Talk:Prince of Persia
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[edit] 4D Prince of Persia release date
Mobygames says that 4D Prince of Persia was released in 1994 - which date is correct?
1994, I'll change the article, I had bad memory, I was sure it was 1992 when I added it
[edit] PoP and Victor Pelevin
May be of some interest: Victor Pelevin's book "Prince of Central Planning" (Prints Gosplana) is inspired by this game.
4D PofP was released in 1994 - check file dates
[edit] franchise
When did Ubisoft get the rights to this game series?
[edit] Game Gear
What about a release daate for the Game Gear? Was that the same as the others?
[edit] X68000
There was also a version for the sharp X68000 in Japan, no idea about the details though - anyone know anything? It does look like a straight port.
[edit] PLEASE EDIT THIS PAGE NEW PSP GAME
THE PRICE OF PERSIA REVELATIONS WAS RELEASED FOR THE PSP (PLAYSTATION PORTABLE) SYSTEM TODAY.
PLEASE ADD THIS AS A PLATFORMER/GAME
Thank you
Spacetimecont 03:21, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
^ Shut it nub, capslock is lame for a start, second it's not a new game. WW remake
There is a new game out for DS however, it is called Battles of Prince of Persia and is official and takes place betweem SoT and WW Bowen 01:27, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] PC screen shots
The screenshots section shows the same screenshots over the label "PC" as for the Mac version. However, the PC version I've seen is a lower-resolution DOS version. Was there an enhanced-graphics PC version? -Ahruman 21:47, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
- The only PC version of the original game that I'm familiar with is that low-res DOS version, and it looks exactly as those on the main page. Drst, 12:45, 13 June 2006 (CET+1)
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- The PC screenshots aren't from the original DOS game (it ran on CGA, 320x200, 4 colors!) The pictures shown seem to be from the Prince of Persia 2 for DOS.
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- That is definitely a set of original PC screenshots. The game could run on VGA at 320x200 with 256 colours; I remember playing it with CGA on my first PC and in VGA on my second. I can even see the original 3.5 inch disk of it sitting in my old disk box from where I'm sitting, so I can run it to check if necessary. To my knowledge there was never an enhanced version. Octopug 13:42, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Separate articles
While some of the games may be little more than your standard fps, at least the first game was definately a blockbuster. If anyone would like to start articles on the first two games I'd be happy to expand on them. --Big gun 18:55, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
- support 157.181.185.1 22:56, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Prince of Persia?
Why they'd named it Prince of Persia? there's nothing Persian in this video game, since its DOS version is's Indian more than Persian, and these new versions are worse, they're a combinition of Turkish (weapons) Arabic (musics) and Indian (architecture and clothes), there's nothing Persian in it, even characters' names are not Persian ... it's better to name it "Prince of everywhere except Iran" Sasanjan 11:06, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
- Because "Prince of Persia" is satisfyingly alliterative and poetic. Anyway, why does it matter? It's just a platform game. --Stevefarrell 15:13, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
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Spoiler warnings, fools!
[edit] Ancestor to Original Prince?
The observation that the Sands Of Time Prince is an ancestor of the Original Prince is impossible. The original games take place in ANCIENT Persia (the prologue in the Shadow and The Flame confirms that). While Sands Of Time takes place in MEDIEVAL Persia (Official Website Comfirms this). The medieval age took place after the Ancient Age. --FireV 23:37, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] PoV?
Why a non-neutral point of view warning is in the main article but there's nothing about on this discussion page?
[edit] Historical inaccuracies.
Since the Sands of Time trilogy features Persia ruling Babylon, and the Prince’s attack strings namechecking Darius and Cyrus, that would place the timeframe of the game from about 539 to 330 BC. Yet Sands of Time and the loading screen of The Two Thrones feature Arabic writing. The Persians made the Nabatean (proto–Arabic) language of Aramaic their lingua franca, and the lettering for Arabic didn't develop until centuries later.
A bit of a historical discrepancy there, I’d say. The misconception that Persians spoke Arabic comes from Persians converting to Islam and taking up that culture, script, and so on. But Islam developed some 600 years after Jesus!
--Kodanshi 15:56, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
- In the two thrones we see the tower of babel so that would place the timeline in biblical times. I say forget about placing the history because it'll only cause headaches.--Energman 12:50, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Persian translation
What's the point of mentionning the Persian translation? The original game is in English, and the original title is "Prince of Persia". This is misleading and useless. Palpalpalpal 13:31, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Prince of Central Planning I have added info about the short story. It is considered as a notable one in modern Russian literature (as well as its author Victor Pelevin)
