Prince of Persia Longplay (Amiga) [50 FPS]

Developed and published by Domark in 1991.
Undoubtedly one of THE defining moments in computer game history, Jordan Mechner originally released Prince of Persia on the Apple II home computer back in 1989. The undeniably exquisite (for the time) hand drawn, rotoscoped animations of the player character had to be seen to be believed.
Fast forward a couple of years and the Amiga received an excellent conversion. I had never heard of the game as a child and I can still remember that particular Christmas morning having received my brand new Amiga 500 and a box of games to try; having just come from the Commodore 64, this blew my mind!
In fact, the game had the ability to wow any onlookers, including my parents. Even today, they remember Prince of Persia as well as I do.
Having heaped praise and superlatives on the game, let's consider just why the game is worthy of such praise, animation aside.
Firstly, the multi-levelled platform climbing concept is utterly brilliant. The tension as you must time your leaps across death-defying drops before scrambling to giddy heights among the mouldering dungeons of the evil Jaffar was unparalleled. Death was always seconds away, usually in the form of a mistimed jump, or coming to a grisly end between the teeth of those infamous metal jaws; the thunderous clanging as the jaws met was truly terrifying!
Peril also came in the form of armed palace guards. Each an expert swordsman, the combat requires the player to block an opponent's strikes whilst looking to land strikes of your own. In a twist of fate, it is perfectly possible to force opponents into the very same traps that are there to kill the player; there is nothing sweeter than forcing a guard between the jaws of the guillotine, or into a spike trap.
Hidden throughout the levels are various potions that can be drunk to regain health. There are also special vials that can increase your maximum health, but there are also vials of poison that will damage your health, so you must pay close attention to the colour of the bubbles that emanate from the top of the bottle.
To make things harder, the game has a strict one-hour time limit in which to complete the game. This does not afford the player many mistakes, as death will result in the level restarting.
I make sure to make guards suffer where possible, purely for your delectation (killing them with the sword is just boring!)
This is my tribute to one of the best games ever made.
#retrogaming

[@MrLachek]

16:24 I remember how this scared me when I was young.

[@stanikslaw]

I had the same! It was like 25 years ago

[@juhaolkkonen8390]

I liked THE MOUSE appearance. It opens the gate while the player is thinking where to go next. This is storytelling at it's best. Thanks for the video and cheers from Finland!

[@HammerHand83]

21:15 I remember there was a bug (or a trick) at the end of level 6 where by just letting yourself fall to your death (maybe for a few times) you would resurrect at the bottom floor just a step away from finishing level 7. This was one of the first games I ever finished and I never truly played level 7. 😅

[@Seventeen_Seconds]

21:12 what an awesome idea having the mirror prince in the game to play games with you

[@ItsBigIan]

Best version of an incredible game.

[@djcarlwalker]

It's Big Ian I prefer the C64 version

[@razorbulan]

wow this is slower than pc version

[@marcofunke3607]

Best? This? Yeah... if it would be the only version...

[@rashidisw]

The PC version can be run comfortably even on XT class PC, and considering Amiga are much powerful than XT, yea this one feel slower.

[@cube2fox]

In the PC version the prince moves unrealistically fast.

[@Quetzelcoatl]

Nice run man, this was the 1st PC game I ever played. Brought back good memories :D Thanks!

[@williamreid4542]

This is a blast from the past 😃

[@mommywhereisdaddy]

the reason I bought an extra 512kb for my amiga 500:)

[@GhostNade]

One of the best game of my life )

[@SovatthaSok]

There was a bug in level 1 that allowed you to finish the level without the sword and saving some time. The sword would eventually appear in your hand at level 2. Attract the guard at the very left side of this screen 2:02. Escape at the roof of this screen at 2:10. This leads you to the start screen at 1:51. Then run to the exit, the guard will not have the time to catch you!

[@2ExtremeReviews]

One of the reasons this is slower is that this is the PAL version, these are the most common since the Amiga was more popular in European countries.

[@beatonthedonis]

Those invisible tiles in the end level were the gaming equivalent of "it was all just a dream". I was so pissed when I worked them out.

[@Aydamnify]

I remember always getting to that part and never knew, how to solve it, so i never played it through. Never thought about putting my sword away, when facing your mirror image and always killed myself. It's even more sad, when thinking about, how close to the end i was. xD

[@celinesenden4142]

32 anniversary of prince of persia

[@stevenspx6226]

Loved this back in day a600 completed it scared my little bro the start where wizard lifts his arms 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@celinesenden4142]

I love the sega cd and the original version

[@xsm5525]

20:22 this guard's defending his cheeseburgers

[@kempo79]

Love the game...

[@AnselmoBluesTime]

Excelente Jogo!!!

[@csac1979]

Was für unglaublich schweres Spiel. Ich habe es nicht mal bis zum Schwert am Anfang geschafft.

[@robinanwaldt]

csac1979 Echt jetzt? Ich würd‘s nochmal ausprobieren :D Aber im Vergleich zu den restlichen 11 Leveln ist der erste noch das reinste Zuckerschlecken😅

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

The Amiga version was the closest port to resembling the MS-DOS version. I wonder if it has proper joystick support?

[@danyoutube7491]

If you mean did the Amiga version support joysticks then yes, I think that was the default way to play it. I played it with a joystick 30 years ago :)

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

@@danyoutube7491 The MS-DOS version is the one I grew up with. It is one of the reasons why I never want a keyboard without a numpad. Plus a number of other old PC games tend to need it as well.

[@antoineverso9579]

For me and for my friends, there has always been one mystery associated with this game. On one of the last maps (45:26) a huge sword is clearly visible, lying at the top field of the map. Has anyone been able to pick it up and to use it?

[@Diplomat128]

Probably your reflection takes it to fight you. The guy evidently likes to steal shiny stuff. :)

[@jean-francoisfabre4170]

Didn't know about the power vial at level 3. It seems super hard to reach that one, and come back in one piece with those 3 jaws! BTW at level 5 you don't need to try to get the power vial at all, since there's no way you can get it before your double. That's just time wasted.

[@nkooo83]

Gg !

[@jameswest4692]

Ding Ding Chop

[@vonzox]

The original "UH!" 😂

[@GregDaniel78]

Your pretty savvy with the commodore goings on, but did you see the unofficial c64 port? Mein gott, if I could have got hold of it at the time: watch?v=tBs5-WOtIpc

[@AL82RetrogamingLongplays]

Yes I did know about it :) I've done a complete longplay of the C64 version here: watch?v=yTL-tkn-NzA

[@emilililio]

21:10 cucù!

[@andrewkadar]

Play it at 1.25 speed

[@cenkesenturk7704]

sultan means trouble...

[@kwamekemet78]

Is this Chuck Norris?

[@MisterRON]

Great graphics, but the Amiga versions speed is a bit too slow. I'd say the SNES version is the best, but thats more of a sequel than anything.

[@AL82RetrogamingLongplays]

Amiga version remains my favourite, but that's because it's the one I grew up with; SNES version is quite impressive, and the new levels are a cool addition 😊

[@MisterRON]

I hear you on the SNES version. The extra levels along with the overall visual and puzzle (portals in levels 13-15, etc) upgrades made it a really complete package.

[@electronman32k]

probably cause this guy is playing the 50hz pal version which would indeed run slower than it should be. the 60hz amiga version runs alot better as seen here kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaOudZiEiZainLs

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

@@electronman32k I'm sure it is simply a speed issue when it comes to PAL consoles/computers.

[@agentling1]

I think the music and sound fx are waaay better on the Amiga version. Those clang clang slicers just aren't scary on the SNES version. Back in the day I once played this with the audio routed through a PA system and added some cavernous reverb. Made a massive difference.

[@NatnatGaming101]

Same gameplay, Same graphics, but whats the main problem is that it runs slower than the original msdos version.

[@TheLemminkainen]

A500 7mhz and PAL thats why

[@leecundy4798]

Why is this still the best version of the game.current 2023 version is terrible!

[@raitoningusutoreto9851]

Lags.

[@zoesdada8923]

They should have based that awful movie on this instead of whatever they based it on. L

[@UliMuliko]

i beat this fucking game

[@celinesenden4142]

Great job

[@kongregant8100]

One of my absolute fav games until understanding in these days the white washing op they did with protagonist 👎