Prince of Persia
The award winning computer software adventure that has people everywhere rattling their sabers is here for Super NES. And now the animation is more detailed, and the controls more responsive. There's even a…
Prince of Persia is a platform developed by Brøderbund Software, released 3 July 1992 on Wii, Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
What Prince of Persia is
Prince of Persia is a platform game developed by Brøderbund Software and released in 1992. It was published by Konami. It is available on Wii, Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game is set in medieval Persia. While the sultan is fighting a war in a foreign land, his vizier Jaffar, a wizard, seizes power. His only obstacle to the throne is the Sultan's daughter. Jaffar locks her in a tower and orders her to become his wife, or she would die within 60 minutes (extended to 120 minutes in the Super NES version, which has longer and harder levels). The game's unnamed protagonist, whom the Princess loves, is thrown prisoner into the palace dungeons. In order to free her, he must escape the dungeons, get to the palace tower and defeat Jaffar before time runs out.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Prince of Persia series
Prince of Persia is the 12th of 73 entries we hold in the Prince of Persia series. The next entry was Prince of Persia in 1992.
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