Metroid Prime and ...... Powerslave?

**Mzo** · 01 Dec 2002, 04:26 AM

The Saturn version had an unlockable game that was similar to Scorched Earth... cool.

I haven't seen any similarities, mostly because I STILL WANT THE SS POWERSLAVE.

Anyone willing to sell, make me an offer.

**Cafeman** · 01 Dec 2002, 10:47 AM

Powerslave on Saturn (you know, I gotta go pick up the psx one for $5 some day and try it out too) was really cool for many reasons. Lobotomy did a GREAT job on the game. I agree that their Saturn Quake game sucked, it made me really detest Quake in general. Could anybody have made a decent Saturn Quake though?

Getting back to Saturn powerslave ... there was nice attention to detail and you thoroughly explored the levels, going back & forth but with new powers that allowed you to (for example) now cross that pool of acid, or jump higher to reach that previously inaccessible ledge, or even hover so you didn't need a bridge to get from one wall opening to the next.

The Egyptian theme was pretty cool too, with not only spiders and eagles but those Egyptian Dog-headed soldiers (complete with florescent "light-sourcing" blue fireballs) and other nasties. Remember the day and age back then -- PSX had light sourcing but this game was one of the first to have similar FX on Saturn, and it looked great. The frame rate was very smooth too. Compare it to the then-norm of maybe 15-20 fps of Hexen on Saturn (crap), then you get the 30fps (whatever it was) of Powerslave -- it was nice.

You ended up getting air powerups to go underwater, you'd fight killer piranhas under there while looking for the way out.

What really made Powerslave special was all these things together and the grenades which you needed to bomb out walls.

**Almaci** · 01 Dec 2002, 02:47 PM

For me Powerslave on the saturn remains the best single player FPS ever, the PS and PC conversions were horrible by comparison, smaller levels, different layouts and gone was the tension and platforming and instead replaced by smaller levels with horrible layout and far too manny enemies to make up for those deficiencies.
I still have a few of em lying around so if annyone is intrested mail me at ali@the-nextlevel.com

**Dyne** · 01 Dec 2002, 03:07 PM

both powerslave and duke had that unlockable tank game. i think you needed to get the radio parts in powerslave to unlock it and in duke you had to destroy every toilet in the game.....or have a quake save file in memory.