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Prince of Persia

Description

The Grand Vizier Jaffar has thrown you into a dark dungeon and plans to marry the girl of your dreams in an hour. You're not going to let that happen are you? Try to escape from the dungeon, take out Jaffar's guards, find your way through the Sultan's palace and defeat Jaffar himself. Now go, you've got 60 minutes!

Prince of Persia is a 2D platformer with run and jump gameplay. Your hero must avoid deadly traps, solve some simple puzzles and engage in sword fights with the guards. The player has an infinite amount of lives, but has to restart at the beginning of a level each time he dies, and must complete the game within an hour. An especially noteworthy aspect of the game is the very fluent animation of your character.

The Game Boy Color and SNES versions of the game feature additional levels and new enemies. The Genesis version has a new intro and an altered set of graphics but the level layout remains almost identical to that of the original.

Alternate Titles

• "הנסיך הפרסי" -- Informal hebrew spelling
• "הנסיך - דו קרב בארמון" -- Hebrew spelling
• "Prince de Perse" -- French Amstrad title
• "PoP" -- Common abbreviation
• "Pers Prensi" -- Turkish title

Part of the Following Groups

• Historical / Fantasy Middle East setting
• Prince of Persia series

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User Reviews

A game you'll remember for many reasons...	Unicorn Lynx (84228)
A great game, with one exception	Rekrul (51)
A gaming experience you can never forget	erseN akçay (27)
The longest and most thrilling two hours of your life!! Prince Megahit!!!	Zovni (9209)
WOW!	Adam Jennings (68)
There must be a rule about Grand Viziers being evil and called Jaffar.	Michelle (163)
Over a decade later I still find myself jesting with the butter knife when alone.	Sam Hardy (76)	unrated
This game blew me away.	Brian Hirt (9986)
An interesting, different platform game.	RmM (64)
Jordan Mechner. What else is there to say?	Tomer Gabel (4436)

The Press Says

Abandonia	Nov 19, 2007	5 out of 5	100
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Mar, 1991	905 out of 1000	90
Kingdom of Desire	May 06, 2006	8.5 out of 10	85
Jeuxvideo.com	Oct 06, 2009	17 out of 20	85
Games-X	Mar, 1991		80
Adventure Classic Gaming	Feb 19, 2006	4 out of 5	80

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Trivia

Contrary to the Prince of Persia 3D web site's listing, according to the Prince of Persia Unofficial Website, a Commodore 64 version never was released. There was a preview created that played the theme and showed some scenes but you never see the Prince. Neither they, nor I, know why there was never a C64 version.