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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^[1], 1996-11^[2]
State before cancellation: Late in development
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 the IBM PC in 1993, with ports to Apple Macintosh in 1994, Japanese home computers and the Super NES 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.

Prototype

A mostly finished prototype, with a 1995-02-20 build date, has been dumped and released^[3]. This version of Prince of Persia 2 is relatively faithful to the original IBM PC, although is not entirely optimised for the system and cannot be completed through normal means.

Audio only plays through the left speaker, and does not take full advantage of the hardware. There are a number of layout changes and graphical differences (as well as a different-coloured HUD) alongside simplified cutscenes and an ever-present "minutes remaining" counter, despite the game only requiring it mid-way through the adventure.

Despite its unfinished state, the prototype is said to compare favourably to the the Super NES port, which makes significantly more changes and is generally less responsive than all other versions. Curiously the opposite is true of the first Prince of Persia game, where it is the Mega Drive version that is less controllable.

Magazine articles

Main article: Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame/Magazine articles.

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Computer & Video Games (UK)

25

^[4]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

75

^[1]

Sega Power (UK)

27

^[5]

	42
Based on 3 reviews

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1	ba63dc1e521bee68b4121b626061ebb203ac63c6

2MB

1995-02-20

("Prince of Persia 2 Sega Megadrive.rar" does not exist) (info)

Page

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 File:MeanMachinesSega47UK.pdf, page 80 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega47UK.pdf_p80" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:UltraGamePlayers US 090.pdf, page 79
↑ Hidden Palace: Prince of Persia 2 prototype
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 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
↑ Sega Power, "October 1996" (UK; 1996-08-29), page 53

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[:File:UltraGamePlayers_US_090.pdf_p79-2] File:UltraGamePlayers US 090.pdf, page 79

[http:.2F.2Fhiddenpalace.org.2FPrince_of_Persia_2_prototype-3] Hidden Palace: Prince of Persia 2 prototype

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[:File:SegaPower_UK_84.pdf_p53-5] Sega Power, "October 1996" (UK; 1996-08-29), page 53

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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.
+'''''Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame''''' is the sequel to the 1989 game ''[[Prince of Persia]]''. It was released for the [[IBM PC]] in 1993, with ports to Apple Macintosh in 1994, Japanese home computers and the [[Super NES]] 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.{{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.
+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]].
+==Prototype==
+A mostly finished prototype, with a 1995-02-20 build date, has been dumped and released{{ref|http://hiddenpalace.org/Prince_of_Persia_2_prototype}}. This version of ''Prince of Persia 2'' is relatively faithful to the original IBM PC, although is not entirely optimised for the system and cannot be completed through normal means.
+Audio only plays through the left speaker, and does not take full advantage of the hardware. There are a number of layout changes and graphical differences (as well as a different-coloured HUD) alongside simplified cutscenes and an ever-present "minutes remaining" counter, despite the game only requiring it mid-way through the adventure.
+Despite its unfinished state, the prototype is said to compare favourably to the the Super NES port, which makes significantly more changes and is generally less responsive than all other versions. Curiously the opposite is true of the first ''Prince of Persia'' game, where it is the Mega Drive version that is less controllable.
 ==Magazine articles==