what the name of this early first-person shooter?

December 14, 2008 10:12 AM

what is the name of an early first-person shooter where in one stage you must race against the clock and a good way to save time is by crossing a huge grass field, only, when you cross it you get killed by a huge serpent monster?
posted by mnnrm to Computers & Internet (9 answers total)

I want to say its Duke Nukem but it has been a very, very long time since I've played it and I've played a whole bunch of FPS games since.
posted by fenriq at 10:49 AM on December 14, 2008

There's no scene like that in DN3D.
posted by Class Goat at 11:23 AM on December 14, 2008

This reminds me vaguely of a scene from Space Quest 3, which is an adventure game, not a shooter. You land on a planet and if you turn left off the bat you get gobbled. Later on that planet there is a race, because a terminator-style robot shows up and you have to outrun him. Just a thought.
posted by PercussivePaul at 11:34 AM on December 14, 2008

Catacomb Abyss?
Chasm: The Rift?
Blood?
Heretic?

Just throwing a few out there in case anything triggers your memory.
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 11:40 AM on December 14, 2008

Space Harrier?
posted by electroboy at 12:15 PM on December 14, 2008

Killing Time? (It had loads of strange monsters - including a chef who tried to stab you with a knife all the time)
posted by Rabarberofficer at 12:29 PM on December 14, 2008

It's an RPG, but if you try to run across a grass field early in Final Fantasy 7, you are caught by a giant serpent called a Midgar Zolom. It can technically be defeated but will kill most players. You can out run it with a chocobo. Afterwards, you see one impaled by the enemy you are tracking, Sephiroth. The point is to show you just how strong Sephiroth is.
posted by Jorus at 1:25 PM on December 14, 2008

Serious Sam?
posted by Pronoiac at 1:28 PM on December 14, 2008

Definately Serious Sam.
posted by blue_beetle at 8:45 PM on December 14, 2008