Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame

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

Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame

  • Preview in Mean Machines Sega #46.

  • Review in Mean Machines Sega #47.

  • Review in C&VG #178, September 1996.

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:CVG UK 178.pdf, page 79 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 178.pdf_p79" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 File:MeanMachinesSega47UK.pdf, page 80 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega47UK.pdf_p80" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ Sega Power, "October 1996" (UK; 1996-08-29), page 53
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