# Trying to remember a video game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 7, 2012, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-a-video-game/624370 "2012-06-07T11:04:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CheeseDonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-a-video-game/624370/1 "2012-06-07T11:04:45Z")
I used to play this PC demo about 7-10 years ago (I think). I don’t remember the name of it but what I recall is it was based in Egypt and you were a modern-day (U.S.) military guy who had to run around looking for bad guys and shoot them. Then when I was done, I’d always climb to the top of the pyramid and jump off, killing myself. Not a lot to go on, but I was wondering if anyone had any clue. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![silverfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@silverfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silverfish)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-a-video-game/624370/2 "2012-06-07T13:17:08Z")
Could it be Serious Sam? [Serious Sam: The First Encounter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serious_Sam#Serious_Sam:_The_First_Encounter) was set in Egypt, and Sam had access to modern weaponry, and fought hordes of aliens. I don’t know if Sam was in the military. ---
**Author:** ![CheeseDonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-a-video-game/624370/3 "2012-06-07T13:23:05Z")
Nah, it was based in reality…the bad guys were terrorists or something (I should have specified in the original post). ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-a-video-game/624370/4 "2012-06-07T13:27:39Z")
Probably [Delta Force: Land Warrior](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Force:_Land_Warrior). The date sorta fits (it’s a 2000 game), the first level was a hostage rescue in the pyramids of Egypt, and demos are often the first level so… [Here](http://screenshots.fr.sftcdn.net/fr/scrn/17000/17103/delta-force-land-warrior-demo-3.jpg)[are](http://img.youtube.com/vi/kxkSM6_F39g/0.jpg)[some](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2K81ESZSqH8/THZ9wUJ_R7I/AAAAAAAAJgk/-Qz_pwHH4Lg/s1600/0700.jpg)[screenshots](http://www.identitytheory.com/idgraphics/SS0029.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![CheeseDonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-a-video-game/624370/5 "2012-06-07T13:33:10Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Probably [Delta Force: Land Warrior](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Force:_Land_Warrior). The date sorta fits (it’s a 2000 game), the first level was a hostage rescue in the pyramids of Egypt, and demos are often the first level so… > > [Here](http://screenshots.fr.sftcdn.net/fr/scrn/17000/17103/delta-force-land-warrior-demo-3.jpg)[are](http://img.youtube.com/vi/kxkSM6_F39g/0.jpg)[some](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2K81ESZSqH8/THZ9wUJ_R7I/AAAAAAAAJgk/-Qz_pwHH4Lg/s1600/0700.jpg)[screenshots](http://www.identitytheory.com/idgraphics/SS0029.jpg). That’s it! ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-a-video-game/624370/6 "2012-06-07T13:37:43Z")
Ha ! My Game-Fu is the strongest 🙂 I remember that series. One of the first FPSs to have anything close to modelling ballistics & bullet drop, because it was built on the shell of a helicopter sim (Comanche 3). The levels were fucking gigantic, and you’d hardely ever see more of the “bad guys” than a couple of black pixels moving on the horizon 🙂