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''Exhumed'' (or ''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 ''[[
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.]]
Not to be confused with the ''Powerslave'' album made by [[
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== This game shows examples of: ==
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* [[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.
* [[Critical Existence Failure]]
* [[Death Is a Slap
* [[Determinator]]: The hero.
* [[Do Not Run
* [[Emergency Weapon]]: The machete, which doesn't use ammo and is usable underwater (opposite to the firearms).
* [[Enemy Rising Behind]]
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* [[One-Man Army]]
* [[Poison Mushroom]]: The poison cups.
* [[Recycled in Space]]: This is ''[[Doom]]'' (for the plot) and ''[[
** [[Averted Trope|Averted]], engine-wise, for the console versions, which use Lobotomy Software's own Slavedriver engine. Ironically, the [[Sega Saturn]] port of ''[[
* [[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
* [[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.
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