The Mummy: The Animated Series (video game)

{{Infobox video game

|title = The Mummy

|developer = Asobo Studio (Windows, PS2)
Ubisoft Milan (GBA)

|publisher = Hip Interactive (Windows, PS2)
Ubisoft (GBA)

|platforms = Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance

|released = Game Boy Advance
{{vgrelease|NA|November 20, 2002}}PlayStation 2
{{vgrelease|NA|October 15, 2004}}

|genre = Action-adventure

|modes = Single-player

|image = File:The_Mummy_Game_Cover_2004.jpg

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The Mummy: The Animated Series, also known as The Mummy: Manacle of Osiris or just The Mummy, is a 2002 action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Milan and published by Ubisoft for the Game Boy Advance, followed two years later by versions for Microsoft Windows and the PlayStation 2. The game is based on the Kids' WB animated television series of the same name.

Development

In February 2002, a video game developer Ubisoft obtained the rights to The Mummy: The Animated Series from Universal Studios Consumer Products Group, enabling the publisher to produce games based on the brand.{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/02/20/ubi-softs-got-a-mummy |date=February 20, 2002 |first=Craig |last=Harris |publisher=IGN |title=Ubi Soft's Got a Mummy |access-date=March 31, 2022 |archive-date=March 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331171209/https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/02/20/ubi-softs-got-a-mummy |url-status=live}} Ubisoft Milan developed the game for Game Boy Advance platform and was released in November.

HIP Interactive developed a new game based on The Mummy: The Animated Series for PlayStation 2 and PC, with the assistance of All In The Game LTD.{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/05/06/pre-e3-2004-hip-interactive-europe-announces-lineup |first=Juan |last=Castro |date=May 5, 2004 |publisher=IGN |title=Pre-E3 2004: Hip Interactive Europe Announces Lineup |access-date=March 31, 2022 |archive-date=March 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310182957/https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/05/06/pre-e3-2004-hip-interactive-europe-announces-lineup |url-status=live}} Corey Johnson reprised his role as "Mr. Daniels" from the 1999 film The Mummy. According to casting director Phil Morris, Johnson was brought in to help reproduce the same production values of the original films and television show.{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/07/01/the-mummy-animated-series-voice-overs |title=The Mummy: Animated Series Voice-Overs |date=July 1, 2004 |publisher=IGN |first=Jeremy |last=Dunham |access-date=March 31, 2022 |archive-date=March 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331171038/https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/07/01/the-mummy-animated-series-voice-overs |url-status=live}} The game was released in October 2004.

Release

=Promotion=

HIP Interactive debuted the PlayStation 2 and PC version of the game at E3 which took place May 11–14, 2004. Russian gaming magazine GameLand ran a print advertisement for the PlayStation 2 version of the game in their November 2004 issue.{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/GameLand200421174/page/n95/mode/2up |title=GameLand #21 (174) [2004-11] |author= |location=Russia |access-date=March 31, 2022 |publisher=GameLand |magazine=Страна игр |language=Russian}}

=Reception=

{{Video game reviews

| GBA = true

| PC = true

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| na = true

| GSpot_GBA = 7.2/10{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/gba/action/mummy/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050926124005/http://www.gamespot.com/gba/action/mummy/index.html |title=The Mummy for Game Boy Advance - GameSpot |archive-date=September 26, 2005 |access-date=April 1, 2022 |website=GameSpot}}

| MC_GBA = 72/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/the-mummy/critic-reviews/?platform=game-boy-advance |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=April 1, 2022 |title=The Mummy Critic Reviews for Game Boy Advance - Metacritic |archive-date=April 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401155932/https://www.metacritic.com/game/game-boy-advance/the-mummy/critic-reviews |url-status=live}}

| NP_GBA = 3.8/5{{cite magazine |title=The Mummy (GBA) |magazine=Nintendo Power |publisher=Nintendo of America |volume=166 |date=March 2003 |page=138}}

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When the original Game Boy Advance version of the game was released by Ubisoft in November 2002, it received mostly positive reviews. GameSpot reviewed it and they claimed that the game lived up to expectations.{{cite web |first=Frank |last=Provo |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/the-mummy-review/1900-2910200/ |title=The Mummy Review |date=February 4, 2003 |website=GameSpot |access-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810021856/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/the-mummy-review/1900-2910200/ |url-status=live}} Total Games UK ranked the game 89% out of 100%.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041011164648if_/http://www.gamerankings.com:80/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=305348 |title=Game Rankings - The Mummy: Manacle of Osiris |first=Karen |last=Hollocks |date=November 9, 2003 |publisher=TotalGames UK |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 11, 2004 |url=http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=305348}}