PC Longplay [701] Prince of Persia

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Played by: SCHLAUCHI
The original PC version of Prince of Persia! -
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[@DanielSong39]

You definitely needed a sound card for this game

[@SuperFerz]

Yes, I remember my old PC with a "normal" sound system was just screeching and did not deliver deep tones as here. A note: the music composer is Francis Mercher, father of Jordan - the software owner.

[@deverhalenbakker]

You bet! 😄

[@hamzajeljeli6815]

A sound blaster (or compatible ..)

[@JamesMK92]

I played this on an old IBM shitbox as a kid and if you don't have the sound card the game actually has an alternative 8-bit soundtrack which is what I heard on that machine. Because I played it with that as a kid I find it really charming and nostalgic. The sound the chompers make is weirdly intimidating.

[@chris101gray3]

This game is a timeless classic!

[@VahanNisanian]

Those are some very realistic drinking sounds for a 1990 PC game.

[@achtundvierzigsieben]

ug ug ug ug

[@TheLemminkainen]

Sound Blaster support

[@bogdantanasescu3793]

It's actualy 1989.

[@alexandermarkov300]

@@bogdantanasescu3793 DOS 1990

[@homoxymoronomatura]

Yeah, Jordan recorded his 15-year old brother when he was drinking booze to make it sound realistic.

[@Soddarkryder]

Let me tell you, this prince doesn't skip any drinks. Even the poisoned ones.

[@Rafitchas22]

For sure, he likes a good booze.

[@petersilie304]

Wrong. He missed some at least in the second and the fifth level. :D

[@GhostFortress001]

*~Persian **_NRG_** Potion~*

[@GhostFortress001]

.. there's a Maniak Loose in the PaLace ! .. jus Runnin' Around Fighting , Drinkin' and Trying to KidNap the SuLtan's Daughter :-S .. ;-)

[@jackson2531]

It's totally safe to drink potions you randomly find in the dungeons, right?

[@GeonXP89]

2:52 I swear these slabs played mario bros' theme's intro

[@ODdm3]

47:12 this part is really dope! parts like this is why I used to love platformers, nowadays you'd rarely find a platformer with this much creativity and surprises

[@AlexGeek]

Last time I tried to do that part the ghost kept the sword in its hands and killed me!

[@KARTIKEYA007]

whats so special about it lol? days today are much better and its a fact

[@vicareede]

and so mysterious

[@jasoethesentienteyeshapedg4847]

@@KARTIKEYA007 Back in 1989, it would have been something special for a platformer.

[@ipercalisse579]

Really?? ​@@KARTIKEYA007 actually a lot of visuals but when about THIS creativity.. lacking.

[@ronaldmcdonald8303]

You know, on level 3 there is a way of getting the life potion 2ice. All you need to do is go and get it, then get beyond the gate and commit suicide, then go and open the exit door. Then before you leave the level, go all the way back and get it a 2nd time. Also there is a level you sometimes see in the credits that you can't play. I used to have the original 1989 floppy version of this game and you have to play the game 2ice to finish it, on the 2nd run some of the levels are slightly different, such as level 6 where the whole in front of the gig soldier is smaller and if you hand onto the edge of it, he simply walks over you sending you plummeting to your death. Sometime there is a potions level after level 1, a security level!

[@grongy6122]

Adlib music in intro is very atmospheric, FM synthesis as its best.

[@GuardianMisterioso]

One of the best games ever!

[@Nortic111]

Strange to think that if this hadn't existed then neither would Assassin's Creed.

[@vetonpro1]

fact ?

[@halsaufschneider1446]

Well, I wished recent AC wouldn't exist in the first place. It became a dumbed down piss poor franchise.

[@MinbadTheFourth]

36/36s : The first AC alpha aplha would-be project supposedly had the Prince instead of Altaïr as main protagonist. But it's only a rumour coming from unidentified Ubisoft insiders so...

[@SaitohYatate]

Not exactly... Ever heard of a game called "Exile"? If not, you'd better check it out. Some details of the plot are so identical that it can be considered copy/paste.

[@anabukashka]

SaitohYatate who cares about the plot? Gameplay is the key in video games. AC games still live from the Prince of Persia movement+fighting basic concept.

[@Rekaert]

Always loved that game, and was very happy to complete it back in the day. The combat was deeper than it first seemed.

[@AuroraWhite28]

Such a classic game

[@MaaartenMusic]

20:15 very thirsty . Great vid btw. I could watch this game for hours because of the good memories.

[@genuinesaucy]

Publisher: "All right, so how hard is this game going to be?" Jordan Mechner: "Yes."

[@WhatTheFnu]

I feel like I'm having a heart attack every time you make a jump in this game.

[@tonytheaquarius2553]

People in 1990 could not imagine that every movement of computer game's character could be so smooth and realistic. Jordan Mechner could:) love this game. The music is fantastic

[@VidGamer123]

Jordan rotoscoped the Prince's movements from recording his brother. True story!

[@spectreman2532]

This game was and still is fantastic.

[@jointhe6461]

I love the silent era vibe of the cutscenes.

[@mhjmstultiens]

Very effective. Show, don't tell.

[@ruffnek2072]

Holy shit I remember playin this on the SNES in tha early 90s,it was hard az f..k but I loved playin it, never finished it though, the good old dayz

[@DrMateen36]

Snes port is a different beast...

[@Rarestgameplayer]

The game is so difficult.

[@wizzgamer]

Played this game on my Sega Master System for hours on end as a kid amazing game never did quite manage to finish it though.

[@mudassirfarazkhan9529]

My childhood memories....

[@e.breard]

Lo mejor como se extraña esas épocas

[@chenjinguo]

One of the game that I got the chance to played in younger days on computer and never beat the game yet 🤣. Out of curiosity for what its like after stage 11. So, I am coming for this video ^^. SCHLAUCHI is doing a great job here with the entire playthrough 👏👏👏. A great Prince Of Persia playthrough here, World of Longplays 👍.

[@halsaufschneider1446]

Trial and Error at its finest!

[@JoelDesouzartAhhhhhh]

*MASTERPIECE!!* *SO GOOD MEMORIES...*

[@daniel_007]

26:25 so much for the usefulness of the floating potion. You just needed one extra health bar to pass on it

[@razz223]

jumping off that hight will kill you instantly

[@Mundane05]

I played the one with the crappier sound effects. I still have them embedded in my brain.

[@Mundane05]

And for some reason I remember fighting jafar was like block block block block block cool I finally hit him once block block block block block block...

[@nekokna]

That rat/mouse/mice cemented my love for rodents forever

[@rstallworthii9830]

i took me a looong time to beat this game back in the day But i did it Luv Prince of Persia the sound efx and graphics were massive for a 1990 PC game! it's nice to know that it was happy ending after all :)

[@lordioris]

Such a classic!!

[@skidooshlayman12]

48:40 And he beat the mouse to the finish. And that mouse had a much harder time getting out of Jaffar's dungeon. I'd like someone out there to mod this game so you can play as that mouse.

[@607]

Such a classic, but so much trial-and-error!

[@marzi_kat]

34:10 cartoon physics, lol

[@darulezlulez2625]

I love how the first design of the prince is just a european guy in a pyjama

[@HeitorSpecian]

Lawrence of Arabia

[@mightyretro1895]

How to download this game?

[@Ivankolyvan174]

​@@HeitorSpecianhe royalty?

[@MisterAkuru]

An hour was still a long time as a kid, but the pressure. Oh god the pressure. I suppose now I can just watch this instead of putting myself through the time limit stress ;)

[@فيصلالصومالي-ي9ز]

still the best game

[@susnatamaiti1971]

I went till Level 8 of this game. Could never go any further.

[@Dany-1202]

great game classic of classic

[@starter47990]

I just realized. 1:20 is the same hour glass Jaffar used to try to kill Princess Jasmine in Disney's Aladdin

[@Silvblade79]

oh god, done in 00:49:37. I fell to my doom so many times. Those dam spikes! I think it took me 49 days to finish it. :)

[@sirinesunny8174]

it all started here the classic Prince of Persia to Prince of Persia the forgotten sends ...

[@HirakChoudharygudduji2003]

42:00 why would you do this

[@dallase1]

The Music, cut scenes and ending are better on the Genesis CD and TG-16 CD versions but the sound effects are better on the PC Version, The Graphics are a little more sharp on the PC Version.

[@VespilloSanctus]

when it comes to the chopping blades, i'll be dead if i play this game!

[@gaziunver2021]

Oyun eski ama çok güzel ve etkileyici bir oyun yıllar geçmesine rağmen kendinden bıktırmıyor

[@hoshiam9351]

I remember playing this and always freezing with the guillotine doors. I never got to rescue the princess :(.

[@alexandermarkov300]

You are a bad prince

[@frots619-iielrenegado]

I played it in black and white, not in colour.

[@Neo2266.]

47:05 *_OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH_*

[@neonzoux5980]

Better than the reboot.

[@MinbadTheFourth]

Rubén Freire : And even better than the Amiga version. Except for the sound.

[@unmitigateddisaster3793]

It's easy to see why Pressure-plate based security systems fell out of favor.

[@lofasz_joska]

Wait a minute.... my info may be incorrect here, but the original PoP was made single-handedly by Jordan Mechner.... sooooooo, the F is that list on the credits screen?

[@POLE7645]

Adam Szell He programmed it for the Apple II. This is the PC port.

[@venxz3938]

Very skillful :O

[@bogdantanasescu3793]

41:52 dangerous jump.

[@durwitte]

I rember prince of persia i plays this game for the lssr time in 2007

[@adi96adi]

By the way this guy runs you'd never think he can do sick parkour 😹

[@miguelito3265]

OMG i love this game but never finish it... i stayed after a great swordman and drank something to slow down my fall.

[@celinesenden4142]

difficalt this game and i love this game

[@GanryuMSR]

Me and my older sister used to challenge ourselves for who beats this game faster... good old times.

[@VahanNisanian]

Now, play the SNES and Apple II versions!

[@gavinvollure2252]

Masterful player

[@abysssss]

this looks.... IN.CREDIBLY difficult! without even having played it, you can tell the controls are wonky in that you HAVE to return to a certain state or face a certain direction before doing a new 'thing', all the while the gate timings seem stupidly and unwarrantedly hard in some places. oh.mai.GAWDDDDD i'm glad for youtube (and more modern game handling) where i never have to even _try_ to waste the last vestiges of my happiness on such a game. this is coming from someone who's played the original pitfall and pitfall II as well, which are ridiculous exercises in futility themselves as far as game handling... :O

[@f3rns]

My only reason for math studies after school playing prince as a regard.

[@adiloz8878]

14:26 she is lying on the bed and waiting prince :D We fully understood the story

[@dumaramutsi]

47:14 love it

[@thepretendraver312]

I think 2d style gaming is so much more fun than this 3d nonsense today! all too much shoot me ups with ps3 or ps4, bring back 2d with a modern twist I say!

[@limawhiskey7451]

Mark Heath Go play Salt & Sanctuary

[@aqsuperman]

Dark Soul of the old days

[@celinesenden4142]

the apple2 version is amazing and made in 1989

[@RawPower867]

Is it just me or does the prince look like Donald Trump?

[@CSABHOF]

Lol u r right

[@ValExp543]

Remind me of Flashback Quest of Identity on genesis

[@jason4275]

hahah When I played the game in the early 90's the guy was Persian and not a young blond Donald trump looking guy.

[@therealcaliphbaghdad1357]

Mandela effect? Lol

[@Sanomoe]

Maybe he's talking about the snes version.

[@marciomendes3298]

Very good

[@fageskata5219]

Ugh there was always a glitch so it locked up when the princess heard the door open

[@vortexmodeling]

never saw anyone completing this game, this player is a real pro

[@moviemetalhead]

Vortex Save states make anyone look good.

[@vortexmodeling]

Haha yes you are correct, I forgot about that : )

[@moviemetalhead]

Vortex But you are right though, Schlauchi is one of the best players on here. He at least knows what he's doing in any game he plays.

[@anabellik]

I think the issue with this game was that it was really hard to control the character. Much more awkward than other platform games I know.

[@adrianomota9467]

No começo é assim mesmo depois vai pegando o jeito

[@TrueZetaThunderBenditions]

principe de persia edad de los juegos de infancia hasta pasar a la final de los levels rescatar a la princesa

[@burakaninja5330]

First I thought that was Aladdin. 😂

[@dmcindianfan5374]

Buraka Ninja even I did think this that it's alladin

[@majorblitz3846]

Only part make me think That he is Aladdin is Antagonist named Jaffar

[@cidiose]

@@majorblitz3846 It's kinda the same setting too haha.

[@MKD1101]

It could be because they never named the prince!

[@arghavanj7579]

@@MKD1101 It can't be cause the prince is from PERSIA!!!

[@ruffnek2072]

47:14 WTF How tha hell did U figure that out, back in tha day B4 KZbin and Internet no f..kin way woz that gettin sussed out anytime soon

[@MultiLimpet]

I never figured it out. To be fair hurting your mirror image hurts you, so fighting is not an option.

[@petersilie304]

In the Mega Drive / Genesis Version, during the PC's fifth level, you can pretend the Dark Prince to steal the large health potion and use it for yourself. Is it also possible on the PC version?

[@marzi_kat]

*prevent from stealing? No, it's not possible on PC version.

[@ΗγησιαςΠεισιθανατος-ζ5φ]

Yeah!!!On Sega Game Gear too,i remember that.

[@josephfrye7342]

yep I heard a opl soundblaster

[@vicb0ss237]

wowow

[@durwitte]

The apple 2 version is real makeing in 1989 i play dad two

[@dmcindianfan5374]

I creator of all Prince of Persia

[@shahbazsheikh3545]

THE game - as far as I am concerned.

[@Mundane05]

I do believe I watched the whole thing didn't see him use one of those potions that made you fall slowly and survive long falls... Were those a cheat or something? I remember we used those when I played with my cousins as a kid.

[@marzi_kat]

He drunk one at the end of level 5? Or 6?

[@FFWorldHD]

10/10

[@o.a.gaming]

Can someone tell me how to download the game on windows (without DosBox emulator)

[@Ivampacmamgamesjogosdomeudia]

Like

[@themanwiththebabyhands4650]

The prince looks like Donald Trump.

[@VahanNisanian]

Holy shit, he does!

[@skelecancer229]

The man with the baby hands I was seriously thinking the same thing

[@MinbadTheFourth]

Younger, thinner and in pajamas though

[@pferreira1983]

I'm sure to Jordan Mechner Trump was his hero.

[@majorblitz3846]

Would the game call President of USA, Eh?

[@FannnTommm]

47:02 - 47:17 Which one is the correct one? :-)

[@manuelzuasnabarmunarriz4358]

Soy peruano juge en 1991. Me parece que le que gata mucho tiempo. se supone que le juego trata de quien lo hace ne menor tiempo posible mi recor fue faltando 25 minutos.

[@joseb.7168]

Magistral plataform game

[@marzi_kat]

40:01 asshole level design, that switch is hidden without a clue

[@dihydrogen]

you kinda can differentiate between a regular tile and an open switch, they’re higher up than regular tiles

[@tahmidursonia2753]

Level 3rd 10:15 were my favorite

[@GreaseLightning02]

I have speedruns of this game on my channel

[@randompersononthenet8548]

trial and error: the game

[@williamcrowe2576]

Seventeen minutes? I wouldn't last seventeen seconds.

[@Dradogs2]

i wonder what the construction of this whole dungeon must of looked like in the first place

[@Pensa_a_un_numero]

19:03 feet metal

[@Orlen135]

Did you use DosBox?