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Revision as of 10:00, 4 May 2015

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Serious Sam: The First Encounter
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Developers
Croteam
Publishers
Gathering of Developers
Global Star Software
Devolver Digital
Engines
Serious Engine
Release dates
Windows March 1, 2001
Serious Sam: The First Encounter on Wikipedia

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
Serious Sam: The First Encounter 2001
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter 2002
Serious Sam 2 2005
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter 2009
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter 2010
Serious Sam Double D 2011
Serious Sam: The Random Encounter 2011
Serious Sam 3: BFE 2011
Serious Sam: The Greek Encounter 2012
Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack! 2012
Serious Sam VR (series)
Serious Sam Fusion 2017 EA
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour 2017
Serious Sam Classics: Revolution 2019
Serious Sam 4 2020
Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem 2022
Serious Sam: Tormental 2022

For the updated HD version, see Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter.

Key points

Runs well on low end hardware

General information

Official game series site
Serious Sam Wiki
Seriously! Forums
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Includes in-game Soundtrack
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Only available by purchasing the Deluxe edition of Serious Sam 3: BFE or Serious Sam HD: Gold Edition.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty

Game data

In-game player settings.
In-game player settings.

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/41050/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/41050/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.
In-game general rendering settings.
In-game general rendering settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

This is what happens if you don't disable widescreen when setting a custom resolution in Serious Sam: The First Encounter.
This is what happens if you don't disable widescreen when setting a custom resolution in Serious Sam: The First Encounter.
Instructions

Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Input settings

In-game general control settings.
In-game general control settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game axis settings.
In-game axis settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4 Split-screen versus mode.
LAN play
16
Online play
16 GameSpy services have been shut down;[1] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 25600 - 25603
UDP 25600 - 25603
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 300 MHz
AMD K6-3 400 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 150 MB
Video card (GPU) 16 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8 compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References