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About of Serious Sam Alpha Remake modification.

It makes sense to start with Serious Sam Origins.

It is worth recalling that "Origins" is a modification that completely represents the "Serious Sam" that he could have been originally, before reworking all levels and models. The Croatians left traces of their first work in the "SDK" code, which did not go unnoticed by programmer fans. In addition to the code itself, Croteam released a video trailer for "Serious Sam", which clearly shows that he is not at all what he is now:
Watch the video1

The video captured very interesting levels that every fan of the game would dream of playing. In addition to interesting levels, new monsters were seen in the trailer (although similar, but much different from the final versions). For more than a decade, many Serious Sam fans have dreamed of visiting precisely that unknown, mysterious world that was shown in only one video.

In the summer of 2013, people from SeriousSite.ru sent an email to Croteam asking for a pre-release version of "Serious Sam". Luckily, Roman Ribaric agreed to the request and shared the old version with the consent of the other members of the Croteam team.

The Serious Sam Origins developer interview can be found in the web archive. www.seriouszone.com
The team announced the release of a future free modification..

Serious Sam Origins
A game that was supposed to come out back in 2000. The first and, as planned, 
the only game about the adventures of the famous Sam Stone, will finally see the light of day. 
This is something more than the creation of loyal fans. Serious Sam Origins is the complete story of Sam, 
as it should have been originally, before it had to be divided into First Encounter, 
Second Encounter, Serious Sam 2, Serious Sam 3 and the yet to be released Serious Sam 4. 
In Origins you you will have to visit ancient times and distant planets, 
use unique weapons and meet legendary opponents. And finally, you will find out how 
Sam's protracted story could have ended.

What is Serious Sam Origins?

This is a free modification for Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, 
developed by a team of people from our site. This is a modification based on the real pre-release 
version of Serious Sam, kindly provided by Roman Ribaric.
It includes a 46-level campaign that should have been in the original Serious Sam long before First Encounter.
It uses the original weapons and enemies from the pre-release version of the game,
 also uses the original HUD and the Y-Knot tactical analyzer instead of the well-known Inertan.
It contains levels for the Deathmatch mode from the same pre-release version of the game; 
the possibility of cooperative play is expected. There are even some materials from the days of In The Flesh. 
In particular, some enemies. Plus, with Serious Sam Origins, you'll also receive the original design document 
for the very first version of Serious Sam. Croteam staff gave permission to share it with fans.
You are waiting for the battle with Mental. Seriously this time, time to deal with him once and for all!

Our team is working on completing the levels from the pre-release version of Serious Sam, 
merging them into a single campaign and eliminating the problems that are present in the resources 
provided to us. At the moment, a full-fledged and workable port of the pre-release Sam 
to the engine version 1.07 is ready. Estimated date of completion of works - New Year.

www.serioussite.ru

Trailer:

Watch the video2

Unfortunately, for unknown reasons, the Serious Sam Origins team froze the project in 2016 and completely stopped its development.

Serious Sam Alpha Remake

In parallel, a Polish fan of the game with the nickname Zdzichu announced the creation of the Serious Sam Alpha Remake modification in the of 2015.
At his disposal was only the leaked Windows assembly Serious Sam Alpha 2000 and the SDK for the First Encounter and Second Encounter. For those who don't know, the SDK for the First Encounter contains most of the code that was used in Serious Sam Alpha 2000. 42amsterdam.net www.gamezone24.net
In the august of 2015, the first version of Serious Sam Alpha Remake 1.3 was released. 42amsterdam.net www.serioussite.ru
For another four years, Zdzichu was finalizing the modification, and in 2019 the final version of the mod 1.5 was released.

Serious Sam Alpha Remake 1.5 Preview

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As a result, we have a failed project "Serious Sam Origins"
and the finished version of Serious Sam Alpha Remake 1.5.

For more information about the early content and the early history of the game, you can watch the video.

Before First Encounter | Serious Sam's Y2K Alpha:

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Serious Sam History | Documentary (1996 - 2005):

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