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Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter
Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001!
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Very Positive (19) - 89% of the 19 user reviews in the last 30 days are positive.
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Overwhelmingly Positive (2,620) - 95% of the 2,620 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date:
Mar 21, 2001
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Devolver Digital
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Game of the Year 2001 - Gamespot
  • Game of the Month 2001 - PC Gamer UK (magazine, April 2001)
  • Best Value Priced Game 2001 - Gamespy
  • Best End Boss 2001 - Gamespy
  • Premier Awards 2001 (Best Enemy Headless Kamikaze) - Computer Gaming World
  • Action Vault Award 2001 (Outstanding Achievement in Technology) - IGN
  • Action Vault Award 2001 (Surprise of the Year) - IGN
  • Platinum 2001 Award - Gamers Pulse
  • Editors Choice Award - IGN
  • #1 PC Games of 2001 - EBgames
  • PC Action Cream of the Crop Award - GamePen
  • Best First Person Shooter 2001 - Christian Computer Gaming Review

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Reviews

“The best $20 computer game we've ever played.”
100/100 – Daily Radar

“An essential purchase for anyone who's ever enjoyed being on the right end of a shotgun.”
100/100 – Games Radar

“The most fun I have had in a straight shoot'em up FPS in a hell of a long time.”
97/100 – Gamer's Pulse

About This Game

Note: When you purchase Revolution you get Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter and Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.

Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline arcade-action shooter heavily focused on frantic arcade-style single player action. In a world where cyberpunk meets fantasy-fiction and advanced technology is mixed with black magic and psycho-powers, Sam travels through the beautiful world of ancient Egypt and several diverse planets, confronting countless Mental's minions on his way to the Mental's base.

Key Features

  • Frantic Arcade-Style Action - Fight your way through 15+ nightmarish warriors in Mental's army, including the charging Sirian Werebull, screaming Headless Kamikaze and other crazy monsters, and finally challenge the multi-story Ugh-Zan boss!
  • Various Environments and Secrets - Unleash mayhem in ancient Egypt. Discover over 80 secrets hidden in the fray!
  • Special Weapons and Power-Ups - Wreak havoc with a huge arsenal of weapons including Double Shotgun, Rocket Launcher, Minigun and Cannon!
  • Co-Op Multiplayer - Embrace the mayhem with up to 16 players!
  • Versus Multiplayer – Drop the gauntlet and let the heavy ordinance fly in incredible Deathmatch and Scorematch!
  • Split Screen – Huddle up with up to 4-player local split screen co-op and versus modes!
  • Level Editor – Create your own levels, MODs, textures and other content with the inclusion of the fully featured Serious Editor and Serious Modeller!

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Contains frequent violence, blood and gore with some mature language, which can be seen through actual gameplay and cut-scenes.

System Requirements

    Minimum
    • OS *: Windows 95 OSR2, Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 5), Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 operating system
    • Processor: AMD K6-3 400MHz, Pentium II or Celeron-A 300MHz
    • Memory: 64MB
    • Graphics: full OpenGL compliant 3D accelerator
    • Hard Drive: 600MB free hard disk space
    • Sound: 100% Windows compatible sound card
    Recommended
    • Processor: AMD Athlon 650MHz or Pentium III 650MHz range processor
    • Memory: 128MB
    • Graphics: nVidia GeForce256 or TNT2 ultra, PowerVR Kyro, S3 Savage2000, 3Dfx Voodoo3, ATI Rage128 pro
    • Hard Drive: 700MB free hard disk space
    • Sound: Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
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