Exhumed, also known as PowerSlave, a retro shooter from the 90s has been revived with the power of open source.
A coder going by the tag of sirlemonhead, released PCExhumed which they did with EDuke32. They said it's a "reverse engineering of the version of the game that is considered the most complete - the 1996 retail release of Exhumed". The code to run it has also been pulled into NBlood, giving another easy way to run it. You can see a video of it in action below:
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I have vague memories of this one, as I owned a Sega Saturn and it was one of the few games we had for it but it didn't really stick at the time for me as I was too busy playing Command & Conquer.
Sadly, the game isn't available to buy easily anywhere. Perhaps GOG.com can do their usual revival magic to get it on their store to give people an easy place to get the data files. It's just great to see another classic game not completely lost to history, as it can now live on future modern operating systems.
Hat tip to RTheren.
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Funny. I actually tried to run the old Powerslave EX last year, but failed. :(
Thank you for this new PCExhumed solution. :)
Thank you for this new PCExhumed solution. :)
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There has been talk of a new EDuke32 release featuring all of the improvements Voidpoint implemented for Ion Fury as well as merging in projects like NBlood to basically make one super engine for Build games. Given the disappointing progress on Blood: Fresh Supply by Nightdive and the Megaton Edition of Duke Nukem 3D being taken down by Gearbox, this could very well become the very best way to play these games.
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I like these older FPS games more than the latest ones for two reasons. One, it seems newer games are more focused on multiplayer, which I would never survive, and the single player campaign, if any, isn't long, optimized, or worth the full price.
Secondly, it seems that in newer games you're mostly targeting enemies who would encompass the area of about two of the pixels of these older games. I don't have that kind of accuracy. This game doesn't even have sights! I can get behind that.
Secondly, it seems that in newer games you're mostly targeting enemies who would encompass the area of about two of the pixels of these older games. I don't have that kind of accuracy. This game doesn't even have sights! I can get behind that.
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OMG I got a copy of it. Good times.
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I assume this is based off the original PC version which had completely different map design and level structure compared to the Saturn version, though I'm not really familiar enough with Powerslave to be entirely certain.
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I assume this is based off the original PC versionI compiled the source, and played a bit. First level matches this PC gameplay video.
I would highly recommend adding the FLAC or OGG files, since the music makes the game a lot more fun to play.
Only thing I can't seem to get working is the intro movie (book.mov).
Any help? :)
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Funny. I actually tried to run the old Powerslave EX last year, but failed. :(Powerslave EX is a reconstruction of a PS1 version. Powerslave PS1, DOS and Saturn are three different games with different levels, weapon and item system, and even engines. I wish PCExhumed got support for all three of them.
Thank you for this new PCExhumed solution. :)
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Perhaps GOG.com can do their usual revival magic to get it on their store to give people an easy place to get the data files.
DO IT, JUST DO IT!
Funny. I actually tried to run the old Powerslave EX last year, but failed. :(
Thank you for this new PCExhumed solution. :)
I have this bookmarked for a long time. How did you compile it? It would be great to be able to test it and compare with PCExhumed. Anyone else have some tips on that?
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But Powerslave EX works fine in Wine. All I had to do to run it was installing 32-bit openal.
Last edited by ageres on 4 Jan 2020 at 8:21 am UTC
Last edited by ageres on 4 Jan 2020 at 8:21 am UTC
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[quote=Cyril]
That is all :-)
Further instructions here.
I have this bookmarked for a long time. How did you compile it? It would be great to be able to test it and compare with PCExhumed. Anyone else have some tips on that?
git clone https://github.com/nukeykt/NBlood.git
cd NBlood
makeThat is all :-)
Further instructions here.
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Some remarks:
Looks like a crosshair in PCExhumed is in the TODO list.
To rip music files you need the Mixed Mode CD of Exhumed.
If you ever made a NRG file (proprietary format) of the original CD for some reason :), you can mount it in Daemon Tools (Windows) to access the audio files. Not sure how to do that in Linux though...
Looks like a crosshair in PCExhumed is in the TODO list.
To rip music files you need the Mixed Mode CD of Exhumed.
If you ever made a NRG file (proprietary format) of the original CD for some reason :), you can mount it in Daemon Tools (Windows) to access the audio files. Not sure how to do that in Linux though...
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If you ever made a NRG file (proprietary format) of the original CD for some reason :), you can mount it in Daemon Tools (Windows) to access the audio files. Not sure how to do that in Linux though...With cdemu and its GUI gcdemu.
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With cdemu and its GUI gcdemu.Thanks. I have successfully mounted an NRG file using CDemu. It pops up an audio CD shown as wave files.
The GUI version immediately quits, but I don't really need it. Just like I will never need Daemon Tools anymore. :) I see that tool has become more evil the last couple of years with ads/subscriptions.
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But Powerslave EX works fine in Wine. All I had to do to run it was installing 32-bit openal.
So you have a compiled Windows version? As some years ago the dev removed the files due to legal issues.
I have this bookmarked for a long time. How did you compile it? It would be great to be able to test it and compare with PCExhumed. Anyone else have some tips on that?
git clone https://github.com/nukeykt/NBlood.git
cd NBlood
make
That is all :-)
Further instructions here.
No I meant: how to compile Powerslave EX. ^_^
Last edited by Cyril on 4 Jan 2020 at 5:05 pm UTC
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So you have a compiled Windows version? As some years ago the dev removed the files due to legal issues.He did, but I had downloaded it before and still keep it.
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So you have a compiled Windows version? As some years ago the dev removed the files due to legal issues.He did, but I had downloaded it before and still keep it.
I think I did the same at the time but then removed it... :S:
So thank you!
Thought... I would love to compile the Linux version! :P
Edit: And yes the Windows version of Powerslave EX works perfectly fine in Wine!
Last edited by Cyril on 7 Jan 2020 at 2:45 pm UTC
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