

''[=PowerSlave=]'' (a.k.a. ''Exhumed'' in Europe and ''Seireki 1999: Pharaoh no Fukkatsu'' in Japan) is a 1996 FirstPersonShooter released for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}} and UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn. It is set in Egyptian ruins and makes the player fight alone against plenty of demons and undead, making it a kind of ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' or ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'' in Egypt. However, while the PC version is a typical FPS of the time, the console version distinguished itself by being a first-person {{Metroidvania}} long before ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'' came out.

The story occurs in the end of the [[YearX XXth]] century and puts the player in the shoes of a [[SuperSoldier special forces soldier]] sent in Egypt (near Karnak) with a team to investigate weird rumors about monsters which appeared there and invaded the place. Their chopper crashes, and [[ItsUpToYou he is the only survivor]].

* BenevolentArchitecture
* BlockPuzzle: Sometimes.

* {{Determinator}}: The hero.

* EnemyRisingBehind
* EverybodysDeadDave: The beginning of the game.

** In the console version: [[spoiler:the hero either becomes an immortal, or mummified by the aliens]].
** In the PC version: [[spoiler:the hero stows away in an alien spaceship, or accidentally destroys Earth]].

* {{Badass}}: The hero survived a crash and it doesn't prevent him from fighting monsters. And he sometimes shouts some taunts, too.

''[=PowerSlave=]'' (a.k.a. ''Exhumed'' in Europe and ''Seireki 1999: Pharaoh no Fukkatsu'' in Japan) is a 1996 FirstPersonShooter released for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}} and UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn. It is set in Egyptian ruins and makes the player fight alone against plenty of demons and undead, making it a kind of ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' or ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'' in Egypt. However, while the PC version is a typical FPS of the time, whereas the console versions distinguished itself by being first-person {{Metroidvania}} long before ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'' came out.

* {{Metroidvania}}: The SegaSaturn and PlayStation versions are possibly the earliest first-person example, predating ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'' by several years.

''[=PowerSlave=]'' (a.k.a. ''Exhumed'' in Europe and ''Seireki 1999: Pharaoh no Fukkatsu'' in Japan) is a 1996 FirstPersonShooter released for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], {{PlayStation}} and SegaSaturn. It is set in Egyptian ruins and makes the player fight alone against plenty of demons and undead, making it a kind of ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' or ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'' in Egypt. However, while the PC version is a typical FPS of the time, whereas the console versions distinguished itself by being first-person {{Metroidvania}} long before ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'' came out.

A PC-compatible port of the Playstation version, '''[[https://powerslaveex.wordpress.com/ PowerSlave EX]]''' has recently been developed, and while still in development, gives PC players a free means to experience the console version.

''[=PowerSlave=]'' (a.k.a. ''Exhumed'' in Europe and ''Seireki 1999: Pharaoh no Fukkatsu'' in Japan) is a 1996 FirstPersonShooter released for [[IBMPersonalComputer PC]], {{PlayStation}} and SegaSaturn. It is set in Egyptian ruins and makes the player fight alone against plenty of demons and undead, making it a kind of ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' or ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'' in Egypt. However, while the PC version is a typical FPS of the time, whereas the console versions distinguished itself by being first-person {{Metroidvania}} long before ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'' came out.

* EverybodyHatesHades: There are monsters that look like Anubis (this is their name in the manual). In EgyptianMythology, Anubis is the protector of dead people, not an evil god.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Ramses. (Voiced by Creator/DonLaFontaine, no less.)

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Ramses. (Voiced by DonLaFontaine, no less.)

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Not exactly, but close. Dying makes the player reappear next to the last checkpoint, with full life, all your inventory from when you died, and the killed monsters don't respawn. On the other hand the ammo and power-ups you previously picked up don't respawn either and you lose one life.

* FakeDifficulty: No real saves and a limited number of lives.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Ramses.
* HyperactiveMetabolism: One of the health PowerUp is a kind of berry-carrying plant.

** [[AvertedTrope Averted]], engine-wise, for the console versions, which use Lobotomy Software's own Slavedriver engine instead. Ironically, the Saturn port of ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'' uses Slavedriver instead of Build (as does the Saturn version of ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'' instead of its own engine), presumably because Slavedriver is a rare case of a 3D engine that can leverage the Saturn's complicated architecture to great effect.

* VideoGameLives: The player begins with three lives and can have at most five.

''[=PowerSlave=]'' (AKA ''Exhumed'' [[MarketBasedTitle in Europe]]) is a 1996 FirstPersonShooter released for PC, [=PS1=] and Saturn. It is set in Egyptian ruins and makes the player fight alone against plenty of demons and undead, making it a kind of ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' or ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'' in Egypt. However, while the PC version is a typical FPS of the time, the console version(s) distinguished itself by being first-person {{Metroidvania}} long before ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'' came out.

The story occurs in the end of the [[YearX XXth]] century and puts the player in the shoes of a [[SuperSoldier special forces soldier]] sent in Egypt (near Karnak) with a team to investigate weird rumors about monsters which appeared there and invaded the place. Their chopper crashes, and [[ItsUpToYou he is the only survivor.]]

* AncientEgypt

* BadAss: The hero survived a crash and it doesn't prevent him from fighting monsters. And he sometimes shouts some taunts, too.

* CheckPoint: Even in the PC version, the game saves only automatically, at specific points: the beginning of the levels and when you reach a golden scarab.
* CriticalExistenceFailure

* ExcusePlot
* ExplodingBarrels

* FirstPersonShooter
* {{Gorn}}

** In the console version, [[spoiler:the hero either becomes an immortal, or mummified by the aliens.]]
** In the PC version, [[spoiler:the hero stows away in an alien spaceship, or accidentally destroys Earth.]]
* OneManArmy

** [[AvertedTrope Averted]], engine-wise, for the console versions, which use Lobotomy Software's own Slavedriver engine instead. Ironically, the SegaSaturn port of ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'' uses Slavedriver instead of Build (as does the Saturn version of ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'' instead of its own engine), presumably because Slavedriver is a rare case of a 3D engine that can leverage the Saturn's complicated architecture to great effect.

* VideoGameLives: The player begins with three lives and can have at most five.

''[=PowerSlave=]'' (AKA ''Exhumed'' [[MarketBasedTitle in Europe]]) is a 1996 FirstPersonShooter released for PC, [=PS1=] and Saturn. It is set in Egyptian ruins and makes the player fight alone against plenty of demons and undead, making it a kind of ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' or ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'' in Egypt.

For a more modern take on "old school FPS in Egypt", see ''VideoGame/SeriousSam''.

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