Serious Sam

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ON OTHER PLATFORMS: PC, Xbox

GAME INFO
publisher: Gathering
developer: Croteam
genre: Shooters

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
P233, 64MB RAM, 500MB HDD, 3D accelerator

ESRB rating: M
homepage:
www.croteam.com/game_overview.html

release date: Mar 22, 01 (released)

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ACTIONTRIP'S REVIEW Serious Sam is kicking some major booty in Egypt! The ancient city of Memphis better be ready for what is coming. Hell, you better be ready for what is coming at ya! I used to love roller coaster rides. I also used to love playing them coin-up arcade machines. Does anyone remember "Operation Wolf"? That was one helluva coin-up shooter. No brains to it (on your part at least)... As Levelord would put it...

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Serious Sam Files

DEMOS	size	date
demo	78MB	Jun 26, 01

PATCHES	size	date
v1.04 patch	5.5MB	Dec 05, 01

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Serious Sam Previews

»	Nov 27, 00 Serious Sam Interview Hey, it's not like id, Epic, and Lith are the only ones coding away at 3D FPS worlds... Croteam has risen from relative obscurity (kinda like Arnold Schwartzenneger when he flashed his... » MORE

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Serious Sam News

»	Feb 28, 2012 PS Vita Game Best-Seller in UK, MW 3 Best on Steam Contrary to the traditional news stories releated strictly to the weekly UK top-selling games, I thought it would be a good idea to include the Steam best-sellers as well. » MORE

»	Jan 02, 2012 Steam Holiday January Sales As the year kicks off, some games from 2011 are getting cheaper already. It's worth checking out, if you still haven't played any of them. Here are the first holiday deals at Steam: Deus Ex: Human Revolution $16. » MORE

Dec 23, 2011

2011: Game of the Year
Okay, folks, once again we collect our thoughts to appreciate and talk about some of the best titles we've seen throughout the year. Before we proceed to the ActionTrip 2011 Game of the Year Awards, let us have a look at the final results of the GotY voting poll.

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»	Nov 18, 2011 Game of the Year 2011 - People's Choice Yep, we've started early this year. The time has come when we try to gather our thoughts about the year and the game's that have gone by. There are a lot of games on the list, so it's time to cast your votes, people. » MORE

»	Nov 17, 2011 Serious Sam 3: BFE 'Blood and Gore' Trailer So, you like shooters, eh? You like blood and gore, eh? Well, Serious Sam 3: BFE promises that and more (hm, even more blood and gore, as it happens): » MORE

»	Sep 08, 2011 Mornin '11 The shooter Hard Reset is almost in stores. Until it arrives, you might want to download the 1GB demo, which was released yesterday. Just played the demo myself and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. » MORE

»	Jul 11, 2011 Serious Sam 3: BFE 'Headless Kamikaze' Trailer Headless kamikazes have feelings too. They also lead a normal life apparently: CroTeam's Serious Sam 3: BFE is scheduled to arrive later this year. » MORE

»	Feb 28, 2011 Serious Sam 3 - First Screenshots & Info Croteam officially announced Serious Sam 3: BFE today, saying that the game is a "a glorious throwback to the golden age of first-person shooters where men were men, cover was for amateurs and pulling the trigger made things go boom. » MORE

»	Feb 01, 2011 Mornin '11 Apart from diving into the market of casual games, publishers have all sorts of deviant little ways to pull in more resources - milking their popular franchises being the most obvious way, of course. » MORE

»	Jan 13, 2010 A Minute on PC Best-Sellers Here are a few charts showing what PC gamers are buying the most via online distribution services (these are last week's sales): Steam 1. » MORE

»	Dec 21, 2009 Serious Sam 3 Done By 2010 Oh man, it's been ages since I've heard that name. Few shooters were as fun as Serious Sam. If you're a fan of the franchise, you'd be glad to know that Croteam intends to launch Serious Sam 3 some time next year. » MORE

»	Aug 27, 2009 In The Domain of WTF, Here's the Serious Sam HD Trailer In case you haven't already heard, Croteam has decided to revisit it's once popular shooter Serious Sam and give the whole thing a nice High Definitiony look. » MORE

Oct 22, 2007

Mornin'
I was reading the rather busy comments section over the weekend, and for the love of God. I am afraid now. Some of you people can carry on relatively literate and in-depth conversations about subjects going beyond bodily fluids and any number of derogatory terms for women.

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»	Sep 03, 2007 TimeShift Demo on Xbox Live Xbox Live Marketplace (likely only the North American version) has been updated with a 582MB demo of Sierra and Saber Interactive's shooter, TimeShift. » MORE

»	May 14, 2007 Serious Sam 3 The web site Seriously! is reporting that the next issue of the Croatian gaming mag, GamePlay, should have an extensive interview with CroTeam, the makers of Serious Sam, which should reveal more info on their next project. » MORE

»	May 15, 2007 Croteam's Next Project Not Serious Sam 3 Despite yesterday's report, Serious Sam 3 is not on the way. Instead, Croteam reveals the news, via IGN, that they're currently working on a completely new project, slated for a 2009 release date on the PC and consoles. » MORE

»	Oct 26, 2006 Playable Demos Sell Games Gamedaily is reporting that according to new research from The NPD Group, playable demos have a significant impact on most consumers' game purchasing decisions. » MORE

»	Sep 15, 2006 Serious Engine 3 News Serious Sam fan site Seriously reveals first details on the latest iteration of the Serious Engine, Serious Engine 3, that Croatian-based Croteam is working on. » MORE

»	Feb 03, 2006 Activision Apologizes The publisher Activision responds to accusations of racism. Well, they apologized for their game and for other media, as well: In a statement issued to GamesIndustry. » MORE

»	Oct 20, 2005 Beta Catalyst Drivers ATI has made available new beta Catalyst 5.10a driver that's supposed to improve the performance of Radeon cards in Serious Sam 2 and Quake 4. Thanks, Bluesnews.com. » MORE

»	Oct 11, 2005 Serious Sam 2 Ships After that really rocky demo release, Take 2 and Croteam announce that Serious Sam 2 has shipped to stores across the NA continent. In many ways this will be the game of reckoning for the Serious Sam franchise. » MORE

»	Oct 07, 2005 Serious Sam 2 Demo Patch Over at Seriously! you can now grab a patch for the Serious Sam 2 demo. Something went very wrong with that demo release: "A preliminary patch for the Serious Sam II demo, addressing a variety of bugs and other issues. » MORE

»	Sep 27, 2005 Serious Sam 2 Gone Gold Croteam announces that Serious Sam 2 has gone gold and is due in stores on October 11: New York, NY – September 27, 2005 – 2K Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. » MORE

»	Sep 21, 2005 Serious Sam 2 Demo! The earlier-announced demo of Serious Sam 2 is now live. It contains one entire level from the game that you can play both in single player mode and over LAN, and weighs in at a fairly modest 236MB. » MORE

Sep 20, 2005

Serious Sam 2 Demo Tomorrow
Shacknews has received word from 2K Games that a Serious Sam 2 demo is being released tomorrow around 9AM CST (that's 8AM PST and 11AM EDT). "The 250mb download includes one level which can be played solo, or co-op over LAN or online with up to four people.

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»	Aug 10, 2005 Serious Sam 2 DM Mode News Fans of Serious Sam were shocked to learn yesterday that the sequel won't feature the deathmatch mode out of the box. Word from Croteam (via Seriously!) is that the deathmatch mode will be included in the first patch. » MORE

»	Aug 09, 2005 Serious Sam 2 on October 14, Multiplayer Shots According to this page, Serious Sam 2 will be released on October 14. The official word is that the game does include a coop mode (on the PC as well), which is truly great news for the fans. » MORE

»	Jul 27, 2005 Serious Sam 2 Demo News A guy from 2KGames made an update on the Seriously! boards in regards to a demo for Serious Sam 2. So I'll start off with - the demo. YES there will be a demo! That should be available a month before release. » MORE

»	Jul 06, 2005 Serious Sam 2 Screenshots The boys from Croteam have released new screenshots from their upcoming arcade shooter sequel, Serious Sam 2. Just as long the action is as frantic as in the original. » MORE

»	Apr 20, 2005 Serious Sam 2 Announced Take 2 has officially announced the sequel to Croteam's arcade shooter, Serious Sam. The guys reinvented the arcade shooter genre, so more power to them; can't wait to play the sequel. » MORE

Jan 10, 2005

TimeShift Announced
Atari has officially announced TimeShift, the new FPS game from Saber Interactive, the guys that made the Serious Sam clone, Will Rock. Why on earth Atari would want to sign these guys is beyond me, because Will Rock certainly isn't a good game to have on your portfolio.

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Aug 17, 2004

WinXP SP2 HATES Online Gaming
You know, this is kind of funny. Hallen labs would certainly deem MS WinXP SP 2 as having a 95% success rate. "PC gamers upgrading to Microsoft's Windows XP service pack 2 could initially experience some difficulties when playing some of their favourite games, according to the latest word from the Redmond giant.

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»	Apr 12, 2004 AT Presents: Far Cry - The End Game WARNING: SPOILER ALERT! Far Cry programmer mulling over something... producer comes over to talk to him... Hey, what's wrong? Well, I'm really all out of ideas for huge boss creatures, or any goddamn creatures. » MORE

»	Mar 25, 2004 GDC 2004 Updates As you're probably well aware the Game Developers Conference (GDC - held every year in San Jose, California) started this week and is ending tomorrow. » MORE

Mar 19, 2004

Serious Sam 2 Update
Croteam's website has been updated with more news on Serious Sam 2. They'll be showing their new engine at the upcoming GDC. There's also some mention of how the physics code is shaping up: Until a few days ago, physics code allowed playing with boxes, crates, balls etc.

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Feb 27, 2004

Serious Sam 2 Update
The boys from Croteam updated their official site with some new info on Serious Sam 2. They've added a Bloom effect (hopefully better implemented than in Deus Ex: IW), and their Serious particle editor is now functional, allowing their artists to add visual effects like fire, explosions, smoke, stars and rocket trails on-the-fly.

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»	Feb 13, 2004 Chronos Unveiled Saber Interactive, the makers of Will Rock, have updated their official web site with new info on their upcoming first-person shooter, Chronos (they also threw in a gallery of in-game snaps). » MORE

»	Sep 22, 2003 Serious Sam 2 Info Hey there, everyone! VADAR's back! Now I know that this doesn't mean shite to a lot of you out there, but I also know that certain readers care a great deal about me and my work. » MORE

»	Aug 19, 2003 Conflict: Desert Storm 2 Website The Conflict: Desert Storm 2 website is up. It's flash only, and offers a release countdown as well as screenshots and other game info for the shooter. » MORE

Jul 31, 2003

Serious Sam Sequel in the Works
Gamespot is reporting that Croteam has been working on a sequel to Serious Sam: The Second Encounter for quite some time. Roman Ribaric, the company's CEO, said that "Croteam is currently developing [the next Serious Sam game] for the PC, with the Xbox also in our design plan.

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»	Apr 24, 2003 Budget Priced Will Rock Coming in June Ubi Soft's Serious Sam rip-off, Will Rock, is coming in June. The game will be sold at a budget price; just like Serious Sam; and will feature scores of monsters that come at you from all angles (just like Serious Sam). » MORE

Apr 18, 2003

Screenshot Round-up (Bloodmoon and Nitro Family)!
There's some new screenshots of the new expansion pack for Morrowind, Bloodmoon. They're right here over at the official site. But I must worn you that in playing this you will turn into a werewolf with a thirst for blood and like to kill things with a sword.

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Jun 10, 2003

On Serious Sam Gold
Take Two has commented on the Serious Sam Gold Edition, basically telling you everything there is to know. For a whopping twenty dollars, you get, Serious Sam: The First Encounter, Serious Sam: The Second Encounter and a Bonus Limited Edition sticker! Wow! A sticker! Not to mention two fine games for only twenty bucks.

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