Platform - Prince Of Persia

Platform: DOS

Release Year: 1989

Publisher: Broderbund

Developer: Broderbund

You are a young man who was imprisoned by Grand Vizier Jaffar. He also captured the princess, and you are the only one who can save her. You have 1 hour to make your way through his dungeons and reach the princess. However, the dungeons are filled with guards, and countless traps. There are lethal spikes everywhere, waiting to impale you if you happen to fall onto them. Tiles that will drop you into the depths below. Slicing knives that will cut you in half if you get caught between them.

It is up to you to figure out the path through each of the dungeons (12 in total, though level 12 is divided into 2 acts) within an hour. You will have to rely on your wit, and at times quick reflexes. These will come in handy during sword fights with guards or skeletons, or when dealing with gates that open and close on a timer after being activated by stepping on the proper switch tile.

Luckily, there are potions which can help you (and some which can harm you). Different coloured potions have different effects:

Regular red potions restore one halth point.
Red vases increase your maximum amount of health points.
Blue potions are poison which will claim one health point.
Regular green potions will slow down your falls (while the music plays).
Green vases flip the screen upside down.

Controls:

[UP] - Jump up, dislodge tiles above you, raise sword to parry.
[DOWN] - Duck/crouch, put away sword.
[LEFT] - Move left.
[RIGHT] - Move right.
[SHIFT] - Grab ledge, proceed slowly (combined with LEFT and RIGHT), picking up objects, or swinging sword.
[SPACE] - Display remaining time.
[CTRL] + [G] - Save game (only available from Level 3 and onwards). One save allowed.
[CTRL] + [L] - Load saved game (only available from the intro screen).
[CTRL] + [R] - Restart the game.
[CTRL] + [A] - Restart the current level.
[CTRL] + [S] - Toggle sound on/off.
[CTRL] + [K] - Keyboard mode.
[CTRL] + [J] - Joystick mode.
[CTRL] + [V] - Display game version.
[CTRL] + [Q] - Quit to DOS.
[ESC] - Pauses the game.

Maps from http://www.popuw.com.

Cheat:

Start the game with the command "Prince megahit".

Additional options in the game:
[-] - Decrease remaining time.
[+] - Increase remaining time.
[K] - Kill all enemies on the screen.
[U] - View the screen above your current screen.
[N] - View the screen below your current screen.
[H] - View the screen to the left of your current screen.
[J] - View the screen to the right of your current screen.
[R] - Resurrect where you died.
[SHIFT] + [L] - Skip to the next level.
[SHIFT] + [T] - Gain an extra health point.
[SHIFT] + [W] - Slow down falls (similar to drinking the green potion).
[SHIFT] + [I] - Invert screen (similar to drinking the green vase).
[SHIFT] + [B] - View animations/sprites.
[SHIFT] + [S] - Restore a health point.

Optionally, following the "megahit" text, if you add a space and a number between 2 and 14, it will start the game on the appropriate level (12 starts level 12a, 13 starts level 12b, 14 starts level 13).

Platform Prince Of Persia 1

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