Prince of Persia

[Kosta]

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 (http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/10)

[Unknown Hero]

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:

[rallier]

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

[TheVoid]

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 :)

[Unknown Hero]

I will! Thanks. You saved my life.

[TheVoid]

No problemo. You owe me a life. :D

[Unknown Hero]

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

[Decalies]

If you want to cheat you need to do the following: If you enter the game from DOS then you need to write princemegahit (I don't remember if it's one or two words), instead of prince.

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

[TheVoid]

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)

[Decalies]

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...

[TheVoid]

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:

[Unknown Hero]

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

[TheVoid]

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?

[Unknown Hero]

You mean with flying potion?

[vipin]

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

[TheVoid]

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.

[THEEVILOFMEN]

Originally posted by rallier@Aug 22 2004, 02:48 PM
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
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:

[TheVoid]

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.

[Kon-Tiki]

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.

[gregor]

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:

[Martin]

Jiha, cool game! :ok:

[TheVoid]

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:

[Iron_Scarecrow]

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

[Timpsi]

Originally posted by Iron_Scarecrow@Oct 22 2004, 12:43 PM
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

[TheVoid]

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:

[Iron_Scarecrow]

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

[TheVoid]

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

[Phoenix]

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.

[scorch3000]

Originally posted by rallier@Aug 22 2004, 02:48 PM
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
I beat this game years back without cheating. *I* beat the sega mastersystem version. :bleh:

[Morrin]

Originally posted by rallier@Aug 22 2004, 02:48 PM
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
My friend has and still can finish the game in half of the required time. So it's not impossible.

[Unknown Hero]

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

[Morrin]

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

[cagri]

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:

[ToySoldier]

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

[Unknown Hero]

Originally posted by ToySoldier@Jan 7 2005, 06:06 PM
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!

[jimmydean1978]

ctrl-g saves game

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

ctrl-l, you load the saved game

[LeperMessiah]

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


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

[MadMax_FMM]

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:

[N17R0]

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

[Alpa]

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

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?

[dr_st]

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...

[griphiam]

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

[Tuttle]

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.

[another_guest]

Originally posted by troop18546@Feb 20 2005, 02:13 PM
A little step has to be done by bending down and pressing 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.

[griphiam]

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.

[Unknown Hero]

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

[Vattah]

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!

[troop18546]

Originally posted by rallier@Aug 22 2004, 02:48 PM
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, there's guy who I know finished this impossible game with my bro. No saves! How?! :blink:

[another_guest]

Originally posted by Vattah@Feb 24 2005, 03:36 PM
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!
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?

[TheVoid]

Originally posted by troop18546+Feb 24 2005, 06:16 PM****</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (troop18546 @ Feb 24 2005, 06:16 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> ******QuoteBegin-rallier@Aug 22 2004, 02:48 PM
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, 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:

[TheVoid]

Originally posted by another_guest+Feb 24 2005, 07:24 PM****</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (another_guest @ Feb 24 2005, 07:24 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> ******QuoteBegin-Vattah@Feb 24 2005, 03:36 PM
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!
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.

[dr_st]

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.

[dragonLancer]

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

[Aussiedude]

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 (http://www.classicgaming.com/reviews/princeofpersia/princeofpersia.htm)

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

[WolverineDK]

i hope this have some interrest

http://sourceforge.net/projects/princed

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

[troop18546]

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

[Gejmer Božo]

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.

[Tuttle]

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.

[Unknown Hero]

Originally posted by Gejmer Božo@Apr 7 2005, 10:19 AM
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.
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.

[Gejmer Božo]

Originally posted by Tuttle@Apr 7 2005, 11:58 AM
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 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

[TheVoid]

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

[Unknown Hero]

Originally posted by TheVoid@Apr 11 2005, 04:37 PM
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.

[Nuke]

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

[another_guest]

Originally posted by Nuke@Apr 20 2005, 05:36 AM
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.

[Christian IV]

: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:

[Christian IV]

: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:

[Unknown Hero]

Originally posted by another_guest+Apr 25 2005, 07:11 PM****</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (another_guest @ Apr 25 2005, 07:11 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> ******QuoteBegin-Das Ei@Apr 25 2005, 03:11 PM
I have no Idea how to take out the sword and fight. Can someone help me?
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:

[another_guest]

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

[Christian IV]

: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:

[El Pollo]

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

[Unknown Hero]

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

[El Pollo]

No, it's Level 5 definetly.

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

[El Pollo]

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!

[Red_Sun]

Originally posted by El Pollo@May 21 2005, 09:50 PM
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.

[dr_st]

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

[Murkie]

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.

[vipin]

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!

[Christian IV]

: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:

[gregor]

Originally posted by Murkie@Jun 17 2005, 08:49 AM
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.
if i remember correctly it has 12

[vipin]

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.!

[gregor]

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.

[Happy Guest]

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.

[Christian IV]

: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:

[gavin]

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.

[marrelie]

: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

[Doc Adrian]

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

[BioX]

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

[Doubler]

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:

[gregor]

Originally posted by BioX@Sep 20 2005, 06:08 AM

and a lot of tips and triks to play levels very quikly
exploiting bugs is same as cheating. :angry:

[Scarface]

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

[a15drian]

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

[Grand Dad]

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:

[Doubler]

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 :)

[vipin]

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

[Chrissieboy]

I can finish level 7 within 20 seconds without cheating!
You don't believe me? :sneaky: You can check the video here. (http://img455.imageshack.us/my.php?image=princeofpersia1dosgamebestshor.swf)

[a15drian]

Originally posted by Chrissieboy@Nov 13 2005, 05:22 PM
I can finish level 7 within 20 seconds without cheating!
You don't believe me? :sneaky: You can check the video here. (http://img455.imageshack.us/my.php?image=princeofpersia1dosgamebestshor.swf)
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

[Grand Dad]

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:

[another_guest]

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

[kanuch]

Originally posted by rallier@Aug 22 2004, 02:48 PM
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
I have beaten the game in 45 minutes. without cheats :bleh:

[Thornwood]

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:

[bobbyjoe]

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?

[gregor]

Originally posted by bobbyjoe@Dec 16 2005, 06:16 AM
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.

[Thornwood]

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.

[Guest]

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?

[Grand Dad]

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!!!

[SupSuper]

Originally posted by Mariana@Jan 6 2006, 08:27 PM
Como mato al esqueleto del nivel 3?
Translation: How do I kill the skeleton in level 3?

For those that can help :)

[gregor]

Originally posted by Leonardo@Dec 27 2005, 05:30 PM
I am at 2 level now. But wich is code on 2 level?
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.

[Grand Dad]

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:

[Thornwood]

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.))

[gregor]

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:

[Doubler]

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 :)

[Grand Dad]

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

[another_guest]

Originally posted by Grand Dad@Mar 10 2006, 01:56 PM
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:

[gmx99]

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).

[Grand Dad]

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:

[SiSio_XXX]

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!

[browser]

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.

[gmx99]

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.

[vipin]

Originally posted by gmx99@Mar 23 2006, 08:26 AM
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.

[Grand Dad]

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

[Doubler]

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

[Japo]

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.

[Raasted]

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

[Icewolf]

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:

[another_guest]

Originally posted by Icewolf@Apr 19 2006, 02:30 PM
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!

[troop18546]

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:

[gregor]

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...

[Raasted]

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...

[gregor]

Originally posted by Raasted@Apr 20 2006, 05:22 PM
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?

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!).

[Raasted]

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

/Raasted

[another_guest]

Originally posted by Raasted@Apr 20 2006, 05:22 PM
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...
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.

[rlbell]

Originally posted by Raasted@Apr 20 2006, 05:46 PM
Thanks for the corection - though I would like the corect answer with it :ok:

/Raasted
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.

[Raasted]

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

[The Fifth Horseman]

According to GameFaqs (http://db.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/file/prince_of_persia.txt), it's Level 8.

[Raasted]

According to GameFaqs, it's Level 8.
Thank you for the answer :ok:

Your link don't work though :sneaky:

On every single HTML page of GameFAQs is the following request:
Feel free to link to this page, but not directly to the FAQs..

/Raasted

[rlbell]

Originally posted by Raasted@Apr 21 2006, 03:00 PM
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
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.

[guesst]

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.

[Raasted]

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

[dr_st]

Originally posted by another_guest@Apr 21 2006, 01:17 PM
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.
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.

[gregor]

Originally posted by guesst@Apr 21 2006, 06:39 PM
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.
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.

[Raasted]

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

[rlbell]

Originally posted by rlbell@Apr 21 2006, 02:00 PM

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.
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.

[gregor]

Originally posted by rlbell+Apr 27 2006, 04:46 PM****</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (rlbell @ Apr 27 2006, 04:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> ******QuoteBegin-rlbell@Apr 21 2006, 02:00 PM

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.
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 ;)

[rlbell]

Originally posted by gregor@Apr 30 2006, 04:51 PM

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.

[TheVoid]

Originally posted by rlbell@Apr 30 2006, 11:34 PM

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?

[rlbell]

Originally posted by TheVoid@Apr 30 2006, 11:53 PM

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.

[Japo]

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.

[rlbell]

Originally posted by Japofran@May 1 2006, 10:52 PM
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.

[gregor]

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.

[heLL0]

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

[rabadi]

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

[CheRo]

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.

[guesst]

^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) 240908</div>i agree. play the game properly.
dont cheat...

its not fun when you cheat.
[/b]
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.

[Elon Yariv]

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.

[Mr. Barman]

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

[gregor]

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.

[Grand Dad]

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)!

[bobson]

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:

[whatshisface]

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

[Japo]

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.

[Grand Dad]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Japofran @ Aug 31 2006, 01:42 PM) 252049</div>
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.
[/b]


Get close and get killed :)

[The Mirror Image]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Grand Dad @ Aug 31 2006, 09:19 AM) 252054</div>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Japofran @ Aug 31 2006, 01:42 PM) 252049
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.
[/b]


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.

[Guest]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TheVoid @ Apr 30 2006, 11:53 PM) 227691</div>
Originally posted by rlbell@Apr 30 2006, 11:34 PM

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?
[/b]

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.

[kunaal]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(vipin @ Aug 23 2004, 05:04 PM) 9784</div>
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
[/b]

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.

[Icewolf]

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

[Grand Dad]

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 :)

[Guest_Morgan_*]

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

[Icewolf]

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:

[another_guest]

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

[Icewolf]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Icewolf @ Sep 20 2006, 09:05 AM) 256199</div>You may need to know that you can do single steps by holding shift and push a direction.[/b]
Thanks for listening/reading..... <_<

[another_guest]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Icewolf @ Sep 20 2006, 08:52 AM) 256224</div>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Icewolf @ Sep 20 2006, 09:05 AM) 256199You may need to know that you can do single steps by holding shift and push a direction.[/b]
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.

[gregor]

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!

[Grand Dad]

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

[velik_m]

shift+walking is also stealth mode.

[charlie12324]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(vipin @ Aug 23 2004, 05:04 PM) 9784</div>
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
[/b]

how do you enter combat mode in prince of persia ? i have pressed all keyboard keys and my sword doesn't come up.

thanks !

[velik_m]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(charlie12324 @ Sep 23 2006, 02:55 AM) 256813</div>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(vipin @ Aug 23 2004, 05:04 PM) 9784
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
[/b]

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.

[Guest]

hello frineds!

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

[Icewolf]

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

[another_guest]

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

[Office_Monk]

This isn't the place for cheats...

gamefaqs on the other hand :whistling:

[Grand Dad]

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

[Dy Devil]

: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:

[yoga]

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:

[Dy Devil]

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

[The Fifth Horseman]

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

[Grand Dad]

Probably an installation problem?

[KillerLettuce]

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?

[The Fifth Horseman]

Are you using DosBox to run the game?

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

[KillerLettuce]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Nov 21 2006, 06:12 AM) 267961</div>
Are you using DosBox to run the game?

For controls, try the arrow keys, Shift, Space and I think also Control.
[/b]
I am running it in DOSBox.

[The Spider Mastermind]

The game could be in joystick mode.

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

[KillerLettuce]

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

[The Fifth Horseman]

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

[The Spider Mastermind]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(KillerLettuce @ Nov 22 2006, 01:09 AM) 268115</div>
THAT WORKED!! Thanks. Is their any other way to quit the game without having to press ALT+Enter then closing the window?
[/b]

I think the quit function is Control + Q. Haven't played in a long time, though, so I'm not sure.

[Japo]

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.

[Grand Dad]

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

[Guest]

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

[Guest]

How many screens there are?

[Japo]

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

[The Fifth Horseman]

How many screens there are?[/b]
About two hundred, if my memory serves right.

[Guest]

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?

[InsaneFury]

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. ;)

[Grand Dad]

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 :).

[velik_m]

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

[tomasz]

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!

[The Fifth Horseman]

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

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

[Guest_carlos_*]

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

[Icewolf]

You need to use DosBox (Download (http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/dosbox/DOSBox0.65-win32-installer.exe?download)) to run Prince of Persia.
Here (http://www.abandonia.com/main.php?nav=index&FAQ=1) is a manual how to use it.

Have fun! :ok:

[Guest_burt_*]

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!

[Japo]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest_burt_* @ Jan 22 2007, 06:00 PM) 276013</div>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![/b]
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.

[Grand Dad]

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 :).

[Guest_burt_*]

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. (-:

[burt777]

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

[Icewolf]

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

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

[Guest]

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

[Grand Dad]

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!!!

[Sonic_Moronic]

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 :)

[Grand Dad]

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

[Guest]

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

[anonymous]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(dr_st @ Feb 27 2005, 09:59 AM) 72394</div>
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.
[/b]


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!

[Guest]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(burt 777 @ Jan 27 2007, 07:48 PM) 276745</div>
Check my new avatar! (-:
The feature to film in DosBox rules!! (-:
[/b]

Hey, how did you do that?! I mean, what site do you go to and what do you do?

[another_guest]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(anonymous @ Mar 18 2007, 10:59 PM) 284122</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!
[/b]

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.

[Grand Dad]

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 :(!

[Anonymous]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Grand Dad @ Mar 22 2007, 08:43 AM) 284516</div>
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 :(!
[/b]

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. :)

[anonymous]

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.

[The Fifth Horseman]

No captions as far as I know.

[Japo]

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

[Anonymous]

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.

[Grand Dad]

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!!!

[anonymous]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Grand Dad @ Mar 28 2007, 11:22 AM) 285312</div>
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!!!
[/b]


Captions: "AARGH!" when the prince died
and then something about A S S in the fourth level after he jumped through the mirror.

[Grand Dad]

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

[Guest]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Grand Dad @ Apr 1 2007, 11:31 AM) 285748</div>
Aha! The exclamations! Well they are there, but you have to jump through the mirror to continue. No help there :).
[/b]

You're confusing me just a slight bit...

[OTOKIRVALIDZE]

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:

[velik_m]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(OTOKIRVALIDZE @ Apr 6 2007, 01:55 AM) 286298</div>
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:
[/b]

You're 24 years old and don't know how to turn Caps-Lock off?

[another_guest]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(velik_m @ Apr 6 2007, 05:57 AM) 286302</div>
You're 24 years old and don't know how to turn Caps-Lock off?
[/b]

:)
He clearly states "I WAS smart", maybe that's the key?

[Guest]

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

[_r.u.s.s.]

thats strange, works just fine to me.
use DOSbox to run the game
download it here: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/dosbox/...er.exe?download (http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/dosbox/DOSBox0.70-win32-installer.exe?download)
its easy to use it, simple tutorial here http://www.abandonia.com/main.php?nav=setting&FAQ=1

[The Fifth Horseman]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Apr 8 2007, 11:14 PM) 286477</div>
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
[/b]

It seems you are trying to run the game in plain Windows. I strongly suggest you use DosBox (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net) instead.
You can download it here (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/download.php?main=1).

You might want to check out the official DosBox FAQ (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php), and particularly this part of it. (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?page=Basic+Setup+and+Installation+of+Dos Box) It is quite helpful for users unfamiliar with DosBox.

[Guest]

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!" ?

[Icewolf]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Apr 11 2007, 11:55 PM) 286698</div>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!" ?[/b]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:

[Darkside]

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:

[_r.u.s.s.]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Apr 10 2007, 11:40 AM) 286542</div>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Apr 8 2007, 11:14 PM) 286477
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
[/b]

It seems you are trying to run the game in plain Windows. I strongly suggest you use DosBox (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net) instead.
You can download it here (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/download.php?main=1).

You might want to check out the official DosBox FAQ (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php), and particularly this part of it. (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?page=Basic+Setup+and+Installation+of+Dos Box) It is quite helpful for users unfamiliar with DosBox.
[/b][/quote]
may i ask whats the difference between yours and mine post? o_O

[The Fifth Horseman]

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

[_r.u.s.s.]

-_-* [/b]
umm..sorry that.. i didnt notice that you didnt notice then? o_O

[The Fifth Horseman]

:huh:
Probably so.

[Guest]

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?

[Icewolf]

This (http://www.abandonia.com/main.php?nav=index&FAQ=1) might help you out. :ok:

[Guest]

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

[Sicki]

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

[The Fifth Horseman]

It will definitely work if you use DosBox (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net) to run it. ^_^

[_r.u.s.s.]

well it does, but without any sounds=) ..and it ll be a bit choppy
use dosbox (http://www.abandonia.com/main.php?nav=programs) to have all the music and sound effects in xp.