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, an altered set of graphics and four new levels.

Alternate Titles

  • "הנסיך הפרסי" -- Informal hebrew spelling
  • "הנסיך - דו קרב בארמון" -- Hebrew spelling
  • "Prince of Persia® Retro" -- iPhone/iPad title
  • "Prince de Perse" -- French Amstrad title
  • "PoP" -- Common abbreviation
  • "Pers Prensi" -- Turkish title

Part of the Following Groups


Merchant Title Platform Price  
Amazon
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 64 DOS    
Prince of Persia Game Boy Color    
Prince of Persia Game Boy    
Prince of Persia Sega Genesis Genesis $4.25  
Prince of Persia NES $10.38  
Prince of Persia SNES    
Prince of Persia (Sega CD) SEGA CD $2.19  
ebay.com
Prince of Persia    
GOG
Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time $9.99  
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User Reviews

WOW! DOS Adam Jennings (67)
A game you'll remember for many reasons... DOS Unicorn Lynx Bronze Star Contributing Member (132767)
An entirely different kind of cider - and yet not! SNES Adam Jennings (67)
Over a decade later I still find myself jesting with the butter knife when alone. DOS Sam Hardy (76)
A gaming experience you can never forget DOS erseN akçay (27)
The longest and most thrilling two hours of your life!! Prince Megahit!!! DOS Zovni (9425)
A great game, with one exception DOS Rekrul (51)
The ground breaking platform game, often copied, never bettered Amiga Paolo Cumin (14)
There must be a rule about Grand Viziers being evil and called Jaffar. DOS Michelle Bronze Star Contributing Member (163)
This game blew me away. DOS Brian Hirt (10054)

The Press Says

ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) DOS Mar, 1991 905 out of 1000 90
N-Force Game Boy Jun, 1992 87 out of 100 87
Jeuxvideo.com DOS Oct 06, 2009 17 out of 20 85
Amiga Power Amiga May, 1991 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 83
Amiga Power Amiga Jan, 1993 81 out of 100 81
Adventure Classic Gaming DOS Feb 19, 2006 4 out of 5 80
All Game Guide TurboGrafx CD 1998 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) Game Gear Jan, 1993 7 out of 10 70
App Spy iPhone May 28, 2010 3 out of 5 60
148apps iPhone Jul 14, 2010 3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars 60

Forums

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Jordan Mechner made the source code available 9 Игги Друге (31894)
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Trivia

The animations were modeled from live video. In particular, the Prince climbing onto a ledge was spliced from two different takes: Jordan's brother pulling himself up a ledge to his chest, and a reversed clip of his brother on top of the ledge climbing down.


This entry was contributed by Rola (3320), Charly2.0 (30160), MrMamen (2264), CrankyStorming (1510), Famine3h (300), Bock (159), chirinea (29186), Donny K. (426), KnockStump Bronze Star Contributing Member (978), Kaminari Bronze Star Contributing Member (2085), Zovni (9425), Kabushi (88430), Martin Smith (63357), Blood (1716), Terok Nor (15629), cafeine (143), Jeremy Johnson (637), Unicorn Lynx Bronze Star Contributing Member (132767), Syed GJ (1552), quizzley7 (21260) and Jim Fun (222)
 

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