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Serious Sam Secrets
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Created: April 4, 2001
Last Updated: April 4, 2001
Author: Derek Plote
E-mail: plotedr@hotmail.com
Demos: Andy Schott
E-Mail: andy9701@bigfoot.com


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Description
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This is simply a list of the secrets for Serious Sam. I'm not going to waste time describing 
each enemy, weapon, model, and keystroke to you in agonizing detail, as there are 
already plenty of walkthroughs out there to do that. All you'll find here is a list of the 
secrets and how to get them. I assume that anyone reading this has already gone through 
the game and tried to find the secrets on their own, and thus will be familiar with most of 
the areas I describe. If you see anything that needs to be corrected or clarified, feel free to 
email us and we'll update accordingly. 


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Copyright Info
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Feel free to put this on your website,  print it out and use it for toilet paper, feed it to your 
pet lizard, or do just about anything else you want with it. All we ask is that you don't 
charge money for it and that you don't replace our names with yours. Thanks!


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Demos
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Demos have been created showing how to get each of the secrets in every level.  They are 
available for download at http://andy9701.9ug.com/samsecrets.  Installation instructions 
for the demo files are available at the web site.


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NOTE
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I use front, back, left, and right a lot in my descriptions "Front" generally refers to the 
direction you're facing when you start the level or enter a particular area. "Back", 
naturally, is the other direction. "Left" and "right" follow accordingly.


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Hatshepsut Temple (7 secrets) 
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1) From the starting position of the game, head towards the pillars off to your right and 
pick up the second .45.

2) From the starting position, head up the ramp and then turn left at the top of the ramp. 
The goal is to try to jump onto the roof of the building off to the left of the ramp. You can 
do this by running along the ledge and then jumping onto the roof. There you'll find some 
secret rocket ammo.

3) Same as #2, but on the right hand side instead of the left. You'll find a secret rocket 
launcher.

4) From the start position, head up the ramp and then go to the righthand outdoor half of 
this upper temple area. In the back, you'll see a patch of wall that is quite obviously 
different from the rest of the wall by it. Touch it and it will lower, revealing the double 
barreled shotgun.

5) From the start position, turn around and head down the ramp. At the bottom of the 
ramp turn right and go open the door. You'll get a message about the fans being released 
and see a bunch of guys with big heads.

6) Same as #5, but on the other side of the ramp. You'll have to use the rocket launcher to 
blow the door up. Inside is the Croteam programmers.

7) If you turn around and look out at the desert from the door to secret #6, then start 
running towards the back left corner of the desert, you'll eventually see a tree back there 
in the desert. Run out to that tree, and there is a secret heart powerup there. 


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Sand Canyon (6 secrets)
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1) This one is a little tricky. When you first get outside on this level, keep heading 
forward until you hit the mountain face. You want to go to the left side of this (by the 
building you'll be entering) and the trick is to kind of run at an angle up the side of the 
mountain and jump. Look for a tree at the top of the rocky area... this is more or less what 
you're aiming for. You'll see a tiny little path by that tree, which is what you're trying to 
hit. It usually takes me a few jumps to pull it off, but once you manage to do it without 
sliding back down the cliff it'll tell you that you found the secret path and you can go 
down and it pick up some gear.

2) This is pretty close to #1. You can jump between the same cliff face and the building 
that leads deeper into the level and you'll that you can push on the wall of the building 
there to reveal a secret room. It's pretty hard to miss if you go between the mountain and 
the building.

3) To the right of the entrance of the room with all the marsh-hoppers (which from now 
on I'm going to call "frogs") there is a wall you can push that will reveal a secret area 
with a tommygun and some ammo.

4) In the next room (after the frog room), just to the left of the entrance there is a hidden 
bounce pad that allows you to bounce up to some armor high above the other side of the 
doorway.

5) Straight ahead of this bounce pad there's a little side room with a tiny ramp in it. In a 
cubbyhole under the ramp is a secret health bottle.

6) At the very end of the level, before entering the building, you need to get on top of it. 
Just to the left of the building entrance you can run up the side of the mountain and jump. 
If you do it correctly (it may take a few tries) you can get on top of the building. There is 
some shotgun ammo and +1 health up there


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Tomb of Ramses (8 secrets)
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1) After killing the kamikazi on the ramp, you'll come to a room where you can go left, 
right, or up some stairs ahead of you.  Go right, and take the stairs up in the front right 
corner of the room.  EVentually, you will come to the ege of the platform.  Jump across 
the gap to find a secret place.

2) Right before the room where the wall comes down on your left and monsters ambush 
you as you're going up some stairs, you want to head to the right of that entrance and 
jump up on the square fire holder thingamabob. From the top of that you can jump up 
onto a ledge. If you go to the left from there, it'll take a little shortcut through part of the 
level and tell you "secret passage found". 

3) Get to the same ledge as in #2. If you head right along the ledge and follow it for a 
while, you'll find a secret heart powerup.

4) After killing the first Arachnoid Juvenile, you'll see stairs to the left and right in front 
of you.  Take the left stairs (kill the next Arachnoid Juvenile to the front and right), then 
take the stairs to the left. You can see the rocket launcher from here. If you look 
carefully, you'll see a little glowing area a little bit below the platform between the wall 
and the platform. Jump off the platform into it and it'll teleport you up to the rocket 
launcher.

5) Actually picking up the rocket launcher counts as a secret.

6) When you enter the next room, climb the stairs all the way to the top.  When you get to 
the door to the next room, head left instead of going throug the door to the right.  Once 
out on the walkway, there are two other walkways slightly lower than where you are now 
- take the right one, and a heart is at the end of it.

7) Before you enter the room that has the shotgun and a truckload of enemies to kill (the 
entrance to this room has 2 statues on either side of it), turn around, looking back the way 
you came. Run straight forward until you hit the wall, then turn left. You'll see a tiny 
little passage. Head into it and it'll give you the "secret passage found" secret.

8) In the secret passage area, continue down it and pick up the secret shield.


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Valley of Kings (4 secrets)
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1) In the room where the frogs come out of a glowing teleporter, go through the door to 
the front left.  Kill the Kleer on the other side of the door, go up the ramp, and turn right 
onto the "stage".  Look around the corner to the right, move onto the bouncer there, and 
pick up the armor.

2) Blow up every statue on the level.

3) Once the last statue is blown up, the secret pendulum will be enabled. This pendulum 
will be swinging in the area at the end of the level where the rope bridge is. Ride across it 
to the other side of the river. It can be kind of tricky to jump onto, and you'll have to 
hurry after blowing up the last statue because the pendulum starts to slow down and not 
swing as far.

4) Now that you're on the other side of the river, go through the cave exit. This will take 
you to Moon Mountain.


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Moon Mountain (7 Secrets)
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1) On the 4th grassy platform in the beginning of the level, run to the edge to where an 
ammo box is and you'll see some +200 armor floating down below the platform in 
midair. If you stand in the right spot (just walk around the edge a little), it'll trigger the 
secret catapult, which shoots the armor up onto the grassy platform for you.

2) Probably the hardest secret on this level to find (without asking someone, anyway). 
From the 5th grassy platform you need to jump through the waterfall. It's a pretty tough 
jump. I usually try to aim for the rightmost edge of the area behind the waterfall. If you 
manage to make the jump, it'll say something about secret passage found. If you go 
through the level and get behind the waterfall here the normal way, the secret won't be 
triggered.

3) Now that you got the second secret, run along the edge of this area by the waterfall and 
carefully walk between the edge and the rocks. You'll find a secret +50 health.

4) After you run past the top of the circular waterfall but before you jump down the 
square hole into the water below, go behind that square pit and press against the wall. It'll 
drop revealing a secret cavern.

5) After dropping down the hole into the water, you'll find a secret heart powerup tucked 
between some rocks out of the water. If you go to the doorway down here, then face 
away from the doorway and towards the water, you should head forward and to the right 
to find the heart.

6) Past the water area you'll enter the room where you can see the circular waterfall. Turn 
around and shoot a rocket right the entrance to the passage you just came through. It'll 
say "secret backstage enabled" or something like that. 

7) With secret backstage enabled, go back through the passage you just came from and 
you'll find a secret teleporter.


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Oasis (6 secrets)
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1) Right in the beginning, turn around and jump through the waterfall to find a secret 
room behind it.

2) "Sound-attack secret". I'm not entirely sure what has to occur to trigger this one. It's 
not hard to trigger, but the exact cause is hard to pinpoint. Anyway, once you get inside 
the building you'll see a big statue across the room. There will be a +10 health in front of 
that, and a +1 health in each of the corners on the same wall. Pick all 3 up and the secret 
is bound to trigger. While you're at it, blow up the statue for good measure.

3) Take the passage to the left of the statue and pick up the +1 armor down there. I think 
you need to have the +1 armor and both of the +1 healths by the statue to trigger the 
secret bouncer. If you picked up the health already like I told you to, picking up the +1 
armor should trigger the secret bouncer

4) After triggering the secret bouncer, it gives you a message about a secret door opening. 
I'm not sure if this just happens automatically, or if it happens when you go back by 
where the statue was. Either way, jump up on the platform where the statue was and 
you'll see a glowing green bouncer. Stand on it and it'll shoot you over to the minigun. 

5) In the frog room, blow up one of the walls on the left to reveal the secret cave.

6) Again, I'm not sure of the exact trigger for this one. What I do is run into the secret 
cave (which looks nothing like a cave, but hey, what can ya do?) and pick up the health 
but NOT the ammo, and then I back out. That activates the secret trap (a bunch of 
enemies show up and start nailing you) and the back wall of the secret cave pushes 
everything back into the main room. I'm not sure if the secret trap will still trigger if you 
pick up the ammo.


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Dunes (6 secrets)
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0) This doesn't count as a secret, but I think it's cool. If you head along the wall of the 
city and follow it to the right, eventually you'll come to a little ledge along the wall with 
+1 health on it. You can rocket jump up to that ledge, and then from that ledge you can 
rocket jump into the city itself without ever going to the trouble of fighting all the guys 
and triggering the opening of the gate.

1) Over the first hill (the point at which you can finally see the town), head right along 
the baseline of the dunes and you'll find a +50 health box sitting by itself. Go near it and 
some secret items will show up, along with some critters.

2) Continuing to the right, way off in the distance you'll see the trees of an oasis. Head 
out there (as fast as possible, or you'll start taking "Heat" damage). You'll find a heart and 
a +200 armor.

3) The opposite of #1. Instead of running along the baseline to the right, go to the left. 
You'll see a green health bottle out there. Go near it and, like #1, some other items and 
monsters will spawn.

4) If you go left along the wall surrounding the city, you'll come to a tree sitting all by 
itself. Blow it up to trigger the secret and spawn some items and critters.

5) Once inside the city, head to the back right corner and rocket jump up onto that 
platform. Then get off it right away. A few seconds later it'll blow up and underneath the 
rubble you'll find a secret heart. 

6) Once inside the city, head to the back left corner (opposite of #5) and rocket jump up 
onto that platform. You'll find some ammo and get a message about the secret depo being 
found. 


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Suburbs (7 secrets)
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1) In the first area, go to the lefthand wall of buildings and about midway between your 
start position and the door to the next area you'll find a hard to spot alley with some items 
in it.

2) In the first area, head to the front left corner and blow up the tree so that you can get 
between the two buildings. There are some items back there.

3) In the second area, there is a secret alley in practically the same spot that #1 was in the 
first area. It's along the row of buildings on the left, about midway across the area. There 
is some +100 armor there.

4) In the second area, go to the front right corner and pick up the items to trigger the 
secret trap. A wall will rise up and some mechs will appear. Ouch.

5) In the second area, go to the far door in front of you (the one that won't open). Go 
around it to the right and along the wall you'll find +1 armor that triggers the yodel secret.

6) Just like #5, except you go around to the left instead of the right. There's a green health 
bottle there that counts as a secret.

7) When you're about to jump into the sewer, stand on the side of the pit closest to the 
closed door (the one you can't go through). Then jump in and fall along the side of the pit 
closest to where you entered the area. You'll land on a small ledge and enter a tiny room 
with some health and armor. It'll give you a message about the secret hole being found.


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Sewers (5 secrets)
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1) From your starting position, dive down to the bottom of the water and go forward. 
There is an underwater secret passage with a heart in it.

2) After going through the underwater passage in #1, there is a +50 secret armor down 
here. It is off to the right a little bit.

3) Once you surface after getting #2, you'll see a walkway over the water in this area. 
Above the walkway are a bunch of beams. Jump onto the beams and walk along them to 
pick up a +50 secret armor.

4) After pressing the underwater switch to open the door to the frog room, go into the 
frog room and down the stairs. At the bottom of the stairs, turn left and go down the short 
passage that looks like a dead end. At the end of it is an underwater secret passage that 
leads to some powerups.

5) The wall drops when you get to the area that shows up on your NETRICSA as "Long 
Dive". Get behind the wall before it rises again and pick up the +200 armor.


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Metropolis (1 secret)
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1) Go to the area on the level where there is a spike pit and bulls that charge across (and 
into) the pit. There is a chaingun on the other side. Okay. Now, turn around from that pit 
(back the way you came) and run all the way back to the doors that you came through. 
Fire rockets at the wall to the left of the door to reveal a secret ammo depo. Note: You 
can do this when first entering the area. You don't have to go to the bull pit first. That was 
just the easiest way to describe it.


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Alley of Sphinxes (1 secret)
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1) This is a boring one. There is a small oasis in the desert off to the left. Run down the 
main path until you get to the second pair of towers, then turn left and head out into the 
desert. There is an oasis out there with some rocket ammo.


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Karnak (8 secrets)
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1) While the level loads, hold down the key to make you run backwards. When the game 
starts, you'll start moving backwards and out through the double doors before they can 
close. You'll enter the "Generous Yard". I don't know of any way to get back here unless 
you do it right away when the level starts.

2) In the first room forward from the starting point, press the switches on the first pillar to 
the far left and the first pillar to the far right. This will lower a platform to the left of the 
door that you entered from. Ride the platform up to get to the secret area.

3) There are a few in the area with the pond that makes a cross shape with a monument 
rising up in the center. As you first enter the area, the first secret is on the bottom of the 
pool directly in front of you. Jump in, dive down, and swim along the floor. There are 
some cannonballs sitting on top of the area you have to press to open the secret room.

4) In the same pool area, there go to the righthand part of the "cross". Push on the 
righthand wall to reveal a secret area that contains +200 armor and a scroll about 
Croteam

5) After swimming through the underwater pipe from the pool area, you'll come up inside 
the temple. Turn around and go hit both switches on either side of the closed door (the 
one that you couldn't open). This will open a secret passage by the monument outside in 
the pool area. When you go back out there, go over to the base of the monument and go 
down the watery passage. There will be a big blob at the end of it along with a heart and a 
backpack.

6) Go to the room with two interior pools that have monuments rising out of them. It is 
the room right before the area where you need to have bull knock the door down for you. 
Jump in the pool on the left and swim around the middle of the left wall. Push in the wall 
to reveal a secret passage that leads to a red room with some funky gravity and a big red 
blob.

7) Before you can get this secret (or #8), you need to enable it. I'm not sure exactly what 
needs to be done to do that. In the last area (where you fight a ton of monsters), go 
around and pick up every powerup that is laying around. Blow up the sphinxes on either 
side of the door. That did it for me. I'm not sure if ALL of that is necessary, but if you do 
it you should get the message that says secret health and ammo enabled. Now, check the 
far left wall. You'll see a slightly discolored spot in the middle of it. Crouch and walk 
through it (it doesn't move, you just walk right through it) and pick up a secret backpack.

8) Same thing as #7, but on the right wall instead of the left. Crouch, go in, and get a 
secret heart.


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Luxor (8 secrets)
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1) On the left side of the map (the side with the golden heart), there's a spot where an 
arachnid sits on a moving pillar and comes shooting at you when you pick up some 
armor. In that area, there is a small building. Go inside it and pick up the green health 
bottle. You need to actually pick it up, not just walk over it. The ceiling will start to come 
down, so get out quick. Once the ceiling drops, go back in and pick up the powerups that 
were on the ceiling. 

2) In the back right corner of the heart of gold area, up on the ledge by the door to exit the 
area, there is a bounce pad that bounces you up to a green health bottle. There is another 
bouncer there that bounces you onto the roof above the door you entered the area from.

3) On the right side of the map (the half with the feather), in the area before the area that 
contains the feather, there are 5 tower/pillar things rising out of the ground. You can blow 
two of these up. When you do, you'll get a message about secret cannon ammo being 
revealed and some cannonballs will appear.

4) In the feather area, in the back left corner there is a bounce pad that leads up to a heart.

5) In the feather area, go to the door that you unlocked by picking up the feather. Turn 
away from the door and jump up onto the roof of the adjacent building. You'll see a 
glowing square on the roof. Shoot it to lower the platform. There is a heart inside the 
building. Shoot the platform again to make it rise.

6) Jump into the pit of spikes. You'll be teleported to a secret area with some armor and 
ammo. I'm pretty sure the teleportation only works once, so don't do it again.

7) ???? If you know where it is, please email me.

8) At the very end of the level, pass through the doors but immediately turn left and head 
through the side door on the left. Don't go too far in or you'll trigger the normal level exit. 
The exit on the left will take you to the Sacred Yards.


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Sacred Yards (10 secrets)
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1) In the room with funky gravity where you keep getting flipped upside down, hit all the 
switches along the walls. Once the platform raises, go under it and hit the switch there. 
It'll raise a secret platform which will allow you to get the heart and armor in this area.

2) In the other sphinx room (not where #1 was) there is a backpack to your left as you 
come in the door. Go chase after it. The wall will close on you, forcing you into an open 
area with a large pyramid. Run behind the pyramid and pick up the health.

3) Same as #2, but on the other side of the pyramid (still in the back though) there is a 
heart. Both items are really obvious if you just go back there.

4) Kill all the enemies around the pyramid and then go to the front of it. A door should 
now be open, and you can go in and press a button. The pyramid will turn into a bunch of 
crates.

5) Go back out of this area now (the wall will have dropped down) and back into the 
sphinx room. Rotate the platform to the left but don't press the button yet. Jump on the 
button, then on the stand that the button is on. From there, jump towards the front onto 
the ledge you can see. There is a +200 armor there.

6) Same as #5, but do this on the right. There is a heart there.

7) Same as #5 and #6, but this one is straight forward. When you jump up on the button, 
then jump foward into the area behind the wall (where you pick up the sphinx). If you 
haven't raised the water level yet, this will count as a secret. 

8) In this same room still, jump on the the square platform that is raised out of the water 
(the one on the left). I'm not sure if you just have to stand on it or shoot it. I was 
impatient, so I shot it. This raises the platform on the other side of the water and slides it 
a little ways. 

9) ???

10) ???


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The Great Pyramid (0 secrets)
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0) None. Go away. All done.


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Conclusion
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That concludes the lists of secrets we found. If you find any we're missing, please send 
email to the address at the top of the files. Peace out.


