Serious Sam localizations

This is a collection of localization files that have been officially released in certain regions where Serious Sam: The First Encounter and Serious Sam: The Second Encounter have been released.

These files were taken from the various disc images of classic Serious Sam releases found on archive.org and only contain files related to localization of the game without any actual game files.

If you are aware of any other localizations that aren't listed here, feel free to submit them in issues.

The First Encounter

Official localization files for Serious Sam: The First Encounter.

Language	Download archive	Notes	Sample
Croatian	hrv.zip	Voiced by Croteam's own Damjan Mravunac.	Listen
English	eng.zip	Original English text for restoring replaced files.	Listen
English (Gold Edition)	eng-gold.zip	Original English text from the Gold Edition release for restoring replaced files.	Listen
French	fra-repack.zip	A fan repack of the French localization of TFE. The origin is unknown as it didn't exist on any of the available disc images. Seems to be the same voice actor as in French TSE.	Listen
German	deu.zip	Text only; voice lines aren't localized.
Italian	itl.zip		Listen
Polish	plk.zip	Improved version of Polish localization from December 2001. Same voice actor as in Polish TSE.	Listen
Polish (Old)	plk-old.zip	Original Polish localization of TFE from April 2001.	Listen
Russian	rus.zip	Original Russian localization of TFE.	Listen
Russian (Gold Edition)	rus-gold.zip	Russian localization from the Gold Edition release. Not as popular as the original version. Different voice actor.	Listen
Spanish	esp.zip		Listen

The Second Encounter

Official localization files for Serious Sam: The Second Encounter.

Language	Download archive	Notes	Sample
English	eng.zip	Original English text for restoring replaced files.	Listen
English (Gold Edition)	eng-gold.zip	Original English text from Gold Edition release for restoring replaced files.	Listen
French	fra.zip		Listen
German	deu.zip	Text only; voice lines aren't localized.
Italian	itl.zip		Listen
Polish	plk.zip		Listen
Russian	rus.zip	Original Russian localization of TSE.	Listen
Russian (Gold Edition)	rus-gold.zip	Russian localization from the Gold Edition release. Mostly identical to the original version.	Listen
Spanish	esp.zip		Listen

How to install localization

1. Download an archive with the desired localization (e.g. esp.zip for Spanish).
2. Open the archive and go into the localization folder (e.g. esp).
3. Navigate to your game folder and extract all files from the archive into it.
4. Agree to replace existing files.

How to uninstall localization

1. Download and apply English localization (eng) to the game.
2. Delete any GRO file from the game folder that ends with a language abbreviation (e.g. SE1_00_Sounds_RUS.gro and SE1_00_Texts_RUS.gro for Russian localization).