Sometime after the release of the First Encounter, a forum for potential Sam speedrunners appeared in the form of 'Serious Sprint,' which was much like Quake's SDA or Doom's Compet-N.
Since then, Serious Sam has appeared on many different platforms in many new adventures, and continues to be the source for 'serious' action.
Less than a year after the release of The First Encounter in March 2001, the aptly-named Second Encounter, Sam's next adventure, was released, improving upon the original in many ways but retaining the same successful shoot-em-up formula. Gamers were given an unexpected sample of Sam's first adventure in 2000 in the form of a tech demo, showing off expansive indoor and outdoor environments and hordes of enemies thrown at the player at the same time, which has become the Serious Sam calling card. Serious Sam began life in 1996 and was developed for five years by the now-famous Croteam. With some awkwardness afforded by that opening, I'm happy to introduce my collection of speedruns for the fast-paced shooter, Serious Sam: The First Encounter. You might remember me from such speedrunning bloopers as 'Doom/Doom2 Done Nightmare Style' or 'The Obscure Appearance in the Skillz Test #4 Reel.'
dem recordings which require v1.05 of the game to play. Individual level speed runs of Serious Sam: The First Encounter on Serious difficulty.
