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Cheat: PRINCE.EXE megahitReleased in: 1995
PoP version: Prince of Persia 1
Description: "(missing)"
Starting time: 60 minutes
By: Lich (Devil) of Computer Pirates Studio (Author)
Has altered: checkbox graphics checkbox audio
Custom levels: 13
Download: 0000068.zip
Use DOSBox to start its executable "PRINCE.EXE".
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rated 3 by 1 person
difficulty: bar
rated 3 by 1 person
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comments: I gave it a try. Good but very annoying when you loose in advanced parts because levels are very long.
Robert (2014-05-18 06:47:17 UTC)

This passed FASHION, all levels work. Quiet and normal FASHION. Only what I did not begin to do, so it to drink the 7th life at the 7th level, it seemed - difficult if who wants - can try to take the 7th life. It is only necessary to go on the left.
https://youtu.be/zM_C1t0bdaU

YURA (2018-01-27 00:03:41 UTC)

level 4 I do not understand the problem is with me that piece with a guard and the cut aperate
dev44 (2019-03-03 09:54:58 UTC)

@dev44: First, step right next to the "cut aperate" (chomper). Then, _jump_ through it. The guard will hit you once, but you will not die. :)
norbert (2019-03-03 10:08:46 UTC)

I gave it another try, after many years. Judging by my older comment, I must have played up to a certain point and quit, but now I did finnish the whole thing.

One of the oldest full mods out there. I didn't check the year of release before playing, but I quickly identified this had to be made with an ancient level editor (skeleton spam, big pillars instead of regular ones, original rooms notoriously reused but modified, etc.). The text file is illegible, for some reason. There's also a different and longer message at the startup instead of the "Loading". I'm guessing this was a pirated copy of the game at the time...

Anyways, the quality is interesting. These levels aren't terribly difficult, by today standards, but I wouldn't consider this one easy or beginner-friendly. While the level progression is very simple, the amount of hazards is relentless. Every single guard knows how to fight back, and there are many. It is mostly wise to enter a new room by being careful. And not every encounter or trap has an obvious solution (see dev44's comment above for an example). In other words, slow and steady wins the race, but there comes an issue, which is that 60 minutes won't do it to save the princess. I foresaw that early on and switched to SDLPoP, and indeed by the end of level 10 I had to add me 15 extra minutes, even if I wasn't playing so slowly. Well, and to quicksave (bless David). There aren't any full playthroughs in YouTube so, perhaps this set wasn't properly tested enough, without cheats to add time. The other plus of using sdl was not seeing the "EXPIRED!" message but the actual minutes I had left, much more useful.

That aside, I found several rooms interesting, comical even, like the rows of loose floors in levels 2 and 10, or the mouse turning into a clone of the prince after getting chomped. I wasn't big on having to fight only high skill guards, but that's just me. I couldn't figure out how to obtain the 1UP in level 7, despite trying different approaches. It's also possible to get royally screwed by guards next to chompers in a couple cases if the jumping trick doesn't work the first time.

Overall, for the time that this was made, it's impressive. I can see the author wanted to create a real challenge. I just can't confirm myself whether it's beatable under the original time frame. Perhaps it's possible with ace skills (and savescumming maybe). Oh well, I'm no super prince of persia, but you may be the one.
Robert (2025-08-27 05:44:15 UTC)

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