Description

The King and the Prince of Persia are besieging the Maharajah's castle to plunder the treasures hidden inside. In order to impress his father, the Prince sneaks inside to recover the magical Dagger of Time. He quickly learns that this dagger has the ability to control time. The malevolent Vizier has other plans for the dagger, however, and tricks the Prince into unlocking a mysterious secret of the Dagger that causes the King and many of his subjects to be turned into sand zombies. Now, the Prince must figure out what has happened and try to set things right again.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is an action game with platforming and puzzle-solving elements. It updates many of the gameplay concepts from the previous games, and brings them into a fully three-dimensional world. The Prince will engage in sword fighting, wall climbing, spike dodging, puzzle solving, and more in his quest. The Prince also carries the Dagger of Time, which allows him to unleash several magical powers. The most important of these powers is the ability to reverse time. This ability allows the player to reverse their actions when they lead the Prince to his death.

Alternate Titles

  • "波斯王子:时之砂" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
  • "Принц Персии: Пески Времени" -- Russian spelling
  • "Princ Persii: Peski Vremeni" -- Russian title
  • "Prince of Persia: Písky času" -- Czech title
  • "Prince of Persia: Piaski Czasu" -- Polish title
  • "Prince of Persia - Les Sables du Temps" -- French title
  • "Prince of Persia: Le Sabbie del Tempo" -- Italian title
  • "Prince of Persia: Las Arenas del Tiempo" -- Spanish title
  • "Prince of Persia: Jikan no Suna" -- Japanese title
  • "Prince of Persia 4" -- Informal title
  • "Bosi Wangzi: Shi zhi Sha" -- Chinese title

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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time PlayStation 2 $0.03  
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time GameCube $2.41  
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Xbox $0.01  
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time    
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Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time $9.99  
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User Reviews

Restoring the monarchy in Iran Xbox Unicorn Lynx Bronze Star Contributing Member (132767)
Behold the dawning of a new standard in action/platforming. Windows Dr. M. "Schadenfreude" Von Katze Bronze Star Contributing Member (584)
It's like music! Windows Zovni (9425)
The Arabian Knight Returns PlayStation 2 Terrence Bosky Bronze Star Contributing Member (5239)
Absolutely brilliant. PlayStation 2 DarkDove (66)
Such a great game crippled by such a simple flaw Windows Ed Coolidge (8)
I feel as if I've live this moment before.... PlayStation 2 DANIEL HAWKS ! (1790)
Is this finally a successful revitalization of an old series? Xbox Classic Nigel (149)
Programming Marvel Windows Steff (11)
Great game for any one. Xbox Todd Bello (32)

The Press Says

The Next Level Xbox Dec 23, 2003 A+ 100
Daily Game GameCube Jan 16, 2004 9.7 out of 10 97
GameZone PlayStation 2 Nov 21, 2003 9.7 out of 10 97
Xbox Exclusive Xbox 2004 9.5 out of 10 95
Thunderbolt Games Xbox May 01, 2005 9 out of 10 90
Boomtown PlayStation 2 Dec 22, 2003 9 out of 10 90
Eurogamer.net (UK) PlayStation 2 Nov 17, 2003 9 out of 10 90
GameCell UK GameCube Apr 08, 2004 9 out of 10 90
GameSpot Xbox Nov 10, 2003 9 out of 10 90
MS Xbox World Xbox 2004 8.5 out of 10 85

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
Random slowdowns... 9 Indra was here Bronze Star Contributing Member (14332)
Aug 13, 2008
Which control is best for this? 2 Dr. M. "Schadenfreude" Von Katze Bronze Star Contributing Member (584)
Feb 23, 2008

Trivia

The PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits budget release of the game confusingly uses the cover art of the 2010 game Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands.


This entry was contributed by Charly2.0 (30160), Corn Popper (69145), Cyberzed (43), JPaterson Bronze Star Contributing Member (9107) and quizzley7 (21260)
 

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