Serious Sam: The First Encounter
A first person shooter extravaganza where you take the role of Serious Sam, a badass killer whose goal is to defeat monsters commanded by Mental, an extraterrestrial entity that wants to destroy humanity…
Serious Sam: The First Encounter is an indie developed by Croteam, released 21 March 2001 on Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $1.19 at GOG. This page lists 4 cheat codes for it.
What Serious Sam: The First Encounter is
Serious Sam: The First Encounter is an indie game developed by Croteam and released in 2001. It was published by Gathering of Developers. It is available on Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Serious Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Serious Sam: The First Encounter is a 2001 first-person shooter game developed by Croteam and published by Gathering of Developers. It is the first in the Serious Sam series. The game follows the soldier Sam "Serious" Stone, who is sent back in time to ancient Egypt in 1378 BCE to uncover information about the technologically advanced civilisation of the Sirians that could help humanity survive the attacks of extraterrestrial forces in the 22nd century. As Sam, the player traverses linear levels, either enclosed or set on open plains, and battles increasingly large waves of enemies with an expanding arsenal. During gameplay, the player can pick up new weapons and replenishment for…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Serious Sam: The First Encounter holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 80% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 11 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 272 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 17 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $1.19, that works out to about $0.07 per hour of the main story, or $0.06 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for AMD K6-3 400MHz, Pentium II or Celeron-A 300MHz, 64MB of RAM and full OpenGL compliant 3D accelerator. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.19 at GOG, 80% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Serious Sam: The First Encounter launched on 21 March 2001, within three weeks of Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Worms World Party, Cossacks: European Wars and Pro Evolution Soccer. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Worms World Party, Cossacks: European Wars, Pro Evolution Soccer.
Cheats and codes
We have tested and published 4 cheat entries for Serious Sam: The First Encounter — 4 console commands. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.
Official trailer
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Serious Sam: The First Encounter cheat codes
Open the console
Opens the command console. Cheats must be enabled in the options menu first.
Press the tilde key during play.
God mode
You take no damage.
Open the console and type the command.
All weapons
Gives every weapon and full ammunition.
Open the console and type the command.
Fly
Move freely in any direction.
Open the console and type the command.
Dlc
Remasters
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