pulling of the information) or you can use newer versions of VICE emulator to play the game.

STORYLINE
It is a time of darkness. While the sultan is off fighting a foreign war, his Grand Vizier Jaffar has seized the reins of power. Throughout the land, the people groan under the yoke of tyranny, and dream of better days. You are the only obstacle between Jaffar and the throne. An adventurer from a foreign land, innocent of palace intrigues, you have won the heart of the Sultan's lovely young daughter. And in so doing, you have unwittingly made a powerful enemy.

On Affair’s orders, you are arrested, stripped of your sword and possessions, and thrown into the Sultan's dungeons. As for the Princess, Jaffar gives her
a choice, and an hour to decide: Marry him--or die. Locked in her room high in the palace tower, the Princess rests all her hopes on you. For when the last sands drain from the hourglass, her choice can bring only a throne for the Grand Vizier...a new reign of terror for his long-suffering subjects...and death for the brave youth who might have been...Prince of Persia.

What you'll Need
To play PRINCE of PERSIA, you will need a Commodore 64 or 128 with a
joystick connected in port 2. The game will run smoother on a C128.

GAMEPLAY
Enough of the history lessons what’s the game like to play? I am sure everyone
has seen the game but just for the person who hasn’t here is a quick review. Loading the game we are presented with the POP screen and credits, it has to be said that these look amazing, and are a real taster of what is to come in the game.

TITLE SCREEN
Left to its own devices the screen will clear and show the title credits then an animation of the princess and Jaffar who talks to the princess and brings in an hour glass turns it upside down and leaves, then the game starts! Of course you can start early by pressing the fire button.

PRINCESS SCENE
The animation of the princess is good but the main game graphics will just
blow you away. The game has unlimited lives, but you are up against time and only have 1 hour to complete all the levels and rescue the princess. The game starts with our hero stuck in a dungeon with flickering lights (although they don’t affect the screen the flickering animation is realistic) Movement of our
hero is just amazing, can you imagine the shockwaves this game would have caused if it were released on the c64 when the game first came out, absolutely stunning. The game is about solving puzzles, how to open doors where and how to step, some floor and ceiling tiles are actually switches and some are loose and the smallest touch from our hero will send them crashing down potentially causing death to our little guy. Jumping up will show loose tiles and punching the ceiling will also reveal secrets.

LEVEL1
The backgrounds are clear and the whole thing looks and feels like a superb solid commercial release. The tile screen has some oriental style music and this follows through to the scene of the princess, in game are spot sounds, although they are good they are quite sparse.

START OF LEVEL 2

SAVED !
Graphics 9/10
Sounds 7/10
Game play 7/10
Last ability 7/10 when its finished you could try to finish it faster?!

Overall 8/10

Once finished you only have the option of returning to do the whole thing again but faster, for this reason I have marked the overall score down. MR SID has provided us with a superb conversion of a classic game. The game is continually being bug fixed and tweaked see MR SID`s blog for the latest version.


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