Game details · IGDB
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 guard…
- Released
- 1989
- Genres
- Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
- Platforms
- Apple II
- Game modes
- Single player
- Franchise
- Prince of Persia
- Developer
- Brøderbund Software
- Publisher
- Brøderbund Software
Key facts
- Developer
- Broderbund ( see Ports )
- Publisher
- Broderbund ( see Ports )
- Designer
- Jordan Mechner
- Composers
- Francis Mechner (music), Tom Rettig (sound), Mark Cooksey (NES) , Matt Furniss (Sega Master System / Sega Game Gear)
- Series
- Prince of Persia
- Platform
- Apple II ( see Ports )
- Release
- NA : October 3, 1989 JP : July 1990 EU : September 1990
- Genre
- Cinematic platform
- Mode
- Single-player
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Encyclopedic overview
Prince of Persia is a 1989 cinematic platform game developed and published by Broderbund for the Apple II. It was designed and implemented by Jordan Mechner. Taking place in medieval Persia, players control an unnamed protagonist who must venture through a series of dungeons to defeat the evil Grand Vizier Jaffar and save an imprisoned princess.
Much like Karateka, Mechner's first video game, Prince of Persia used rotoscoping for its fluid and realistic animation. For this process, Mechner used as reference for the characters' movements videos of his brother doing acrobatic stunts in white clothes and swashbuckler films such as The Adventures of Robin Hood.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q4047361” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.