The Mummy (video game)
The Mummy, known in Japan as Hamunaptra: Ushinawareta Sabaku no Miyako (ハムナプトラ 〜失われた砂漠の都〜, Hamunaputora 〜Ushinawareta Sabaku no Miyako〜, lit. "Hamunaptra: The Capital City of the Lost Desert"), is a single-player video game for Game Boy Color, PlayStation and Microsoft Windows, based on the 1999 movie of the same name. It was published by Konami.
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Developer(s) | Rebellion Developments (PC, PS), Konami (GBC) |
Publisher(s) | Konami |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, Game Boy Color |
Release | PlayStation Windows Game Boy Color |
Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Dreamcast planned and advertised a version, but the version was cancelled for unknown reasons.[2][3] The game was followed by The Mummy Returns in 2001, The Mummy: The Animated Series in 2002, and was later followed by The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor in 2008.
Gameplay
Set in Hamunaptra, there are 15 stages. There is also a bonus stage called "Cairo". Rick O'Connell is the main game-user, and the players have to defeat enemies such as Slave Mummies and Scarab Beetles.
Reception
Aggregator | Score | ||
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GBC | PC | PS | |
GameRankings | 74%[4] | 50%[5] | 55%[6] |
Metacritic | N/A | 46/100[7] | 55/100[8] |
Publication | Score | ||
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GBC | PC | PS | |
AllGame | N/A | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Computer Games Strategy Plus | N/A | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | N/A |
Famitsu | N/A | N/A | 27/40[12] |
Game Informer | N/A | N/A | 0.75/10[13] |
GameRevolution | N/A | N/A | F[14] |
GameSpot | 7.6/10[15] | N/A | 5.6/10[16] |
IGN | 8/10[17] | 5/10[18] | 5.5/10[19] |
Next Generation | N/A | N/A | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Nintendo Power | 6.5/10[21] | N/A | N/A |
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine | N/A | N/A | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The PlayStation version received "mixed" reviews. The PC version received "generally unfavorable reviews", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[7][8] David Chen of NextGen said that the former version was "a lot better than we could have expected – still not great, but not at all bad".[20] In Japan, Famitsu gave the same console version a score of 27 out of 40.[12] Nintendo Power gave the Game Boy Color version a mixed review, over a month before it was released Stateside.[21]
References
- "GameZone.com - GameZone News - 'The Mummy' Ships for Playstation". 2001-07-15. Archived from the original on 2001-07-15. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
- U64 Staff & Contributors (September 4, 2008). "The Mummy [DC - Unreleased]". Unseen64. Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
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