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A platform-jumping prince – History of Prince of Persia's 1990s Ports

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189 points michelangelo | 3 comments | 26 Sep 25 04:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.715s | source
1. spankibalt ◴[26 Sep 25 07:28 UTC] No.45383794[source]▶
My favorites will always be the PC and GameBoy releases but the SNES version is certainly worth a look.
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2. animal531 ◴[26 Sep 25 09:37 UTC] No.45384571[source]▶
I quickly tried it (having only ever played the PC version when I was a kid).

They really upped the level and detailing on the art and the audio/music is quite good as well.

Design-wise they added a button to perform a forward jump which is really welcome.

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3. spankibalt ◴[26 Sep 25 14:09 UTC] No.45386705[source]▶
Here's [1] a deeper look into the Amiga port, and MobyGames provides a very handy overview [2] that shows how the ports differ visually for anyone interested.

1. [https://shot97retro.blogspot.com/2019/06/prince-of-persia-in...]

2. [https://www.mobygames.com/game/196/prince-of-persia/screensh...]