PowerSlave

PowerSlave

Released1996
Powerslave is a first-person shooter featuring an arcade-style level progression. The game comprises 20 consecutive single-player levels and 12 multiplayer deathmatch levels. The storyline unfolds in the city of Karnak, which has been invaded by unknown alien forces, isolating it from the rest of the world. The inhabitants are subjected to torture or injected with a substance, transforming them into servant mummies. Not even the mummy of King Ramses is spared. As world leaders' attempts to send armed forces fail, you are selected among a few of the world's best special forces to infiltrate Karnak and eliminate the invaders from within. However, the mission takes a dark turn when your helicopter is shot down, leaving you alone to navigate through the chaos, aiming to complete your mission and survive. In contrast to later console adaptations, the game's 20 single-player levels are played consecutively. The player searches for keys and secret areas to progress to the next level, akin to other games of the time, such as DOOM. The game employs a single save slot for each playthrough and incorporates a checkpoint system, enabling players to resume from the latest checkpoint they have discovered. Levels encompass ancient cities, temples, sprawling lava-filled caverns, and alien Kilmaat ships, each riddled with traps and keys concealing multiple pathways.
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DeveloperLobotomy Software
PublisherPlaymates Interactive Entertainment
ReleasedDecember 31, 1996
StatusReleased
GenresShooter
ThemesActionFantasy
PlatformsLinux LinuxPC (Microsoft Windows) PC (Microsoft Windows)DOS DOSMAC Mac
ModesMultiplayerSingle player

About This Game

The ancient Egyptian city of Karnak has fallen silent under occupation—seized by forces unknown sometime in the late twentieth century. A special team of combat veterans is sent to the valley to assess the threat, but the player's helicopter is shot down before anyone reaches the ground. Stranded and outnumbered, the player must push through alone, battling waves of Kilmaat—an extraterrestrial insectoid species commanding a grotesque army of mummies, Anubis soldiers, scorpions, and restless spirits. Navigating the ruins, the player receives guidance from King Ramses himself, whose mummy the Kilmaat unearthed from its tomb. Their goal: resurrect the king and harness his power to subjugate the world. Stopping them means fighting through everything they have thrown into Karnak's shadows.

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