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.[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
editSet 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
edit| Aggregator | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| GBC | PC | PS | |
| GameRankings | 74%[4] | 50%[5] | 55%[6] |
| Metacritic | N/A | 46/100[7] | 55/100[8] |
| Publication | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| GBC | PC | PS | |
| AllGame | N/A |   [9] | [10] |
| Computer Games Strategy Plus | N/A |  [11] | N/A |
| EP Daily | N/A | 7.5/10[12] | N/A |
| Famitsu | N/A | N/A | 27/40[13] |
| Game Informer | N/A | N/A | 0.75/10[14] |
| GameRevolution | N/A | N/A | F[15] |
| GameSpot | 7.6/10[16] | N/A | 5.6/10[17] |
| IGN | 8/10[18] | 5/10[19] | 5.5/10[20] |
| Next Generation | N/A | N/A | [21] |
| Nintendo Power | 6.5/10[22] | N/A | N/A |
| Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine | N/A | N/A | [23] |
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
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- ^ "New Releases (GBC)". EB Games. Archived from the original on December 14, 2000. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
- ^ "The Mummy [DC - Unreleased]". Unseen 64. September 4, 2008. Archived from the original on December 7, 2023. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- ^ "The Mummy for Game Boy Color". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on April 8, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
- ^ "The Mummy for PC". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 5, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
- ^ "The Mummy for PlayStation". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 1, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
- ^ a b "The Mummy critic reviews (PC)". Metacritic. Fandom. Archived from the original on April 1, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- ^ a b "The Mummy critic reviews (PS)". Metacritic. Fandom. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
- ^ Tresca, Michael. "The Mummy (PC) - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
- ^ Thompson, Jon. "The Mummy (PS) - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "The Mummy (PS)". Game Informer. No. 94. FuncoLand. February 2001.
- ^ A.A. White (March 2001). "The Mummy Review (PS)". GameRevolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Fielder, Joe (December 5, 2000). "The Mummy Review (PS)". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on February 22, 2001. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- ^ Harris, Craig (December 19, 2000). "The Mummy (GBC)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on November 20, 2023. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- ^ Lopez, Vincent (January 4, 2001). "The Mummy (PC)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on October 17, 2023. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- ^ Perry, Douglass C. (November 30, 2000). "The Mummy (PS)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on February 1, 2023. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- ^ a b Chen, David (March 2001). "The Mummy (PS)". NextGen. No. 75. Imagine Media. p. 88. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
- ^ a b "The Mummy (GBC)". Nintendo Power. Vol. 138. Nintendo of America. November 2000. p. 132.
- ^ 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.