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 movie of the same name. It was published by Konami.

Contents

Dreamcast planned and advertised a version, but the version 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 game-user, 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]

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