Difference between revisions of "Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame"

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'''''Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame''''' is the sequel to the 1989 hit ''[[Prince of Persia]]''. Released for DOS computers in 1993, ports were made to the Apple Macintosh in 1994 and the Super Nintendo in 1995. It was followed by ''[[Prince of Persia 3D]]'', which saw a release on the [[Sega Dreamcast]] and Windows PCs in 1999. ''Prince of Persia 2'' is more action packed than its predecessor, focusing less on dungeon mazes and more on fighting and puzzle solving.
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'''''Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame''''' is the sequel to the 1989 game ''[[Prince of Persia]]''. It was released for DOS in 1993, with ports to Apple Macintosh in 1994 and the Super Nintendo in 1995. The sequel is more action-based than the original, with less emphasis on dungeon mazes and puzzle solving.
  
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A port to the [[Sega Mega Drive]], due to be released in 1996 was planned, but cancelled. Development of this port was handled by [[Microïds]], and the game was to be published by [[Psygnosis]]. [[sonic:Drx|Drx]] released a prototype of the Mega Drive game on August 11, 2006, which dates back to February 20, 1995. Though more graphically accurate to the DOS original than the SNES port, it is let down by squeaky music and other flaws due to its incomplete status. There is also less time to complete the game (75 minutes) and the health colors have been reversed for some reason.
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A port to the [[Sega Mega Drive]] was planned for a 1996 release, but ultimately cancelled. Development of this port was handled by [[Microïds]], and the game was to be published by [[Psygnosis]]. A prototype was dumped and released on 11 August 2006 by drx of Hidden-Palace.org, which dates back to 20 February 1995. {{ref|http://www.hidden-palace.org/?releases/29}} Though more graphically accurate to the DOS original than the SNES port, it has poorer sound quality and various bugs. There is also less time to complete the game (75 minutes) and the HUD uses different colours.
  
 
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Mega Drive port of Prince of Persia 2, sequel of one of the greatest games ever. In a quick comparison, this port is worse than the SNES one (sadly). This game was canned for unknown reasons. From hidden-palace.org
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Revision as of 17:55, 3 August 2015

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Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Psygnosis
Developer: Brøderbund Software, Microïds
Planned release date(s): 1996-08
Status of prototype(s): Prototype dumped

Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame is the sequel to the 1989 game Prince of Persia. It was released for DOS in 1993, with ports to Apple Macintosh in 1994 and the Super Nintendo in 1995. The sequel is more action-based than the original, with less emphasis on dungeon mazes and puzzle solving.

A port to the Sega Mega Drive was planned for a 1996 release, but ultimately cancelled. Development of this port was handled by Microïds, and the game was to be published by Psygnosis. A prototype was dumped and released on 11 August 2006 by drx of Hidden-Palace.org, which dates back to 20 February 1995. [1] Though more graphically accurate to the DOS original than the SNES port, it has poorer sound quality and various bugs. There is also less time to complete the game (75 minutes) and the HUD uses different colours.

Magazine articles

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
40 №178, p79
75 №47, p80/81[2]
27 №84, p53
Sega Mega Drive
 47
Based on
3 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Computer & Video Games (UK)
25
[3]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
75
[2]
Sega Power (UK)
27
[4]
Sega Mega Drive
 42
Based on
3 reviews

Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1 ba63dc1e521bee68b4121b626061ebb203ac63c6
2MB 1995-02-20 Download.svg ("Prince of Persia 2 Sega Megadrive.rar" does not exist) (info) Page
  1. ↑ http://www.hidden-palace.org/?releases/29
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:MeanMachinesSega47UK.pdf, page 80 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega47UK.pdf_p80" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "September 1996" (UK; 1996-08-11), page 79
  4. ↑ Sega Power, "October 1996" (UK; 1996-08-29), page 53
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