box cover | Game title: | Prince of Persia | Platform: | MS-DOS | Author (released): | Brøderbund Software, Inc. (1989) | Genre: | Action, Platform | Mode: | Single-player | Design: | Jordan Mechner | Music: | Francis Mechner | Game manual: | manual.pdf | File size: | 9037 kB | Download: | prince.zip | Game size: | 343 kB | Recommended emulator: | DOSBox | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: | Prince of Persia is a fantasy platform game, originally developed by Jordan Mechner and released in 1989 for the Apple II, that represented a great leap forward in the quality of animation seen in video games. After the original release on the Apple II, Prince of Persia was ported to a wide range of platforms. The game managed to surprise and captivate the player despite being at first glance, repetitive. This was achieved by interspersing intelligent puzzles and deadly traps all along the path the player-controlled Prince had to take to complete the game—all this packaged in fluid, lifelike motion. Prince of Persia influenced a sub-genre known as the cinematic platformer, which imitated the sprawling non-scrolling levels, fluid animation, and control style. The game is set in ancient Persia. While the sultan is fighting a war in a foreign land, his vizier Jaffar, a wizard, seizes power. Jaffar's only obstacle to the throne is the Sultan's daughter (although the game never specifically mentions how). Jaffar locks her in a tower and orders her, under threat of execution, to become his wife. The game's nameless protagonist, whom the Princess loves, is thrown into the palace dungeons. The player must lead the protagonist out of the dungeons and to the palace tower, defeating Jaffar and freeing the Princess in under 60 minutes. In addition to guards, various traps and dungeons, the protagonist is further hindered by his own doppelgänger, an apparition of his own self that is conjured out of a magic mirror. More details about this game can be found on Wikipedia.org. | For fans and collectors: | Find this game on video server YouTube.com or Vimeo.com. | Buy original version of this game on Amazon.com or eBay.com. | Find digital download of this game on GOGorSteam. | Platform: | This version of Prince of Persia was designed for personal computers with operating system MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System), which was operating system developed by Microsoft in 1981. It was the most widely-used operating system in the first half of the 1990s. MS-DOS was supplied with most of the IBM computers that purchased a license from Microsoft. After 1995, it was pushed out by a graphically more advanced system - Windows and its development was ceased in 2000. At the time of its greatest fame, several thousand games designed specifically for computers with this system were created. Today, its development is no longer continue and for emulation the free DOSBox emulator is most often used. More information about MS-DOS operating system can be found here. | Available online emulators: | 5 different online emulators are available for Prince of Persia. These emulators differ not only in the technology they use to emulate old games, but also in support of various game controllers, multiplayer mode, mobile phone touchscreen, emulation speed, absence or presence of embedded ads and in many other parameters. For maximum gaming enjoyment, it's important to choose the right emulator, because on each PC and in different Internet browsers, the individual emulators behave differently. The basic features of each emulator available for this game Prince of Persia are summarized in the following table:
| Emulator | Technology | Multiplayer | Fullscreen | Touchscreen | Speed | Archive.org | JavaScript | YES | NO | NO | fast | js-dos | JavaScript | YES | YES | NO | fast | js-dos 6.22 | JavaScript | YES | YES | NO | fast | jsDosBox | JavaScript | YES | NO | NO | slow | jDosBox | Java applet | YES | YES | NO | fast |
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