Prince of Persia
 

Feel free to comment and discuss this game here. Also, if you have any useful tips or tricks don't hesitate to share them with the others! Thanks!

Review

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Run game using file Prince.bat, so that you can enable cheats (if you want cheat).

These are the cheats:
K - kills your nearest enemy
Shift + L - Skip level
Shift + T - You emediatly gain one heart
Shift + W - Enables you to fly
+ - Increases time left
- - Decreases time left
I guess that's all. :wink:

ohhhhh really u need to cheat in this game........i've never met a person who finished the game without cheating........time is so limited and it is so difficult

Well, I never cheated, in this wonderful game. but maybe it's because I have years of training behind and know the levels by memory...god knows how many times I played it. Huh, Unknown Hero, when the ghost jumps in front of you, u must IMMEDIATLY put away your sword and RUN through the ghost ( he actually is your image, so when you put away the sword, he'll also do it ).

My actual record should be around 30 minutes...without cheating.

Hope H.Hero will find this tip helpful :)

I will! Thanks. You saved my life.

No problemo. You owe me a life. :D

I have just passed the game. My new record is 34 minutes!!!

It's 'prince megahit' so with a space. Actually this is one of the first really well-known trainers.

I like especially the hard swordfights, with all that nice sword-dancing in the air, and pressing like mad UP+INS....

My top five PoP enemies:

1-The Fat Guy on level 6 (let's face it! It's WAY stronger and cooler than jaffar himself)
2- Olde Viziere Jaffar
3- The defensive guard starting level 8
4- The skeleton in level 3
5- The guard near the door button in level 8, the one you have to approach cautiously (it's not actually hard to beat, but try to kill him just above the button!)

My personal record is exactly 28 minutes (ending first level at 59th minute)

Wasn't the tactics something like block and immediately attack. Wait again for an attack, block it and immediately attack. As soon as you start to attack first it went horribly wrong...

Yep, in fact block is up arrow.

The wickest thing to do is actually swap position with guards and make them fall into pits & spikes or be divided by that scary slicers :twisted:

I used to fight Viziere Jaffar and after I beat him, I killed myself so I could restart level and fight Jaffar again.

Yep, I used too....it seems to me that he sometimes sucks, and sometimes is very hard-however I prefer to kill the Fat Guy, even if he hasn't that cool atmosphere music (tarataranda-ta ta ta, tarandandand ta, taranta ti)

One question: does anybody knows the level 7 trick?

You mean with flying potion?

PRINCE OF PerSIa
 

I have completed this game entirely on my own. If you guys need any kind of help, cheat codes, tips and tricks of any stage, then just tell me.
Bye
Vipin

No. The level 7 trick must actually be a bug, but it spares you A LOT of time...

After you start the level, go all way right, kill the guard (possibly makin the slicer do the work :twisted: :twisted: ), avoid to crash the floor tile that closes the door below, and go up, then pass the next slicer and kill the orange guard. then go to next screen, there's little space and a minor potion.
Make the prince jump against the wall, and DON'T get any closer to the wall by tapping right. turn left, run and make a running jump as soon as possible.

You will fall to the screen below and magically pass through the grating.
You,ll lose a life, but spare much time.

I have! My best friend was able to beat the game w/o cheating. Me on the other hand... I can never get past the sword fights. :ranting:

A useful tip for sword fights is to parry when the opponent swings and fast reply with a hit....this will mow down most guards in few time.
To parry, use UP arrow, then SHIFt very fast to combo it.

It's almost a reflex when playing a game, that trick. Only hard enemies're the skeleton in lvl. 3 and some guards later on that wait until you attack. Heck, even Jafar's pretty easy.

i tried it a few days ago. i went without cheat but i think the game is cheating. i came to 2nd level and it said 55 min left. 5 min spent? i never played 1st level that long. :eeeeeh:

Jiha, cool game! :ok:

I still think that, though great, the second is inferior to the first because of gameplay and because I'm a fanatic of PoP 1. :Brain:

Does anyone know the code or cheat so you can skip to a certain level.

Run the game with "prince megahit" and hit shift+L. In the version 1.3 the code is "prince improved".

More codes for PoP1 at http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/code/11351.html

C'mon Iron, you really don't need to cheat.....PM the level you have problems to complete and I'll give you some instructions. :ok:

No I just hate going through 4 levels, quiting, then having to go through those 4 levels again.

Call me crazy, but I enjoy it a lot instead. :tease:

Now this is what you call a game. No gimmicks, no special keys just you, a shift button, a couple of arrows and a clock. YA HOOOOOO!!

I remember this game for years and years ago. My dad had a lap top (it was actually the size of your lap too....good old 1990's technology). Anyhoo the screen was crystals and the colour was crap but that didn't bother you. As long as you could see the little dude who cared.

My best time is 13 minutes to spare...and (big yay for me!!) NO CHEATS necessary. :Brain:

Number two is causing me a little trouble, but I will get over it and persist with my pursuit in saving the love of my life.

Prince of Persia 1 is one of those simple games that if you do have that hour to spare, it is real nice time filler.

Good luck and have fun.

I beat this game years back without cheating. *I* beat the sega mastersystem version. :bleh:

My friend has and still can finish the game in half of the required time. So it's not impossible.

Also me and TheVoid have finished the game without cheating in half hour! :ok:

Yup. I remember finishing the game myself too but it's long time since that. It's only a matter of practicing.

Well, for that level 12 thing i wanted to say something that is very special for me... Because this game is one of the first games i've ever played in my life, you people reminded me a very emotional moment of mine... That was when i was trying hard to get to the next level of 12, you guessed it, with my spirit, swords up and i was going mad. I tried almost everything, but the idea of putting my sword down was only a suicidal thing for me as i gived it up for finding a way to get to the next level. Then a magical thing happened... :bye:

hey its hard.....( died in first level :help: )

You can pass first level with these two options (choose first one!):
1. Go left (as long as you can) and there you will collect sword. Now you are ready to fight first guard! :ok:
2. Once you meet that guard (you're still without sword), wait him at the edge of the screen (turn him back), and when he comes close enough run left to next screen and he will follow you (if he don't follow you, then you must go back and wait until he comes closer). Again go to the left edge of the screen and wait for guard. After he comes close enough, you jump and climb on brick and the guard wont catch you anymore. Go to another screen and there will be way up (you need to throw down one of the bricks of the ceiling. Blah,blah,blah.....on that way, you will bypass the guard and reach the exit. On level two you will have sword, just like if you collected it! :ok:
Ufffff - that was a looong explanation!

ctrl-g saves game

ctrl-r takes you back to start screen. there, when you press

ctrl-l, you load the saved game

Aah, played soo long, so many times..Again and again, never got bored :rolleyes:


:ot: My fastest record was 31mins. left :rolleyes: :ot:

One of the best games ever created! :D I love the fighting system. Completed it without cheats, but it's difficult. A MUST download. :Titan:

I remember playing this game on PC when I was real young. Needless to say I stunk. LOL

What are u saying!!! I remember i did the game in 25 minutes and we all my friends were still playing trying to reduce that time

there is no savegame in Pronce of Persia, that's part of what it makes it great, it's a maximum one hour play, why do you want to save?

Erm, I think that the exact method to save and load games were described earlier in this thread...

The graphics for the SNES version did look a bit cheesy, but they were mostly better than the dull graphics of the PC version. And the game itself was also longer, with more levels and cool devices. Probably the best conversion of the original PoP.

Then again, nothing beats Prince of Persia 2 for the PC...

Need help! How do you do a small step? I thought it was shift and walk, but it doesn't seem to work... Shift does let me hang on to a ledge though. What's the key I'm missing?

(I'm using the latest version of DOSBox in case it matters)

Thanks!

Mark

You've got it right. Stop moving, hold in Shift (maybe it has to be Left Shift, I dunno) and then press Left or Right.

You COULD do that, but I advise against it...
Better do what Tuttle said (using shift + arrows): if you're close to a ledge, pressing down will simply cause prince to jump down, which is erhm rather unsafe. Using shift + arrow keys will make him walk up to the very end of the ledge. It's also faster, which can be important when you need to be in time before a gate closes.

Well that's frusterating... cause shift + walk doesn't do a small step for me. I've tried every combination. Oh so disapointing. I was so looking forward to playing it again (I played it on an old Mac back in the day)

Thanks though.

You should press shift, and hold it pressed. Then press left or right (while shift is still being pressed) and then release both keys.

Hi Guys!
Sorry for my noobish question but I need your help at Level3 :help:

I think I tried everything to open the door in the upper part of the level. This is the door you can only reach with a big jump.
I just don't find the button to open it...

Please help me! I don't like using the cheat to skip the level.
Thank you!

Well, there's guy who I know finished this impossible game with my bro. No saves! How?! :blink:

Go all the way up, then to the far right. There was a tile there that opens that particular gate. However, since the route between that tile and the gate consists of constant jumping, I was always too slow to get there in time.
Or is there simply another way? Anyone else?

Well, there's guy who I know finished this impossible game with my bro. No saves! How?! :blink: [/b][/quote]
I can finish it in less than 30 minutes without saving, it's not difficult at all once you've gotten the hang of it :ok:

Go all the way up, then to the far right. There was a tile there that opens that particular gate. However, since the route between that tile and the gate consists of constant jumping, I was always too slow to get there in time.
Or is there simply another way? Anyone else? [/b][/quote]
From the beginning:

-Go one screen left, climb all the way up to the right.
-Once on the top, Jump to the right screen. Jump to the button tile, quickly turn, little step to the edge of the button tile, jump 2 times, run&jump to the previous screen.
-NEVER stop, keep running to the left.
-there's a pit, run&jump over it (you're already running, otherwise you don't listen to what I say).
-Run all the way left and jump from the last, loose tile. Hold shift and hang, get up as quickly as possible and ta-dah you're past it.

Here's how it should really be done.

For earlier versions of Prince of Persia (1.0):
PRINCE MEGAHIT

For later versions (1.3,1.4):
PRINCE IMPROVED

For 4D Prince of Persia:
PRINCE KIRILL!

You can type it from the command-line, or you can create a .BAT file or you can create a shortcut and in the shortcut properties add the cheat code as a command-line parameter.

I love PoP its one of my fav. games i also love PoP2 and i got sand of time and am workin on it right now (ohhh the good old days) how i miss thee. well glad you guys figured out the cheats (i only used once when i wanted to show a fried the mirror guards on last lvl of PoP2) :guns:




--------------Dragonlancer

Prince of Persia has to be one of my favorite PC games of all time.. I finished the 1st and 2nd on PC although there was so many different versions of the game check this out

http://www.classicgaming.com/reviews/princ...nceofpersia.htm

you can download the Supernintendo version (and the SNES emulator here)
http://www.cherryroms.com/snes.php?search=...er=p&pagenumb=9

also the Genisis Version
http://www.freeroms.com/genesis.htm

Trying to find the Macintosh versions of both 1 & 2 cuz it was apparently they were the best versions...dunno if they would work on IBM though

My favorite trap was probably in the 2nd one in the ruined city where that blade comes out of the slit in the wall and chops you in two.. that was nasty, those flying witches heads were really freaky too, u had to time the hit and u only had that crappy dagger/broken sword

i hope this have some interrest

http://sourceforge.net/projects/princed

http://www.princed.com.ar/

The old levels look more mystic and better to me... :whistle:

Greatest game ever, but how did you finish it in 30 min?! It would take that much just to run through the levels without fighting! (at least I remember it that way). On my old 286 time didn't expire at all, dunno why. It would always tell 60 minutes left.

The thing is, in some places you can avoid fighting. :) Get the others done quickly and don't make any wrong turns and I reckon 30 minutes is doable.

I saw you passed arkanoid many times and you don't find that game difficult. As oopposite I find that game very difficult, but I did manage to pass Prince in less than 30 minutes.

I know, but there's no fun in it. I gotta KILL THEM ALL :evil:


I'm gonna try beating it 30 min these days...maybe it isn't that hard

Just had a go with it :D

Not a great performance 'cause I got killed some times, but still under 30 minutes.

http://www.abandonia.com/~thevoid/Gallery/Prince.PNG

*khm* :ranting: *khm* LOL

I don't have an intention to play it now, but maybe someday I will also prove my score.

can anyone help me on level 4 or 5 i keep getting stuck on the mirror in the end of the map

When the mirror has appeared, you have to run towards it, then jump through. You will lose all your lives except one, allowing you to reach the door to the next level -if you've opened it first, which can be done by proceeding to the right, climb down 1 level, then go left, pass the metal teeth, walk onto the "switch/stone".

You'll see your shadow run off in the opposite direction. You will meet it again in a further level.

:bye:
This was one of the very first games I played in the recent timies
after my very first initiation years ago on Atari game system,
with Flight Simulator, wow was that a long time ago....
Anyway, POP is such a great classic, solid feel, consistent
graphics, and very nice visuals with the scenes that are present
with the various levels. Yes, the mirror image is a fun one,
and one of the special visuals in this first of the game series.

I still love exploring the levels, and testing my skills. What a
great range of ideas melcher (sp?) had in creating this, and
the way one can control the Prince and his actions makes this
a first person adventure even though it is a side view.

Great game. Great series. :ok:

:bye:

You actually have to find the sword in the first stage of POP 1,
once you find it you will be carying it with you as you move, and
you (as the prince) will draw it automatically as you approach enemies, guards of various kinds and Jaffar. You can put it away by using the down key,

Here are the directions for using the sword in Prince 1, they are different for
Prince II for in that version you can actually draw the sword for yourself.

during the sword fights, the normal way you make moves becomes different:

UP key.......... Prince blocks an attack. When you do this, it will stop your
opponent's sword and also push you back a bit, so watch out when you are
in front of a ledge, you can be pushed off.

DOWN button........ Prince puts his sword back in his scabbard, and while doing so,
play will change and it reverts back to Normal mode. In this condition, undefended, if you get hit by a guard you are DEAD, only do this if you can run away safely.

LEFT button........ You go one step to the left holding the sword

RIGHT button....... You go to the right ditto

SHIFT button....... You hit out with his sword. Use this to attack a guard. and it
will mean you can stab and hit an opponent. Look at the life bottles at the bottom,
the ones on the left are yours, when they all go out, you are DEAD. the enemies
you meet will have their own life potions at the bottom right, as each one gets
extinguished, they get weaker, and when they are all gone, they die and fall down.
you must learn to use the fighting keys alternatively as they attack or as you attack, you will just need to practice and learn about this. It does get easier. Remember the guard will just stand and block as long as you attack, they will then attack you and move towards you when you dont attack them.
You can switch places with a guard during a swordfight by moving to the left or right. When you move past a guard, you as the prince turn to the opposite side to face the guard.


Good luck it is a great game. :ok:

Pressing shift will cause Prince to take out his sword if there's an enemy in sight. Also use shift to wield the sword, plus arrow up and down for other movements (certain ways of blocking) with it. [/b][/quote]
I wouldn't agree with this. :blink:


IF YOU HAVE a sword, you can take it out if you simply stop running. (there must be an oppoment near)
To collect a sword, in first level, you should go to the left, as far as possible, and there you will see it laying on the ground, and shining..... :w00t:

Ouch sorry... apparently I confused the keys a little with Prince 2 :whistle:

:D :bye:
Yes in POP 2 the sword can be used at the player's volition,
in POP 1 only when there is an enemy near. It is still lots of
fun and takes practice especially when you get to the blue
guards who are very quick and watch you like a hawk. You
will meet them later on in the game, for now at the beginning,
get used to the moves and enjoy the journey! The Princess
awaits!

:ok:

Does someone know, how to get the large potion in Level 5 ? There's always the shadow stealing it, before I can reach.

I think you can't reach it, and I also think it's level 6.

No, it's Level 5 definetly.

Thanks anyway, now I don't have to waste time for trying to get it anymore.

Can anyone give me some hints, how to beat the fat guard in Level 6 ? He killed me a few dozen times now.


EDIT: OK, I wasn't able to kill him, but just managed to pass him. With some luck I admit. Damn, he's really tough!

He is easy! Just let him fall in the pit.

It's easier to just kill him. Unless you're aiming for a time record.

How much levels does the game have???

I played it the first time i came at level 11 how much levels do i have to do till it ends.

Killing the FAT guy in level 6 is very easy but challenging. See this:-
You have to use Shift Key for Fighting with the sword. Now go near the FAT guy, he will come and try to kill you. But at this time when he tries to hit you with the sword use the UP arrow key. Keep doing this continuously as he is very smart to fight non-stop. I hope this should help you.
Its sad that this game is now under ESA protection. This game happens to be one of my all time favourite!

:bye:

you can also move PAST guards when you are fighting
them, if you do this, they turn to face you in the
new direction, and you can back them up into pits,
blades, etc. the fat guard is tough indeed, but not as touch
as the blue guards there is one in about level 4 or 5,
he drove me nuts, but then eventually i figured out
you could back him up into a pit also. this is truly a
classic game still one of the best ever, and i would
love to see some more like this with the same intelligence
simplicity and complexity and ability to control and
acutally play the character great great game
:ok: :ok: :ok: :ok:

if i remember correctly it has 12

Yeh, ur memory is quite good! It has 12 levels with 2 parts of the twelth stage. Actually the toughest guy in the game is the first guard in the 8th Stage. The skeleton in 3rd stage needs a trick but the 8th Stage guy is the toughest. Actually there are many tricks to kill the enemies, it only depends how you end the game.!

which one on the 8th?
Anyway a lot of times you can trick them into turning arround when you are blow them, then you use the sneaky walk key (shift key), you pass them in sneak mode and then when you climb up they first have to turn arround to see you which gives you enogh time to draw the swrod and maybe even give a touche.

I ve played prince of persia when i was young i remember how i defeated the fat guy it was hard but i remember when i atack him and hit him he was thiner LOL really!!!When i hit him he was thiner and thiner unless i ve killed him.And those skeletons are invincible u can kill them only if u throw them in a pit.I ve even meet with my shadow when the way was stuck with a miror u ve must to run and jump into the miror and then were u re shadow.If u killed the shadow u died i ve stucked there i remember.

:D :D
Yes that blue guard in level 8 is a nasty one, he never
backs up, really have to work on him...and the skeeletonn
is awful too, yes, you must push him in pit,...but just wait
until Prince of Persia 2, now there is a NASTY skeleton
waiting for you there, you will see....
enjoy this classic...it is still one of the very best.

:kosta:

um i didnt know any cheats existed for this game so i spent hours up late at night and through uni beating this game without any cheatz. It was well worth the effort a top class game for its era.

:help:
hi!
we have a problem at the end of level two when you have to jump from the switch. it seems that the gap is too wide for a non-running jump, but there's not enough room for a running one. is there another solution to this or do we just suck?
thanks/
marrelie

Well if you just miss the other side..hold down the control that helps you jump and I believe you latch on to the side..then push up to pull yourself up

this is het world record of prince of persia

http://www.tammo80.nl/prince/

18min

and a lot of tips and triks to play levels very quikly

The fastest I ever finished it was in 21:17, and I sweated it out for that one. I was very proud of it :P
18 minutes... An incredible time :blink:

exploiting bugs is same as cheating. :angry:

That was fast!!!
BTW - thanks for the link, nice prince of persia site

hahaha i finished it at 23 min. now that was fast

My record was 19 minutes after playing about 20 times hA-ha. I started playing when you had to do from 5.25" floppies.

Seeing you all talking so much about it I have re-start (or tried to) it and would you believe it I have forgotten how to use the sword, tried Enter, Ctrl, Alt, Space (pause)? :angry:

The fat guard can be drawn towards you if you close up then withdraw slowly then jump the gap...the idiot tries to follow you and falls to his death (hopefully) never waited to verify it. You can do the same thing with the Vizier at the end. :ph34r:

The sword draws automatically.
Up: Block
Shift: Slash

Of course, block is used for more then just blocking, but I'm sure you all know about that :)

I have finished the game with about 31 minutes remaining and that was my best one!
Is that a record?

I can finish level 7 within 20 seconds without cheating!
You don't believe me? :sneaky: You can check the video here.

Whattttt you can't do that that's cheatting super cheatting or you cuted the video but it's cool how did you done that

Well you're all wrong! I finished the game (probably after 20 or so tries) in 19 minutes with 31 minutes left. I still have the records on the 5.25" floppy. Unfortunately no drive :cry:

I have always hated cheating and cheats :angry:

:ok: :bye:

I can only speak for myself, but I wasn't talking about you, but about Chrissieboy's video. :)

I have beaten the game in 45 minutes. without cheats :bleh:

Ah, found it! Moreby pressing random buttons than anything, but if it works, it works. I'll also include other commands for the sake of reference.
Esc pauses the game (pretty obvious, but whatever)
Ctrl-G saves the game
Ctrl-L loads the saved game. However, if you die on the level you saved you have to do this copyright-check level thing where you have to choose a letter on page so-and-so of the manual. I usually find just reloading the game works better. That way, you haven't lost any more time.
Ctrl-A restarts the level, and
Ctrl-Q quits the game.


I'm on level 8 so far, just for the record. The fat guy in level 6 is teh pwn, and the ending of that level is extremely cool. Level 7 took awhile, but I managed. My favourite part was making the first enemy get chopped up in the slicer thing. Ah, the gore... :evil:

hey guys, having abit of trouble on level 8. there is a guard that i cant seem to pass. on aproach he is on a new screen so i dont have time to withdraw my sword. thus he can kill me with one stroke. can anyone help me with this?

when you are still below him use shift+direction key and sneak pas him. that way he won't turn arround and you can later sneak up behind him. all in all it will give you just about enough time to draw the sword before he turns arround.

Couldn't have put it better myself. I tend to stop just short of where he is and walk into the next screen. It sometimes makes you fight him in the middle of both screens, but you can still back up some.

thanks gregor, great tip. but now i seem to be stuck on level 9. i am almost positive i have been everywhere but cant seem to find a way out. can anyone help me with this?

Aah! Now you chappies are prompting, forcing, me to play it again :D after more than 20 years :whistle:

I used to know so many short-cuts, hidden potions...now I'll have re-discover them :ok:

Happy Gaming!!!

Translation: How do I kill the skeleton in level 3?

For those that can help :)

no codes. you have 1 our to complete the game or princess get's it!

@Marianna

You can't really kill him, but you can get him out of the way.
Here is how you do it:

When you first fight him, you push him to the right side of the screen untill he falls off. Then you climb down (on the same side). You will see the skeleton down there again. This time you fight him and push him to the left side of the screen untill he reaches the pit (the hole) and falls into it. After that all you need to do is jump over that hole and go to the exit doors.


If you don't underastand english then i suggest you use babelfish translator: http://babelfish.altavista.com/

Here is very rough translation that it made :D

Non potete realmente ucciderli, ma potete ottenerli allontanato. Qui ? come lo fate: Quando in primo luogo lo combattete, lo spingete verso la parte di destra del untill che dello schermo cade da. Allora vi arrampicate gi? (dallo stesso lato). Vedrete lo scheletro gi? l? ancora. Questa volta lo combattete e lo spingete verso la parte di sinistra del untill che dello schermo gli raggiunge il pozzo (il foro) e le cadute. Dopo che tutti che dobbiate fare ? saltare l'eccedenza che forino e vadano ai portelli dell'uscita.

I HAVE started again and wow am at lev. 4 with 54 mins. left...am getting the hang of it again. It's still fun! :bye:

Hello! I'm back again. Still stuck on level 8, partly because I stopped playing it for a while, then had to work my way back to where I left off once I got back home.
It's interesting how different the sounds are on this computer. Before they were like beeper sounds (albeit much better done than any others I'd heard before, but now they're crisp and clean and I can change the volume to boot :ok:. I must have downloaded a different version before.

I seem to be having the hardest time with the first enemy I come across in level 8. I think it's because his fighting technique is about standing his ground and patiently waiting for you to make the first move. Then he slices and dices you.

It's most frustrating when you don't have the manual and have to restart the game every time you die on a level you've saved at. But I'm getting impaled less often, now that I'm refining my technique and choosing not to press Shift before Up. He suffered a glorious defeat onve when I got him to fall on the spikes :evil:. The main reason I like levels 7 and 8 is you get to kill certain guards in satisfyingly gruesome ways. Bring on the pixellated gore! :Titan:

((Aside note to Master MC: :bye: Hello! John Dowland rocks my socks, too. It's great to see I'm not the only one who's heard of him.))

you have 2 choices for those...

1. you can either wait for him to strike and when he does do a tempo attack and hit him before he hits you.

2. you attack him and immediatelly push up to parry his repost and then shift again to hit him.

actually the one ones i found difficult to beat is the fat guy on level 6 and the end boss, which is easier to defeat then fat guy if you switch the fighting position fast enough. :sneaky:

Personally I think the toughest opponent is the one Thornwood mentioned. He's also the most fun. I always liked fighting him with all kind of restrictions, like parrying only, dodge only, etc. :P

Buttonbash shift-up enough and the fat guy'll give you no trouble.
As for Jafar, play it right and you barely need to fight him at all ;)

And guest, I'll take a look at it ASAP :)

TWENTY SECONDS :w00t: I think he meant 20 MINUTES, else it's a joke or a super cheat. 20 seconds impossible! :eeeeeh: :eeeeeh:

Well, judging by the vid it was indeed 20 seconds. Either a bug, or some cheat allowing him to jump down without falling to his death. It wasn't the floating thing though :blink:

Hi, I'm an old fan of Prince Of Persia. I've played POP since I was a child and know many things about this game. However, reading this thread I have discovered two new things and I have two questions for people that are able to respond me:

1) Some month ago a person wrote here that there was a bug in this game able to complete the game in 14 minutes or less. I want absolutely reproduce this bug.
I have read somewhere (out of this board) that after the game is completed without any saved game, restarting the game another time, after you have completed level 1, strangely, instead of level 2 the game warps you directly to jaffar, with about 50-52 minutes left.
I think that the bug described above is connected to the bug discussed here. How can I reproduce this bug that save me much time?

2) A person, always in this thread, has linked a page where the level 7 is being finished in about 20 seconds. I've tried too many times but the trick seems to be unable to work. Maybe there is someone other able to apply this trick?

Of course, I don't want to use any cheat available for prince (starting prince with "prince megahit", etc, etc).

Well I've playing the game since it first came out on 5.25" floppy. I don't want to jump to Jaffar after the first level. I like to enjoy and have fun all the way long. I remember finishing it with 19 minutes to spare...well I loved it that way. No bugs or cheats for me :D :bye:

hey all! I have this game on SEGA computer. I have already done it! It's cool game, with different levels (total: 15 lvls) and it is cool! This game is very good!

just downloaded the "new" pop with the save facility (a life save for plodders) great! - played it on the amiga when i had hair but only got as far as fighting my shadow (it peeved me so much i stopped) though having read through on the subject "dont fight a shadow" im giving it another whirl and loving it.

i used to really like the save code and time that the amiga version gave after each completed level, so you could choose your quickest or try to improve.

Is here someone that can finish the game under 15 minutes or less (without any cheat of course)?
No one is able to reproduce level 7 trick showed in this thread? I've tried many times but seems to be impossible without any cheat.
Post your best time if possible.

hello!
I think you are probably right about that level 7 trick. When I used to play this game even I tried that trick but it actually never worked and I think that it is something picture editing trick. but i don't know.

my best time happens to be 27 minutes and without cheating I think, everyone is gonna take atleast this much of time. the game play requires it, you may argue that you can do tricks but I am confident that at least 25 minutes of playing the game is necessary in any condition.

Did it in 18, but that was a long, long time ago...what? about 22/23 years ago! :D

Ok, wish I could help you, but I simply can't. I don't know.

As for the guard, you really need to lure him out by doing one of those blocks that flow into attacks. For the rest buttonbashing still helps. Quick successions of attacks and blocks. The guy does have a counterattack which really is lightning fast and pretty much unblockable, but he rarely uses it.
He's the most difficult opponent in the game, but easily beatable once you get the hang of it. Playing with him and defeating him using multiple techniques is actually one of my favorite pasttimes in the game :D

I also won the game several times without cheating, one had to get pretty good at it but it was by no means impossible, and I think that not that hard. Or is there something I'm missing?

I never cared about the time, however, and didn't even know about the cheats.

Both good games - agreed, though I think PoP2 relies on the storyline much more than PoP (which is a good thing imo) - but the combat system.....You'll never get into those lengthy sword-battles in PoP2, like the one with the fat guy, or the lvl 8 def guard in PoP, where just a single exchance can take several seconds.....

/Raasted

I was wondering if you just have to practice the tricky things in the game or if there are shortcuts that make you quicker - sort of.
I remember the game to be a very tough one and I never played through ever since. :ranting:

I always felt that it was mostly a matter of knowing exactly what to do when. Basically knowing all the traps by heart because they'd killed you so often before... :bleh:
Not that many shortcuts as far as I remember, except for the spectacular one in what-was-it-again where you jump down, hang onto a ledge, drop and the entire level is finished. Now that was a time saver!

I can happilly say that I killed the crud out of the 8th level and got to the 9th a few days ago. I found out a system to beat the 8th lvl guard and the fat guy.
Fat guy - just block and strike until he is exhausted and gets killed.
8th lvl guard - hold shift + step forward, then quickly block and strike. Works every time.
Stuck however on 9th level - nowhere to go, tried everywhere... :blink:

level 9? that's a tricky one. if i remember you go left, up, right then up and then left. and watch those green potions. don't drink them. one of them turns you upside down :not_ok:

but lemme check...

edit: i couldn't find the right solution in my quicky. but since if you go left there is nothing that would open the door. instead of going immediatelly left, try moving still up when you reach that guard on the top right corner. maybe there is something there. i can't remember exactly...

Correct me if I'm wrong - but isn't lvl 9 the one were you have to get help from the little mouse (he opens the gate for you when you're haning from the ledge) - or is that one lvl 8?

Concerning the PoP/PoP2 - I have now replayed PoP2, and I think I know what I meant with the inferior combat system. It is basicly the same, but it feels like the prince reacts a little slower in PoP2 (it has nothing to do with the speed of the game or the machine it runs on) - it may be imaginary, but it sure does feel like that...

Corrected. The level 9 is the one with two green potions. one flips you arround the other one flips you back (players, do not touch them!).

Thanks for the corection - though I would like the corect answer with it :ok:

/Raasted

Definitely, I don't think it's imagination... I've felt the same way about the way prince moves, especially a combination of running, then jumping: he seems to react a lot slower than in PoP 1.

In the room with the exit, there is a ledge on the right hand side. The slab over the pressure plate that opens the gate on the left side of the room will fall if you walk on it. You may also be able to drop down to the ledge on the left, from above, but I have not tried it, you have been warned.

Oh - that wasn't what I meant - my question was: Is it in the 7th, 8th og 9th level, that the Princess' mouse helps you open a gate?

/Raasted

According to GameFaqs, it's Level 8.

Thank you for the answer :ok:

Your link don't work though :sneaky:

/Raasted

Sorry; I had you confused with one of the people that could not get past the level 9. The mouse on level 8 was a very pleasant surprise.

I am so glad someone mentioned the save game command. By dint of loading in cheat mode, upping the time left, resaving and then reloading in normal mode, I have finally gotten to level twelve with uncramped fingers and enough time to make more than a token attempt at completing the level before the time runs out. Once I have done each level, I can try to finish the game in an hour.

The nice thing about the combat system for PoP is that it is fast and keeps in the spirit games time limit. Another good reason for the simplistic combat model is that, though combat is often unavoidable and there is the final fight with the Jaffar, combat is not the most important aspect of the game.

I remember getting to the point with the mouse, after days of perfecting my running and jumping and then getting stuck there. I'd always turn around and see if there was something I could do different and the blade would kill me after I messed around for a while. Finally in frustration I gave up and put the game away for years.

Then I found it on an abandonware site, deicded to give it another go, but this time I used a faq to help and what'dya know! You're supposed to just chill at the gate for a second and you're released by a helpfull rodent! So that's why she sent it off in the cut screen. Not as satisfying as finding it out myself, but at least I was able to eventually finish the game.

Yes it is a very nice feature (Jordan mechner - :kosta: ). And I agree, that combat isn't the primary thing in PoP - which is another argument in the PoP vs. PoP2 discussion - with the slower fighting system in PoP2, fighting becomes (partly due to the level design) fighting becomes a larger part of the game than it was in PoP.....

/Raasted

That's true. PoP2 requires you to be more precise with your jumps etc. At first it was difficult, but I've adjusted and now I hardly misjump.

yah that's a nastay trick. i found out when i was playing with cheats on and then i was checking out the level arround. when suddenly i noticed the mouse going towards me. then it was suddenly all clear to me.

It's a very nice feature (again, Jordan Mechner - :kosta: )

I discovered the trick, when I had just made the jump, hanging on the ledge - and my friend asked me something - I held SHIFT, and answered him, and when I looked back at the screen - hey, the gate was lifting :D


/Raasted

I finally tried to drop down to that ledge on level 9, from above. I died, so the rest of you have been warned. I also discovered an amusing bug that lets you finish the game in less than ten minutes. If you reload a saved game, but fail to win and start a new game, the second level is replaced with the level that the saved game started at. If you reloaded level twelve and run out of time, the next game is really quick. Facing Jeffar with only four points of life was daunting. I have since finished the game twice within the alloted hour. There is still some exploring I want to do on level ten, but have yet to figure out how to do it.

I finally tried to drop down to that ledge on level 9, from above. I died, so the rest of you have been warned. I also discovered an amusing bug that lets you finish the game in less than ten minutes. If you reload a saved game, but fail to win and start a new game, the second level is replaced with the level that the saved game started at. If you reloaded level twelve and run out of time, the next game is really quick. Facing Jeffar with only four points of life was daunting. I have since finished the game twice within the alloted hour. There is still some exploring I want to do on level ten, but have yet to figure out how to do it. [/b][/quote]
did you drop or fall down? otherwise you need to walk over those ties so they open the door which you would need later on.

you can do it by using cheats ;)

I very carefully dropped just far enough to kill me (one level is safe, two levels causes a point of damage, three levels kills you dead.

I was very disappointed to get through that gate after the two chompers on level ten, only to find that there was nothing worth finding, or did I miss something?

Out of curiosity, has anyone successfully cheated his way past the mirror image, on level six? I seriously doubt that anything is there, but stranger things have happened.

As far as I remember, there's nothing particularly interesting in level ten (green or major potions) and yeah, going past the two chompers is a waste of time. This is in fact one of the quickest and easiest levels in the game, a breeze compared to the three previous ones.

I'm afraid I've never gotten past the mirror image in level six.
Btw, I wonder wether it's possible or not to get the major potion in level 5 before the "ghost" does it?

I cannot. The tile that you stand on to climb up to the level with the potion also opens the gate that the reflection runs through. YMMV, but I doubt that anyone else can, either. This may be the "plot point" that explains why rejoining your reflection on level 12 is the same as drinking one of those potions.

I came so close to finishing the game in under forty minutes, but my game went to pieces, once I got to level 12. I kept missing my jumps, and my reflection killed me before I sheathed my sword.

That guard on level 8 is either hit or miss, for me. I either kill him without a scratch, or my fingers never quite execute the forward-parry-lunge combination. Although not as difficult to kill, the fat guard on level six is the most fun to fight. I can get into a nice parry-lunge-repeat groove, where the clashing swords ring out and the blades flash back and forth for a few seconds, before a touch is scored. I am almost sorry if the fight ends too quickly. Jeffar is almost as cinematic to kill as the fat guard.

I find it advantageous to be very close to enemies during swordfights, once you've hit the foe you'll get to hit again without any likelihood of his parrying if you do it immediately afterwards. If you're not close, the enemy is out of reach for the second hit once he's stepped back after the first one.

I've just replayed this after the sequel (PoP2) and in the latter swordfights are not only much more numerous, but also much more difficult! Every foe in PoP seemed to me like piece of cake after having just played PoP2.

I should be so lucky. I can, sometimes, get in a pair of hits; however, as my speed style of play does not allow for swordplay mistakes, I am too timid in my fighting. The only big health potion that I bother to get is the one on level four. By the time I have gotten it, the closed gate barring the way to the rest of the level is open, despite my knowing precisely how it is done.

My time for the first seven levels is about eighteen minutes, and it can take me as little as twenty more to finish the game (best game yet is 21 minutes, 31 seconds, remaining).

Once I master getting in close, I should be able to slice another four minutes off my time. I have no idea how the fellow claiming to do it in fifteen minutes accomplished that feat.

Level 11or something like that (the oen that is again in the fancy palace surrounding). you can just smash down one of the tile from the above and then you can run on the top over the guard (no need to fight and time the jump) till the very end. then you go down open the doors and continue. it's saves a lot of time.

I remember playing this with my friend. We used to draw the directions and hints on a paper all exited about completeing the game... ^_^

I played this with my big brother. Yeah, those were the days...

Dude, this is the firs game I ever played on a Computer, on my Mac Quadra 94.. Men, it was scary as hell to see those fiery teeth gates go clank clank clank...
Anyway, to go through lvl 1 without picking up the sword, you must make the first enemy follow you as long as you can left, then go up and high as you can, then go right and down again.. If you have done everything right, you will fall at the back of the first guard, who will turn and start following you again in his slow attack-stance walk. Open the lvl door and you are on lvl 2. WITH A SWORD. Yeah, i know, it's kinda cheaty to pass it like that.. But hey, time is running out.

^That's one I haven't heard before. How much time does that save? I'll have to give it a try.

And...<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Jul 1 2006, 01:13 PM) [snapback]240908[/snapback]</div>I don't agree. Sometimes all you want is to see the story of the game unravel. I mean, if you're playing pitfall on the Atari 2600, yeah, don't cheat. There's no story. It's a game of skill. Trust me, getting to the end of story-less games of pitfall is not what it's about. However, getting to see how the game end without investing hundreds of hours of play time is more than worth it to me. Espceally since now, as I get older, I find myself with less and less time to invest in playing games. So I "cheat" or get a walk-thru and just run though the game but seeing all the important stuff. Hey, I'm happy with it.

Did you guys know that you don't have to go all the way to the sword in the first level? You can easly pass the gaurd without it and in the next level you'll have to sword with you.

First lure him to the screen you came from, nearly to the wall. Climb that wall and go to the next screen to the left. There are some falling tiles on the cilling. Break them and return to the starting point. Now you can fall throught the hole and escape toward the exit.(right side) If the gaurd isn't in far enough to the left you wont be able to escape, he'll kill you before you'll make it.

I still cant get the jump-grab thing working, not quite sure why


and im not using an emulator which makes me wonder why it slows down alot


but luckily the roof-passage in the first level made it simple to get around the guard :D

you press the jump = up + left (or right)
you press and hold shift

you have to learn it because in some levels tiles will fall down on you and you will have to press shift to hold on to the ledge.

to practice try stepping all the way to the ledge turn arround and press down+shift. now as long as you hold shif (grab) you won't fall down. once you release it you fall. if you press up he will climb back up again.

Yep! It's quite easy once you get the hang of it :) Actually need to do just that soon as you start, saves one life (health)!

I bought myself a 486 laptop to play this game :w00t:
No hard disk, no cd-rom, only floppy DOS and Prince. Propably soon I'll buy HDD to get better old-school games, since I've this site and lot of good stuff :sneaky:

GAHHHH!!! how do you swap places with the guards!!
thx

You don't have to swap places, you have to kill them. Anyway if you get pretty close and keep closing you'll end up swapping.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Japofran @ Aug 31 2006, 01:42 PM) [snapback]252049[/snapback]</div>
Get close and get killed :)

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Grand Dad @ Aug 31 2006, 09:19 AM) [snapback]252054[/snapback]</div>
Get close and get killed :)
[/b][/quote]


get closer and when you see they attack press up.
if you are real close and you move sometimes the guards seem to miss too.
the guy in level 8 is hard to pass and just lot easier to put him on the spikes.

and i wonder if it saves time if you pause the game when you pass trough an exit and wait for the music to end and then continue. might save a little time trough the whole game.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TheVoid @ Apr 30 2006, 11:53 PM) [snapback]227691[/snapback]</div>you can get past the mirror image if you use cheats and press k the mirror image dissapears and you can get to the potion and the behind the gate in level 6 but theres nothing there..
when using cheats you can scout the level using u (1 screen up) j ( 1 screen right) h (1 screen left) n (1 screen down) if you check behind the gate in lvl 6 you see there is nothing.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(vipin @ Aug 23 2004, 05:04 PM) [snapback]9784[/snapback]</div>hey could anybody tell wat to do when we finish 1st level and hv to drink one drink frm many other drinks.some kind of page? line? word? comes there.

That's a very simple copy protection. You can google for it.

Yep! That's the copyright...Icewolf says you can Google search, perhaps you can.

And Guest, no cheats please...you can simple jump through the mirror...you'll meet your mirror image again at the end :)

Help! How do I jump over the spike pit in level 1??

Not that there'd be some more spike pits.... :whistling:

Well, you can jump while you are running. Pushing -> or <- and ^ with it.
You can jump when you are standing, up and forward that is. Pressing up and up plus a direction respectively.

You may need to know that you can do single steps by holding shift and push a direction.

Happy trying! :ok:

In addition, shift + arrow keys will make your character take half steps when he's close to a ledge.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Icewolf @ Sep 20 2006, 09:05 AM) [snapback]256199[/snapback]</div>Thanks for listening/reading..... <_<

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Icewolf @ Sep 20 2006, 08:52 AM) [snapback]256224[/snapback]</div>Thanks for listening/reading..... <_<
[/b][/quote]

I mean less than single steps when you're at less than a single step from a ledge... So I'm adding to your comment.

you guys forgot to mention that shift is one of main keys - it is used for cut in combat (up is for defence), to pick up the sword and to grab the ledge in some jumps or if you fall you can sometimes save yourself by using shift to grab the ledge.

enjoy the game!

The shift, ctrl and spacebar are vital to the game.
Play and enjoy!

shift+walking is also stealth mode.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(vipin @ Aug 23 2004, 05:04 PM) [snapback]9784[/snapback]</div>how do you enter combat mode in prince of persia ? i have pressed all keyboard keys and my sword doesn't come up.

thanks !

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(charlie12324 @ Sep 23 2006, 02:55 AM) [snapback]256813[/snapback]</div>how do you enter combat mode in prince of persia ? i have pressed all keyboard keys and my sword doesn't come up.

thanks !
[/b][/quote]

you don't need to press anything. When the time comes he will pull it out himself.

hello frineds!

i followed intructions to make cheats work but i cant make it work
could anybody please give me a little help?

I think the cheats can be enabled in the game-setup.

Did you run "prince - megahit"? I seem to remember this enabled the cheats.

This isn't the place for cheats...

gamefaqs on the other hand :whistling:

No cheats please! :( Don't you like to enjoy playing a game for the fun and adventure of it?

:sos: I tells me to enter the disk...what do i do...this is the first game i ever played(I'm not kidding,i love this game :kosta: :brain: ) please help :sos:

Hi, there,
Nice game. After 20 minutes Jaffar was dead.
2 hints:
1. No need to fight skelleton on level 3. Jump high after him and go back to the end of the
battle field. Then jump down. So Y continue and enemy remained at the battle field. Xe-xe.
2. Special tactic against 8 level guard. Put your sabre down. He make a step forward to you.
Then very fast attack the enemy.Then again and again. Easy, huh.

My difficult moment was when had to jump very fast onto the falling down platforms
at the last level.

Dy Devil : Pls explain yr problem in details to help Y.

Ty

yog
What about PP 2?
:brain:

When i enter the game it tells me to enter the disk into drive c.The End. now :sos:

Are you trying to run the game in plain Windows, or are using an emulator like VDMSound or DosBox?

Probably an installation problem?

How do I get to move. Don't know if its an installation issue or not, but I can't get my guy to move. After the game starts I can't get any buttons to do anything. Pressing Esc pauses the game, but thats it.

I can't move, or jump or do anything. What are the controls, did I do something wrong?

Are you using DosBox to run the game?

For controls, try the arrow keys, Shift, Space and I think also Control.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Nov 21 2006, 06:12 AM) [snapback]267961[/snapback]</div>I am running it in DOSBox.

The game could be in joystick mode.

Try Control + K, and then see does he move.

THAT WORKED!! Thanks. Is their any other way to quit the game without having to press ALT+Enter then closing the window?

CTRL+F9 shuts down DosBox immediately, no matter if it runs windowed or fullscreen.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(KillerLettuce @ Nov 22 2006, 01:09 AM) [snapback]268115[/snapback]</div>I think the quit function is Control + Q. Haven't played in a long time, though, so I'm not sure.

In really old games try Ctrl+Q, Alt+Q, Ctrl+X, Alt+X or Ctrl+C, one of those will work for many of them.

Yes try CTRL+, ALT+ and SHIFT+ and you'll get to do what you want, Good Luck! :)

does someone know how to save the game? I tried ctrl G and ctrl L to load, but it doesn't work. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance

How many screens there are?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Nov 27 2006, 03:07 PM) [snapback]268915[/snapback]</div>Are you Spanish-speaking? ;) Try Alt or Ctrl+S/L.

About two hundred, if my memory serves right.

Help!! I just can't get past level 2. :(:(

In level 2, I'm all the way at the end and I walk past the door to the left and then I jump over the cliff to step on the tile. But then when I try to jump back to the right, I always fall down the cliff and die. :(

What am I doing wrong?

Dunno if it's exactly there, but I remember spots where yo would jump, almost fall down and then press SHIFT to grab the ledge just in time. You could try it. :)

Also be sure to get a running start when jumping. ;)

It's so long that I played but I believe InsaneFury is right. Hold on to the ledge, also you can take slow steps to the edge and then jump...remember always it's safer to keep your left finger on the CTRL key :).

use the SHIFT, the SHIFT is with you...

hey there

i'm unable to download the game from abandonia. I've already downloaded some other games but when i click on prince of persia there doesn't appear a 'get it'-button. usually it does. am i overlooking something or what?

tanx!

Try refreshing the page. This game is downloadable from here.

Unless you mean Prince of Persia 2, which we were forbidden to distribute.

i have a question i wanne download this game on windows xp but it doesnt work can somenody help me

You need to use DosBox (Download) to run Prince of Persia.
Here is a manual how to use it.

Have fun! :ok:

Great!! (-:

I used to play this game a lot (like i guess most of you guys did too), altough i never thought i could finish it in one hour. With a little practice and some scouting the levels, i just did it in 45 minutes!! (-:

BTW, in the highscore it says how many minutes you've got left, not how much you used. I think it's possible to be _a lot_ faster than 45 minutes, but maybe some of the people who posted here they finished the game _in_ 15 to 20 minutes just qoute the highscore, and mean 40 to 45 minutes.

And i wondered how that piece of animation was recorded. I know how to make screenshots in dosbox, but is there a way to capture Prince's movement into an avi or something? That would rule!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest_burt_* @ Jan 22 2007, 06:00 PM) [snapback]276013[/snapback]</div>Ctrl+Alt+F5 to start filming, the same key combo again when you're done, it's in the Readme. :) If you've got trouble watcing the result install the codec which comes along with DOSBox itself.

I doubt you can download it direct to XP, but it can be downloaded and put it in your Games File. I can play it on XP's Dos prompt...but it's much faster. Better to use DOSBox :).

Great!! Sorry i missed it; i was running DosBox 0.63, which doesn't yet have that feature. This is gonna be tons of fun!!

I should have had a feature like that back in the days when i got called every now and then by buddies who wondered how i get past level bla or how i solved puzzle bla. (-:

Check my new avatar! (-:
The feature to film in DosBox rules!! (-:

Say... Did you just sign up the forum to show this off...? :sneaky: :D

I have to admid that I like it. Cool! :ok:

How can I save during the game??? :sos:

That avatar's great...the final fight with the evil Vizier :).
And Guest you can only save soon as you enter level 3, then at the start of each level. If you try saving in the middle it just won't work...it'll always start at the beginning! :(.


Peace!!!

Oh, the joy!

Just downloaded the game. I played it before (the game was one of the "heritage games" that my father left to me :) ) , but one thing stopped me from fully enjoying it... My version had "The *scream* legal copy varification level!"

There was a bunch of potions and 3 tries. You were left on your luck to find the right potion to continue to level 2!

But this is perfect...Once again i bow to abandonia :)

Yes it's copy right protected and you do need the manual for it :).

Loved the game, but never figured out how to cheat on Mac. Anyone know?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(dr_st @ Feb 27 2005, 09:59 AM) [snapback]72394[/snapback]</div>
I don't know how to type in the command line. What is the command line? I have this game downloaded on a PC laptop and when I click on it to play, the game just comes up. HELP!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(burt 777 @ Jan 27 2007, 07:48 PM) [snapback]276745[/snapback]</div>Hey, how did you do that?! I mean, what site do you go to and what do you do?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(anonymous @ Mar 18 2007, 10:59 PM) [snapback]284122[/snapback]</div>Assuming you are running some version of windows, go to the 'Start' button, then choose 'run'.
In that command line, type the correct directory where you have prince, but finish with "Prince megahit" instead of prince.exe or prince.bat
Click 'ok' to run the command line.

Cheats eh! When will you chaps learn to enjoy a game for its own sake, for the fun of discovering yourself, for maybe losing a bit but the joy of discovery and the satisfaction that you did it all by yourself. Asking for some guidance if stuck the first time you play, yes :). BUT CHEAT, NO NO NEVER :(!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Grand Dad @ Mar 22 2007, 08:43 AM) [snapback]284516[/snapback]</div>Well, consider I highly agree with you: now, say I've played the game all the way through without cheats since I was young, and merely use the cheats now to explore different levels at their finest without the fear of time limits or having taken me forever to get there or of constanly being killed and having to start over again! I say once you've played the game all the way through before, it's fun to mess around a little with the cheats. :)

Oh, one other thing; didn't there used to be captions that would appear throughout the game at the bottom? Besides how much time you have left and all that, I could have honestly sworn that every time the prince died, the word "AAAARGHHH!" would appear at the bottom. And remember there was a phrase at the end of level four after he jumped through the mirror, but I can't remember what it was, just that it had the word "behind" in it.

No captions as far as I know.

Either you dreamt it or you played a version for a platform other than PC. :P

No, I'll swear it, it's true! I played it through DOS on a 1990 IBM computer! There used to be captions, even my mom remembers it.

Captions! What captions at least I am not aware of any?
I have played the game again and again beating my own time and discovering shortcuts or newer places for extra lives without cheats :). You are entitled to your views but no thanks NO cheats for me. I'll miss all the fun if I cheat...I don't even know what cheats to use. They are sometimes suggested here but I don't even try to remember them!

Peace!!!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Grand Dad @ Mar 28 2007, 11:22 AM) [snapback]285312[/snapback]</div>
Captions: "AARGH!" when the prince died
and then something about A S S in the fourth level after he jumped through the mirror.

Aha! The exclamations! Well they are there, but you have to jump through the mirror to continue. No help there :).

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Grand Dad @ Apr 1 2007, 11:31 AM) [snapback]285748[/snapback]</div>You're confusing me just a slight bit...

I REMEMBER I WAS PLAING THIS GAME WHEN I WAS 8 OR 9 AND I DID FINISH IT WITHOUT CHEATING. SAVED THE PRINCES... :brain:
NOW HERE I AM 24 YEARS OLD GROWN behind MAN PLAYNG AGAIN THE SAME GAME AND WONDERING.... HOW THE HELL DID I FINISHE IT :sneaky: MAAAAAAN I WAS SMART... :kosta:

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(OTOKIRVALIDZE @ Apr 6 2007, 01:55 AM) [snapback]286298[/snapback]</div>You're 24 years old and don't know how to turn Caps-Lock off?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(velik_m @ Apr 6 2007, 05:57 AM) [snapback]286302[/snapback]</div>:)
He clearly states "I WAS smart", maybe that's the key?

Hey, can anyone tell me how to open the game.. im on Windows Xp and when i double click the .exe file it opens a dos command window but doesnt stard the game.
need help
thanks

thats strange, works just fine to me.
use DOSbox to run the game
download it here: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/dosbox/...er.exe?download
its easy to use it, simple tutorial here http://www.abandonia.com/main.php?nav=setting&FAQ=1

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Apr 8 2007, 11:14 PM) [snapback]286477[/snapback]</div>It seems you are trying to run the game in plain Windows. I strongly suggest you use DosBox instead.
You can download it here.

You might want to check out the official DosBox FAQ, and particularly this part of it. It is quite helpful for users unfamiliar with DosBox.

I remember the exclamations! Does anyone else remember the exclamations that used to appear at the bottom of the screen throughout the game? Like "AAARGHHH!" ?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Apr 11 2007, 11:55 PM) [snapback]286698[/snapback]</div>err.... NO?! LOL ;)
I played PoP with both PC speaker and Soundblaster. Playing with Sound Blaster the prince shouted like "AAARRRRGH" when you fell so deep that you would die. But I don't know any text. :huh:

Prince of Persia was the first adventure/Arcade game I ever played, but since the first time I've been bether.
This is one of my top 10 games.. But i'm a yung boy, just 17 so I was just a boy when I played all of the best DOS games! But I remember it very good.. :w00t:

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Apr 10 2007, 11:40 AM) [snapback]286542[/snapback]</div>It seems you are trying to run the game in plain Windows. I strongly suggest you use DosBox instead.
You can download it here.

You might want to check out the official DosBox FAQ, and particularly this part of it. It is quite helpful for users unfamiliar with DosBox.
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may i ask whats the difference between yours and mine post? o_O

I didn't notice yours. -_-*
Also you can notice what I posted was a "canned" reply to this kind of questions...

umm..sorry that.. i didnt notice that you didnt notice then? o_O

:huh:
Probably so.

I have downloaded and unzipped Prince of Persia 4D from many different websites, and each time I can unzip the game but when I go to run it, it opens and then closes immediately. I tried downloading DOSbox as many of you have suggested, but I don't know how to use it. Can someone tell me what to do?

This might help you out. :ok:

Oh! I remember another exclamation!
YIKES! Everytime spikes would pop up.

Does it works with XP Home ? very Old ... little kind of scared .. :huh: :blink: :unsure: :w00t: :ok:

It will definitely work if you use DosBox to run it. ^_^

well it does, but without any sounds=) ..and it ll be a bit choppy
use dosbox to have all the music and sound effects in xp.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(vipin @ Aug 23 2004, 05:04 PM) [snapback]9784[/snapback]</div>Hi ! Someone can help me, please ? How can I kill the skeleton that is over a bridge (level 4 , I think, that one that you fly using a indian carpet at the end of it). I really need to kill him ? Thanks in advance!

if you mean the same skeleton in the cave as me, you have to run towards him on the other side, and while fighting keep moving forward, to get him on the opposite side, then keep pushing him to the right and fight til the bridge collapses.. and kills the skeleton

edit: wops thats prince of persia 2.. and seems you had been talking about that one as well :D

where is Prince of Persia 2 (the one with nicer graphics but same if not worse gameplay) ??????

Prince of persia was one of the first games I ever played. I still remembers those days. I was only around 8-9 years at the time. However, me, my brother and sister could NEVER pass level 3, so, we had to use SHIFT+L to get to Zaffar and use the life cheat to get a lot of lifes and then beat Zaffar. You can run both PoP and PoP2 in windows xp without using DosBOX. What you need to do is to move the folder that contains PoP or PoP2 into the C: directory(the main directory that contains the windows folder, program files folder, etc...). I had a similar problem, where if the folder is not in that directory, it opens a DOS window, then closes it really fast. As for the video of level 7 being done in 20 seconds, that's a fake. Don't get me wrong, it was fantastic to watch, but if you look at it carefully, you notice that when he hits the ground (After he runs back, then quickly runs forward and jumps), you'll see that in an instance(this happens really really quickly), the prince is on the ground and then he's back and standing. What he did was he played the whole level and recorded it. Then he recorded the whole jump, including when he hit the ground and died. He then took the last 10 seconds of the clip from when he finished the level and he just put it over the seconds clip(the clip where he jumped and died). He just overlapped clips and made it look like he found a bug and finished it in 20 seconds ^_^ . I only finished this game recently about 3 years back, but it took a LONG time, since, I didn't cheat in it (yes, I made that crazy level 3 jump) and then fought off those crazy guards(fat one, level 8 guard). I also discovered tricks along the way that made me finish it faster everytime, but my best time is ~45-50minutes, somewhere there :bleh: .

What's the trick to level 3, I remember ages ago that I never managed to reach the gate, let alone reach it in time before it closed again?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(another_guest @ May 9 2007, 11:02 AM) [snapback]289698[/snapback]</div>Yes, quite right. The prince graps the edge and pulls himself up under the closing gate.
Not so tricky at all... :huh:

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Icewolf @ May 9 2007, 09:55 AM) [snapback]289700[/snapback]</div>Heh, it was just that I remembered it often took me too much time to get from the far right to the far left of the screen with all the careful jumping + when jumping towards the gate Prince often wouldn't be able to grab the ledge.
So I thought I overlooked something back in the days :)

Can anyone PLEASE tell me the Mac cheats? Not that I want to use them, but to put me out of my ignorant misery.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ May 31 2007, 04:13 PM) [snapback]292357[/snapback]</div>Oh NO, of course NOT! :rolleyes:

P...P...PP...PPer...Perff...perf...PP...PERFECT!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :brain:
great game, i like it! prince feels...how should i say it... ALIVE. :ok: ^_^ my brother says he couldn't beat the game, so he beat it on one of prince of persia versions, wich is WITHOUT SOUND. :whistling: bad i don't have it, or i could maybe share it with you.
p.s.: I feel energetic. sorry

I grew up with this game!When I was 8 I already knew all of the levels by heart ^_^
How lovely to play it again after about 6 years :)

I'm surprised I'm the first to mention it, but for those interested the XBox Live Arcade added (today) Prince of Persia Classic, the original prince of persia game with graphics from the Sands of Time. Check it out! And if you have an XBox 360... well, you're probably not hanging around and abandonware site.

:blink: Whooa. That's insane.
I wish they released a version of it for PC, though...

Cool! :D
But what's with the laser beam? :P

Hi buddies,

I found out the main trouble if we run the game through Win XP. If you are having sword match, you must be typing SHIFT oftenly. this would active Windows Sticky Keys.

If you want to see it, you can type SHIFT about 5-6 times without running the game. You would find it. This disturbs me so much. Everytime I choose 'Cancel' it comes again after I get back to the sword match.

Any solution wihout DosBox?

when you press it 5 times in a row, a windows pops. there look for settings or something like that and there should be 'disable 5-x shift hotkey'

Control Panel > Accesibility Options > Keyboard > Configuration > uncheck

I've got a problem with Shift + G...it saves only one time and then I can't load my progress...suggestions? :unsure:

cause its ctrl+g :)

ok, I dunno why, but it saves only at the fourth level :ph34r:

No no my friend you can save soon as you get to Level 3, thereafter at the start of every new level. A word of warning DO NOT save in the middle of a level because if load it you'll always start at beginning of that level thus losing valuable time :(.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Decalies @ Aug 23 2004, 10:33 AM) [snapback]9733[/snapback]</div>I've been playin this game since I was 4 !! It's one of the biggest games ever !
if you enter with"megahit"(by the way is: prince of megahit) you con do:
r:revive
k:kill the opponent
shift T: add lives
+:add time (over the 60 minutes)

good luck! why don't you try prince 4d (i'ts the same version but the levels:1,2,3,4,5 and 6 are so much harder then the normal ones)(you must be an expert to do them)

Cheat Ooh, Ugh! And a princess to boot...Shame :(!

[size=2]Take this advice please:

[size=5]DON´T USE MEGAHIT, DON´T USE SAVE OPTION (and dont avoid fighting and complete every single level in the way they should be completed :-) )!!!!

[size=2]It destroys this cool game, Prince 1 is pretty simple, just spend some time with it and try to find the right way.
Megahit is good for training in difficult levels (8 and 9 for instance) but not for real playing!

The most difficult part is the place you have to kill the green guard in Level 8.
I trust the guy who finished the game in 30 minutes, it´s possible, if you avoid fighting where it´s possible, if you avoid whole level 7, if you are jumping instead of running where it´s possible and you´ve got whole game in memory, you can reach the end very quickly. But who wants that? :-)

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TheVoid @ Aug 23 2004, 07:59 PM) [snapback]9798[/snapback]</div>
I found another bug-when you fight your shadow and you give up the fight (DOWN), sometimes the opponent contiunues in fighting and kills you. Very stupid when you finish all the previous levels in perfect way and want to reach good time. It made me angry many times.

the sound doesn't work?? can anybody PLSSS help me outt ??
(k)

Are you running it in DOSBox? If not, give it a try.

Whether you playing in DOS command or in DOSBox the action is the same. JUST DON'T FIGHT, THE MOMENT YOU AND THE SHADOW DRAW YOUR SWORDS - PUT YOURS AWAY - AND IT'LL DO THE SAME. Then you two can merge thereby increasing your power/strength and enabling you to fight the Evil Vizier.

PEACE!

Dear friends I've one problem

After kill all guards of the eigth level you need to open one door pass two steel teeths to open the door to the next level, but I can't go as quick as I should to prevent the first door to close. is there any trick that I don't know or I need to be very quick? Because I have a problem with the steel teeth... What should I do?

wait for a mouse?

That's right :)! Remember seeing the Princess talking to a mouse, well it'll come to your aid by pushing the pressure plate on the platform from where you had jumped to enter the door where you are now stranded, then soon as the door opens climb down (you may also jump if you have enough lives) then hurry back West and you will get to the next level.

Good Luck and PEACE!

Gentlemen...

Is there anyone has this game's manual file? I think I need it for load my saved games.



In the loading screen, prince enters a cell and there are some bottles of blue potion. Each bottle has a letter. The purpose is to drink the first letter of the word that the system asks for, from the manual.



It makes me crazy!!! Why do they always do this!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Cihan @ Sep 13 2007, 03:31 PM) [snapback]310648[/snapback]</div>Googled for "prince of persia copy protection letters" and this was the first result:

http://static.g.gametap.com/static/manuals...Codes_9a0f0.pdf

:cheers:

Because copy protection disturbed legit users without preventing pirates from playing just the same. Doesn't make sense to you? Guess you're damn right. :wallbash: Anyway it was an irrational oldschool videogames tradition. ^_^

EDIT: Alternatively you could download the version from here, it's cracked AFAIK.

When you can get a copy of the Manual why use a cheat?

It's been so long since I played the game that I can't remember anything from it! Fortunately my dad rememebred how the prince could walk slowly. But I can't seem to figure out how to get the sword out to fight. Does it come out on it's own when an enemy is faced?

Once you have it, it'll draw automaticly as soon as you stand still when there's an enemy on the same screen and at the same height as you are.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Doubler @ Sep 29 2007, 12:22 AM) [snapback]313753[/snapback]</div>First level, don't worry :)

FINALLY!! i manage to beat the game w/o cheats!! 52 minutes. and jaffar ain't that hard the first guard on level 8 is way tougher than he is even the fat guy

Go for the second title then :)
PoP2 is awesome.

I still like POP I best
I have 3+ (or is it 4? can't remeber off hand as I haven't played them for a long time :( ) expansions
But prefer I :)!

i used to play the original PoP as a kid and never made it past the ghost on level 13. got a weird craving to find it and play again so i downloaded it.

is it possible to play with todays OS's? it opens in DOS and looks like it use to but i can't get my sword out to fight the enemy. help!!!! how do i get my sword out, i have tried everything....

stupid being stuck on first level...help me to kill the enemies, someone!!

You don't have a sword yet, you'll get one soon enough though. When you have it you just have to stand a second when there's an enemy, and the prince will draw his sword automatically.

The game will likely run all right in Windows 9x. If it runs for you in later versions of Windows then go ahead but you won't get sound. The sound was 6 bits quality, so you won't be losing much. But you can use the DOSBox DOS emulator and it will play PoP just like the good old days.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(alumni prince fan @ Nov 16 2007, 08:05 AM) [snapback]319336[/snapback]</div>You need to find the sword first, remember?

Go left my dear :)

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/6...e000kl1.th.png

Yes you can find the sword easily enough just move carefully West (left) and then return and go East; when you come face to face with an enemy (soldier) the Prince will automatically draw his sword but don't press Enter or he will sheath it again <hehehe> :)!

Can't believe I remembered that
 

Actually there's a funny bug in the game that allows to leave the 1st level without the sword, but you'll still have it in the next level:

Go to the room with the only guard in the 1st level and wait at the left edge until the guard has nearly reached you, then run off to the room on the left. If the guard follows you in, wait again near the left wall until the guard gets close, then quickly pull up and get out to the room on the left.
In that room there's a loose tile in the ceiling that can be knocked off by jumping against it. Then you can climb up and turn right to re-enter the very first room of the level. If you slide down through the gap again, the guard will be left of you and you can simply run for the exit on the right...

Ooops
 

Sorry for the duplicate, I just found out someone else posted the level1-trick already.

But maybe you didn't know that you can finish the game with negative time left:
If you enter the screen with Jaffar just wait left of the floor-trap and let the time expire. Jaffar obviously lacks the magic to stay there and wait for you to fight and kill the princess at the same time, and thus if you beat him after 60+ minutes the princess is still alive...

BTW, my best time is about 54 minutes left. No cheating, but a strange bug that teleported my right to the end of the final level after leaving level 1, haha!

I'd sure like to have a closer explanation of that! :D

Hmm, I only encountered that bug once and don't know if I can ever reproduce it, but as far as I remember I proceeded as follows:

Round1:
I started the game (downloaded here) in dosbox and played a new game (cheats disabled), saving at every possible save-position to be able to reload in case of unexpected disaster. I reunited with my shadow and crossed the invisible tiles. At the next screen with those falling tiles I saved the game and went to lunch, but obviously forgot to pause it.
When I came back after about 30 mins the intro/demo mode had been playing for quite some time. Thus I reloaded the game, finished it and then started all over.

Round2:
After finishing level1 (I think I had not taken the sword but outmaneuvered the guard) I was right back where I last saved the game and just had to run past that falling tiles, climb up to Jaffar and beat him. The hall of fame entry shows 56:22 remaining for this round...

I'm not sure about this, but I think I also had some problems with the copy-protection showing up despite of the crack during round1. This happens to me every now and then, I don't know what exactly triggers that. Maybe this hasn't even to do with the bug, maybe it was the lunch...

Anyway, I'd say that from a dramaturgical point of view one should delay Jaffars defeat to the last possible moment. For instance, the end of 'Goldfinger' would be much less funny if James Bond managed to turn off the nuclear device with 30 minutes remaining 'til total destruction instead of 7 seconds :D

Now that IS really funny :)! However I wouldn't want to end the game without some real fighting!
I remember having finished the game with 19 minutes remaining, but 60 :( who can enjoy a game that way???

Allright. Well... I am mega stuck on level 8.

And no, it's not the blue guard. I don't understand why people
find this one hard, I just use down arrow to make-believe I
surrender than pick it up fast again. Very easy.

Here's what's hard.

Nope, it's not the 3 doors that you have to pass within
seconds. I managed to find a good rhythm for those, though
sometimes I'm tight as I hesitate running all the way through the
slicers like other players do.

What's hard is the door following that. I need to jump
over a cliff, but there is only 3 blocks distance, and the
left + up doesn't do anything. I just fall on the ground.
I try to do it as late as possible, because there is a
plate on the floor that closes the door behind me and I wonder
if that is the problem, but I've tried 100 times and can't
reach the other side. I know I will have to keep running
on the other side because of the loose plate but I can't get there.

I am running version 1.4 and am wondering is the problem
is with that version because no one anywhere seems to think
that the spot I'm mentioning is hard. There's something I don't
get. Do I have to jump from the tiny ledge above?

I looked at a video walkthrough and the guy just seemed to run and jump normally.

Thanks,

Talkie

i am not sure what you are talking about...

However if you jump when you are running (just press the up key while you are running) you can jump much further. especially if you hold shift to hold on to the ledge later on.

If you are worried about door closing behind you than i think a mouse opens them later.

maybe you can make a screenshot of the section so we can solve your problem :-)

I'm talking about the 5th screen from the extreme right.

Let's recapitulate:

1st screen from extreme right: you have to jump to you death
and hold on to a tiny ledge, than clim 3 of those, than jump the other side to your death, and hold on the ledge to climb. Than you walk without making noise to not attract the attention of....

2nd screen from the extreme right: the orange guy, that is either awaiting (usually means instant death) or surprised depending your previous behaviour on the floor below. You need to kill him. If you're good, you can try make him fall on the plate button so that the following doors will remain open. Then you have to run + jump to get to that first door.

3rd screen from the extreme right: you're supposed to run fast through
2 slicers and the second door, especially because most of the time you don't have that much time before they close.

4th screen from right: run as fast as you can to catch the ledge
after a pit and get inside the final closing door (if the previous guard fell on the plate button maybe you aren't in such a hurry).

5th screen: here is where I have a problem. I try to run + jump but I always fall on the floor, as if there is not enough distance to run and jump. As if the "negative button plate" is causing an obstacle to my foots or something. I never could jump over the clift. Extremely hard. Is that a bug, or is it supposed to be hard, or is there a trick?? thanks


Talkie

Hmm, I don't see any particular difficulties at this spot with PoP V1.0
If you fall down because you do the jump while still on the run from the previous screen try the following:

Step on the switch to make sure the gate is close, then WALK to the right as close to the gate as possible (you'll be back at screen4 then). Turn around and start the running jump.

If that doesn't help, I'd recommend dowloading V1.0 from here and installing it to a different folder, then copying your savegame (prince.sav) to the new folder and try if it works with the older version and if it makes any difference.

I found out more about that bug. Actually it is a teleport to any level-bug and I'm not sure if it is really a bug or a feature to resume a game you lost due to a lack of time. The "bug" can be provoked as follows:

-save the game at any level.
-restart the game (CTRL+R) and load the savegame (CTRL+L)
-restart again and play a new game
-complete level1

then you come out at the saved level with 60 minutes - time spent in level 1.
Seems to work every time, but in the end only produces ridiculous hiscores since you only get as far in the game as you've been before...

The Fall Guy, that was a clever suggestion, thanks.


I just finally finished the level before reading this.
It took me like 4 days.

I have no idea if I was lucky or just found the subtle
touch, but I did like you explain, went to the door and back.
Than run + jump, but by pressing the up just a fraction of second
after the Left. I think before I waited too long because I thought you
had to press Up AFTER you had run over that "negative button plate".
By pressing too soon I would also just jump in the void. I think you really have to press the Up at the right point, neither too soon nor too late.
So version 1.4 is definitely working, but I wonder if they made it harder.

The rest of the level was easy, though I really sweat when the guard was there and I was near the cutter. I knew about the mouse so much I had heard about it. Actually, before I even heard about it, just by looking
at the animation, I was thinking "huh? What the heck is she talking to a mouse for??". I had the impression that she was sending it for something.


Guess what. I'm not here to make a contest about being fast, just here to try to play this without cheat, but I started level 8 at 26 minutes left
and ended at....18 minutes left !!!! (yes, I had to redo the darn jump
3 times).

Are all the other levels as long as level 8? I'm starting to doubt
I will make it. Maybe cheat on the time if I must, or restart level
8 and try to do it without mistakes.


Cheers,

Talkie

18 minutes could barely be enough if you save at the beginning of every level and reload once you found a fast way to the exit. I'd say the remaining levels aren't too difficult except for some jumps in level 12 (I fell to death at least 100 times on my 1st attempts there...).

If you run out of time try the teleport-bug I mentioned in the previous post. (hope they didn't remove it in V1.4)

Yikes !

I'm on level 12, but only 4 minutes left. I doubt I'll make it,
unless I cheat. very upsetting.

You were right, the other levels weren't so hard, but level 9 is at least as long as level 8. I got worried, but was happy to find out the next two levels were shorter after you learned to evitate the unnecessary paths.

I've been playing non-stop for hours, really got addicted.
Time for a break.

Cheers,

Talkie

Well, turns out I couldn't sleep and had to finish this thing!

And it worked !

What happened is that I had 30 seconds left when meeting Jaffar,
but at the end nothing happened, the game just went on. The screen flashed and said "time has expired" at the bottom but it didn't kill me
and I could finish the game. So I guess all you have to do is meet
Jaffar in time.

I knew about what to do with the shadow by having it read by mistake
reading this forum. As for the ... don't want to give any spoilers here....
but I just jumped around like crazy looking for loose slabs, and things unfolded from there. Of course I had to replay this level more than 20 times. The hardest part for me was figuring what to do at the top of the tower under a floor of loose slabs. The 3 close jumps in a row weren't that tough to master, but this is also something that was mentioned on this forum so I had expectations, otherwise this part would have probably drove me nuts.

I've been playing this for about 6 days but for easily 8 hours a day (learning the tricks in the first levels is harder than when you start to get the hang). So the average player (2-4 hours a day) can have 2 to 3 weeks of fun with this.

Of course you can do it right through in an hour, but that either means you're an expert or you've played it tons of times. This was my first time,
and the early levels are hard because that's where you learn the tricks
that gets repeated later on. The mirror on level 4 drove me mad mad mad.
I almost gave up. Level 8 and 11 are the hardest I find, Level 9 the longest (quite tough too but once you know it more you evitate some of the problems, you almost need to draw yourself a path). Level 12 I guess is better played when all relaxed, when you have 20 minutes left to finish it. Than you just do each step carefully and it's not as tough as a level with guards and cutters.

This game is definitely a classic. There is a cinematic appeal to it that announces Out Of This World and the cd-rom era that would come soon after. You really feel like you're part of a story, however minimalist.

I had a great time.

Talkie

Ok,

I just redid Level 12 and won at 0.10 seconds, and can confirm that the timing ends at the moment you kill Jaffar. All the part after doesn't seem to count in the score (which is calculated exclusively by the timing, no bonus if you found this or that number of potions).

I think that if you reach Act 2 of Level 12 you are ok even if you reach 0.00 min. I'm only babbling this for those desparate like me who reached near the end with no time. I got pretty stressed. I think if you start level 12 with 3 minutes left you're fine if you don't do mistake and go fast. Going faster must mean you're an expert.

Cheers,

Talkie

(by the way, in previous post I said Level 11 was hard, that's cos there is some stuff to figure out that took me a while, chances to take, and a guard that's pretty close to a jump you have to make. That one made me fall very often, and there is no issue even when you hang to that ledge. But obviously Level 9 you won't beat in one course. It's less about how hard it is that how it requires study of what went wrong in the first couple courses where you'll make a LOT of crazy detours. So maybe it's equal to 8 and 11 in difficulty. Level 12 is the most vertiginous, and perhaps the most fun. Depends if you enjoy guards or not. They just annoy me. I love the high jumps.)

Well welll well, here I am many days later, and I have finished this game
at 18.00 (meaning there was 18 minutes left).

I found the mac version somewhere (macintosh garden) which is at the same time way more beautiful and more boring (the prison walls are always gray).

This game functions like an adventure game in the sense that you can take weeks to do it the first time (without or with very little help), and then afterward you can do it pretty fast because you know where lie the dangers and you have learned a good rhythm for movements. By then I find that replay value is in playing it the fastest possible, without saving.
But the first time is really about exploring and saving. You won't be able to do it without saving if you are new to this (you can only save from Level 3). Also, my suggestion to the beginner is after you saved a level, keep a copy of the save file (Prince.sav) in another folder, and try redo the same level faster. Or reload the save after you died too many times, you really need to keep up with pace.


Cheers,

Talkie


PS: Oops, the version here (DOS 1.0) might also have all the prison walls gray. I was playing version 1.4. Prison walls colors are important in the way they make you feel you are in another part of the palace.

there are some shortcuts in previous levels - like going through ceeling and running most of the whole level. and in that way avoid all the jumping and fighting. add a few jumps to running to make it even faster... and you can finish certain levels in less than a minute.

some shortcuts mean you don't get potions for extra energy. but if you are good at fighting you don't need it anyway...

<Note for all the newbies> A life upgrade is an upgrade which boosts your max. health. They're mostly found in secret places, and take a form of bigger health potion

List of life upgrades:

1. In level 2 there's some ledge near the end of the level which you can climb up to the upper room. On that room there's another ledge you can climb on, and on that ledge there's a life potion. The ledge is surrounded by spikes, so you have to walk and climb down using <shift> key.

2. In level 3 on the ledge with the button to open that door which is far away, instead of heading back, jump right. You'll end up on a bigger ledge. There's an unstable ceiling tile. Break it and jump up. Then run on until you see 3 of those trap doors (I'm talking about the doors that close and open, cutting you in half. Behind the trap doors is the life upgade..

3. In level 4, at the start of the level, if you go to the left, open the gates on the next room and go through them. Then go through the next gate, jump down and go to the next gate. The button to opening that gate is far below, you need to break the unstable floor tile (run over it). After the gate, behind the trap door is the life upgrade.

Note: forget about the life upgrade in level 5, because it's impossible to get. The dark prince always drinks it before you could get to it. It's possible to get it in prince of persia classic, because there's only one trap door, and with the prince's arsenal of moves, you can close the gate before the dark prince gets it and take it.

4. In level seven, when you get to the gap you can't jump across, (the one on the right of the map), go down one level, and while avoiding the traps, go to the room with the bridge. But don't climb up! instead, climb down. after you climb completely down, run and jump to the left. There, avoiding the gap, go until you find the crumbling floor. Go down and take your upgrade!

To be continued...

help
 

can you tell me ethe key to attack?

I think it was SHIFT.
But you need to find the sword first.

Nice game
 

I finished PP1 for 38 minutes with no hurrying.
Jaffar is poor enemy for me.

Off - Try Lord Xeen :))
:cheesy::D

(kidding about the newbies :thumbs: ) Anyways, I just finished the game! yep, at 15 min. left. It was pretty cool. Especially with all that memorising.

9. This life upgrade is near the end of the level, at the screen with the green potion (you must pass through this screen, so you'll know). Go up the ledge, break the higher floor and go left. The red life upgrade is there.

11. You'll start in the screen with the life upgrade, but no way to get there. Get up, jump right and break the ceiling at the columms (It's the only ceiling that doesn't break down. ALL others do). Get up, go left and go down the end. Drink the life upgrade, jump left but HOLD <shift> key. It'll seem like the prince jumps down successfully, but he'll slip.

12 act 1. It's actually the dark prince, and the only life upgrade you must take. Once you'll meet him, sheathe your sword and run into him. Then, once you stop flashing. Go right through the gap. A miracle happens.

Hope it helps (It makes fights SO much easier). :amused: Good luck

A speedrun of mine:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=0gmo&view=videos
My current highscore ever is 43:28 left.. It's my favourite game, I love it:love:
Enjoy..:)

Nice!

0gmo, impressive. I love this game too.

Could anyone tell me how to use the game with DOS? Because i can't use those cheats :( and i never finished the game :whistling:

Gladly, if you mind asking more specific questions. Are you trying to run it on a real DOS machine, or in DOSBox?

..mm.. it a shame that now they don`t use the rotoscopy movements for game,well it not a shame,its nostalgic :(

I still can't make it out in under 60 minutes...
But still, its fun to constantly try.

sound
 

plis someone can tell me how can i play the with sound?

via dosbox or vdmsound

Can I play this game on Windows Vista? How?

Prince of Persia

by rtfm and the post above you

One of my first games
 

I played this game with my brother. I still remember the night we knew we would finally beat it (and did!). He played and I was his navigator; reminding him of what was coming up next. This is one of a handful of games that defined an era for me. This and Eye of the Beholder were the two that really got me hooked.

It's hard to say anything about a evergreen masterpiece game, it's a legend, it's a cult.

Played it on 286 for the first time when I was 7 years old. :swordfight:

Danny
 

Hi all, can anyone help me, I'm trying to download the "Prince of Persia", played it years ago and loved it! But how do I do it, I click and it unzips but then what do I do or open to play or install etc? Thanks.

you need to use dosbox, download dosbox at www.dosbox.com and then drag and drop prince of persia excutable to the dosbox excutable, that is enough since the game doesn't require any special configuration

It was very interesting to read all the reactions to this game... I didn't catch anybody mention my favorite trick though... at 35 pages I could have missed it though

I'd always beat the guard at the start of level 8 by putting down my sword and drawing it up again and lunging after he took the bait by thinking I was off guard. I guess it can be called an exploit but when I was 11, all my friends thought it was clever of me to figure it out. It was definitely interesting from a game mechanics point of view.

I remember when I spent an hour everyday at this game for a month till I could complete it with 38 minutes left. Ahh... the memories.

I think I have explored every nook and cranny of the game. The only "trick" I haven't done... is getting the level 5 potion. I am convinced that it is impossible without a cheat, and only serves to play the "your shadow is out to get you" story.

Prince Of Persia controls
 

Hi ther!

I have just downloaded this awesome game. I have a problem though. Im trying to kill the first dude but my sword newer appears. Can someone please tell me what controls i shall use?

best regards and thank you very much!

You'll have to find the sword first, after that the sword appears automatically when the prince sees an enemy.

You'll find the sword in the first level, just go to the left. Use shift to attack and up arrow to block an attack.

OMG! this game is so awesome!
I remember playing it, but i never got off the 3rd level,without cheats,lol.
A classic!

hi
 

LEVEL 4 USE KEY J TO VIEW THE OTR SIDE ONCE U COME ACROSS THE GUARD USING KEY J PRESS RIGHT KEY MORE THAN 3 TIMES ..PRINCE APPERS WITH OUT FIGHTIN THE GUARD AND ITS A SHORT WAY TO END TAT LEVEL...

???
 

What?:hihihi:

Hello, fellow abandonians.

I seem to have an issue with the game because, whenever I load it on DOSBox, it asks me to insert the Prince of Persia disk on the C: drive.

I downloaded it from your website without problems and, unless you are suppossed to do some ol DOSBox trickery to run it, I am baffled and unable to play this masterpiece.

We are going to need to know how you are mounting the game in Dosbox to be able to help you. The more information you give us the more likely we are to be able to tell you what you need to do.

Greetings,

I have placed the files that were compressed inside a folder named PRINCE, inside my usual C folder which is on a secondary hard drive (in this case D:\DOS\C). To mount the C drive, I typed 'mount c d:\dos\c', then 'cd prince' and finally executed 'prince.exe'.

Greetings again,

I have discovered that, in order to play the copy of Prince of Persia that I downloaded from here, I had to mount the PRINCE folder as the C drive.

I owned Prince of Persia (two years ago the floppy busted and lost the original files) and I never experienced issues like this one with DOSBox. IIRC, on my old 486 the game was installed at C:\PRINCE, which maybe has contributed to this mistake.

Sorry to waste your time and thanks.

Odd, that's not happening to me.

apoplexy: a Prince of Persia 1 level editor
 

Just a quick post to point Prince of Persia 1 fans to apoplexy, a free Prince of Persia 1 level editor. I've created an informational video recently. Downloads are available for both GNU/Linux and Windows.

greatest game ever
 

For me it was also a first game I have ever played! I was a five year old when my father bought the game and he never passed it. I believe I was one of the first Polish to accomplish it in early 1991, just within 3 weeks since I started playing. I used to play it with joystick also- most of people didn't know what is "mouse" yet (that good old DOS times). I used to dream about all those things in the game. Princess, Jaffar and brave prince. And now when I see this intro, and this music which seems heavy- it is so full of memories.... ahhhh... priceless!! There is no other game like this, and I played hundreds of good games at that times: alley cat, captain comic, stargoose, another world.... prince is the best!

Sure
 

Sure, it is the best ever game for me!
Even now I am able to pass PP for about 40 minutes..
If exercise I will reach 35 minutes, hurried without new life.

:whistling:

PP2 is so-so game.
PP3 is not good at all.
I finished to play PP3 when my protagonist started to up and up jumping like monkey.
:hihihi:

I liked PP2 a lot, the sword fights are better and harder, the game is longer and more varied.

PoP2 is cool, without doubt, but the SNES version of the first game is more true to the spirit and atmosphere of the original, even though new levels, obstacles and enemies were added.

PoP2 is uncontrollable, therefor a BAD game without doubt.

This part is good in puzzles, story, controll, graphic and even sound(!). You can't tell that about the second one.

Pop2 has more of everything in comparison with the first chapter but his control system lack of precision, is a good game anyway.

In what way, "uncontrollable"? :huh: I don't remember any problems with controls there...

Making a successful jump (especially while running from a crowed of soldiers) was almost impossible to do.
So I quit PoP2 after the first couple of screens.

I always thought running jumps were equally tricky in both installments, they only take practice. Only sword fights seemed to me more difficult (and more interesting) in POP2. Even so, or because of it, there was no game like POP when it came out, and the sequel is good in my opinion. Nobody said a game had to be easy to be good. Quitting after a minute may not be the best way to make a judgment.

No, there is a big difference for jumping between the two: in part 1 you see where you are and you can do all things with safety, while in part 2 you have absolutly no idea from where and when you must do the same (jumps in this case, let it be from move or standing still).

And it was not "quitting after a minute", but "quitting after small progress". Hugh difference between the two. After 30 minutes trying to do one of the BASIC MOVEMENTS WITHOUT SUCCESS means the game is a failure.

"impossible" = big exaggeration, is harder, not impossible.

Only a SMALL exegaration.

Btw, PoP2 doesn't have its own topic?

PP1,2,3
 

Do YOU remember these 3 funny moments in PP 1,2:

:hihihi:
1. Level 2 PP1. My hero meet a pale of bones. He goes to floor key and activated it and return. ...Surprise.. Ha ha ha! The bones are transformed in skeleton warrior with weapon.. Second surprise- The skeleton is undead.. Ha ha
Yoga solution: Before to land this surface with skeleton make loooooooooong jump, just after skeleton in question. No fight, but carefully go down and run to the end door..Voila!!
2. Level -forget - pr.7-8 PP1. My brave prince meet a bottle and as a real drunkard drink it.. Ha ha ha Again surprise. The image up-down.
Yoga solution: Take yr monitor and put in updown position until find the new bottle which solve the problem..
3. Forgotten level PP2.
My brave hero is bloody fighting on a swinging bridge with ...you know..again undead skeleton.. The fight is very hard.. Suddenly bridge collapses and our hero fall down. End of game.
Yoga solution: Relax. Just count 4 bridge plates and stay at 5-th. No back , no forward. Steady like a rock. Be prepared. (Here is need some more practice). When above mentioned starts, you just return back very fast and grasp the unmovable 4-th plate. Nevermind the sword..

The hunt of fatal end scene after Jaffar is funny also..

The PP3 is good till start the time quests, which i hate with all my heart.
I did 2 time quests and leave the game when 3-th appears. I am not a monkey but brave warrior, who kill the bad Frank and more bad Lord Xeen.

Nice memory:whistling:

yoga - the best player of Heretic 1.3 in the AB and the world

Hey, just managed to improve my technics! Here are some hints!

Level 1: go left and let the guard chase you back one screen. Let him come further, then climb up, go one screen left. There is a loosing board on the ceiling, dump it down. Climb up, and voila - no need to go for the sword!

Level 2: Imediatelly run+jump twice! Theoretically you could swap place with the guard then run away, but it is ca. the same time to just kill him.
When you reach to the guard with the abyss you have to jump across, if you make the jump immeditally on the platform, you arrive climbing at the abyss. During you climb up the guard will come to you, and you should go left to swap place with him, and with a little luck instead of the whole fight you can push him down to the abyss!
Also at the end you don't have t go right, clim up, kill the guard etc. Intead go LEFT, dump the loosing board, and climb up.

Level 3: The skeleton is slooow. So as soon as you can move towrds it and swap place. Then go backwards until you start falling down. Hit shft+up to grab the boards or you'll crack your head open!

Level 4: on the bottom corridors is a chopper. Just run + jump through it.
When you go opening the level-door, the chopper won't hurt you if you RUN through it.

Level 5: don't try to get the extra life. I tested that maybe when you merge with Shadow you get from it that life, but you don't.

Level 6: let the fat guy step towards you, and attack then. That was the only way I got through him safe.

Level 7: When you reach the point you clim up, close a door, and have to fight a guard, when climbing up to the guard hit "up"! Even if it is unnecessary, it is the only way to be sure you won't be pushed down from that platform.

Level 8: The guard at the start needs to be pushed down. Step forward, hit block imediatelly, then hit attack.
With the two chopper at the mouse be cautious! They are right at the edge of the screen, and I managed to walk into it with "cautious step"!

Level 9: Be cautious with the chopper in the beggining!
When you'll have to climb down at the final part, instead jump to the other side, and grab platform before you crack your head. The chopper down there wn't work!

Level 10-11 has no shortcut technique.

Level 12: when going against Jaffar run only to the end of the loosing board! When you fall down grab the edge, climb back, and swap place with Jaffar, then imediatelly block + attack. Voilá, safe fast win!


Highscore (=time left): 31:27 (all extra life collected)

Highscore (=time left): 31:27 (all extra life collected)[/quote]

Bravo, very good time.
Mine is 42:00 to complete game.(18 m. left)
(No time to collect all extra life)

:hello:.

12th level
 

hey ppl after going through the shadow in 12th level i am not getting the way to end the level. anybody help me.....

Wait until the sound is silenced, then walk (but do not jump!!) to the left. There are planks from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusader.

Ha ha ha!

Nice humor, dear twillight!
:OK:

Sound
 

I have no sound ... :(
And I tried Ctrl+S many times

DOS, DOSBox, Windows (which one?)... ?

Gaming Gold!
 

One of my fondest early PC game memories from when I was around 10 years old. Getting a copy from a friend and playing it after school, then we'd talk about our previous night's progress the next day at school.. this continued for at least a few days as I gleaned all the information out of him that I could.

It's amazing that I can still remember the exact moments I first came upon certain parts of the game (trying to solve the start of level3 springs to mind), and how I would feel proud and inspired by solving a problem. Anyway the game ended up sitting on my HDD for a few years but I never ended up finishing it.

Fast forward about 20+ years into the future.. I caught a bit of a poor Prince of Persia movie on tv and was reminded of the original game - particularly the feelings of worthlessness and self loathing started to resurface due to not being able to complete the game as a kid. So installed DOSBox and we were away! It felt so great as soon as I got back into the game: free and like a child again! :hihihi:

So I cracked it rather easy this time around without any cheats and had a huge amount of fun doing it, without a fraction of a doubt PoP1 is a certified classic! Thx Abandonia and everyone else for the goodtiems

Good times is what brings as all here. Glad you shared this :)

I am still ashamed I never managed to beat this game :blush:

Good story, inst. :)

Like marko river, I also haven't beaten it yet.
I remember back in '94 I was in a DOS class (outside of school) and the most fun we had was that 1 hour we had for playing games before the class starts.
Prince of Persia (know as Prince Megahit to us) was one of the games available. It was a blast. :)

WTF guys, I did of course beat POP and POP 2--and no megahit :-)
Come on, do like Inst, you have all weekend! :D

Prince Megahit ?? What ? :huh:

Ever heard of Google Capo? :P

http://popuw.com/cheats.html

:3:
@Marko River, BranjoHello

I envy you. You are lucky ones.
Nice moments before You, both, believe me.
...
and remember:
Not every bottle is drinkable..
Beware a special one, when screen .....
Ha ha ha

@Japo
Señor,
i think PoP1 is better than Pop2 and next versions.
:hello:

POP1 is http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/ima...g/rating_5.gif 10/10

But I'm one of the few that liked POP2 a lot too, although I haven't played it so many times. But I liked the richer scenarios and in-game scenes. And I found swordfights even better (even more difficult though, which may be a reason why many people find POP2 frustrating?)

The following 3D POP games I haven't played. I haven't even finished Tomb Raider II... :-(

:3:

Sí.
Do You remember the famous battle of the Prince and Skeleton on the swinging bridge, which suddenly colapses, Prince lost his sword and like a monkey returns and grabs the bridge?
..
Do not cry.
I did not played Tomb Raider II still.
:palm:

But have you played the first Tomb Raider or any from the series?
I didn't play it at the time but much later not so many years ago for the first time. I had become used to the commonplace idea that 3D adds nothing to a game, which is often true. But TR really did great things with it.