Mini Prince: The Smallest Big Box PC Game

Taking a look at the limited edition boxed release of Mini Prince by Anne Bras! It's a text mode Prince of Persia clone for MS-DOS that comes in a tiny package, and it's delightful.
Download the game for free here:
annebras.nl/mi...

[@Dukefazon]

I just checked the website and it says the floppy thing is a sticker for SD card and the sleeve is for the SD card to put in: "Game + SD card NOT included!!! The game can be downloaded for FREE and can then be copied onto your own personal SD card! You can use the SD card sticker and sleeve to make your Limited Edition Mini-Box complete. :)"

[@MrClawt]

Time for a follow up episode!

[@bluechicken4866]

I was wondering how this thing would have worked. Thanks buddy! 😏👍

[@aaronbrandenburg2441]

@@bluechicken4866 me3 as in the third thumbs up on this comment!

[@Eagle0600]

I was going to say, they could actually have shipped an SD card in there in place of the floppy disk.

[@NuntiusLegis]

With this info the whole thing makes some sense - not reflecting too much on the fact that an SD card is quite an overkill medium to store a tiny DOS game. ;-)

[@galshemesh]

Hi everyone, the creator hobbyist of the mini-box here. :) Many thanks for your feedback! I began designing mini-box for known game titles at the 3rd quarter of 2017, and my design keeps evolving as time goes by. I learned a lot in my years of research in terms of box designs and the varies material qualities and techniques to making boxes, such as this cute mini-box that you see in the video, and I make it mostly by hand. I usually include with my mini-boxes additional items, such as a cute mini-diskette in an envelope or an empty SD card in an envelope that you can store the game files on, flyers, "code-like" wheels, and even a printed READABLE mini-manual of a few pages. The inner content varies depending on the title that is made. Though each additional item requires extra material, extra work to make (both in software and physically), and hence the final price becomes higher. I use genuine original ink that costs more to print my stuff, so there's no "fading-out" issues that occur with cheap compatible ink. And I also use good quality type of paper/cardboard. I really do my best to make durable items that will be made-to-last and I dedicate a lot of love in making them. I even shrink-wrap the final mini-box to give the buyer the ultimate unboxing experience and from the video I now agree even more that it's a nice touch. I'm running a facebook group for my mini-boxes if you'd like to join and take a look. Search for "Miniature PC & Video Game Box Handicraft Creations". When Anne Bras, the creator of the Mini-Prince game, saw the potential of my mini-box design he asked me if I can make him a small batch of special edition boxes for his game, but the price with the many goodies was too high for him, and I really wanted to give him a hand so his free game will have a mini-box for whomever wish to add it to their collection. :) Therefore, we worked together trying to agree on a discounted price for the actual mini-box with only a few items inside (include worldwide shipping), that would be both reasonable for the buyers and still be worthwhile for me to make. And as you probably guessed - such cute little items take time to make and also involve shipping logistics; meaning more material costs and more time going to the post office to ship the items as I don't have stock - I make the mini-boxes to order. I really hope that I threw some light on some comments/questions/claims below. If anyone has an additional question you're more than welcome to reach me through my facebook group. And yes, as many were confused with the size of the mini-diskette - this is an SD card STICKER for whomever wish to add an SD card to the mini-box on their own. :) I have another design for a mini-diskette which you can see in my facebook group. Unfortunately, Including even the smallest capacity SD card was not worthwhile at the agreed price and hence we decided to go only with a sticker and an envelope. Cheers, Gal Shemesh

[@AMarin221]

nice work 🙂⭐

[@hangman3d]

For everyone that is interested... Here are the secrets of the game! 😉 1. The Boss Key: Just press F9 during gameplay 😉 2. Cheats: Type "PRINCEMINIHIT" in the first room to activate the cheats SHIFT + T = Extra bar of energy K = Kill on-screen enemy + = Increase time (steps) - = Decrease time (steps) Enemy corpses will be BLOODY!!! 😉 3. Unlockable #1 Finish the game with a score of 150 or higher. 4. Unlockable #2 There is a secret entrance to a secret room with a portal that is only open if you reach it before you timer passes "120" (press SPACE to check). After that the entrance closes. This entrance is located 1 room below the sword and then 2 rooms to the right. You can reset the Highscore (and the unlockables) simply by deleting the SCORE.LOG file. Good luck! ;)

[@LGRBlerbs]

Thanks for the info, Anne! This is such a fun little project. I've gone ahead and stuck the floppy disk sticker onto an SD card too, it looks fantastic in its sleeve now :)

[@005AGIMA]

One of those moments when you see something you don't need in your life, only to discover you need it in your life

[@NaokisRC]

Funny seeing you here

[@taiga1295]

That's funny. That's exactly how I discovered I need miniprince today.

[@MustacheDuctTape]

If I remember correctly from when I first saw that this was a thing, the "mini floppy" is supposed to be a sticker for you to place over an SD card, which should fit a bit nicer in the paper sleeve. And in theory of course you'd flash the game onto said SD, or any other princely treasures.

[@imrustyokay]

That is actually a great idea, aaaaa

[@proCaylak]

3:47 that rotoscoping reference kinda made my day, thank you very much!

[@sesboks]

Mandatory "what is this? Prince of Persia for ants?" comment

[@srh76able]

I love the instructions for the cheats. "type prince minihit". The original cheat on the full game was "prince megahit" (in case someone out there didn't know).

[@thedopplereffect00]

I don't understand... the game wasn't in the mini box? I was expecting a micro SD card or really small magnetic floppy disk. Not sure where you would get a mini disk drive though :D

[@luciandragos8556]

I thought so too.. But now I want to see a tiny full IBM PC\XT scaled so that a MircoSD fits in the the floppy drive xD even the cheapest SOC would be powerful enough to pull it off lol

[@RetroBerner]

You can download the game for free, this is just really just the mini packaging etc.. I was confused too

[@mooniejohnson]

That's what the Lego AT is for. 😉

[@B0Boman]

@@luciandragos8556 And it could use the mini-CRT off of an old video camera!

[@MJFallout]

thought so too, but of course there were no data formats small enough on an old DOS PC. With a CD ROM drive maybe, you could create a disk that's 90% the whole in the middle, 10% everything else, might fit in the box, but might be a real chore to get into your ROM drive correctly.

[@TeaAndFloppyDisks]

That is just the coolest little matchbox size big box! And little game, omg, you need a magnifying glass to play it! The rotoscope, poster and story cracked me up :D Thanks for covering this, i had no idea it existed (and i call myself a Prince of Persia fan, shame on me).

[@frankowalker4662]

The box and artwork are sooo cute. POP in text GFX ? Genius.

[@Aeduo]

4:45 "Let's get this game out on a tray." "Nice."

[@Ltulrich]

Lol. Everyone loves Steve.

[@wodmarach]

@@Ltulrich What is it about that guy that is so addictive? One of his vids pop up in your recommendations and next thing you know it's 10 hours later and you're wondering what a 1995 Jamaican MRE would have in it...

[@tsuikagura]

ah should have looked for this before commenting xD

[@mattmurphy1065]

His videos are great too lol, pretty obscure any one would get this.

[@CarfDarko]

Anne just shared this with me, great to know PC-King's project is part of your collection. Keep up the creativity

[@kemi242]

It would have been nice to include the game on a Micro SD card, that would make it an actual game box.

[@Okurka.]

They're Dutch, gotta save every penny.

[@Jdbye]

This seems like a perfect game for speedrunners, just seeing how fast they can complete every move and how much they can optimize it down to the fewest possible moves.

[@wohlhabendermanager]

Well, in the original you don't even need to get the sword in the first level. Just lure the sword guy out, then go over him and run to the exit. You'll automatically have the sword in the second level. Would be cool if this would work in Mini Prince as well.

[@NeatNit]

1:17 "But I like little things!" This contradicts everything I thought I knew about LGR. You like BIG things!! Or maybe you just like things.

[@madeinjapan2568]

Maybe he likes big and little things, but not a normal size things :D

[@menhirmike]

He likes things that are big or little, as long as they have wood grain.

[@KingLich451]

and I like LGR things... and blerbs!

[@querydelacroix2919]

The fact that you're so amused, is amusing.

[@bypass020]

This product was basically made for the Blerb, perfect 👌

[@mattcorbyny1]

this thing is just amazing. the attention to detail is just legendary. also it's obvious that LGR has the entire 1st level memorized. but then again, who doesn't?

[@mushroomsamba82]

I appreciate the lengths he went to for the gag

[@DaMoniable]

This is genuinely interesting :3! I just played through the old prince of persia just a few months back, so i immediately knew what it was once the game started xD Ill have to check this out!

[@greenhowie]

I was shocked to remember the level layout. Some things don't go away. This is really cool though, seriously impressive.

[@notmuch_23]

Look out for Micro Prince! A Prince so small he fits in a _boot sector!_

[@philtkaswahl2124]

I am slightly disappointed that this was not a game version of The Little Prince novel for maximum punnery.

[@LasseHuhtala]

Once in a while, something cool comes along.

[@reggiep75]

5:42 - Ahh the days when adjusting the brightness/contrast was 2 dials on the front of the monitor and it took 2 seconds, instead of an OSD and 4-6 steps thru menus and having to step thru it a few times cos it didn't work the first 2-3 times. Monitors need dials or a small LOGICAL separate controller!!

[@dresdonmccool709]

Recieved mine 3 days ago,its the most amazing thing i have ever purchased

[@mooniejohnson]

Two things... first, I *love* these Blerbs, and second this is the _most adorable thing ever_ .

[@crazyrobotlady3391]

Wow! It sounds so deceptively simple, but you have to accomplish a lot within those 300 and… Somethings steps. That is really cool!

[@8_Bit]

So I guess the weird-dimensioned disk was actually a sticker that would fit nicely on an SD card?

[@jacobsekela8691]

This is the earliest I’ve ever been for an LGR vid 😄

[@sarreqteryx]

3:11 it's a sticker and sleeve for an SD card

[@Kuhneghetz]

It's the little things that count. Literally.

[@BinaryBard64]

The back of that box is hilarious.

[@KombatGod]

It's great how accurately she reproduced the PoP level layout. I wonder if people who never played the original can even understand what's going on though.

[@cairsahrstjoseph996]

The mini-story was amazing!

[@manuell3505]

An expensive finish would be a tiny UART controller that uploads the data in DOS file format via 2 jumper wires on your serial port. I remember it's possible to substitute the hardware console with serial line input, with a specific command. Basically, the chip must literally type the data as if it was a real user.

[@Okurka.]

0:05 That's a plastic case for LTO backup tapes.

[@toyfreaks]

They actually managed to make it Prince of Persia in terms of level layout and the beginning animation! That's amazing! It would be neat if they made the "diskette" an SD card

[@Okurka.]

It's a sticker for a micro-SD card that would fit in the sleeve.

[@toyfreaks]

@@Okurka. Perfect!

[@andrewdunbar828]

I now have an irresistible urge to find out what the biggest small box PC game is.

[@Quickened1]

Reminds me of a game that should be played on a wristwatch sized platform...

[@suprastevio2264]

Imagine a miniature ms-dos pc... 😍😍😍

[@T4silly]

This reminds me of those Mini-Kits you could get from Barnes & Noble. Me and my ma always picked one out from the rack whenever we would stop in for gift buying.

[@AdamWhitmore]

That plastic box is for data backup tapes they are great boxes for cables and odds and ends :)

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Love these LGR Blerbs... 😀

[@Not-Great-at-Gaming]

Didn't realize at first that this was a remake of THE Prince game. A micro SD or something would've been cool in the packaging.

[@hinzkunzinger7891]

I wonder how much it must have cost them to design all of that, wind up the production - to then just produce 25 of them :O

[@tibbs3165]

You find the coolest stuff!

[@bigmclargehuge8219]

"I totally went inside of a wall" every speedrunner in a 100 mile radius just felt their ears burning

[@BANJOKUZOOIE]

When I think i have nothing to watch you just hit me with this out of nowhere and I want it!!!!

[@hangman3d]

If you're quick enough...! I believe there are still 2 left!

[@mx0r]

You may be easily impressed but this is not the case imo. This mini prince is incredibly clever and amazing piece of work. Would be interesting to know what JM thinks about it. Got to check the twitter.

[@sensibleGamer]

I'd LOVE to see a port of this for the Arduboy

[@madeinjapan2568]

They should sell matches in that creative boxes

[@Okurka.]

Contents: • Mini Box • Manual • 2 sided Poster • SD card sleeve • SD card sticker

[@LaserFur]

I remember one game where the "boss" key had it make loud sounds about how you are playing a game.

[@generichuman4881]

Now you just need a big box PC game in a box big enough to ship a pool table in with floppy disks the size of a welcome mat. :D

[@armisg5664]

Missed opportunity there. The floppy should've been an SD card with an appropriate sticker, and everything else should have been scaled off of that. So whatever percentage the SD card is of a 5,25" should've been applied to the standard size of big box game etc.

[@troytakesphotos]

It’s limited edition and the size of a matchbox? I guess that means you got... Matchbox Twenty.

[@chadbertrand1460]

The door is thataway. Please see yourself out.

[@troytakesphotos]

Sorry, I was a little Unwell.

[@erebostd]

Very nice. A playtrough would be cool!

[@nomatter_me]

OMG I'm in love! I completely saw the original levels while you played, which is mind blowing! Maybe the fact that is one of my first pc game (with Captain Comic can't remember which one was THE first dos game) and the hundreds of hours I played to try to beat this game as a child may be related to that phenomenon :D

[@patrickkilduff5272]

This is how I thought PC games would go back when DVDs were on the way out...I thought for sure, games would come on a SD cards in little boxes...

[@zerothebear]

When I saw how small the actual gameplay was, I couldn't help but wonder if this was an incredibly elaborate screamer

[@gudenau]

I originally played this game on a flip phone. I think I might still have it.

[@nickwallette6201]

So THAT’s what’s on the Unscrupulous Nonsense disk.

[@Chaos89P]

I guess you just download it onto a full-sized floppy disk or something?

[@beartackle]

I would love for Switch games to come in these boxes. It's so cute and the games don't come with manuals anyway. Maybe for the stores, the Switch will sell in their regular boxes so it's easier to find, but for these small boxes, you can order them online. Just an idea!

[@djbassaus]

Missed opportunity, the floppy disk should have been a microsd card with the game installer.

[@aaron71]

Adblocker off for LGR! Love the content!

[@birdfish86]

OMG I love Prince of Persia!!

[@lo1bo2]

Is "stripped" on the back of the box purposely misspelled?

[@mr.k7457]

Creator is a guy from the Netherlands so probably not a native speaker.

[@Christopher-N]

@@mr.k7457: Home of the Philips brand, Vendex, and their Headstart brand of computers (owned the LX-CD model, wish I still had it). Thank you for the memories, Netherlands.

[@hangman3d]

Not misspelled on purpose. This was very early in the making process. I did change it on the website: www.miniprince.nl

[@IRMacGuyver]

@4:58 Fingerprints? I don't think so!

[@AMarin221]

i absolutely love this. good things come in small packages huh?

[@beauslim]

I love how you had to blow a tiny spec of dust off of your monitor so you could see the game.

[@hangman3d]

XD

[@Mangles91Tv]

I downloaded the game and im hooked gonna stream it on twitch and make the big bucks

[@themetal666ful]

I completely understand, but I really wanted to see you put that disk into a full size floppy drive and the game to boot up.

[@Christopher-N]

To a Twiddlebug, that big box PC game really would be a big box.

[@derpydoggo]

I wonder if Jordan Mechner got one of these haha!

[@IRWPD]

That is cool. mini big box, what will they think of next.

[@ansanro8006]

4:27 Strg + Esc acts like Windows button on every keyboard.

[@Okurka.]

@@LordSenile STEUERUNG aka Control/Ctrl

[@joshuaboylan9456]

Now we just need a mini raspberry pi with dos that looks like an ibm playing mini prince

[@ababab28]

So cool, great job all.

[@Sinn0100]

I thought the instructions said you could zoom in on the screen. I don't think I could play this as it's too small like this. Addendum- I see it, press the Win key. Clint said he didn't have a Windows key so there you go.

[@twocvbloke]

It's the next big thing in gaming!!! :P

[@jafizzle95]

And it came in an LTO backup tape case.

[@hugeshows]

Ever played Ladder on a Kaypro? My favorite of all (not quite) ASCII games

[@LGRBlerbs]

Yep! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWqmaWuHZ5d-atk

[@diebesgrab]

>watching on my phone as usual >the game pops up >oshi-

[@FireStriker_]

i was expecting usb in that box, a little disapponing.

[@LeeSmith-cf1vo]

That's so silly, but I love it

[@tsuikagura]

Ah the beginning felt like an LGR - Steve1989 crossover :D (again) - and then, a challenge to play Prince of Persia from memory :O

[@theharbingerofconflation]

Can we make this size a regular thing and put microsd releases in there? All of us have either microsd readers or older computers with flash conversions anyways

[@stetson999]

I’ve got a tiny little blurb for you, too LGR ;) ;) (Not really)

[@only257]

Nice review 📼

[@techcrafter_jw]

I just like this kinda stuff... 👍🏻

[@Vladimir_Kv]

LGR, you should use this tiny thing _"DSLRKIT USB Flash Drive"_ (search it on Amazon) as a storage device.

[@robertfigueredo5481]

I am disappointed you didn't use a tiny knife to open the shrink wrap

[@WildDiamond07]

Will LGR continue his Woodgrain 486 legacy?

[@Martipar]

The disk looks more like a miniaturised Amstrad 3" disk.

[@ChrisGower]

Game should have been Micro Machines. Matchbox car racing in a match box.

[@4Wilko]

A mini print for Mini Prince.

[@thechrononaut1]

What was the game actually stored on?

[@teh_supar_hackr]

I think even if you were to get the physical copy you would have to download the game from the site? Not sure as I had no chance to get one of those physicals.

[@two8three8]

They should've included a microSD card with the game on it

[@beware_the_moose]

He spells it right on his website so I guess it was corrected after the print run :)

[@WarhammerGeek]

@@two8three8 The creator replied to another comment saying the lack of SD was to keep costs down. Apparently, it ended up costing more to make these then they intended. Though the sleeve is sized for an SD and the "floppy disk" is a sticker.

[@soviet_idiot]

A small big box game for your small lego IBM PC.