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''Exhumed'' (or ''Powerslave'''PowerSlave''''' [[Market-Based Title|in the USA]]) is a 1996 [[First-Person Shooter]] released for PC, PS1 and Saturn. It is set in Egyptian ruins and makes the player fighting alone against plenty of demons and undead, making it a kind of ''[[Doom]]'' or ''[[Duke Nukem 3D (Video Game)|Duke Nukem 3D]]'' in Egypt.
 
The story occurs in the end of the XXth century and puts the player in the shoes of a [[Super Soldier|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 [[It's Up to You|he is the only survivor.]]
 
In an odd twist for an FPS, the original PC version, due to the circumstances of its development path, is actually the inferior one for once, being more linear and lacking the [[Metroidvania]] elements of the console versions. The 2022 port ''PowerSlave Exhumed'' rectifies this by bringing the superior console version to PC.
Not to be confused with the ''Powerslave'' album made by [[Iron Maiden (Music)|Iron Maiden]] (although the title track deals with Ancient Egypt too).▼
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▲Not to be confused with the ''Powerslave'' album made by [[Iron Maiden (Music)|Iron Maiden]] (although the title track deals with Ancient Egypt too).
 
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* [[Ancient Egypt]]
* [[And Then John Was a Zombie]]: {{spoiler|The "Game Over" screen shows Anubis-monsters mummifying the hero.}}
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* [[Block Puzzle]]: Sometimes.
* [[Check Point]]: 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.
* [[Chest Monster]]: The destroyable objects that hold pickups can also hold monsters.
* [[Critical Existence Failure]]
* [[Death Is a Slap Onon The Wrist]]: Not exactly, but close. Dying makes the player reappearing 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. The lives limit doesn't even apply in the console versions or 2022 port.
* [[Determinator]]: The hero.
* [[Do Not Run Withwith a Gun]]: The player can walk and shoot at the same time, but it is impossible for the monsters.
* [[Emergency Weapon]]: The machete, which doesn't use ammo and is usable underwater (opposite to the firearms).
* [[Enemy Rising Behind]]
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* [[Excuse Plot]]
* [[Exploding Barrels]]
* [[Fake Difficulty]]: NoThe original PC version had no real saves and a limited number of lives.
* [[First-Person Shooter]]
* [[Gorn]]
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: Ramses.
* [[Hyperactive Metabolism]]: One of the health [[Power-Up]] is a kind of berry-carrying plant.
* [[Metroidvania]]: The [[Sega Saturn]] and [[Play StationPlayStation]] versions are possibly the earliest first-person example, predating ''[[Metroid Prime]]'' by several years.
* [[One-Man Army]]
* [[Poison Mushroom]]: The poison cups.
* [[Recycled in Space]]: This is ''[[Doom]]'' (for the plot) and ''[[Duke Nukem 3D (Video Game)|Duke Nukem 3D]]'' (for the [[Game Engine]]) in Egypt.
** [[Averted Trope|Averted]], engine-wise, for the console versions, which use Lobotomy Software's own Slavedriver engine. Ironically, the [[Sega Saturn]] port of ''[[Duke Nukem 3D (Video Game)|Duke Nukem 3D]]'' uses Slavedriver instead of Build (as does the Saturn version of ''[[Quake (Video Gameseries)|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.
* [[Standard FPS Guns]]: There are seven weapons. A [[Knife Nut|machete]], a [[Revolvers Are Just Better|.357 Magnum revolver]], a [[More Dakka|M-60 machine gun]], a [[Kill It Withwith Fire|flamethrower]], some hand grenades and three magical Egyptian weapons (two with the PC version).
* [[Super Not-Drowning Skills]]: The Hero can swim for a few dozen seconds underwater before seeing his health drained. He can make it last longer by catching big groups of air bubbles.
* [[The Undead]]: Mummies.
* [[Universal Ammunition]]: A variation in the console versions. Ammo pick-ups are all generic blue orbs and will refill the weapon you are currently holding when you walk over them, but each gun has its own ammunition pool.
* [[Video Game Lives]]: TheIn the original PC version, the player begins with three lives and can have at most five on the same time. Averted in the console version and its 2022 port.
 
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[[Category:Exhumed]]
[[Category:Video Game]]
[[Category:PowerSlave]]
[[Category:Video Games of the 1990s]]
[[Category:First-Person Shooter]]
[[Category:Sega Saturn]]
[[Category:PlayStation]]
[[Category:Microsoft Windows]]
[[Category:Nintendo Switch]]
[[Category:PlayStation 4]]
[[Category:Xbox One]]
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