Jordan Mechner's adventure game on NES. Fluid acrobatics, deadly traps, prince vs. Jaffar. Revolutionary rotoscoped animations. The NES conversion is honest. A timeless classic.
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Action Adventure1 player12+
Description
Action platformer featuring the Prince of Persia performing acrobatics and battling guards to save the Princess. Published by Virgin Games, released in Europe in 1992. Prince in side-scrolling view with acrobatic moves and a sword, deadly traps to avoid and a race against time. NES port of Jordan Mechner's Prince of Persia game.
The French edition of Prince of Persia on NES, distributed by Virgin Games in 1992, targeted the domestic market with territory-specific packaging and documentation. These national PAL runs, more fragmented than the pan-European release, split quantities by country, making the complete French copy scarcer. Interest rests on that local-distribution specificity combined with a late launch onto an NES base already winding down in France.
Is Prince of Persia still worth playing in 2026?
A port of Jordan Mechner's masterpiece, this Prince of Persia moves a hero with rotoscoped animation of unheard of realism, through a trap laden palace he must cross in an hour to save the princess. The precision of jumps, the reading of deadly traps and the sword duels demand rigour and anticipation, in a tense, elegant experience. The NES conversion restores the fluidity and atmosphere remarkably. For a demanding platforming fan, someone curious about a founding classic or a collector, the title keeps an intact elegance and challenge.
