Genre
Perspective
Non-Sport
MobyRank MobyScore
DOS
56
3.2
Windows 3.x
...
3.2
SEGA Saturn
79
3.7

Description

In this First person shooter, you're an armed forces specialist sent to investigate strange happenings at the ancient Egyptian city of Karnak. Soon you learn that alien invaders with a penchant for mummifying humans alive have taken over the place. You have to fight your way through increasingly difficult levels with an unbelievable cast in order to finish it.

Alternate Titles

  • "Seireki 1999: Pharaoh no Fukkatsu" -- Japanese title
  • "Ruins: Return of the Gods" -- Working title
  • "Exhumed" -- European title

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User Reviews

Only place where it feels most at home... SEGA Saturn Satoshi Kunsai (1823)
One of the PS1's best games PlayStation Luke Kavanagh (4)
A genuinely dull game DOS Maw (849)
The sega saturn couldn't handle 3D games.. this games proves it. SEGA Saturn Schutzstaffel88 (14)

The Press Says

Absolute Playstation PlayStation Apr, 1997 9 out of 10 90
GamesCollection PlayStation Jun 09, 2010 8.5 out of 10 85
NowGamer PlayStation Oct 01, 1996 8.4 out of 10 84
Official UK PlayStation Magazine PlayStation 1997 8 out of 10 80
Edge PlayStation Apr, 1997 8 out of 10 80
Game Players PlayStation Jun, 1997 7.7 out of 10 77
Joystick (French) DOS Jul, 1997 72 out of 100 72
The Video Game Critic SEGA Saturn Sep 12, 2008 B- 67
Shooterplanet DOS Jan 09, 2007 65 out of 100 65
GameSpot SEGA Saturn Dec 01, 1996 5.4 out of 10 54

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
PC version cheat codes & command line options 4 MrFlibble (1336)
Aug 29, 2012
PC vs. PlayStation/Saturn 2 ALAKA (28285)
Jan 31, 2010
release date 2 joyvalley (131430)
Jan 17, 2010

Trivia

This game used and early version of the Build engine developed by 3D Realms and made popular by Duke Nukem 3d. Even though the registered version of Powerslave was released long after Duke 3d, it used an earlier version of the engine, making it technologically inferior.


This entry was contributed by Andrew Hartnett (2267), Satoshi Kunsai (1823) and joyvalley (131430)
 

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