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PRINCE OF PERSIA (IBM Version)JORDAN MECHNER/BRODERBUND SOFTWARE, 1990

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- FAQ updated to Version 1.4 -# Added virtually every password letter that the game dishes out in security confirmation 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 some letters in the security confirmation level, very much incomplete

  Started at 12.30 AM, April 12th, 2003# Finished at 1.58 PM, April 12th, 2003

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

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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 improvement overmost of the games of that time, as virtually nobody had seen such smooth graphics before.Invented by Jordan Mechner, the game was the pioneer of 2D side-scrolling gamesback then.Its music was also very-well expressed; It had a lot of "emotions" that suited each particular scene.

 And just when people thought things couldn't get any better, Mechner came up with a new game;Prince Of Persia. Like Karateka, this game was also a side-scrolling 2D game, but with vast improvementsover the former. The game boasted even smoother graphics than those of Karateka, and was also one of the firstever games to capitalise on motion-capture techniques, which were still experimental at the time.This resulted in very realistic-looking movements, and the game was an instant hit.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, asevery character and scenehad 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.

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As with all FAQs, this section must be included to avoid any legal complications.

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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 bedistributed in any way without the author's content (me).For the time being, only http://www.gamefaqs.com and ign.com have myauthorization 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/downloadas copy of this document for your personal use, but you cannotsell it, or use it to gain profit.

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There. Sorry, but it had to be said.

BTW, does anyone actually read this crap?

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+=+=+=+=+=+THE STORY!+=+=+=+=+=+

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------  It is a time of darkness. While the Sultan is off fighting aforeign war, his Grand Vizier Jaffar has seized the reins ofpower. Throughout the land, people groan under the yokeof tyranny, and dream of better days.

 You are the only obstacle between Jaffar and the throne. An adventurer froma foreign land, innocent of palace intrigues, you have won the heart of theSultan's lovely young daughter. And in doing so, you have unwillinglymade 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 achoice, and an hour to decide: Marry him -- or die.

 Locked in her room high in the palace tower, the Princess rests all her hopeson you. For when the last sands drain from the hourglass, her choice canbring only a throne for the Grand Vizier... a new reign of terror for hislong-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 demo 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 namedJaffar, don't you think?

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Prince............. Our hero. Comes from somewhere unknown to me, not much to say on his background.  Imprisoned by Jaffar, you have to rescue the Princess in 60minutes 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. Jaffar 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, saving you all the trouble but no....

Jaffar............. How did this guy come to power? A powerful sorcerer, the Grand Vizier Jaffar uses his  black magic to strike fear into the heart of the people. Those who oppose him will end up  like Prince, or worse.

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Sultan............. Yeah. Bright idea. Go to war, let the Grand Vizier named Jaffar, of all the names to rule the  kingdom and this is what happens. The game never tells you anything whatsoever about the Sultan  because he doesn't play a major part here. You never get tosee him, in fact!

Guards............. The guards in the lower parts of the dungeon are mainly thedrabs of the Sultan's corps,  as the more elite guards are placed high in the palace towers, 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 through 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)

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These are covered in the manual, and are for the keyboard, but I'll just place them 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 ledges 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 with every crouch. In  the En Guarde stance, this will put your sword back in itsscabbard. Err...  Did he have a scabbard in the first place? Strange...

LEFT button......... Prince turns to the left. Prince will run forward for a short 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, pick up stuff, and fight.

Spacebar............ Shows you the amount of time you have left. You only have one hour, remember?

Control+G........... Saves game. You have to be at least at Level 3 to save. Any

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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 into 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 youare 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 keyboard 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 your gamepad/joystick.

Control+Q........... Quits to DOS. People love to ask me about "How to quit thegame."

Control+S........... Turns sound ON/OFF, along with the music.

Control+V........... Shows the version of the game. This command isn't includedin the manual.

Shift+L............. Skips a level, but leaves you with 15 minutes of time. There 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. Press anything else to resume.

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  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 different letter.At the bottom of the screen, it should say "Word X Line Y Page Z". What this means is to look for the firstletter of the Xth Word on the Yth Line on Page Z of the manual. When you find it, drink the potion with thecorresponding letter. I'm sorry, but if you don't have the manual, or lost it, then I can't help you.

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You'll have to find one lying around in the Net, as Gamefaqs.com prohibits posting game manuals.Once you get the correct letter, the door in the middle will open, and the security system won't bother you againuntil you quit the game. There is a patch out there that prevents this from happening, 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 documentjust e-mail me.I don't blame you, as this game is really, really old, and you may have misplaced it somewhere, or just lost it.

On second thought, forget everything I said above. I've written down a table ofletters and correspondingpotions down here. Read them vertically, from up to down. If you can't see the page/line/word,restart the game (CTRL+R) and try again, but that would be highly unlikely, as these are almost all of theword/line/page combinations the game can produce, so your letter should be heresomewhere.Do contact me if you find another letter combination, or if you have one that fits in the list...

Page 1 1 1 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 44 4 4 4 4Line 1 2 2 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 33 5 6 7 11Word 6 2 5 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 23 3 1 6 9Code D W V 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 RF C E F S

Page 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 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 11 12 13 13 13 13Line 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 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  5 7 3 4 4 6

Word 5 1 4 9 1 2 3 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  5 4 3 5 8 2Code K M F A T M D 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  A E M C S G

# ? = Unknown, but word/line/page combination is known to exist

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  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 simultaneously. To do an extendedjump, begin with a running start. Your character will jump at the last moment, so when you are about 1slab away from the ledge, while still holding the run button, press up. This will come in very handy to clearlong distances.

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 If you hold SHIFT while trying to run, nothing happens. SHIFT is used for walking, and eachstep equals to one tap of the LEFT or RIGHT. You can use this to clear unsure areas (broken slabs, spikes, pits)where Prince will take a step, then suddenly put his leg in, as if he's unsure whether to step on it or not(i.e. Try stepping of a ledge.) This only happens once, as a warning. Do it again and Prince goes"Okay, if you say so." and walks like normal. To climb, you have to be near a ledge that has another ledge ontop of it. You can also join SHIFT after a jump/running jump to hang on to a nearby ledge.

 When you are near a ledge, hold the UP button. Tapping it will make Prince touch 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 theledge to climb it, Prince isn't that stupid. All you have to do is to go close to it, and Prince will align himselfwhen you press UP. You can hang on to a ledge by holding SHIFT. The amount of time you hang on to the ledge isentirely 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 single bullet of your life bar. A 3-storeydrop 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 off the ledge.

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 What is En Guarde mode? In French, it means "On Guard", meaning to be on standby 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 opponent will strike. When he does,  block, and follow up with a strike of your own. Every blockwill push you back by a bit.

DOWN button........ Prince puts his sword back in his scabbard, and while doingso, reverts back to Neutral mode.  If a guard strikes you in Neutral mode, it's curtains. Use this 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.

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SHIFT button....... Prince strikes with his sword. Use this to attack a guard. Sometimes 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 orright. 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 killedsomeone.

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  Now, during gameplay, you can see on the bottom-left corner of the screen are3 bullets. These bulletsrepresent your life. For every injury you sustain, some life will be lost. You can extend your life to morethan 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 youA two-story fallA guard strikes you during En Guarde modeDrinking potions unapproved by the FDA

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SEVERE INJURIES INCLUDE: (DEATH)

3-STOREY OR HIGHER FALLGUARD STRIKES YOU WHEN YOU ARE NOT IN EN GUARDE MODEYOU FALL ON SPIKESGET SLICED IN HALF BY A CUTTER

and numerous others.

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  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 otherweapons 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 Healing 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 monitors, you're going to have

  to guess. There is a slight difference in bubbles, but I'm not 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 anyother 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 same, it's only the point of view  that changes. Also comes in a vase like a Life ExtensionPotion. 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 another 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 you can jump down from a ridiculous  height and survive. The song lasts as long as the effect, so if the song disappears,  the buffering does too, and you'll plummet to the ground like a rock.  First appearance: Level 7  Found in: Level 7

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  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?

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  Throughout the dungeon, there are a lot of trap doors, switches, and instant-kill machines. I'm listing all ofthem down here.

Gate-opening switch........... Used to open a gate barring an area. The gate will remain open for a certain period of  time before closing. Once the time finishes, thegate will start to close, bit by bit.  The gate will remain open as long as the switch is 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 expires. The gate shuts down instantly  with a THWACK! You may get trapped, but this device mainly wastes time, as the gate  you have opened suddenly closes, and you have topress the gate-opening switch again.  This device cannot work if it is held down. If the 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 put 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 above you. The only way to tell the  difference between a loose slab and a firm one is by hopping (UP button). Hop and all loose slabs  will shake, giving them away. You can run across loose slabs, but remain idle for too long and  you fall down with the slab.  First appearance: Level 1  Found in: Throughout the entire game

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  Classification: Cheap materials

Pits........... Ah, the classic fall of doom. Who hasn't seen one of these? These 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 ancientPersia. 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 placedalong the floor. To get across these,  take step by step, or if you think you can, run and jump over them. If you try to run straight,  Prince will trip and PSSIOK! - Ouch. You can do short runs across 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 open again at intervals.  If you have bad timing, step in one of these and... Well, let'sjust say all the king's horses  and all the king's men (not to mention surgeons) couldn't put Prince 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 switches and traps.

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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

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 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 this, I assume you have  some experience in that particular level, and I'll skip the basic steps.

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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 the floor falls, you will hang on.Let go of the ledge to drop unharmed. On your right is a guard. Without your sword you're history; There is nochance of winning. Climb the ledge on the left, and in the next screen, you'll find 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 aswitch beside it. Use that to open the gate to the left. You'll see a long platform filled with loose slabs, and a

switch at the end of it. Hit the switch, go down and in the next screen, activate the next switch. Note that thereis a trap switch. Don't step on it, or else you have to go back and reactivate the switch. Enter the left gate.There will be a pit, and a platform to the left with some loose slabs. Run and jump to the platform, towards the left.In the next screen, there will be a skeleton with a sword next to it. Press SHIFT 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

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platform, if you broke all the looseslabs, 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 on the trap of the next screen.It's irrelevant now, you won't be going there again. Jump to the right, and climb 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 upexactly on the ledge above the pit.

  All right! The next screen shouldn't be a problem. Jump over the spikes, and head towards the guard. Cheers to yourfirst swordfight. Hurray! After killing him, go to the right and you will see adoor and a switch at the left corner.Tap the switch, the door opens, and you win Level 1.

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 Get out of your cell via the loose slab. Go to the room with the guard, and hewill come after you. Lurethe guard to the left section, below your cell. When he comes, climb up the ledge on your left. Now, bringdown the loose slab, and climb up. Hit the switch, and go back to your cell. Climb down. The guard is nowbelow you. Run! Keep running until you get to the level switch. Hit switch, enter door, and end the level.

NOTE: Thanks to Khoo Yee Loon for reminding me to add the runthrough.

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1) After you escape from your cell, and climb the ledge on your left, the ledgebefore the switch has a loose slab.Bring it down, and climb up. You'll find a potion, and two gates. The gate on the right is where you came in from.

2) You may recall that before you reach the place with the trap switch you haveto run across a platform of looseslabs. Below those lies another loose slab which leads to a Healing Potion, some spikes, and the pit of the previousarea.

3) Remember last pit that separates you from the sword? On that platform there is a loose slab above you. You candrop that slab and climb up. Once you're up there, you can either go to the left or right. To the left is a potionsituated on a high ledge, and to the right is a guard, which will lead you backto the gate of your cell.

4) Near the skeleton where you got your sword, there happens to be a loose slabto your right. Go downand you'll see some spikes to the left. The right leads you to the bottom of two

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 pits.

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  Remember what I told you about the original manual? Well, you're going to putit to use now. Once you drinkthe correct letter, the door in the middle will open. After that, you will be shown a scene where thePrincess awaits Prince, staring blankly at the hourglass before her. If you notice, the hourglass roughly showshow 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 tothe left and terminate the guard.Don't bother going down; It's a dead end. Go left and you'll see some ground-level 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 tomeet 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 loose 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 bottom-right of the screen.Well, you can either push him onto the spikes for a good laugh, or you can justkill him and get on with the game.Move on to the left, where you'll find a Healing Potion, a trap switch, and thefirst evil potion of the game.The setup is obvious; You won't be able to turn back once you touch the trap. Iwonder who'll fall for that.Besides, who needs to turn back?

 Now, here comes a challenge. You are standing on higher ground, separated by apit, 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 beforeyou get attacked yourself, and to give some time for your crouching animation after a jump. I've measured it foryou: Jump exactly one step from the end of the ledge. Not run and jump, just plain jump.Your distance will give you enough time to react to his attacks. As always, push

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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 upthe whole way, and you'll getanother platform. The LEP is above you. The whole place is covered with ground-level spikes, so be careful.Got another life bullet? Good. Now go down again, and head left. You will encounter 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 and drop a loose slab.I'd recommend the loose slab path, but if you want a bit more action, go fight the 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 you'll get injured.Climb up the ledge and you'll see a level switch on the left corner. Climb up the remaining ledge so you can runand jump over to the level switch. Activate it, and carefully walk over to the end of the ledge, then jump.The level door will be on the right.

Enter it and that's the end of Level Two.

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 Skip the LEP, try to switch sides with all the guards you meet and run away from all fights. That shouldshorten your time considerably.

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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 one game, so back up your file.As usual, Prince comes out of the previous level door. There are two ways; Leftand right.The way to the left will lead you to the cutter, where it makes its first appearance. Here there are two ways,up or left. Going up leads to a spiky platform and a gate, whereas going left leads you to the level door with thelevel switch right above it. You'll probably encounter a loose slab, but don't worry about it.

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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, youwill 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 dead end.

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Just joking! It may look like suicide, but jump to your right. You will come to3 platforms, one long and two short.You should be able to see a gate switch at the extreme right. That's right... Remember the gate on the wayto the left? Where there was a gate and a spiky platform? Yeah. That switch activates the gate on the left, andPrince has to race against time to get to the gate before it closes. Note that if you fall you're going to start againfrom scratch. Here's how: To get to the switch, don't run and jump. Carefully step to the edge of the first platform andjump. Same for the second one. Once on the third platform, hit the switch. Before you head to the gate, collect the LEPlying 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 cutters in a row, and above them will bethe LEP. This is new. In fact, I only discovered it on the day I wrote this FAQ! After drinking the LEP, carefullyjump back to the first platform. The first platform consists of exactly 3 slabs, just enough to do arunning jump across it.

 Once you're across, keep running! Don't stop, or else the gate will close and you'll fall into the spikes. Whilerunning, 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 SHIFT button after the jump to holdon to the ledge. Climb up and you'll reach the second part of Level Three. Thismay take some practice, so don'tgive up!

 Within the gate, there will be a Healing Potion. Go to your left, and there should be a skeleton in the middle ofthe platform. Ignore it - For now. Hit the switch and go inside the gate, whereyou'll meet a cutter and a pathtrailing down. Get past the cutter, follow the trail down, and hit the level switch. The level door below youshould 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 youhit with, he steps back a bit. What you can do, though is push him down via theright end of the platform.Unfortunately, he isn't dead. Looks like it's time for Round 2. Scale down the right side of theplatform, and you should be able to see the skeleton waiting for you down there.

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 As you touch the ground,prepare to block an attack, as old bag-of-bones here has the advantage of striking first. Keep attackinghim until he steps on the loose slab (remember the loose slab?) and falls into the pit. The level shouldnow be there for the taking, and thus ends Level Three.

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 As usual, forget about the LEP. During the fight with the skeleton, switch sides with the him. Back up to theledge on the right, and fall down. Hold Shift to hang on to the ledge as you fall, and climb down.See ya, Billy Bones! (Isn't he the guy in the book "Treasure Island"?)

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Before you begin, you will be shown a scene of the princess lying down on some cushions, still staring at thehourglass, 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 least. Step on the switch to openthe gate on the left. Go to the next area. You will then come to another junction; Straight or down.Let's go straight first. Open the gate on the left. Once in, you will see a suspicious-looking path. It looks easy...Too easy. The last two steps are loose slabs, and there is a trap switch in themiddle. Open the gate, wait for thegate to fully open, then run and jump over the trap. You should be able to makeit easily. In the next area, there

is a gate, but no switch, and two loose slabs. The switch is directly beneath the slab on the extreme left. Dropit, and watch the gate open. Climb up the ledge, and you should find a Life Extension Potion, guarded by a cutter.After taking the potion, go back to the junction (straight or down). Go down this 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 andsome broken slabs. Go on ahead and you will see a guard and his cutter. Here's your first chance to see a guard

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getting sliced in half by a cutter... Cool. Anyway, once you're past them, go straight and climb up the ledge.

 On top of the ledge, you can fight the guard on the left. Remember the gate that can't be opened? That's it.If you have nothing better to do, and lots of time to waste, go ahead. Kill theguard 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 door, 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'redangerously low on life and need something immediately. Go forward into the next screen, and you can see thelevel switch. Climb up the ledge, and go through the cutter. Activate the levelswitch 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 that 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 happens.)Forget about the shadow for now, just complete the level. On to Level Five....

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 Need I mention to forget about the LEP? Just run away from all the fights and you 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.

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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-looking structure. Go to the right.Climb the ledge and take care of the guard there. Proceed to the right. Climb up

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 the ledge again. Now, you arriveat a junction. Left or right? To the right is an LEP. To get to it, you have tomanoeuvre through a complex arrayof traps. The LEP will be on the top-right corner, protected by a gate. The traps are made so that no matter how youget through them, the gate will open. When it does, along comes your shadow andgobbles it up.Wasted...

 Perhaps that wasn't such a bright idea... So go to the left. A huge pit separates you from the other platform,you'll have to run and jump. Prince should be able to make it across. Once on the other platform, climb down and goto the open gate on your left. There, a purple guard awaits. You can push him down the platform on the right, not theleft. 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 theswitch, the gate closes, trapping you inside. You then have no choice but to press 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, placedunderneath a ledge. You can take it if you want, and climb below it to find a cutter 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 separatedfrom you by a loose slab. There are two ways here; Kill the guard and move onward, of climb down the loose slab ifyou don't want to fight him. Note that if you climb down, you will still lose one bullet of life, thanks to the height.Jump down and die. If you take the "underground" route, you'll see some spikes behind you, a pit, and two cuttersplaced 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 thefirst cutter, then jump from there. Hold SHIFT! You won't make it across, and you have to hold on to something, or getkilled by spikes. Once you clear those, you find another cutter, precariously placed near the ledge. Don't jump;You'll only end up with a mouthful of spikes. Just walk carefully over it and you'll be fine. Of course, an alternativewould be to kill the green guard just now, and just walk across. No spikes, no cutters and certainly no measuring yourjump. Furthermore, if you followed the underground path - Guess what, you'll still have to kill the green guard toactivate the switch for the gate on the left.

 After activating the switch, jump across to the gate. The level switch should be right underneath your nose, and so isthe level door. Ahead there is a gate, which leads to heaven-knows-where, as I can't open it... So just enter the leveldoor and you've completed Level Five.

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

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 Before you start, you'll be shown a scene of the princess waiting for you, staring 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 anenormous pit, there is NO WAY you can get past this. Besides, there is absolutely nothing to the right to hang on to.You can try and see what's there, but the only things there are some mysteriously broken slabs, and the only thingyou'll be doing is pressing CTRL+A. Right: Bad idea. Go left, then. Hit the switch 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 pitseparating you from the gate. As above, running and jumping won't work here, asthe spikes await.So walk to the edge of the ledge, and jump. Don't forget to activate the switchfirst! This is too easy.Something's wrong...

 Oh-oh. That's it. Prince, meet Fatso. Fatso, meet Prince. Boy, this guard is tough! He will counter all your attacksand you're going to have to counter all his attacks too in order to win. When you 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 opened. The gate is below the looseslab that falls when you fight Fatso, so the gate doesn't open by itself.

 Up ahead, you see a balcony. Trust me, I've tried everything and I have concluded that the balcony serves no purpose.Ignore it. Just jump over the pit and go straight. Ta-na-na-naaaa... The same song that you hear when you get thrown

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in prison reappears here. You see your shadow in a platform, separated by a pit. In that platform are two gates and atrap. On your side of the platform, there is a switch on your left. This can't be 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 buttonto hang on to the ledge when you fall. Now you can climb up and beat the crap out of the shadow. But wait!As you hang on, the shadow steps on the trap, closing the gate and locking you out! Help! Oh, well.The only way left is down. To skip all these time-wasting steps, instead of jumping over to the shadow,just commit suicide and jump down.End of Level Six.

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 Must you fight Fatso...? Nah! Drop the slab to open the gate, switch places with Fatso, and run away!Don't bother about the Shadow, just jump down.

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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 suicidaljump, and if you don't hold SHIFT,you won't be able to hang on to anything and you really will commit suicide. Okay, once you hang on to the ledge,pull yourself up. You should now realise where you are... You've fallen in the dungeon. Again.Back to the drawing board, lad. You may be able to see a Landing Buffer Potion at the bottom-left corner of thescreen. 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 cutter. I love pushing guards intocutters, don't you? Anyway, after getting rid of them, go right. You should be able to see 2 gates and a trap inthe middle. Above it is a loose slab. Drop the loose slab to save you lots of trouble later. The trap will closeone gate, but it's for the better. Go right again. You come to a dead end. Hop and drop a loose slab above you.Climb up to the next floor. Get past the cutter, go to the right and kill the gu

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ard there. Head right again untilyou see a potion. Now, here you can induce a glitch. Go down. See that gate on the left?There's a way to get through it without opening it. Here's how: Go to the potion platform. Measure your running jumpcarefully so that you land exactly on the edge of the floor above the gate. If done correctly, you will save afew 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 to have to do it the long way.Here's how. Climb down from the potion platform, step on the switch and go to the 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 andjump over the trap and the spikes. You should be able to do this with not much difficulty.Done? Good. Go to the next screen on the right. You see a huge pit separating you 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 tothe ledge below you.Yeah, that's the way! Climb up now, and make your way left. You have only ONE chance to make this. Ready? Here goes!You will see a trap, a set of spikes, and two open gates. The trap will close the gate on the left, while the switchwill only open the gate on the right. Run and jump across both the spikes and trap 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 theleft 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, butlonger way. Now that the gate on the left is closed, there is no way to reopen it. Activate the switch you see, whichin 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 and hang on the ledge below.Go left and you will see two sets of spikes in pits. Just run and jump across the 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 him undetected, as when you get upto his platform you HAVE to step on a trap switch, closing the gate behind you.An easy way is to let him catcha glimpse of you, meaning go up the platform, draw your sword and drop down as soon as possible.The feeble-minded guard will follow suit by going down too. When he comes down,

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corner him near the closed gate andstrike him repeatedly. He won't be able to do anything, and you get a really easy fight.Once you terminate him, run across the platform to the other side, where you will meet 2 cutters.Go down, and get past the both of them. In the next screen, you'll find the twogates that I told you about before.Now, there was a reason I asked you to drop the slab, as the slab closed the trap. Activate the switch, and both gateswill open. The reason I told you to drop the slab is to avoid any risk of activating it, which will close both gates,and you have to climb back up and repeat everything above to open the gates again.

 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 landing. Actually, you can climb downat 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 your right, and the level door in themiddle. Activate the switch, and run through the gate as fast as you can. You have to activate the level switchbeside the gate, drink the LEP at the end of the path, and get out before the ga

te closes! There is an LEP near atthe end of the path, and you can drink it if you think you can make it. Try running and jumping, as it tends to beslightly faster than running alone. By the time you reach the gate again, it should 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 itin time. Go up the level door and thus, ends Level Seven: Back To The Drawing Board.

 Eizaz, help! I didn't make it in time! Does this mean CTRL+A? Not exactly. There is still a way to get back to thelevel 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 apit and a trap. This trap closes the escape gate behind you. Jump to the other side, and climb up the platform there.This platform consists of exactly 3 slabs, enough for you to run and jump. You will reach the other side.You should know where this is by now. Go to the ledge where you got your LBP, and climb down. You will lose one bulletof 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 the switch to open the escape gate,

near the LEP.I hope this really ends the level... Phew! That was long.

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 Try your best to make the glitch happen. It'll save you 30-40 seconds. As for the guard on the platform, you can

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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 muchfaster and you spare yourself the agony of listening to the annoying music thatappears when you drink the LBP.

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  Before you start Level Eight, another scene comes out. The Princess is playing with her pet mouse, and sends itsomewhere. Well, it looks like a mouse anyway. This mouse/rat will help you escape, 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 theledge 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 thebottom-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 can bust all your time by just waitingfor 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 issure 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 leftand jump across.In the next screen, you see a potion below you, and a switch to open the gate you came from. Go to the ledges on theleft and climb down. At the bottom, you should see a cutter. Get past it and inthe next screen, jump over theground-level spikes you find there. Go right and you will see the level door. No

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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 goright again. Take the potion in the next screen if you need it. After that, youshould see another green guardon a platform. Slowly walk underneath the platform, you don't want him to hear your footsteps if you run.After you walk across, you will come to a series of ledges. Jump to the right and climb them, and then jump backonto the left platform with the guard. Remember to hold SHIFT! Before you fightthe guard, do note that there is aledge 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 gate on the left, and you'll see twocutters and a switch above the first one. This switch only opens the gate whereyou came from, not the gate onthe left. Both gates are controlled by the switch on the platform with the guard, so other words, you have torush if you want to make it past all gates. After passing the gate with the cutter, you come to another gatewhich is closing. Quick! There is a loose slab at the end, so run and jump across it, and hopefully you'll

make it in time. In the next screen, you can see a trap just a step away from you, 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 dead end.

 When you jump over from the platform on the left, there will be a loose slab. Watch out! In the next screen,you see an orange guard and a cutter. Get rid of him and proceed to the left. Activate the switch, but be aware of thetrap that is just beside it. Jump over the trap, and jump towards the gate on the left.

 Inside this gate, you will find two cutters placed dangerously close to each other. Timing is crucial here;One slip-up and you're doomed. Once past those cutters, activate the level switch and carefully step back to thecutters. 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 scenewith 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.

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 This is tough. Trying to run past Linger will be slower than killing him, so do your best to kill him ordrive him into the spikes. As for the twin cutters blocking the level switch, yo

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

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 Here's another scene before you start the level. Princess waits for her pet mouse (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 the switch, and run and jumppast both the cutter and the trap that you see. You should be able to make it. Anyway, head left and climb the ledges.When you reach the top ledge, jump to the right. There is a purple guard standing above you with 5 life bullets.Go to the right again, and you should see the level door, in the middle of two pillars, and a gate on the top-leftcorner. The switch beside you activates that gate, and the switch beyond that gate 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 thelevel.

 When you reach the top, there is are two platforms on your right, a gate on your left, and if you look closely,a trap beside it. Go to the top part of the platform, but watch out for the loose slabs. Run to the right,kill the guard there and activate the switch across the spike pit. Run back to the 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 how you keep the gate open while youmake 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 the guard that you come across and don'tfall with the loose slab. Go left again. You should see a potion beneath you, some ground-level spikes and some ledges.

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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. Hold SHIFT, or you'll have to dothis again. Once the gate below is activated, release the SHIFT button, and go to 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, drop the loose slabs near theReversal Potion. Go left, and you'll find the LEP, with a path that leads downwards, to the second Reversal Potion,in case you drank the first one and you need to neutralise the effect. Once youtake the LEP, go back to where youcame from, and go down this time. You will then see a path leading down and oneleading right. The path on the rightleads to a potion, guarded by two cutters, and a dead end. The path downwards leads to 2 gates and a cutter protectinga switch. The switch opens the gate on the left, and the switch in the gate opens the gate on the right.If the gate on the left closes before you get out, press CTRL+A. You're officially 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 familiar.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 you haven't done it.

Woo-Hoo! End of Level Nine, and the dungeons.

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 Open the gate on the right, and keep running. Time your run and jump correctly, and you'll be able to make itpast the cutter, gate and entire room in run. Run away from all fights here. That should do the trick.

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Stuff To Pick Up: 2x Healing Potions

Enemies: 5x guards

Level Difficulty: 6

Enemy Difficulty: 8

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My Time: 40 minutes remaining

 Start of Level Ten. You start in the middle of a maze of gates. There are fourgates, each at every corner,a switch, and if you look closely, another switch on the extreme right of the middle platform.Which way? I'd recommend the path on the left. Step on the switch in the middle, which opens on the bottom-rightcorner 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 through. 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 right 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 beside you.Run past it, kill the guard, and go right again. Note that there is another loose slab, so be careful.

 Now, you should see a switch, a gate, and a guard standing on the platform above you, very close to the ledge.You will not stand a chance if he sees you coming; He'll push you down from theledge and you will die.So, activate the switch, and WALK carefully beneath him. Stealth is your greatest ally here.The guard should be facing to the left now. When he is, climb to the top of theplatform. Surprise!Push him down for a quick win. To the right is a potion, but you have to go a long 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 andactivate the switch. Go left again, activate the level switch, go down and finish the level.This is the reason I wanted you to kill the yellow guard just now - He'll be waiting for you below,and can kill you with a single strike.

Okay, ten down, two to go!

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 Go to the right. Run away from the guard. Quietly go to the guard on top, switch sides, and push him down.The yellow guard in the next section you have no choice but to fight. You can'thave him shoving a sword in

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your gut while trying to press the gate switch. Try to corner him in the closedgate and strike him continouslywithout mercy. As for the other yellow guard near the level door, strike him once, put your sword down and run intothe level door.

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 Remember I was talking about a potion, where you have to go a long way to get it? 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 cuttersand 2 traps placed together, and a switch at the bottom. You can jump across both the traps and the cutters byopening 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 firstcutter 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? Relax.The potion is above you, where there is a loose slab to drop near the pillars. If 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 loose slabs. They don't seem to serveany purpose whatsoever, and there are many more in Level Eleven.

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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 onthe left. Left = Bad idea, so climb the ledge on the right and move on. Note that on top of you are dozens ofloose slabs. Don't drop any of them, as they will come into play soon. By the way, the entire ceiling is made outof loose slabs! In the next screen, You will come to an innocent-looking floor with a potion at the bottom-rightcorner of it. Hey, come to your senses! This is Prince Of Persia, for heaven's s

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ake, not Super Mario!This is obviously a trap, as the entire "floor" below is made completely of loose 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 slabon the RIGHT of the pillars,and it will drop. Climb up the ledge supported by the pillars, and you will seea straight path.You should realise by now that this leads directly to the LEP on the left! Exactly. Just run across it, until youcome to the end of the loose slabs. Whatever you do, DO NOT REMAIN IDLE, as youwill fall. Just keep running,and when you reach the end, jump down, and grab the LEP. All right! Another bullet of life for you!Now, jump down from the ledge. Hold SHIFT! When you jump, Prince will slip and if you the SHIFT button is notheld down, you fall to your doom. This is the only time I've ever seen him slipbefore. Any others?

 Okay, once you've got the LEP, climb back up the ledge on the right, and run and 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 actslike 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 across the loose slabs to the left.The loose slabs will fall down on the traps, locking all of them. Now, you can activate the switch without fearof the traps closing the gate. Now, run! Run as fast as you can, as there is another 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 twoloose 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 order to get there, you have to runand 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 something. Oh, no. The next (and only)thing you hang on to happens to be a loose slab too! Hold SHIFT! You will then fall down with the slab,but you will hold on to a ledge if you hold SHIFT. You will also lose one life bullet 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 ablue guard. Kill him and make your way straight.

 You should see the level switch below you. Drop the loose slab, go down and activate the switch.Go back to the level door, enter it and you've made the cut!Good work, mate.

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 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 past the guard. Put down your swordif he's still on your tail and run up the level door.

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 This is the last scene before a level begins. The Princess looks at the hourglass, with its sands draining away.

Stuff To Pick Up: Nothing here, except for an inanimate skeleton. The same applies 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 way comes to a dead end.This looks like a tower of some sort, as there are no torches in the background, only strange windows thatremind me of somewhere... At the start of the level, climb the ledges on the right, 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 otherside, climb to the top.You will come to a platform with exactly 3 slabs. Yes, run and jump. Don't stoprunning even when you reach theother platform, because you'll have to jump another time to another platform onthe right, and when you do, you haveto keep running and jump to yet another platform. The loose slabs are placed like so to prevent you fromturning back; This is a one-way trip. Once in the platform, you come to what seems like a dead end, and a skeleton.

Climb up the ledge you see there, and drop the slab above. Climb up again, and you 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 in that?

 Once at the other side, climb up one storey and run across the loose slabs. Atthe end, jump!

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Now that you're here, climb to the top of the ledge. Along the way, you should see a gate. Ignore it and continueclimbing upwards. You will find a switch, and a sword similar to your own mysteriously placed there, shining.Hit the switch, climb down, and enter the gate. The switch opens the gate too, in case you take too long and itcloses on you. The pit to the left leads to nowhere. No, really. Once you fall,you won't even get to see thecrack-your-skull animation. There's only one way: To the right. You'll need a running start, which is why the gateis there. Now, run and jump to the other side. Again, hold SHIFT. Pull yourselfup, 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 thenext slab is solid. You might not want to fall down here, or all your hard workwill go to waste.Now, drop one of the loose slabs, and climb up. Run to the left side of the screen 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 separate you from him, and death.

 Okay, Shadow. It's you and me now. No tricks, no traps and certainly nowhere to run. Shadow fightslike any ordinary guard, with the exception of when he gets injured, so do you.If you injure him by onelife bullet, you lose one life bullet too. He only has 4 life bullets. So now, if he dies, you die too.If you push him down heaven-knows-how-many floors, you die too. On the other hand, if you die, he dies too.Eh? What's this? If you put your sword down, he does too. Hey! Now, when he is in Neutral mode, jump into him!Yeah, that's the stuff! You and the Shadow become one again! And you also get one 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. Afterthat, run across the hugeleads-to-nowhere pit to the left. I'm not kidding. Only when you stop flashing should you do this.When you run across it, slabs (solid, of course) will appear from nowhere with every step on air you make.If you try to run across while you are flashing, you will fall to your doom, never to be seen again until youpress CTRL+A.

Bizzare stuff, huh?

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 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

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

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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 with a pit. Jump over the pit,run and jump as fast as you can! The loose slabs that make up the ceiling are falling down!Keep this up until you come to the end, where you should see some ledges. Climbto the top and you see thelevel 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 are 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. He will counter all your attacks,and you're going to have to counter all his attacks too in order to win. When you strike, mash the UP and SHIFTbuttons repeatedly to engage him in a long swordfight, that should be able to win. When you do, the whole screenflashes white, and a remixed version of the guard-killing song comes out.The level door automatically opens, and you can enter.

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 You'll never guess how easy this one is... Get past the loose slabs, hold yourground and wait tillJaffar comes close, switch sides with him and push him down the ledge on the left. Evil, eh!Mwahahaha!

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Level Difficulty: 0

Enemy Difficulty: What enemies?

My Time: 34 minutes 36 seconds remaining. The grand total of my time taken to co

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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, activate any switch you see,and run through the gates. You will eventually come to a scene in which Prince holds Princess in along-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.

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Time stops here, so there's no need to be so quick. Take your time, and as far as I'm concerned, you can walk thewhole 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 deserves 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 program 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 reduceyour time. Can even skip security  confirmation level

Shift+(+).......... This means the SHIFT button and the PLUS button. Adds a minute to your time with every press

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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 normal. 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, no 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

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- 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 skeptical.

- If you fall down two stories in Neutral mode, you lose one bullet of life. Ifyou 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?

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- If you manage to acquire every LEP in the game, your maximum amount of life that 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 experience 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" section of this page:  http://www.phys.uu.nl/~dijkema/prince/prince.html  Prepare to be demolished.

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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 this 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 haven't seen any kind of

  walkthrough for this game, let alone read one!

Q: Why did it take you so long to complete this game?A: Credits go to Jordan Mechner, who made some unbelievably tough puzzles. I mean, who the heck would think of  running 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 "Mirror 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 did 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

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

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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 1On 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."

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- Dad! For helping me out, spending countless hours with me on this game, teaching 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 standards.

- Myself! Hey, I wrote this, didn't I? I've verified, tested and painstakingly looked 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!

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 Unfortunately, we've come to the end of another great FAQ by Eizaz Azhar. Do read my FAQ on Virtual On,also available on http://www.gamefaqs.com. I'm gonna write another one, B-Wingsfor the NES. Wait for it!

Till we meet again... Good luck, chap!

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