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+=+=+=+ UPDATES +=+=+=+ - FAQ updated to Version 1.4 # Added virtually every password letter that the game dishes out in security con firmation level, added "Runthrough!", added "E-Mails" Started around 12.32 PM, May 8th, 2003 # Finished at 10.25 AM, 9th May, 2003 - FAQ updated to Version 1.3 # Added a password table for ry much incomplete Started at 12.30 AM, April # Finished at 1.58 PM, April some letters in the security confirmation level, ve 12th, 2003 12th, 2003

- FAQ updated to Version 1.2 # Fixed more typo errors, added "Miscelleneous" section, did some ASCII art, sho rtened some sentences so that it won't be so long horizontally, added "My Time", added "Questions an d Answers". Started about 11.00 PM, 9th April, 2003

# Update finished at 9.30 PM, 11th April, 2003 - FAQ updated to Version 1.1 # Added more cheat commands, added more info about the levels, added character i nfo, fixed some typo errors. Started about 12.20 PM, 9th April 2003. # Finished about 10.30 PM, 9th April 2003. - First version of FAQ (1.0) # Work on FAQ started around 2.00 AM, 6th April, 2003. # FAQ completed at 8.56 PM, 8th April, 2003

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ FAQ INTRODUCTION +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Yo, it's me again... Eizaz. This time, I'm writing a FAQ/Walkthrough on the l egendary game Prince Of Persia. If you're reading this FAQ, then you are reading 13 years of experience. I have played this game since I was 4, and everything I have written down here are entirely based on my years of experi ence playing this game. I have never read any walkthrough on this game apart from the original manual, a nd my dad and I completed this game from scratch. In this FAQ, I'll refer to the character as "Prince", as ther e was no formal name given. Note that this FAQ may spoil some stuff. I assume you want to win the game and I 'm telling you how, regardless of the storyline, but still, I'll try my best to keep the story alive for you. (Don't worry; I won't give away everything.) It's fine with me if you want to po st this FAQ on your page, as long as you give credit where it's due, and you ask my permission. I'll be ha ppy to do so, in fact! Also note that I am playing version 1.0 of the game. Do e-mail me about any new tricks/hints/glitches, but chances are it's already c overed in my FAQ. If you have any comments, anything about this game, this FAQ or even myself (yik es!) feel free to contact me at the following address: ztwc2@doramail.com NOTE: As with my other FAQs, this FAQ is best viewed in 1024 by 768 pixels. It m ay cause some inconvenience, but in return, you get a detailed (if not the only) FAQ on this game.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ GAME INTRODUCTION +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ In the year 1984, a little-known game named Karateka stunned the gaming world with its fluid-like

graphics and amazing animation - Not to mention its brain-cracking puzzles which left most gamers (myself included) tearing out their hair in frustration. It was a great improvem ent over most of the games of that time, as virtually nobody had seen such smooth graphic s before. Invented by Jordan Mechner, the game was the pioneer of 2D side-scrolling games back then. Its music was also very-well expressed; It had a lot of "emotions" that suited e ach particular scene. And just when people thought things couldn't get any better, Mechner came up wi th a new game; Prince Of Persia. Like Karateka, this game was also a side-scrolling 2D game, bu t with vast improvements over the former. The game boasted even smoother graphics than those of Karateka, and was also one of the first ever games to capitalise on motion-capture techniques, which were still experime ntal at the time. This resulted in very realistic-looking movements, and the game was an instant h it. There were two versions available, for both Macintosh and IBM machines. As expected, the brain-cracking puzzles are still here, harder than ever, in fa ct - for the record, my dad and I took 5 years to complete this game. The music is fantastic too, as every character and scene had its own theme, and were specially created for the Sound Blaster. A great game which never grows old, no matter how many times you play it. Which happens to be the reason why I'm writing this FAQ.

+=+=+=+=+=+ LEGAL INFO +=+=+=+=+=+ As with all FAQs, this section must be included to avoid any legal complications . ___________________________________________________________________ This FAQ is written by Eizaz and is copyright Eizaz Azhar, 2003. No form of reproduction of this FAQ is allowed and it may not be distributed in any way without the author's content (me). For the time being, only http://www.gamefaqs.com and ign.com have my authorization to post this FAQ on its page. Violating this rule can and will induce serious legal action, so you might not want to do anything rash. You may print/download as copy of this document for your personal use, but you cannot sell it, or use it to gain profit. ___________________________________________________________________ There. Sorry, but it had to be said. BTW, does anyone actually read this crap?

+=+=+=+=+=+ THE STORY! +=+=+=+=+=+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------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, 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 doing so, you have unwillingly made a powerful enemy. On Jaffar's orders, you are 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------If you let the game run by itself, you'll be shown scenes of the story and a dem o stage. Perhaps this may give you a better understanding of what's going on. # Text above taken from the original Prince Of Persia manual. # Somehow, there must be something about all Grand Viziers being evil and named Jaffar, don't you think?

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= THE CHARACTERS & PEOPLE YOU WILL MEET (OR OTHERWISE) +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Prince............. Our hero. Comes from somewhere unknown to me, not much to sa y on his background. Imprisoned by Jaffar, you have to rescue the Princess in 60 minutes to prevent her from dying. Strong, very athletic, and seems to have infinite stamina. Princess........... Our hero's girlfriend, and the Sultan's only daughter. Jaffa r has given her a choice, marry him in one hour or die. All her hopes now rest on Prin ce, to save her butt! Of course, she can just marry Jaffar and run away later, sav ing you all the trouble but no.... Jaffar............. How did this guy come to power? A powerful sorcerer, the Gra nd Vizier Jaffar uses his black magic to strike fear into the heart of the people. Tho se who oppose him will end up like Prince, or worse.

Sultan............. Yeah. Bright idea. Go to war, let the Grand Vizier named Jaf far, of all the names to rule the kingdom and this is what happens. The game never tells you a nything whatsoever about the Sultan because he doesn't play a major part here. You never get to see him, in fact! Guards............. The guards in the lower parts of the dungeon are mainly the drabs of the Sultan's corps, as the more elite guards are placed high in the palace tower s, where they are directly responsible for the safety of the Princess and Grand Vizier. (Taken from the Prince Of Persia manual) Shadow............. An evil part of you that gets separated when you jump throug h the mirror, Shadow causes havoc wherever he goes. He will constantly annoy you every now and then... Another one of Jaffar's tricks, I presume.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= NEUTRAL CONTROLS (IBM VERSION) +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= These are covered in the manual, and are for the keyboard, but I'll just place t hem here for reference. UP button........... Prince takes a small hop upwards with arms raised. If there are some loose slabs above you, hop to touch them and they will fall. Also used to scale le dges and to jump. Note that each hop will move you slightly forward. In the En Guarde stance (swordfighting), the up button is used to block an attack. DOWN button......... Prince ducks on the ground. The crouch will last as long as the button is held. Used to scale down ledges, and moves you slightly forward w ith every crouch. In the En Guarde stance, this will put your sword back in its scabbard. Err... Did he have a scabbard in the first place? Strange... LEFT button......... Prince turns to the left. Prince will run forward for a sho rt distance if tapped; Will run continuously if held. RIGHT button........ Prince faces the right of the screen. As above, prince runs forward for a short distance if button is tapped; Runs continuously if button is held. SHIFT button........ Utility button. Used to hang on to ledges, walk slowly, pic k up stuff, and fight. Spacebar............ Shows you the amount of time you have left. You only have o ne hour, remember? Control+G........... Saves game. You have to be at least at Level 3 to save. Any

thing lower and Prince won't save. Also note that you can only save a game at a time. Any more and your previous game will be deleted. To back up your game, copy the Prince.sav file int o a different folder, or rename it. Control+L........... Loads a saved game. Press this during the intro screen. Control+R........... Restarts game; Back to the intro screen Control+A........... Restarts level. This will only reset the current level you are on in case you get stuck. Note that time will still flow, so if you keep restarting a level for one hour then it's game over. Control+K........... Sets the controls to Keyboard Mode. Use this if your keyboa rd doesn't function properly. Apart from "How to quit the game", I also get the question "I can't move at all" frequently. Control+J........... Sets the controls to Joystick Mode. Use this to refresh you r gamepad/joystick. Control+Q........... Quits to DOS. People love to ask me about "How to quit the game." Control+S........... Turns sound ON/OFF, along with the music. Control+V........... Shows the version of the game. This command isn't included in the manual. Shift+L............. Skips a level, but leaves you with 15 minutes of time. Ther e is NO WAY you can win the game now, as this mode is only for practice. Okay, maybe you can, but I'm pretty skeptical. I'll keep trying, though... And also note that you can only skip up t o Level 4. Escape button....... Pauses the game. Press again for single-frame movement. Pre ss anything else to resume.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ LOADING YOUR GAME/ADVANCING A LEVEL +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ You know, I really hope you kept the original manual that came with the game. The first time you advance a level or try to load a game, Jordan Mechner's security system goes off . Prince will come to a level with dozens of strange potions, each with a differen t letter. At the bottom of the screen, it should say "Word X Line Y Page Z". What this mea ns is to look for the first letter of the Xth Word on the Yth Line on Page Z of the manual. When you find it , drink the potion with the corresponding letter. I'm sorry, but if you don't have the manual, or lost it, t hen I can't help you.

You'll have to find one lying around in the Net, as Gamefaqs.com prohibits posti ng game manuals. Once you get the correct letter, the door in the middle will open, and the secur ity system won't bother you again until you quit the game. There is a patch out there that prevents this from happ ening, but I can't find it anywhere. Some help, anyone? I've written down the manual anyway, and if anyone wants a copy of the document just e-mail me. I don't blame you, as this game is really, really old, and you may have misplace d it somewhere, or just lost it. On second thought, forget everything I said above. I've written down a table of letters and corresponding potions down here. Read them vertically, from up to down. If you can't see the p age/line/word, restart the game (CTRL+R) and try again, but that would be highly unlikely, as t hese are almost all of the word/line/page combinations the game can produce, so your letter should be here somewhere. Do contact me if you find another letter combination, or if you have one that fi ts in the list... Page 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 Line 1 2 2 3 5 6 7 11 Word 6 2 5 3 3 1 6 9 Code D W V F C E F S Page 5 11 12 Line 1 5 7 Word 5 5 4 Code K A E 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 4 5 5 6 6 7 8 10 2 3 3 6 6 1 10 1 1 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 3 1 2 2 2 3 8 4 2 4 5 6 12 11 6 6 5 8 9 5 6 2 8 1 7 5 4 9 1 2 4 3 11 2 4 5 9 2 S L T O O P H U E S P B J ? Y S N A B C B K J Y R T M J T C L R 5 5 5 13 13 3 3 3 4 6 1 2 3 8 2 T M D S G 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 2 5 6 1 1 4 5 5 6 3 2 2 3 4 1 4 2 8 4 4 8 2 6 4 5 13 7 1 2 4 2 1 4 4 3 3 5 3 1 P Y K C M G S U B O L I U I J C G P D Y I F L T T

5 5 5 13 13 2 2 2 3 4 1 4 9 3 5 M F A M C

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+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ RUNNING, JUMPING AND CLIMBING +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Now that you know the basic controls, let's put them to good use. To run, hold the left or right button. To jump, you have to press both UP and the direction you want to jump to simulta neously. To do an extended jump, begin with a running start. Your character will jump at the last moment, s o when you are about 1 slab away from the ledge, while still holding the run button, press up. This wil l come in very handy to clear long distances.

If you hold SHIFT while trying to run, nothing happens. SHIFT is used for walki ng, and each step equals to one tap of the LEFT or RIGHT. You can use this to clear unsure ar eas (broken slabs, spikes, pits) where Prince will take a step, then suddenly put his leg in, as if he's unsure w hether to step on it or not (i.e. Try stepping of a ledge.) This only happens once, as a warning. Do it agai n and Prince goes "Okay, if you say so." and walks like normal. To climb, you have to be near a le dge that has another ledge on top of it. You can also join SHIFT after a jump/running jump to hang on to a nea rby ledge. When you are near a ledge, hold the UP button. Tapping it will make Prince touc h the edge of the ledge (no puns intended) while holding it will make Prince climb it. You don't have to align yourself perfectly to the ledge to climb it, Prince isn't that stupid. All you have to do is to go close t o it, and Prince will align himself when you press UP. You can hang on to a ledge by holding SHIFT. The amount of ti me you hang on to the ledge is entirely up to you, as it depends on how long the SHIFT button is held, provided you are motionless. But, if you are hanging and swinging, then Prince can only hang on for a certain period of time before he falls (to his doom or otherwise). Speaking of doom, you can only survive a 2-storey drop, which will eat a singl e bullet of your life bar. A 3-storey drop will kill you instantly, no matter how much life you have. Note that you need at least 3 steps to run and jump - or else you'll just run of f the ledge.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+= EN GUARDE MODE +=+=+=+=+=+=+= What is En Guarde mode? In French, it means "On Guard", meaning to be on standb y for a duel. If you own a sword, and you confront a guard, Prince automatically draws his sword and goes in a one -on-one fight with the guard. During this mode, normal moves are no longer present. The moves are now: UP button.......... Prince guards against an attack. Anticipate when your oppone nt will strike. When he does, block, and follow up with a strike of your own. Every block will push you back by a bit. DOWN button........ Prince puts his sword back in his scabbard, and while doing so, reverts back to Neutral mode. If a guard strikes you in Neutral mode, it's curtains. Use t his to run away from fights, but only if you are at a safe distance. LEFT button........ Prince moves one step to the left. RIGHT button....... Prince moves one step to the right.

SHIFT button....... Prince strikes with his sword. Use this to attack a guard. S ometimes a guard will block your attack, and will follow up with a strike. If you don't block immediately, you may get injured. If you block, the attack will end there. You can also follow it up with a strike of your own. However, some guards will block your attack again and follow up with a strike. Now, this can go on forever, with you blocking and attacking and him doing so too. In this case, just mash the UP and SHIFT buttons together repeatedly to engage in a long swordfight, and hope that you get a strike or two in. You can switch places with a guard during a swordfight by moving to the left or right. When you move past a guard, Prince will turn to the opposite side to face the guard. Use this if you want to kill the guard quicky (i.e. there's a pit behind him) or just to see him come to a gory end (there's a cutter behind him). After you finish off a guard, a song comes out, meaning that you've just killed someone.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ LIFE BARS & INJURIES +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Now, during gameplay, you can see on the bottom-left corner of the screen are 3 bullets. These bullets represent your life. For every injury you sustain, some life will be lost. You c an extend your life to more than this, but only if you find special potions. Here are a list of some light ( and severe injuries). Light Injuries include: (One bullet of life) A broken slab falls on you A two-story fall A guard strikes you during En Guarde mode Drinking potions unapproved by the FDA ---------------------------------------------------SEVERE INJURIES INCLUDE: (DEATH) 3-STOREY OR HIGHER FALL GUARD STRIKES YOU WHEN YOU ARE NOT IN EN GUARDE MODE YOU FALL ON SPIKES GET SLICED IN HALF BY A CUTTER and numerous others.

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PICKING UP STUFF +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Along the game, you will see a bunch of stuff that you can pick up by pressing SHIFT while close. Here's a list of them: Sword......... Your only friend here in this creepy dungeon. There are no other weapons available. First appearance: Only Level 1. Found in: Only Level 1 Classification: Best friend, life-saver Healing Potion........ Heals your life by one bullet. Looks like a gourd. First appearance: Level 1 Found in: Throughout the entire game Classification: Friendly Evil Potion........ Eats one life bar if drank. To differentiate between a Heali ng Potion and a Evil Potion, look at the bubbles. Healing Potions have RED bubbles, while Evil Potions have BLUE. For all of you who still play this game on black-and-white m onitors, you're going to have to guess. There is a slight difference in bubbles, but I'm n ot sure which one is which. First appearance: Level 2 Found in: Level 2, Level 8 Classification: Evil stuff Life Extension Potion....... Extends your life by one bullet, while healing any other injuries. Comes in a vase instead of a gourd-shaped goblet. First appearance: Level 2 Found in: Level 2, Level 3, Level 4, Level 5, Level 7, Level 9, Level 11. Classification: Friendly Reversal Potion....... Turns the whole screen upside down. Controls remain the s ame, it's only the point of view that changes. Also comes in a vase like a Life Extension Potion. To differentiate between these, again, look at the bubbles. LEPs have RED bubbles, and other potions in vases have GREEN. To set the screen back, you have to find and drink anothe r Reversal Potion. First appearance: Level 9 Found in: Level 9 Classification: Joke Landing Buffer Potion....... Will buffer your landing when taken. A strange song will linger about, and when you jump, you will float down to the ground, in which case yo u can jump down from a ridiculous height and survive. The song lasts as long as the e ffect, so if the song disappears, the buffering does too, and you'll plummet to the g round like a rock. First appearance: Level 7 Found in: Level 7

Classification: Required to finish the level. Well, not really, but it saves you one life bullet! Well, those are all the things I know about. Any others?

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= TRAPS, SWITCHES AND OTHER EVIL STUFF +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Throughout the dungeon, there are a lot of trap doors, switches, and instant-k ill machines. I'm listing all of them down here. Gate-opening switch........... Used to open a gate barring an area. The gate wil l remain open for a certain period of time before closing. Once the time finishes, the gate will start to close, bit by bit. The gate will remain open as long as the switch i s continuously held. (i.e. you make a slab drop on it, kill a guard on it) First appearance: Level 1 Found in: Throughout the entire game Classification: Switch Gate-closing switch........... A trap used to shut a gate down before its time e xpires. The gate shuts down instantly with a THWACK! You may get trapped, but this devi ce mainly wastes time, as the gate you have opened suddenly closes, and you have to press the gate-opening switch again. This device cannot work if it is held down. If th e trap is held down, by something, and when you open the gate, nothing happens, so t he gate can no longer close instantly. First appearance: Level 1 Found in: Throughout the entire game Classification: Trap Level switch........ The switch which opens the door to the next level. Often pu t in awkward and hard-to-reach places, you normally have to get past some obstacles to hit the switch. Once activated, the door will remain open, waiting for you to step in. First appearance: Level 1 Found in: Every level has one of these Classification: Switch Loose slabs......... These slabs can be anywhere. They could be below you or abo ve you. The only way to tell the difference between a loose slab and a firm one is by hoppin g (UP button). Hop and all loose slabs will shake, giving them away. You can run across loose slab s, but remain idle for too long and you fall down with the slab. First appearance: Level 1 Found in: Throughout the entire game

Classification: Cheap materials Pits........... Ah, the classic fall of doom. Who hasn't seen one of these? Thes e pits are incredibly deep, and falling into them forces you to restart the level. First appearance: Level 1 Found in: Throughout the entire game Classification: Palace design errors Spikes......... These spikes have sensors that seem pretty advanced for ancient Persia. They react instantly to any life form within its sensor range. If you fall on one of these, you can join Barnum & Bailey's Circus as "The Amazing Human Pincushion". You'll normally find these at the bottom of ledges or pits, waiting for any foolish being to fall, but are sometimes placed along the floor. To get across these, take step by step, or if you think you can, run and jump over th em. If you try to run straight, Prince will trip and PSSIOK! - Ouch. You can do short runs acros s ground-level spikes, but you can never run directly across them. First appearance: Level 1 Found in: Throughout the entire game Classification: Evil stuff Cutters........ Interesting. A pair of evil-looking blades that snap shut and op en again at intervals. If you have bad timing, step in one of these and... Well, let's just say all the king's horses and all the king's men (not to mention surgeons) couldn't put Pr ince together again. The intervals are slower when there is a guard around and become slightly faster when the guard dies. First appearance: Level 3 Found in: Level 3, Level 4, Level 5, Level 7, Level 8, Level 9 Classification: Evil stuff # Did I mention how to activate the switches? Just step on 'em and they'll work. As for the level door, to enter, press hop while in front of it - provided the door is open, of course. # With a bit of experience, you will be able to tell between switches, level swi tches and traps.

+=+=+= LEGEND +=+=+= LEP: Life Extension Potion LBP: Landing Buffer Potion Potion: Healing Potion, unless stated otherwise Stuff To Pick Up: Self-explanatory Level Difficulty: Given on a scale of 1-10, 1 being the easiest and 10 being the

hardest for the level excluding the guards. Enemy Difficulty: As above, a scale of 1-10, for the enemies in the level. My Time: My time remaining after I complete a level. Use this for reference. Runthrough!: How to complete the level in the least time possible. If you read t his, I assume you have some experience in that particular level, and I'll skip the basic s teps.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ WALKTHROUGH/GUIDE/FAQ/HELP! +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ LEVEL ONE: THE GREAT ESCAPE +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Stuff To Pick Up: 4x Healing Potions 1x Sword Enemies: 2x guards Level Difficulty: 2 Enemy Difficulty: 1 My Time: 59 minutes Ta-na-na-naaa... That's the song you hear when you start the game. You get thr own into a dungeon, and the gate closes behind you. Okay, now to plan an escape. Go the bottom-right corner of your cell. There, you will find a loose slab. Walk onto it, and hold SHIFT, so that when th e floor falls, you will hang on. Let go of the ledge to drop unharmed. On your right is a guard. Without your swo rd you're history; There is no chance of winning. Climb the ledge on the left, and in the next screen, you'll f ind your first gate-opening switch. Below are the spikes' first appearance. Open the gate, and move on to the left. You'll find your first pit, and a switch beside it. Use that to open the gate to the left. You'll see a long platf orm filled with loose slabs, and a switch at the end of it. Hit the switch, go down and in the next screen, activat e the next switch. Note that there is a trap switch. Don't step on it, or else you have to go back and reactivate t he switch. Enter the left gate. There will be a pit, and a platform to the left with some loose slabs. Run and j ump to the platform, towards the left. In the next screen, there will be a skeleton with a sword next to it. Press SHIF T to pick it up. Taaa-da-daa-daaa! Okay, now you have a weapon. What next? Go back the way you came from. On the

platform, if you broke all the loose slabs, there won't be enough space to run and jump. What should you do? Go down, and climb on the switch. Walk carefully (SHIFT+Right) till you reach the end of the platform. Now, jump ( UP button+RIGHT button). Upon reaching the platform on the right, run and jump. You should end up right o n the trap of the next screen. It's irrelevant now, you won't be going there again. Jump to the right, and clim b the platform there. Activate the switch, at the last step of the gate do a run and jump. Remember to hold SHIFT! You should end up exactly on the ledge above the pit. All right! The next screen shouldn't be a problem. Jump over the spikes, and h ead towards the guard. Cheers to your first swordfight. Hurray! After killing him, go to the right and you will see a door and a switch at the left corner. Tap the switch, the door opens, and you win Level 1. +=+=+=+=+=+ RUNTHROUGH! +=+=+=+=+=+ Get out of your cell via the loose slab. Go to the room with the guard, and he will come after you. Lure the guard to the left section, below your cell. When he comes, climb up the ledg e on your left. Now, bring down the loose slab, and climb up. Hit the switch, and go back to your cell. Cli mb down. The guard is now below you. Run! Keep running until you get to the level switch. Hit switch, ente r door, and end the level. NOTE: Thanks to Khoo Yee Loon for reminding me to add the runthrough. ----------EXTRA STUFF ----------1) After you escape from your cell, and climb the ledge on your left, the ledge before the switch has a loose slab. Bring it down, and climb up. You'll find a potion, and two gates. The gate on th e right is where you came in from. 2) You may recall that before you reach the place with the trap switch you have to run across a platform of loose slabs. Below those lies another loose slab which leads to a Healing Potion, some spikes, and the pit of the previous area. 3) Remember last pit that separates you from the sword? On that platform there i s a loose slab above you. You can drop that slab and climb up. Once you're up there, you can either go to the left or right. To the left is a potion situated on a high ledge, and to the right is a guard, which will lead you back to the gate of your cell. 4) Near the skeleton where you got your sword, there happens to be a loose slab to your right. Go down and you'll see some spikes to the left. The right leads you to the bottom of two

pits.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= LEVEL TWO: TO THE PRINCESS! +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Remember what I told you about the original manual? Well, you're going to put it to use now. Once you drink the correct letter, the door in the middle will open. After that, you will be sh own a scene where the Princess awaits Prince, staring blankly at the hourglass before her. If you noti ce, the hourglass roughly shows how much time you have left. Stuff To Pick Up: 6x Healing Potions 1x Life Extension Potion 1x Evil Potion Enemies: 5x guards Level Difficulty: 3 Enemy Difficulty: 2 My Time: 57 minutes remaining Great, start of Level Two. You start by coming out of the level door. Head to the left and terminate the guard. Don't bother going down; It's a dead end. Go left and you'll see some ground-lev el spikes and a platform. Climb to the top part of the platform and run and jump to the left. From there, climb up 2 stories and go left to meet another guard. Kill him, activate the switch to open the gate, and continue . You should be on the top floor, with a potion below and a trap in front of you. You can either go down via the l oose slab, or open the gate, evade the trap and head left. Either way, you'll reach an orange guard, with some spikes located on the botto m-right of the screen. Well, you can either push him onto the spikes for a good laugh, or you can just kill him and get on with the game. Move on to the left, where you'll find a Healing Potion, a trap switch, and the first evil potion of the game. The setup is obvious; You won't be able to turn back once you touch the trap. I wonder who'll fall for that. Besides, who needs to turn back? Now, here comes a challenge. You are standing on higher ground, separated by a pit, and on lower ground, stands a blue guard. The key is to measure your jump accurately so that you will be able to attack him before you get attacked yourself, and to give some time for your crouching animation af ter a jump. I've measured it for you: Jump exactly one step from the end of the ledge. Not run and jump, just pla in jump. Your distance will give you enough time to react to his attacks. As always, push

ing down a guard is always cool. Once you're done, head left again. You will find a suspicious-looking platform. That's right. There's something good up there. A Life Extension Potion, to be exact. Climb up the whole way, and you'll get another platform. The LEP is above you. The whole place is covered with ground-l evel spikes, so be careful. Got another life bullet? Good. Now go down again, and head left. You will encoun ter more ground-level spikes. Once you're past those, jump over the pit separating you from the next platform. Here, you have two choices: Climb up 2 stories and fight a guard, or go left an d drop a loose slab. I'd recommend the loose slab path, but if you want a bit more action, go fight t he guard. If you follow the loose slab way, climb up one storey and go to the left. At the end of the corner is a loose slab. Hop underneath it to bring it down, but don't forget to get out of the way of yo u'll get injured. Climb up the ledge and you'll see a level switch on the left corner. Climb up th e remaining ledge so you can run and jump over to the level switch. Activate it, and carefully walk over to the e nd of the ledge, then jump. The level door will be on the right. Enter it and that's the end of Level Two. +=+=+=+=+=+ RUNTHROUGH! +=+=+=+=+=+ Skip the LEP, try to switch sides with all the guards you meet and run away fro m all fights. That should shorten your time considerably.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ LEVEL THREE: YE OLDE BAG-OF-BONES +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Stuff To Pick Up: 3x Healing Potions Enemies: 1x skeleton Level Difficulty: 5 Enemy Difficulty: 4 My Time: 55 minutes remaining Before you begin, press CTRL+G to save the game. Remember, you can only save o ne game, so back up your file. As usual, Prince comes out of the previous level door. There are two ways; Left and right. The way to the left will lead you to the cutter, where it makes its first appear ance. Here there are two ways, up or left. Going up leads to a spiky platform and a gate, whereas going left le ads you to the level door with the level switch right above it. You'll probably encounter a loose slab, but don't w orry about it.

A dead end and waste of time, unless you feel like exploring. So at the beginning of the level, take the right path. In the next screen, you will find two platforms. Climb the left platform, then jump to the platform on the right, as the platform on the left leads to nowhere. Once on the right platform, climb up again to reach a ledge that looks like a de ad end. THE END Just joking! It may look like suicide, but jump to your right. You will come to 3 platforms, one long and two short. You should be able to see a gate switch at the extreme right. That's right... Re member the gate on the way to the left? Where there was a gate and a spiky platform? Yeah. That switch acti vates the gate on the left, and Prince has to race against time to get to the gate before it closes. Note that i f you fall you're going to start again from scratch. Here's how: To get to the switch, don't run and jump. Carefully st ep to the edge of the first platform and jump. Same for the second one. Once on the third platform, hit the switch. Befor e you head to the gate, collect the LEP lying around first. Step to the end of the platform, and jump. You should reach a secret platform, hidden from view. Drop the loose slab on the right, and climb up. Go right, and you will see 3 cut ters in a row, and above them will be the LEP. This is new. In fact, I only discovered it on the day I wrote this FAQ! After drinking the LEP, carefully jump back to the first platform. The first platform consists of exactly 3 slabs, just enough to do a running jump across it. Once you're across, keep running! Don't stop, or else the gate will close and y ou'll fall into the spikes. While running, you will encounter a large pit. Jump across it while still running, and if you're fast, you'll reach the gate before it closes. Prince can't jump that far, so you'll have to hold the SH IFT button after the jump to hold on to the ledge. Climb up and you'll reach the second part of Level Three. This may take some practice, so don't give up! Within the gate, there will be a Healing Potion. Go to your left, and there sho uld be a skeleton in the middle of the platform. Ignore it - For now. Hit the switch and go inside the gate, where you'll meet a cutter and a path trailing down. Get past the cutter, follow the trail down, and hit the level swi tch. The level door below you should then open. Head back to the skeleton. But wait! The moment you touch the platform, the skeleton comes alive. Shiver me timbers! It's them voodoo magic! The fight with the skeleton isn't that tough, apart from the fact that he can't die. With every strike you hit with, he steps back a bit. What you can do, though is push him down via the right end of the platform. Unfortunately, he isn't dead. Looks like it's time for Round 2. Scale down the r ight side of the platform, and you should be able to see the skeleton waiting for you down there.

As you touch the ground, prepare to block an attack, as old bag-of-bones here has the advantage of striki ng first. Keep attacking him until he steps on the loose slab (remember the loose slab?) and falls into t he pit. The level should now be there for the taking, and thus ends Level Three. +=+=+=+=+=+ RUNTHROUGH! +=+=+=+=+=+ As usual, forget about the LEP. During the fight with the skeleton, switch side s with the him. Back up to the ledge on the right, and fall down. Hold Shift to hang on to the ledge as you fal l, and climb down. See ya, Billy Bones! (Isn't he the guy in the book "Treasure Island"?)

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= LEVEL 4: THE SHADOW +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Before you begin, you will be shown a scene of the princess lying down on some c ushions, still staring at the hourglass, waiting for you to arrive. Stuff To Pick Up: 4x Healing Potions Enemies: 4x guards Level Difficulty: 5 Enemy Difficulty: 4 My Time: 51 minutes All right, time for Level Four. Hmm... Marble, eh? The Sultan sure has taste. You start out with two gates; One left and one right. The gate on the right cannot be opened, not for now at l east. Step on the switch to open the gate on the left. Go to the next area. You will then come to another junctio n; Straight or down. Let's go straight first. Open the gate on the left. Once in, you will see a susp icious-looking path. It looks easy... Too easy. The last two steps are loose slabs, and there is a trap switch in the middle. Open the gate, wait for the gate to fully open, then run and jump over the trap. You should be able to make it easily. In the next area, there is a gate, but no switch, and two loose slabs. The switch is directly beneath th e slab on the extreme left. Drop it, and watch the gate open. Climb up the ledge, and you should find a Life Exte nsion Potion, guarded by a cutter. After taking the potion, go back to the junction (straight or down). Go down thi s time. There is a guard to your left, but plays no part in the level. You can kill him if you want, it doesn't matter. To the right is a potion and some broken slabs. Go on ahead and you will see a guard and his cutter. Here's y our first chance to see a guard

getting sliced in half by a cutter... Cool. Anyway, once you're past them, go st raight and climb up the ledge. On top of the ledge, you can fight the guard on the left. Remember the gate tha t can't be opened? That's it. If you have nothing better to do, and lots of time to waste, go ahead. Kill the guard and open the gate. Hurrah. You're back where you started. Alternatively, you can jump across to the right. Some ground-level spikes await you, but don't pose much of a threat. Go straight and you'll see a guard, the level d oor, and a trap switch. Slay the guard. The trap serves no purpose, as it only shuts the gate behind you . You won't need to turn back, besides. Head forward into the next screen. You'll find a potion beneath you. There is a loose slab there, if you're dangerously low on life and need something immediately. Go forward into the next screen, and you can see the level switch. Climb up the ledge, and go through the cutter. Activate the level switch and you're done! Not really. As you try to make your way up, something blocks your way. A mirror? Anyway, to get past this, run and jump through it. A shadow of you will jump in the opposite direction tha t you jumped in from. Your life will automatically be reduced to one bullet, but you won't die. (i.e. You jump into the mirror with one bullet of life remaining, nothing happen s.) Forget about the shadow for now, just complete the level. On to Level Five.... +=+=+=+=+=+ RUNTHROUGH! +=+=+=+=+=+ Need I mention to forget about the LEP? Just run away from all the fights and y ou hould be able to make it in time. As for the yellow guard near the level door, open the level door, go near it, pu t down your sword and run in. The guard should be standing there like an idiot as you make your escape.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= LEVEL FIVE: THE INNER PALACE +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Stuff To Pick Up: 5x Healing Potions 1x Life Extension Potion (though you can't get it) Enemies: 4x guards Level Difficulty: 6 Enemy Difficulty: 4 My Time: 50 minutes remaining At the start of Level Five, Prince finds himself in the middle of a complex-loo king structure. Go to the right. Climb the ledge and take care of the guard there. Proceed to the right. Climb up

the ledge again. Now, you arrive at a junction. Left or right? To the right is an LEP. To get to it, you have to manoeuvre through a complex array of traps. The LEP will be on the top-right corner, protected by a gate. The trap s are made so that no matter how you get through them, the gate will open. When it does, along comes your shadow and gobbles it up. Wasted... Perhaps that wasn't such a bright idea... So go to the left. A huge pit separat es you from the other platform, you'll have to run and jump. Prince should be able to make it across. Once on th e other platform, climb down and go to the open gate on your left. There, a purple guard awaits. You can push him do wn the platform on the right, not the left. If you push him down to the left, the height isn't high enough to kill him , and you'll have trouble coming down. In case you're curious about the floor above, you can climb up and check it out. This is a trap. Once you hit the switch, the gate closes, trapping you inside. You then have no choice but to pre ss CTRL+A to restart the level. So, after killing the guard, open the gate on the left and go to the next area. There should be a yellow guard, with 5 life bullets. Terminate him and move on. You soon see a potion, placed underneath a ledge. You can take it if you want, and climb below it to find a cu tter guarding another potion, and some spikes below you. Climb back up and move on. There, you'll meet a green guard, and a gate switch separated from you by a loose slab. There are two ways here; Kill the guard and move onwar d, of climb down the loose slab if you don't want to fight him. Note that if you climb down, you will still lose on e bullet of life, thanks to the height. Jump down and die. If you take the "underground" route, you'll see some spikes b ehind you, a pit, and two cutters placed at each point, making it difficult to get past. If you run and jump, you' ll clear the pit, but the other cutter will munch you to pieces. So measure your jump carefully... I've done it for you , just step as close as possible to the first cutter, then jump from there. Hold SHIFT! You won't make it across, and yo u have to hold on to something, or get killed by spikes. Once you clear those, you find another cutter, precariously pl aced near the ledge. Don't jump; You'll only end up with a mouthful of spikes. Just walk carefully over it and yo u'll be fine. Of course, an alternative would be to kill the green guard just now, and just walk across. No spikes, no c utters and certainly no measuring your jump. Furthermore, if you followed the underground path - Guess what, you'll sti ll have to kill the green guard to activate the switch for the gate on the left. After activating the switch, jump across to the gate. The level switch should b e right underneath your nose, and so is the level door. Ahead there is a gate, which leads to heaven-knows-where, as I c an't open it... So just enter the level door and you've completed Level Five. +=+=+=+=+=+ RUNTHROUGH!

+=+=+=+=+=+ Run away from all fights here. Switch sides, hit all the guards once, and flee! That's all there is to it. Simple, no?

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= LEVEL SIX: THE DROP +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Before you start, you'll be shown a scene of the princess waiting for you, star ing at the hourglass. Again. Stuff To Pick Up: Absolutely nothing Enemies: Fatso Shadow Level Difficulty: 4 Enemy Difficulty: 9 My Time: 50 minutes Level Six. Hmm. Pretty straightforward here, no major traps, takes a minute or two to complete. Okay, in the beginning of the level, there are two routes. To the left or right. The right route ends to an enormous pit, there is NO WAY you can get past this. Besides, there is absolutel y nothing to the right to hang on to. You can try and see what's there, but the only things there are some mysteriousl y broken slabs, and the only thing you'll be doing is pressing CTRL+A. Right: Bad idea. Go left, then. Hit the swit ch to open the gate on the left, and go past it. There should be two sets of spikes there. Don't bother running a nd jumping over them, it won't work. Just get past them by making short runs. In the next screen, you'll find a gate, a switch, a set of spikes and a pit separating you from the gate. As above, running and jumping won't work here, as the spikes await. So walk to the edge of the ledge, and jump. Don't forget to activate the switch first! This is too easy. Something's wrong... Oh-oh. That's it. Prince, meet Fatso. Fatso, meet Prince. Boy, this guard is to ugh! He will counter all your attacks and you're going to have to counter all his attacks too in order to win. When yo u strike, hit the UP and SHIFT buttons repeatedly to engage him in a long swordfight, that you can win. Okay, now that' s done, what next? How do you open the gate? By the time you fight Fatso, the gate should have open ed. The gate is below the loose slab that falls when you fight Fatso, so the gate doesn't open by itself. Up ahead, you see a balcony. ed that the balcony serves no Ignore it. Just jump over the ng that you hear when you get Trust me, I've tried everything and I have conclud purpose. pit and go straight. Ta-na-na-naaaa... The same so thrown

in prison reappears here. You see your shadow in a platform, separated by a pit. In that platform are two gates and a trap. On your side of the platform, there is a switch on your left. This can't b e good.... Obviously this is a trap. The only way to get to the other platform is to run and jump. Even then, you can 't make it, so hold the SHIFT button to hang on to the ledge when you fall. Now you can climb up and beat the crap ou t of the shadow. But wait! As you hang on, the shadow steps on the trap, closing the gate and locking you o ut! Help! Oh, well. The only way left is down. To skip all these time-wasting steps, instead of jump ing over to the shadow, just commit suicide and jump down. End of Level Six. +=+=+=+=+=+ RUNTHROUGH! +=+=+=+=+=+ Must you fight Fatso...? Nah! Drop the slab to open the gate, switch places wit h Fatso, and run away! Don't bother about the Shadow, just jump down.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ LEVEL SEVEN: BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Stuff To Pick Up: 1x Healing Potion 1x Landing Buffer Potion Enemies: 3x guards Level Difficulty: 7 Enemy Difficulty: 6 My Time: 48 minutes remaining Before anything, hold SHIFT! This level continues from your previous suicidal jump, and if you don't hold SHIFT, you won't be able to hang on to anything and you really will commit suicide. Oka y, once you hang on to the ledge, pull yourself up. You should now realise where you are... You've fallen in the d ungeon. Again. Back to the drawing board, lad. You may be able to see a Landing Buffer Potion a t the bottom-left corner of the screen. Don't bother jumping there as you won't make it. To your left is a dead end and a skeleton. Jump over to the right instead. Go right and you will meet a blue guard and a cu tter. I love pushing guards into cutters, don't you? Anyway, after getting rid of them, go right. You should be a ble to see 2 gates and a trap in the middle. Above it is a loose slab. Drop the loose slab to save you lots of tr ouble later. The trap will close one gate, but it's for the better. Go right again. You come to a dead end. Hop a nd drop a loose slab above you. Climb up to the next floor. Get past the cutter, go to the right and kill the gu

ard there. Head right again until you see a potion. Now, here you can induce a glitch. Go down. See that gate on t he left? There's a way to get through it without opening it. Here's how: Go to the potion platform. Measure your running jump carefully so that you land exactly on the edge of the floor above the gate. If d one correctly, you will save a few minutes of time and pass through the gate, at the expense of one life bullet . You automatically arrive at the next area. But what happens if you can't seem to pull the glitch off? Well, you're going t o have to do it the long way. Here's how. Climb down from the potion platform, step on the switch and go to th e right. You should see a switch, a trap, and a set of spikes. Activate the switch there too. Wait till both gates are fully open, then run and jump over the trap and the spikes. You should be able to do this with not much d ifficulty. Done? Good. Go to the next screen on the right. You see a huge pit separating yo u from the next platform, a switch, and a ledge below you. Don't try to jump across it, as I've tried everything and I can't make it. Here's what to do: Climb down from the ledge that you're on, at the same time ac tivating the switch. Let go of the ledge, and press SHIFT immediately after you let go to hang on to the ledge below you. Yeah, that's the way! Climb up now, and make your way left. You have only ONE ch ance to make this. Ready? Here goes! You will see a trap, a set of spikes, and two open gates. The trap will close th e gate on the left, while the switch will only open the gate on the right. Run and jump across both the spikes and tr ap before both gates close. You only have one chance, okay! Go left now. Now this should be obvious. Step on the switch beside the gate on the left to open it, and just climb inside the gate. You are now at the next area. Okay, okay, so you messed up your only chance to open the gate. What next? CTRL +A? No, there's still another, but longer way. Now that the gate on the left is closed, there is no way to reopen i t. Activate the switch you see, which in turn will open the gate on the right. Climb down the ledge on the left. Yeah, you guessed right. There's another ledge below you, where you have to let go of the current ledge a nd hang on the ledge below. Go left and you will see two sets of spikes in pits. Just run and jump across th e both of them. Go straight until you see some ground-level spikes. You ought to pass these with not much difficulty. Go left again until you come to a set of ledges. Climb up all of them. They say "The best comes to those who wait", And you've waited a long time. You' re at the second area. You should see a purple guard facing to the left. There is no way to get past h im undetected, as when you get up to his platform you HAVE to step on a trap switch, closing the gate behind you. An easy way is to let him catch a glimpse of you, meaning go up the platform, draw your sword and drop down as s oon as possible. The feeble-minded guard will follow suit by going down too. When he comes down,

corner him near the closed gate and strike him repeatedly. He won't be able to do anything, and you get a really eas y fight. Once you terminate him, run across the platform to the other side, where you wil l meet 2 cutters. Go down, and get past the both of them. In the next screen, you'll find the two gates that I told you about before. Now, there was a reason I asked you to drop the slab, as the slab closed the tra p. Activate the switch, and both gates will open. The reason I told you to drop the slab is to avoid any risk of activa ting it, which will close both gates, and you have to climb back up and repeat everything above to open the gates agai n. Now that you're past those, it's time for a taste of that Landing Buffer Potion . Drink it up, and jump down. Normally, you'd crack your skull, but in this case, you float down to a soft lan ding. Actually, you can climb down at the expense of one life bullet, and it'll also be faster than floating. Anyway, once you reach the ground you can see a switch to the left, a gate to yo ur right, and the level door in the middle. Activate the switch, and run through the gate as fast as you can. You ha ve to activate the level switch beside the gate, drink the LEP at the end of the path, and get out before the ga te closes! There is an LEP near at the end of the path, and you can drink it if you think you can make it. Try runn ing and jumping, as it tends to be slightly faster than running alone. By the time you reach the gate again, it sho uld be almost closed. Quick! Think! Er... That's it! Crouch, and press forward. Prince will then move while ducking, and you should be able to make it in time. Go up the level door and thus, ends Level Seven: Back To The Drawing Bo ard. Eizaz, help! I didn't make it in time! Does this mean CTRL+A? Not exactly. Ther e is still a way to get back to the level door, but don't mess up this time. You should be looking at the closed gat e by now. I told you to be quick. Never mind, just go to the right. You will see a platform. Climb up and go right until you see an escape gate with a pit and a trap. This trap closes the escape gate behind you. Jump to the other s ide, and climb up the platform there. This platform consists of exactly 3 slabs, enough for you to run and jump. You w ill reach the other side. You should know where this is by now. Go to the ledge where you got your LBP, an d climb down. You will lose one bullet of life, but you win the level. If you do get stuck in there AGAIN, that's it. I give up. Go ahead and press CTRL+A. You can still escape, but that's only if you didn't drop on the loose slabs on t he switch to open the escape gate, near the LEP. I hope this really ends the level... Phew! That was long. +=+=+=+=+=+ RUNTHROUGH! +=+=+=+=+=+ Try your best to make the glitch happen. It'll save you 30-40 seconds. As for t he guard on the platform, you can

switch places with him, but it'll be tough. Don't take the LBP, just climb down. It'll cost ya a life, but it's much faster and you spare yourself the agony of listening to the annoying music that appears when you drink the LBP.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ LEVEL EIGHT: THE PRINCESS AND THE MOUSE +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Before you start Level Eight, another scene comes out. The Princess is playing with her pet mouse, and sends it somewhere. Well, it looks like a mouse anyway. This mouse/rat will help you esca pe, as you will see later. Stuff To Pick Up: 4x Healing Potions Enemies: Linger 3x guards Level Difficulty: 7 Enemy Difficulty: 9 My Time: 45 minutes, thanks to the mouse Start of Level Eight. To your right is a Evil Potion. Don't see many of those, eh? It's the second one of the game. The right leads to a dead end, so go left and climb the platform you see there. Don't try to jump across the ledge below the platform. I've tried and can't make it, it's impossible. Anyway, once on the platform, go left. Watch out for the loose slabs! On the left, you will encounter a guard, a switch , and some spikes on the bottom-right corner of the screen. Prince, meet Linger. Linger, meet Prince. Like his name, Linger will linger around waiting for you to make a move. When yo u do, he attacks! This guy is smart! He will wait for you to make a move no matter how long it takes. In fact, you ca n bust all your time by just waiting for him to move! There are two ways of attacking him before he attacks you... 1) Move one step forward. When he strikes, move backward to evade his strike. As soon as his strike finishes, move forward again and strike. You will catch him off balance and he will get hit. 2) Alternatively, move forward. When he strikes, block and counterattack. He is sure to block your attack, or get hit. Keep this up and with every block he makes, he moves backward by a bit. You can do this until he eventually falls into the spike pit, or dies of injuries. Goodbye, Linger. See you again. Press the switch to open the gate on your left and jump across. In the next screen, you see a potion below you, and a switch to open the gate yo u came from. Go to the ledges on the left and climb down. At the bottom, you should see a cutter. Get past it and in the next screen, jump over the ground-level spikes you find there. Go right and you will see the level door. No

w to look for the switch. Head to the right, evade all the spikes you see, and keep going until you meet a green guard. Get rid of him and go right again. Take the potion in the next screen if you need it. After that, you should see another green guard on a platform. Slowly walk underneath the platform, you don't want him to hear y our footsteps if you run. After you walk across, you will come to a series of ledges. Jump to the right an d climb them, and then jump back onto the left platform with the guard. Remember to hold SHIFT! Before you fight the guard, do note that there is a ledge with a potion above you, if you need it. Now to take care of the guard, who should be facing the opposite way. Surprise! Since you've killed the guard, activate the switch. Run and jump across the gat e on the left, and you'll see two cutters and a switch above the first one. This switch only opens the gate where you came from, not the gate on the left. Both gates are controlled by the switch on the platform with the guard , so other words, you have to rush if you want to make it past all gates. After passing the gate with the cutt er, you come to another gate which is closing. Quick! There is a loose slab at the end, so run and jump acros s it, and hopefully you'll make it in time. In the next screen, you can see a trap just a step away from yo u, and a ledge above you. Here, you can run and jump again to make it to the next platform on the left. Above the ledge is a potion and another platform that cannot be reached, a.k.a d ead end. When you jump over from the platform on the left, there will be a loose slab. W atch out! In the next screen, you see an orange guard and a cutter. Get rid of him and proceed to the left. Ac tivate the switch, but be aware of the trap that is just beside it. Jump over the trap, and jump towards the gate on th e left. Inside this gate, you will find two cutters placed dangerously close to each ot her. Timing is crucial here; One slip-up and you're doomed. Once past those cutters, activate the level switc h and carefully step back to the cutters. Don't run. Careful... Okay! You made it! Now to exit the open gate, and ... Wait a minute! What open gate? Arggh! I'm stuck! Well, don't worry. Mighty Mouse to the rescue! Remember the mouse in the scene with the Princess? Yeah, it'll activate the switch for you. Thank the mouse, climb down, and go for the level door. Don't kill yourself on the spikes! Level Eight: Completed. +=+=+=+=+=+ RUNTHROUGH! +=+=+=+=+=+ This is tough. Trying to run past Linger will be slower than killing him, so do your best to kill him or drive him into the spikes. As for the twin cutters blocking the level switch, yo

u can run and jump past them on the way in. Try this on the way out and you'll sever your spine. Just jump pa st them, and if you're quick, you'll be able to make it without having to wait for the mouse to bail you out.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ LEVEL NINE: TO THE PRINCESS! (AGAIN) +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Here's another scene before you start the level. Princess waits for her pet mou se (rat) to return, and the Princess strokes it as a gesture of thanks. Stuff To Pick Up: 3x Healing Potions 1x Life Extension Potion 2x Reversal Potions Enemies: 4x guards Level Difficulty: 9 Enemy Difficulty: 5 My Time: 42 minutes remaining Start of Level Nine. To the left is a dead end, so go to the right. Activate th e switch, and run and jump past both the cutter and the trap that you see. You should be able to make it. A nyway, head left and climb the ledges. When you reach the top ledge, jump to the right. There is a purple guard standin g above you with 5 life bullets. Go to the right again, and you should see the level door, in the middle of two p illars, and a gate on the top-left corner. The switch beside you activates that gate, and the switch beyond that ga te is the level switch. Head right again. You should see a blue guard and a cutter. Take him out, and go right again. You will then see some ledges and a potion in one of them. Climb up to the top. Don't fall; You'll die, and if you climb down, it leads to the dead end on the right when you start the level. When you reach the top, there is are two platforms on your right, a gate on you r left, and if you look closely, a trap beside it. Go to the top part of the platform, but watch out for the loos e slabs. Run to the right, kill the guard there and activate the switch across the spike pit. Run back to t he gate on the left, avoid the trap, and go to the next screen. You will then come across a series of ledges. Go down to save you a lot of trouble. Once there, go left and drop the loose slab on top of the gate switch. That's ho w you keep the gate open while you make your way there. Go back right and climb the ledges until you reach the top. Jump to the right, activate the switch, and go past the gate. Don't fall into the spike pit! In the next screen, kill th e guard that you come across and don't fall with the loose slab. Go left again. You should see a potion beneath you, so me ground-level spikes and some ledges.

Take the potion if you need it, but don't fall. Now don't go across the spikes; Instead, go to the ledges above, and go left. Run and jump across the first platform, and activate the switch. Ho ld SHIFT, or you'll have to do this again. Once the gate below is activated, release the SHIFT button, and go t o the left. In this screen, you see the first Reversal Potion of the game on a ledge, and a path that looks like a pit. You can try and drink it, but don't say I didn't warn you. To get to the LEP, dr op the loose slabs near the Reversal Potion. Go left, and you'll find the LEP, with a path that leads downwa rds, to the second Reversal Potion, in case you drank the first one and you need to neutralise the effect. Once you take the LEP, go back to where you came from, and go down this time. You will then see a path leading down and one leading right. The path on the right leads to a potion, guarded by two cutters, and a dead end. The path downwards le ads to 2 gates and a cutter protecting a switch. The switch opens the gate on the left, and the switch in the gate open s the gate on the right. If the gate on the left closes before you get out, press CTRL+A. You're official ly stuck. Once you open the gate on the right, enter it and you will see a cutter and a sw itch, that opens the gate behind you. It's there for a reason, you'll see. Get past the cutter, and kill the guard. Wait a minute... This place looks fami liar. Oh yes! It's the level door switch! Now, activate the level switch, climb down, and finish the level. Now you know why I asked you to drop the slab on the opposite platform. As for the switch, it's for you to return to the platform and drop the slab if y ou haven't done it. Woo-Hoo! End of Level Nine, and the dungeons. +=+=+=+=+=+ RUNTHROUGH! +=+=+=+=+=+ Open the gate on the right, and keep running. Time your run and jump correctly, and you'll be able to make it past the cutter, gate and entire room in run. Run away from all fights here. Tha t should do the trick.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= LEVEL TEN: BACK IN THE PALACE +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Stuff To Pick Up: 2x Healing Potions Enemies: 5x guards Level Difficulty: 6 Enemy Difficulty: 8

My Time: 40 minutes remaining Start of Level Ten. You start in the middle of a maze of gates. There are four gates, each at every corner, a switch, and if you look closely, another switch on the extreme right of the mi ddle platform. Which way? I'd recommend the path on the left. Step on the switch in the middle, which opens on the bottom-right corner and on the bottom-left corner. Go left, and in the next screen there will be switch and a gate. Forget about the second floor; We'll get to that later. Open the gate and go thr ough. No traps here, don't worry. In the next screen, and you see the level door, the level switch on the platform above it, and a yellow guard. Get rid of him, and go back to the maze of gates. This time, we'll take the righ t path. Step on the switch and head right. You should see a blue guard. But wait! He isn 't coming after you. That can only mean one thing... A trap. Indeed, there is a loose slab just besid e you. Run past it, kill the guard, and go right again. Note that there is another loos e slab, so be careful. Now, you should see a switch, a gate, and a guard standing on the platform abov e you, very close to the ledge. You will not stand a chance if he sees you coming; He'll push you down from the ledge and you will die. So, activate the switch, and WALK carefully beneath him. Stealth is your greates t ally here. The guard should be facing to the left now. When he is, climb to the top of the platform. Surprise! Push him down for a quick win. To the right is a potion, but you have to go a lo ng way to get it. I'll explain later. Anyway, head left, take the potion, open the gate and go in. You should now be back at the maze of gates, and all gates should be opened by now. The way should now be dead obvious. Go past the top-left gate, and there you'll meet the yellow guard. Terminate him and open the gate on the left. Hey! Where the heck is the switch? The switch is on the hidden floor above you. Drop the loose slab there and activate the switch. Go left again, activate the level switch, go down and finis h the level. This is the reason I wanted you to kill the yellow guard just now - He'll be wai ting for you below, and can kill you with a single strike. Okay, ten down, two to go! +=+=+=+=+=+ RUNTHROUGH! +=+=+=+=+=+ Go to the right. Run away from the guard. Quietly go to the guard on top, switc h sides, and push him down. The yellow guard in the next section you have no choice but to fight. You can't have him shoving a sword in

your gut while trying to press the gate switch. Try to corner him in the closed gate and strike him continously without mercy. As for the other yellow guard near the level door, strike him onc e, put your sword down and run into the level door. ----------EXTRA STUFF ----------Remember I was talking about a potion, where you have to go a long way to get i t? If you have nothing better to do, here's how. Instead of climbing on the platform and sneaking up on the guard, go right. You will see 2 cutters and 2 traps placed together, and a switch at the bottom. You can jump across bot h the traps and the cutters by opening the gate, walking past the first cutter, get as close as possible to the trap without touching it, and timing your jump so that the cutter doesn't close on you. But if you notice, the distance between the first cutter and the trap is exactly 3 slabs long. You know what that means... Run and jump. Once you're in there, you should see a green guard standing atop a platform, a cutter, and a spike pit below. Kill the green guard and go to the right. Okay wise guy, where's the potion? Rel ax. The potion is above you, where there is a loose slab to drop near the pillars. I f you can't find it, just touch the ceiling and all the loose slabs will shake. When you kill the guard by sneaking up on him, right above you are loads of loo se slabs. They don't seem to serve any purpose whatsoever, and there are many more in Level Eleven.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ LEVEL ELEVEN: SLABS GALORE! +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Stuff To Pick Up: 2x Healing Potions 1x Life Extension Potion Enemies: 3x guards Level Difficulty: 8 Enemy Difficulty: 7 My Time: 38 minutes remaining Start of Level Eleven. You can see an LEP on the top-left corner of the screen, separated by a huge pit on the left. Left = Bad idea, so climb the ledge on the right and move on. Note tha t on top of you are dozens of loose slabs. Don't drop any of them, as they will come into play soon. By the wa y, the entire ceiling is made out of loose slabs! In the next screen, You will come to an innocent-looking floor w ith a potion at the bottom-right corner of it. Hey, come to your senses! This is Prince Of Persia, for heaven's s

ake, not Super Mario! This is obviously a trap, as the entire "floor" below is made completely of loos e slabs! You can take the potion, but I've got something better. Instead of going down, run and jump across to the next platform. Shake the slab on the RIGHT of the pillars, and it will drop. Climb up the ledge supported by the pillars, and you will see a straight path. You should realise by now that this leads directly to the LEP on the left! Exact ly. Just run across it, until you come to the end of the loose slabs. Whatever you do, DO NOT REMAIN IDLE, as you will fall. Just keep running, and when you reach the end, jump down, and grab the LEP. All right! Another bull et of life for you! Now, jump down from the ledge. Hold SHIFT! When you jump, Prince will slip and i f you the SHIFT button is not held down, you fall to your doom. This is the only time I've ever seen him slip before. Any others? Okay, once you've got the LEP, climb back up the ledge on the right, and run an d jump across the platform. Go right, and you will meet a guard and a cutter. Kill the guard and go straight . Note that the cutter too acts like a pillar, supporting the loose slab that rests on it. On top of the cutter is a potion. Now, go straight and you will see a gate, a switch, and 4 traps set next to each other. When you activate the switch, you won't be able to clear all the traps, not even with a running jump. What next? Easy. Climb up the ledge on top of the pillars, and run all the way a cross the loose slabs to the left. The loose slabs will fall down on the traps, locking all of them. Now, you can a ctivate the switch without fear of the traps closing the gate. Now, run! Run as fast as you can, as there is ano ther gate closing ahead, and if you don't make it in time you'll have to press CTRL+A. Yes! Made it! Here, you should see a blue guard, and some spike pits up ahead. Kill the guard , and beware of the two loose slabs separating you from him. There is a loose slab above you which leads to a potion and an dead end. Take it, and climb down. The level door and switch are on the right, but in orde r to get there, you have to run and jump across a huge pit. You can't see what's ahead, but trust me on this one . Hold the SHIFT button!!! You will land on a loose slab, so when the slab falls, you will hang on to somet hing. Oh, no. The next (and only) thing you hang on to happens to be a loose slab too! Hold SHIFT! You will then f all down with the slab, but you will hold on to a ledge if you hold SHIFT. You will also lose one life b ullet as the slab falls on you, but you've made it. You can see the level door in sight. But where's the switch? Head right, and you'll meet a blue guard. Kill him and make your way straight. You should see the level switch below you. Drop the loose slab, go down and act ivate the switch. Go back to the level door, enter it and you've made the cut! Good work, mate.

+=+=+=+=+=+ RUNTHROUGH! +=+=+=+=+=+ Switch sides past the first guard, and run. Fight the second guard; You can try running past him, but it'll be tough. Push the third guard down to the left. Hit the level switch, and run and jump pa st the guard. Put down your sword if he's still on your tail and run up the level door.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= LEVEL TWELVE, Act 1: PRINCE VERSUS SHADOW +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= This is the last scene before a level begins. The Princess looks at the hourgla ss, with its sands draining away. Stuff To Pick Up: Nothing here, except for an inanimate skeleton. The same appli es to all acts. Enemies: Shadow Level Difficulty: 9 Enemy Difficulty: 5 My Time: 36 minutes remaining Welcome to Level Twelve. There's nothing to explore here; Almost every wrong wa y comes to a dead end. This looks like a tower of some sort, as there are no torches in the background, only strange windows that remind me of somewhere... At the start of the level, climb the ledges on the rig ht, but only to the second storey. Then, go to the right and climb the ledge on the right instead. Stop when you co me to a path with a set of spikes. Carefully get past the spikes, and run left. Keep running until you see the end, and jump to the other side. It's full of loose slabs; I'll explain why later. Hold SHIFT! Once at the other side, climb to the top. You will come to a platform with exactly 3 slabs. Yes, run and jump. Don't stop running even when you reach the other platform, because you'll have to jump another time to another platform on the right, and when you do, you have to keep running and jump to yet another platform. The loose slabs are placed lik e so to prevent you from turning back; This is a one-way trip. Once in the platform, you come to what see ms like a dead end, and a skeleton. Climb up the ledge you see there, and drop the slab above. Climb up again, and y ou come to a blind jump to the left, meaning you can't see what's ahead of you. You'll just have to trust me on this. Run, and jump as soon as possible. Prince should jump at the last step, and you' ll make it. Of course, you could just walk there slowly and jump, but where's the suspense i n that? Once at the other side, climb up one storey and run across the loose slabs. At the end, jump!

Now that you're here, climb to the top of the ledge. Along the way, you should s ee a gate. Ignore it and continue climbing upwards. You will find a switch, and a sword similar to your own myster iously placed there, shining. Hit the switch, climb down, and enter the gate. The switch opens the gate too, i n case you take too long and it closes on you. The pit to the left leads to nowhere. No, really. Once you fall, you won't even get to see the crack-your-skull animation. There's only one way: To the right. You'll need a ru nning start, which is why the gate is there. Now, run and jump to the other side. Again, hold SHIFT. Pull yourself up, and run across to the other side. Climb up the ledge you find there. It doesn't matter which side you take this time. Above you are some loose slabs . Grab the one on the right, as the next slab is solid. You might not want to fall down here, or all your hard work will go to waste. Now, drop one of the loose slabs, and climb up. Run to the left side of the scre en where the sword is, and climb up again. You notice that the sword has mysteriously dissapeared. Why? Answer: The Shadow, of course! Now the Shadow comes down. Two loose slabs s eparate you from him, and death. Okay, Shadow. It's you and me now. No tricks, no traps and certainly nowhere to run. Shadow fights like any ordinary guard, with the exception of when he gets injured, so do you. If you injure him by one life bullet, you lose one life bullet too. He only has 4 life bullets. So now, i f he dies, you die too. If you push him down heaven-knows-how-many floors, you die too. On the other han d, if you die, he dies too. Eh? What's this? If you put your sword down, he does too. Hey! Now, when he is i n Neutral mode, jump into him! Yeah, that's the stuff! You and the Shadow become one again! And you also get on e extra life by merging with him! Remember when I said my dad and I took 5 years to finish this game? Well, finding out the merge with the Shadow took 2 years. Finding out what to do next took 3. Now that you and the Shadow are one again, wait until you STOP flashing. After that, run across the huge leads-to-nowhere pit to the left. I'm not kidding. Only when you stop flashing s hould you do this. When you run across it, slabs (solid, of course) will appear from nowhere with e very step on air you make. If you try to run across while you are flashing, you will fall to your doom, nev er to be seen again until you press CTRL+A. Bizzare stuff, huh? +=+=+=+=+=+ RUNTHROUGH! +=+=+=+=+=+ Climb the ledge on the right. Instead of running left past the spikes, continue to climb up the right flank. When you reach the end, take one careful step to the left. Turn around, and hop

3 times. One, two, three... The slab above you should fall. Climb up, and go to the right. This is the only shortcut available here. Should save 4-5 seconds. Not much, but it'll do.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= LEVEL TWELVE, Act Two: THE SHOWDOWN WITH JAFFAR +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Level Difficulty: 1 Enemy Difficulty: 9 My Time: 35 minutes remaining After running on "air" for a few seconds, you shall come to a small platform wi th a pit. Jump over the pit, run and jump as fast as you can! The loose slabs that make up the ceiling are fa lling down! Keep this up until you come to the end, where you should see some ledges. Climb to the top and you see the level door. Where's the switch? Jump over to the right to find out. Ta-da-da-daa a...daaa-da-daaa... Jaffar's theme song comes out. You have to fight the evil Jaffar himself! You ar e separated by two loose slabs. Run past them and engage Jaffar in a swordfight! Okay, remember Fatso in Level Six? Jaffar's attacks are pretty much the same. H e will counter all your attacks, and you're going to have to counter all his attacks too in order to win. When yo u strike, mash the UP and SHIFT buttons repeatedly to engage him in a long swordfight, that should be able to wi n. When you do, the whole screen flashes white, and a remixed version of the guard-killing song comes out. The level door automatically opens, and you can enter. +=+=+=+=+=+ RUNTHROUGH! +=+=+=+=+=+ You'll never guess how easy this one is... Get past the loose slabs, hold your ground and wait till Jaffar comes close, switch sides with him and push him down the ledge on the lef t. Evil, eh! Mwahahaha!

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ LEVEL TWELVE, Act Three: UNITED WITH THE PRINCESS +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Level Difficulty: 0 Enemy Difficulty: What enemies? My Time: 34 minutes 36 seconds remaining. The grand total of my time taken to co

mplete the game, no cheats/trainers whatsoever, was 26 minutes 24 seconds. Great! Now that all the hard work has been done, just run across to the left, a ctivate any switch you see, and run through the gates. You will eventually come to a scene in which Prince h olds Princess in a long-lasting embrace. Awwww... A few moments later, the mouse/rat joins in. And so the story goes: ----------------------------------------------------------------The tyrant Jaffar lies dead, his power shattered. Throughout the land, the people of Persia hail their Princess... And the brave youth who saved her from the forces of darkness. No longer a stranger, he shall from this day forth be known as... PRINCE OF PERSIA. ----------------------------------------------------------------+=+=+=+=+=+ RUNTHROUGH! +=+=+=+=+=+ Time stops here, so there's no need to be so quick. Take your time, and as far a s I'm concerned, you can walk the whole blingin' way to the Princess. Well, well! Congratulations, chap! I never thought you were up to it! You've completed one of the toughest games I've ever played, and that surely des erves something! I'll reward you with a cheat code that you can use to play the game for fun. Start your MS-DOS Prompt, go to your Prince Of Persia directory, and start the p rogram with the title "PRINCE MEGAHIT" Here are a list of commands you can do in Megahit mode: Shift+W............ Puts you in LBP mode Shift+S............ Heals one life bullet; Only works when injured Shift+T............ Adds one life bullet to your life; Heals all injuries Shift+L............ Skips a level, no matter where you are, and does not reduce your time. Can even skip security confirmation level Shift+(+).......... This means the SHIFT button and the PLUS button. Adds a minu te to your time with every press

Shift+B............ Show only animated objects; All the rest turn black Shift+C............ View position Shift+I............ Inverts screen. (Reversal Potion) Press again to revert back to normal. Press again to invert screen. Press again to revert to norma l. Press again... I think you get the idea. U.................. View one screen up; Press repeatedly to move further N.................. View one screen down; As above H.................. View one screen left; As above J.................. View one screen right; As above K.................. Kill opponent instantly; Try to kill the skeleton (Level 3) and the game crashes R.................. Reanimate Prince. Press when dead to live again instantly, n o matter how much damage you suffer or if you are killed in any way C.................. View programming code (-)................ Minus button; Decreases time If that dosen't work, type "PRINCE IMPROVED" for versions of the game higher than 1.3

+=+=+=+=+=+=+ MISCELLENEOUS +=+=+=+=+=+=+ - When a scene with the Princess comes out, did you notice that the stars in the balcony are twinking? - You can never have more than one guard in a screen. Never. Try it if you're sk eptical. - If you fall down two stories in Neutral mode, you lose one bullet of life. If you fall from a two stories in En Guarde mode, you die instantly. - If a guard falls down from two stories, the guard dies instantly. - If you drop a loose slab on a guard, the guard escapes unharmed. Beats me why. - During a swordfight with a guard, time slows down for gates, cutters and other moving objects. - I can't find the level in the Prince demo. Can you?

- If you manage to acquire every LEP in the game, your maximum amount of life th at you can possibly achieve will be 9 bullets. To make it 10, merge with the Shadow. - If you think my time is ridiculous, that's because I have had years of experie nce playing this game. You may not be able to make it that quick, but don't worry. Remember, practice makes perfect! - So, you're think you're pretty fast, eh? Well, check out the "Hiscores" sectio n of this page: http://www.phys.uu.nl/~dijkema/prince/prince.html Prepare to be demolished.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Q & A) +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Q: Where did you come up with all these terms? Fatso, Linger, LBP, LEP, etc? A: The manual didn't say a word regarding this, so I made everything up. Q: Why write a FAQ for such an old game? A: Trust me, I know this game inside out, and I haven't seen a walkthrough on th is game yet. Q: How old are you again? A: 17 on April 24th, 2003. Q: And how long have you been playing Prince Of Persia? A: Looks like you didn't read my FAQ properly... Since I was 4. Q: Is it true you got past this game without a guide or walkthrough of some kind ? A: Yes. Everything I know comes from the manual, and my experience. Besides, I h aven't seen any kind of walkthrough for this game, let alone read one! Q: Why did A: Credits n, who the running it take you so long to complete this game? go to Jordan Mechner, who made some unbelievably tough puzzles. I mea heck would think of off a ledge to your death after you stop blinking? (Level 12, Act 1)

Q: Will you reply to my mail? A: If you send any, yes. Q: Why do you call your mirror image "Shadow" when everyone else calls him "Mirr or Image"? A: I first played this game on a black-and-white laptop. Hey, the guy was gray i n color (everything else was, obviously), so me and my dad called him "Shadow". Q: One last one. How did you get such a quick time? I mean, you took like what, 26 minutes to complete the game, averaging 2 minutes PER LEVEL! That's less than half of the given time! And d id you use NO cheats whatsoever? A: Well, most of it comes from my experience. And try to think outside the box. Try forgetting about the LEPs, take more shortcuts, take more risks, run from fights, etc. And yes, there we

re NO cheats/trainers/editors/hacks. Also note that for "My Time", I didn't really go for it - that was just to ch eck my FAQ for errors.

+=+=+=+ E-MAILS +=+=+=+ Khoo Yee Loon says: "I have a trick to the Prince Of Persia. just want to share .... I call it "time-saving trick" you can completing level 1 without getting the sword!!!!! the trick is: level 1 On the start, walk to the loose slab and down to the floor. at now, u do not have the sword. go right to meet the guard, but do not fight with the guard. wait the guard come near you and run to the left. this will lure the guard follow you. continue run to the left and wait the guard pass the loose slab above. when the guard almost reach you, climb the ledge on the left. at the next screen, climb up the loose slab and continue up. go right to the gate where you come in from. go down the loose slab that already open, u will notice that the guard is behind your back. run right to enter the level door to complete level 1. notice that on the next level, you will automatic have the sword in your hand."

+=+=+=+ CREDITS +=+=+=+ - Dad! For helping me out, spending countless hours with me on this game, teachi ng me how to play the game, and teaching me how to use DOS. Thanks dad! - CJayC... Yo man, here's another FAQ from me, I hope it matches up to your stan dards. - Myself! Hey, I wrote this, didn't I? I've verified, tested and painstakingly l ooked at every detail to write a good FAQ & walkthrough. - My computer, for putting up with all the crap I've done, not hanging so much ( note the "so much") and certainly for not restarting for no reason. - Jordan Mechner! You made one heck of a game! You rule, man!

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= THE END! GOODBYE... FOR NOW, AT LEAST. +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

Unfortunately, we've come to the end of another great FAQ by Eizaz Azhar. Do re ad my FAQ on Virtual On, also available on http://www.gamefaqs.com. I'm gonna write another one, B-Wings for the NES. Wait for it! Till we meet again... Good luck, chap!

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