• Commodore Free - Issue 55 - Part 2

    From Stephen Walsh@39:901/281 to all on Mon Nov 7 14:38:01 2011
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    Prince of Persia

    for Commodore 64/128 released

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    A C64 conversion of Prince of Persia has been released, this released version

    is based on the original Apple II code by Jordan Mechner. The release requires

    a Commodore 64 or 128 and an EasyFlash cartridge. You can download the

    cartridge image from http://noname.c64.org/csdb/release/?id=102248



    Credits :

    Code.... Conrad of Onslaught, Samar Productions, Viruz

    Mr. SID of HVSC Crew, Megadesigns Incorporated

    Music.... Mr. SID of HVSC Crew, Megadesigns Incorporated

    Graphics.... Mr. SID of HVSC Crew, Megadesigns Incorporated

    STE'86 of The Mean Team Twoflower of TRIAD

    Help.... Conrad of Onslaught, Samar Productions, Viruz



    Don't get excited when you see the D64 image you still need to write it to a

    Cartridge, as shown by the text below when running the D64



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    Prince of Persia for c64/128 requires an EasyFlash or a 100% EasyFlash

    compatible cartridge system.



    use 'easyprog' to write the pop.crt.01 file to your EasyFlash cartridge.



    http://skoe.de/easyflash/ for more information.



    if you're using vice, make sure you have version 2.2 or later then download

    the pop.crt file from csdb and use the 'attach cartridge image' option in

    vice.



    ready.

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    So as long as you have vice version 2.2 or greater you can attach the CRT and

    play the game, Anyway here it is ACTUALLY running in Winvice on a pc, I know a

    lot of readers will still do not think this exists or is possible.



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    Special Keys

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    Run/Stop.......Freeze frame.

    Press again for single frame advance. Press any other key to resume play.



    Control-R......Ends the game and returns you to the title sequence.



    Control-A......Restarts play from the beginning of the current level.



    Control-S......Turns off all sound. Press again to turn the sound back on.



    Control-M......Turns off the music. Press again to turn the music back on.



    Control-G......Saves the current game



    Control-L......Resumes the last saved game. (Press during the title sequence.)



    Space Bar......Press to see how much time is left.



    NOTES FROM THE GAMES DCOUMENTATION



    About the C64 conversion

    I can only speculate why this game never received a Commodore 64 version back

    in its days. I'm sure the declining C64 market in the US and the high

    technical complexity of the title had something to do with it. However I

    always felt that it was a missed opportunity and somehow I thought that it

    just should be done. And sometimes if you want something to happen, you just

    have to do it yourself.



    I want to thank all the people who have helped in the creation of PoP C64 with

    their support, suggestions and ideas: STE'86, Conrad, Twoflower, Sander, JCB,

    Enthusi, DeeKay, Jeff, JackAsser, Krill, Skoe, MikeBetz, Celtic, MagerValp,

    and all the ladies on #c-64!



    Making this was a whole lot of fun! - Mr.SID in 2011





    Some Commodore history about P.O.P from GTW



    'PRINCE OF PERSIA'

    1996 Unknown



    Games That Weren't

    http://www.gtw64.co.uk/Pages/p/Review_Pop.php



    Around the same time that MOOD made a big impression with C64 sceners in

    1996/97, Attilla Pohari put together a preview which would get many fanatical

    game's players excited, including the C64 crowd. Even though the classic

    Prince Of Persia was converted to almost every format in existence, the C64

    version for some unknown reason was missed out. Sad, because every version

    that came out was a huge hit. It's unknown actually if the C64 did have an

    official version in the planning stages, though the non existence of a C64

    conversion was about to be rectified.



    A series of stills were released as a slide-show preview, showing various

    screens of the game on the C64. It was just impressive to see the game making

    some kind of form on our beloved breadbin, but behind the hype it seems that

    Prince Of Persia looked a little off colour and plain with its shades of cyan

    and blue. And even though a lot of screens were in the preview, there was no

    main character to look at, or any action whatsoever... just some stills and a

    good conversion of the game's Arabian tune.



    Once the excitement died down, so did any sign of more news of the game.

    The guy behind the graphics contacted GTW and mentioned that the game hasn't

    been scrapped, but no more has been heard and it seems as P.O.P has finally

    been stopped.



    It is not known how far the game ever reached, and even if the main character

    was present and running around, just like the original game. Hopefully contact

    with Viktor will help us find out some more, and even see some glimpses of

    what had been done.



    But as another hunt.. does anyone know if Domark planned a C64 conversion too?

    I mean, a conversion on the Sam Coupe as-well, and no C64 version??.. crazy :)



    The princess has probably gotten bored waiting for a prince in this C64

    conversion...



    Frank.





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