Trivia
It was named #166 out of 200 of the "Greatest Games of Their Time" by EGM Issue #200 (Feb. 2006).
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time was named #7 Game of the Year in the “Best of 2003” Awards in Computer Games Magazine (March 2004 issue).
Contributed by
PCGamer77 
(3025) on Jan 13, 2008.
The Playstation 2 and Gamecube versions feature a hidden version of the original Prince of Persia , which once unlocked can be played at will.
The X-Box version of the game features the first Prince of Persia, but also features a hidden Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame, which will also show up as unlocked content.
The Windows version of the game does not feature either game hidden anywhere.
Contributed by
WildKard (11891) on Jul 16, 2006.
On the opening level, just after the room in which you first see the sands of time / giant hourglass, you find a water-filled passage that has 6 murals on the walls. The contents of the murals seem to describe the legendary history of the sands of time :
1) A blue god and winged goddess cradle the earth
2) A red demon kills the blue god as he sleeps
3) The red demon stalks the earth, eating humans
4) The blue god returns from the dead and strikes down the red demon with lightning
5) The blue god collects the sand from the red demon and pours it into an hourglass
6) The blue demon grow four arms - 2 sport the hourglass - 2 carry a sword and the severed head of the red demon. Humans worship at his feet.
POP:SOT uses a modified version of Beyond Good and Evil game engine.
Curious about how Farah feels about the Prince? Use the free-look button to look at her during the game to see how their relationship grows.
Several times the main characters mention the "legendary" Rustam in comparison to what the Prince is able to do. Rustam was a Persian hero noted for his great strength. Born with prematurely gray hair, Rustam slew a rampaging white elephant with a single blow at the age of ten.
more at...
"Rustam." Encyclopedia Mythica. 2004. Encyclopedia Mythica Online.
The Internet marketing for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time was Ubisoft's most successful campaign so far. Ad agency Digital Outlook targeted 15-24-year-old males with ads featuring characters from the game and its "acrobatic action gameplay". A DHTML overlay showing the Prince slicing through the computer screen with his sword had a click-through rate of 26.1%. A streaming video ad, showing the gameplay, had a click-through rate of 23.43%. These rates were 4x higher than the host site's average.
Armitt, Claire. "Prince of Persia: the Sands of Time. (Case Study)" New Media Age. May 6, 2004 p30.
