The Mummy (video game)

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The Mummy
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Developer(s) Rebellion Developments (PC, PS)
Konami (GBC)
Publisher(s) Konami
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, Game Boy Color
ReleasePlayStation
  • NA: November 16, 2000 [1]
  • EU: December 8, 2000
  • JP: January 25, 2001
Windows
  • NA: November 17, 2000
  • EU: December 15, 2000
Game Boy Color
  • JP: November 30, 2000
  • NA: December 6, 2000 [2]
  • EU: December 15, 2000
Genre(s) Action-adventure
Mode(s) Single-player

The Mummy is a 2000 action-adventure video game for PlayStation, Microsoft Windows and Game Boy Color based on the 1999 film of the same name. It was published by Konami.

Contents

A Dreamcast version was planned, but was cancelled for unknown reasons. [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 character, and the players have to defeat enemies such as Slave Mummies and Scarab Beetles.

Reception

The PlayStation version received "mixed" reviews, while 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". [21] In Japan, Famitsu gave the same console version a score of 27 out of 40. [13] Nintendo Power gave the Game Boy Color version a mixed review, over a month before it was released Stateside. [22]

References

  1. ↑ "'The Mummy' Ships for PlayStation". GameZone. November 16, 2000. Archived from the original on July 15, 2001. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  2. ↑ "New Releases (GBC)". EB Games . Archived from the original on December 14, 2000. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  3. ↑ "The Mummy [DC - Unreleased]". Unseen 64. September 4, 2008. Archived from the original on December 7, 2023. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  4. ↑ "The Mummy for Game Boy Color". GameRankings . CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on April 8, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  5. ↑ "The Mummy for PC". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 5, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  6. ↑ "The Mummy for PlayStation". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 1, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  7. 1 2 "The Mummy critic reviews (PC)". Metacritic . Fandom. Archived from the original on April 1, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  8. 1 2 "The Mummy critic reviews (PS)". Metacritic. Fandom. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
  9. ↑ Tresca, Michael. "The Mummy (PC) - Review". AllGame . All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  10. ↑ Thompson, Jon. "The Mummy (PS) - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  11. ↑ Bub, Andrew S. (March 27, 2001). "The Mummy". Computer Games Strategy Plus . Strategy Plus, Inc. Archived from the original on March 4, 2003. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  12. ↑ Harris, Neil (February 8, 2001). "The Mummy (PC)". The Electric Playground . Greedy Productions Ltd. Archived from the original on July 15, 2003. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  13. 1 2 "ハムナプトラ 〜失われた砂漠の都〜 [PS]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  14. ↑ "The Mummy (PS)". Game Informer . No. 94. FuncoLand. February 2001.
  15. ↑ A.A. White (March 2001). "The Mummy Review (PS)". GameRevolution . CraveOnline. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  16. ↑ Provo, Frank (January 23, 2001). "The Mummy Review (GBC) [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006"]". GameSpot . Fandom. Archived from the original on February 10, 2001. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  17. ↑ Fielder, Joe (December 5, 2000). "The Mummy Review (PS)". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on February 22, 2001. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  18. ↑ Harris, Craig (December 19, 2000). "The Mummy (GBC)". IGN . Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on November 20, 2023. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  19. ↑ Lopez, Vincent (January 4, 2001). "The Mummy (PC)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on October 17, 2023. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  20. ↑ Perry, Douglass C. (November 30, 2000). "The Mummy (PS)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on February 1, 2023. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  21. 1 2 Chen, David (March 2001). "The Mummy (PS)". NextGen . No. 75. Imagine Media. p. 88. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  22. 1 2 "The Mummy (GBC)". Nintendo Power . Vol. 138. Nintendo of America. November 2000. p. 132.
  23. ↑ Zuniga, Todd (February 2001). "The Mummy". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine . No. 41. Ziff Davis. p. 98. Archived from the original on April 18, 2001. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
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