PC Longplay [702] Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame

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The sequel to Prince of Persia which is overall better in every aspect! -
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[@offspringfan89]

I never realised until recently how scary, and specially, how surreal PoP2 was. It had: a magic carpet, skeleton swordmen, lava pools, deep pits with spikes on the bottom, flying fleshless heads, deadly venomous snakes, bissecting blades traps, swordmen wearing bird heads, a giant spider that worked as a platform, chess pieces with human heads on top of them, a final boss arena with a complete mindscrewing perspective and a final scene where a creepy witch watched Prince and the Princess riding a flying horse on her crystal ball. Damn! And on top of that, a rather spooky soundtrack with Arabic/Persian motifs that scared me as a kid. For a platform adventure game, it sure had a good deal of horror elements in it, that's one of the reasons I love this game so much, Jordan Mechner is friggin genius.

[@stefcannon2580]

Totally agree!! I’ve never finished it, but the music is eerie, especially outside/inside the cave, especially with those skeletons…!

[@ankur9254]

Creepy witch was put there as a part of sequel that we never got and probably never will

[@ElliottEntertainmentChannel]

@@ankur9254 The witch was supposed to have a more bigger role in it and was supposed to replace Jaffar as the antagonist. However it was scrapped for unknown reasons.

[@AliAli-ju2ke]

You pretty much described my childhood I had with this game. Btw I love pop2. But man that use to cause me borderline ptsd as a kid 😂

[@InfinityDz]

someone needs to timestamp everything you said lol

[@Klenric]

Back when no tutorials, streamers or easy gameplay existed. If you got stuck, you had to find a way on your own.

[@nicolashrv]

no, back in those days, you had to buy PC GAME magazines, in hopes someone makes a note with walkthroughs or tips..........I didn't heard of someone doing it with Prince of Persia (thou they did mention the prince megahit cheat codes), and I think in some they mention vagely some tips to go through some levels, but not specific points like the multiple ways of turning into a ghost, etc.... but for example, in one magazine, I got the FULL maps of Blues Brothers game, full A2 poster..........also, it wasn't like today, that games were solved in 3hs (if you skip the 8hs of cutscenes).....a graphic adventure like Monkey Island 2 could take you MONTHS to finish.......you had to share all your info with school mates, to see where they were at the moment,

[@OriginalSebie]

That's why I never finished Prince of Persia 1 or 2 - I had hard time getting past level 1 actually :) and since there was time limit of 60 minutes I was thinking it have 6 or maybe 8 levels. When later I learned it has 12(!) I stopped trying..

[@lHurtYourFeeIings]

I think this and NES toughened up people of my generation.

​@@nicolashrv I remember the magazines that you said, but never I permit me to see that,I used to passed myself everything.

[@nicolashrv]

Well.....it was a way for them to sell more copies. And they never published solutions of new games, but rather of at least 1 year old games. They focused more on show new games and tech, since there is were developers and publishing companies give them the $$$. Even if this sounds like they made their ratings depending on how much they got paid, back then a magazine had a name for themselves and they took this way above any publisher (unlike today that any stupid youtuber says whatever they get paid to by companies, in order to promote their crap of games).

[@KaranThakur927]

5:25 Don't remember how many times I have missed that ship

[@Slamdoxicalz]

if you're really fast.... ... the ship leaves sooner :D

[@amritkumarmohanty4255]

So true

[@MaxstallfishDenton]

"A pain....what do you know about a pain?" ;)))

[@priteshthale]

me too several times 😂

[@빵댕이괴사]

Im last mouse...hh

[@tomspice73]

The atmosphere is gripping, the sounds and music are perfect!!!!!

[@firestriker3580]

Not perfect

[@justsupersteve]

Just one more living proof that no one needs 56K Super ultra HD 300.000.000.00 FPS to actually get a great game experience!

[@denvergrady1078]

InstaBlaster

[@ad7799]

@@firestriker3580 Why?

[@rumuelnathanael8043]

​@@firestriker3580go play fortnite or the newest woke Prince of Persia game.

[@onderceyhan5185]

I had a bottle of whiskey which i was planning to drink while watching a good movie but hell i stumbled upon this video and almost shed tears of nostalgia. I remember the days when i was too young to play games like these and was watching my uncle playing this game on his ms dos pc like 20 years ago... Damn time goes by too fast.

[@fiftyfadesofgrey]

Önder Ceyhan me too man. Playing this on my uncles pc. Didn’t even know it was prince of Persia back then. Just remember this game. Nostalgic. Memories.

[@mikkelnpetersen]

Drink every time the Prince drink a potion.

[@squamish4244]

What are you, like 25?

[@이성현-f9m]

That's the way the cookie crumbles bro

[@fangfangdidi]

the same

[@offspringfan89]

The cutscene where the ruined castle shifts into the past when it was still standing, the ghost/memory of Prince's mother asking him to avenge his parents and finally him picking up his father's sword always gives me goosebumps.

[@teotimatarroza1678]

When

[@offspringfan89]

@@teotimatarroza1678 40:20.

[@Regalert]

That prince has a serious drinking problem.

[@Hagashager]

You would too in his shoes

[@Zwyrx_Hgqfyggz]

Not to mention the strongest arms in the whole lands

[@srinitaaigaura]

@@Zwyrx_Hgqfyggz How many pullups and dead hangs did you count?

[@Zwyrx_Hgqfyggz]

@@srinitaaigaura I'm no masochist...

[@ThatArjun]

It's a potion in some shady cave, no problem I'll drink it bottoms up. 😂🤣

[@abdolpix4581]

As a Persian, i'm surprised how accurate the clothing and the architecture in this game is compared to the later _The Sands of Time_ series.

[@davevanlaren2501]

sands of time takes place in india

[@Okazu84]

same here, ditto the soundtrack ! not only it always dynamically fits the pacing and action taking place at a given moment on screen (something extremely rare at the time in gaming) but we can almost feel the frenetic hits of the Tombak and Santur reverberating everywhere around you. This game gains even more immersive depth if played with powerful contemporary sound systems with good bass. Try it, you'll see what I mean rafigh !

[@RajdeepBhandari-bb6zm]

Shouldn't be called prince of persia then should it? ☠️​@@davevanlaren2501

[@egorzhdanov6145]

The sand of time came up earlier

[@RawPower867]

@@davevanlaren2501 Only the beginning part takes place in India. The kingdom of Azad is in Persia.

[@DiamondSword17]

The nostalgia to this game is so strong, not because I liked the game, but because this game was my moms favourite, and the time she played that, was one of the very rare times I could see her happy and excited before she passed away from lung cancer Watching this video, I could remember every funny comment she made on the mobs, and the sceneries, and when I used to joke and make fun of her when she was defeated or fall or got stuck, she would call me with her smily and sarcastic face "!!تعال نططني ولا" which can roughly translates to "yo, come help me with that jump!!" We never finished the game, that was back in 1999 and 2000 Thank you so much for uploading this, it brought to me precious beautiful memories from my childhood with my mom.

[@offspringfan89]

I know I'm late, but I am very sorry for your mom.

[@arturmical]

"Don't hurt him! he's just a poor mad beggar" She says looking at him like he was a stain on the carpet left by a dog. Wow Prince, You definitely picked a good person to spend your life with.

[@_-_-_-_-_-_--_]

Plus i bet that dialogue was supposed to portray the princess as merciful

[@pranksterxXxgangster]

i mean she was under the guy's spell....aka JAFFAR XD

[@pyroman83inf]

Different times mate ... different times.

[@supermasterPIK]

The voice is great, too.

[@chankljp]

Well, notice that the narrator only mentioned how beautiful the princess was, without saying anything about her virtue as a person with things like mercy or kindness.... :P

[@yeremiapatuan4877]

54:57, I can't believe my eyes! You really dodged it!

[@Rosielx]

Ultra instinct

[@fabricliver]

4:41 that perfect empty blue sky still gives me goosebumps.

[@mysteriousDSF]

- wanting to marry the princess - get expulsed - get stranded on an island - enter a creepy cave because why not

[@v.hamilton5679]

And they lived happily ever after... For another 11 days.

[@zrabanynick3]

The happy ending had a timer just like the game.

[@aneshkumar4513]

After that the game repeats itself

[@binarioochentaycinco4791]

they predicted shorter span on marriages

[@tec9el10]

Nothing is eternal in life, including life itself. Everything is determined within a time limit. Mathematics rules our life.

[@aneshkumar4513]

@Ahmed Nizar But in prince of persia 1 he killed sorcerer with his sword

[@Unknown-du4vl]

Even a kid can call himself a gamer by finishing today's games True gamers finish these games

[@DanceTranced]

I cant tell if you are saying true gamers are masochistic or that they are persistent and enjoy a challenge.

[@Daniel218lb]

The best game in the entire saga. Music, levels, details and everything. So many memories!

[@RonsaRRR]

Warrior Within is the best game in the entire saga.

[@luvkumarfilms]

@@RonsaRRR I agree

[@RonsaRRR]

@@luvkumarfilms They can't make these sexy female characters nowadays.

[@luvkumarfilms]

@@RonsaRRR Yes I also thought that even with ultra realistic graphics nowadays they can't make.

[@lorddio4280]

Is it just my bias or did the graphics regress?

[@spearbearer3006]

14:17 - The poor mouse, it's worried for her... I'm sure it's the princess' mouse from the first game.

[@doko3000]

But everything ends well

[@alsat8931]

cutest mouse in history of videogames

[@ZaRCoK1984]

Me too

[@BuntesFuenkchen]

The sad mouse makes me wanna cry … every time… 😢🐭

[@ajeyaran1]

I love the cutie mouse

[@Brycepop]

7:25 That good ol' copy protection.

[@QuinlanLJ]

I played this when I was about 5 years old and I didn't speak English. This is the first time seeing what the hell it meant. I used to guess the symbol :D

[@mikkelnpetersen]

If you didn't have that manual, you were f***ed

[@OrangeOwl1000]

From what I've heard, originally the beach puzzle before you enter the cave was going to be the copy protection room. Presumably it be the same puzzle but all five rocks would have symbols on them instead of just four being blank.

[@alessiofontana5667]

@@OrangeOwl1000 I remember I played without guessing the symbol and eventually got stucked in the magic carpet level. The ceiling would stay closed, resulting in the prince smashing against it.

[@istvanszennai5209]

if you guess it right once then you can save the game in the options menu (Ctrl+O if I remember correctly).

[@GeonXP89]

As a kid, I never made it past the temple ruins, and reaching them was already a big achievement to me. 15 years later I decided to give the game another shot, since it held so many good memories ; ims I made it to the bird temple, second level (there's a jump at the beginning I could never get right, and I got bored after a while and moved on). I can't remember how many times I died trying to memorize all the jumps to get to the magic horse. And that was with a cheat to disable the time limit, as I'm really not a fan of this mechanic. You people saying you actually and legitimately beat the game as kids are amazing.

[@teotimatarroza1678]

Me im a kid

[@mshearn3198]

I beat Donkey Kong Country as a kid, I don't know how I did it. Last time I played it, I got to the snow barrel level and gave up.

[@sujaysinha4651]

same lol the jump to the ship was almost next to impossible as a kid

Oh my god this is exactly my story! I never could make it past the temple ruins, and also 15 years later I managed to finally finish the game haha

[@radscorpion8]

the freaking flying heads are insane. They deal 3 damage if you miss a sword hit. That's way too punishing. And then you have to restart the game every time you lose its so crazy. This was the super meatboy of the 1990s

[@EnemyAce88]

I assume the birdmen live in this temple with all the traps, but for some reason they don't seem to pay much attention to them. And my favorite one of all is the guy at 1:06:45 who is so anxious to duel you and then so outraged that you ignored him that he just kills himself.

[@offspringfan89]

hahaha

[@MrPersonalityProductions]

Maybe their bird-masks screw up peripheral vision.

[@diegordi1394]

The guy at 54:28 also deserves some recognition for waiting for the Prince to stand up and fight.

[@vincentchang0093]

They are tarnished, so they will respawn at camp fire side. It also explained why they are not good about trap and fighting.

[@wildbers]

PRINCESS: COME TO ME. PRINCE: SORRY, THESE STAGES ARE TOO HARD.

[@mihaicolceriu-nicola7148]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rumuelnathanael8043]

Aren't his mother's spirit who said "Come to me"?

[@silviamarquesfankanal1463]

Damn, this game has beautiful artwork sequences!

[@arthurengeletrica]

Indeed!

[@xboxtest4226]

Silvier, hau Mal wieder xhamster content mit Candido raus!1!11!!!

[@evOJoC]

A real masterpiece this game was. 13:15 sultan is betrayed 1:12:50 wife about to die 1:21:35 steal the flame 1:25:55 rescue princess

[@parmdeepjagdev8395]

This was one of the hardest games to complete. I remember spending hours trying to figure levels out.

[@cheyno237]

256 colours, midi music... Ah, these were the golden days of gaming

[@Jakushka]

Ah the days when games didn't hold your hand. Where everything was left up to the player to discover.

[@nicolashrv]

lazy design? wow! go play some screen rolling arcades dude.

[@Jakushka]

Did you seriously say that Megaman games don't force trial and error?

[@nicolashrv]

the guy is a troll......Megaman even has ARROWS pointing you were to go

[@kofola9145]

It is absurd. You spend milions of Dollars to create as much detailed level as possible-- then guide a player to zip thru it.

[@user-unos111]

Also the times were sometimes the way ahead was hidden in some convoluted way which would be imposible formthe player to discover unless they either bought the guides or go pixel hunting.

[@marhansgamingchannel4732]

14:24 what an adorable mouse in a "(g)old but violent" video game. his/her squeak is so cute. 😍😍😍

[@BerakaMusic]

What a great game and memories!!! I spent so many afternoons going through every level and stage, on an old Macintosh. That's how I managed to find some details: - Level 10 you can pass it very easily, jumping directly through the upper space of the level exit portal. - In any stage of the red temple, if you have more than 8 or 10 lives, you can summon the shadow (with the left-right movement) and go eliminating guards or going through parts of the level without being affected (except for the moving wall), you need the flame to pass the level. - If you reach the last level and you already spent your lives and threw the fireballs and you haven't eliminated Jaffar, you can recover and add lives, eliminating guards in the spider section. - In Macintosh, there was a bug that if you went up the exit portal and pressed some keys (I don't remember which ones), the Prince didn't pass the portal and remains floating, so you could go through the level as if you were walking in the air, then, you just went back up the portal to continue the game or you could jump from somewhere to return to the real ground level. Other things: - I always wanted to know what was the real intention of the fire sword, beyond being an enemy, it would have been an amazing power-up. - Same situation with the little dwarf in one of the red temple levels, if you don't get there, it's useless, it's a dead space, very similar to the POP1 level where the mouse saves you. - I always tried to jump from the first level, just break the window and fall to the floor, to the right side, where you can see the tower of the last level, but it's impossible to reach. - I always wanted the real third part of the game, continuing the story of the Snake Witch!!!!

[@yacovshimoni5760]

10:50 how the hell did you figure this out? This game was truly ahead of its time. What a gameplay. Remarkable

[@llSuperSnivyll]

That was already a thing in the first game.

[@SuperFerz]

Come on, it's an obvious solution out there...

[@Luciothecommenter]

@@llSuperSnivyll It wasn’t. You had to punch the tile yourself for it to fall down. I checked just now because I was worried I didn’t know about some feature of the game while having every room memorized. Also, the solution isn’t obvious, because technically you could knock down the tile in advance by running over it.

[@sephirothvii1838]

46:44 i never ever gone further. I remember running in this damn desert and trying to click randomly around the horse statue to maybe unlock a secret door... i also asked help to my friends at sxhool but, back in this days, i was the only one playing videogames. So yeah, i've quitted and never finished this masterpiece

[@kejigila]

The jump sequence to the horse statue was too hard for me I just jump off the chasm from frustration

[@DanceTranced]

This is also the furthest I ever got.

[@tre4021]

I got there to that horse stage by randomly typing a password... same things i tried 🤣

[@SUPERVIBESTAMIL]

Same mee too. ☹️☹️

[@IbnBattutaEG]

Imagine yourself sticking at the ship part for 3 years when you were a kid that you thought this was the full game.

[@adrianoparolin4680]

What a hard but addicting game this was back then! I remember getting squished in the gate with the flying carpet the first time. Also when doing a running jump in the red temple and not noticing the slicing blades, ended up split in half. They should make a new one with the similar gory traps and consequences!

[@FreddyAMR90]

5:25 23:50 40:22 49:08 1:20:30 (how would a normal human being has to know that) The most glorious moments of the game 😍

[@25spaz]

ya, how you know to do that if you were trying to not die even once?

[@elmariachi5133]

Because of 1:19:05 :) They let you fight a lot of enemies there, so you have time for memorizing.

[@FreddyAMR90]

@@elmariachi5133 oh! I didn't realize that! Thanks!

[@raksori]

@@elmariachi5133 I did not speak English back when I played this so I got stuck at this part. Found a couple of hidden tricks though. For example if you had enough health, you could commit a suicide and turn into a shadow by repeatedly turning left and right, I never knew what the point was but it was cool.

[@elmariachi5133]

@@raksori The strange occurrences that maybe speed runners can make use of some day!

[@Luke.hello.]

prince of persia always creeped me out for some reason

[@yuefei8690]

okay guy , when i was a kid, playing this game on win98 frighten me because of music

[@MALEMization]

I played and finished the game when I was 6! The scariest thing about this game for me at that time was the BLADE TRAP! HOLY SHIT when that came to me the first time! I didn't play this game for a week or so!

[@Freddie_R]

The huge blades - I ran into it and got cut in half - or the lavapits ... hell that was horror for me when I was in age of 8 ^^

[@5434345]

@Purple Bro90 Got kicked into a pit by one while I was 12. Remembered Castlevania.

[@fangfangdidi]

yeah～ that's why I love it

[@Falchion1984]

1:09 My headcanon, given how much I enjoyed sword-fighting in these classics. Sultan: Did you kill all those guards?! They cost fifty dinars each!

[@sasarasasarasa]

I remember how difficult this game was, and the joy when I finished it 👏

[@vindicator05]

14:25 That mouse squeaks really cute and cuddly now but back then on PC-speaker it was a true torture.

[@aaadj2744]

Underrated and it was one of the most challenging 2D game ever

[@HybOj]

I finished this game when I was 10 years old. Those who realize how difficult Prince is, will understand.. Im proud of myself. Just me and the game, and angry parents .) No walkthru, nothing like that. All you had was the box with a game and your 386 I guess :)

[@Saladinxc]

I am watching this with 5 years old kid. And goddamn I wonder how I finished it back then.

[@funkyfuck9098]

When I was a kid, I could’t pass that red eagle castle and got stuck at the blue fire stage having no idea how to get the blue fire and I couldn’t understand the sign on the wall. There wasn’t any tutorial and KZbin back then. If you get stuck you’re stuck and you can’t ask anyone.

[@neon9999]

Those f'ing floating heads gave me literal nightmares when I was 8 years old :(

[@deensaid7762]

We call it "pocong" in my country, a floating head but with digestive organs intact to 👻👻☠️

[@TheIndonesianPride]

​@@deensaid7762 kuyang

[@osamaroum]

the first i ever played on pc when i was a kid , it was on my uncle's pc , R.I.P uncle .

[@SorenDaein]

This is the third walkthrough of this game that I've stumbled across. First one had some unneeded commentary which made it hard to focus on the video itself. Second one was without commentary. With both, I was shocked at that moment when it's revealed that the nameless hero really IS a prince. The remake revealed even more about the Prince. *Spoilers! Read the rest at your own risk!* In said remake it was revealed that Jaffar was the one who lead the attack that destroyed that city and left the Prince an orphan.

[@SorenDaein]

Since I mentioned the remake, actually got it from the Google Play Store last month. For those who want to play said remake, there are two different control schemes: "Gesture" and "Joystick". Gesture makes full use of the device's touch screen while Joystick makes for a more standard handheld approach. I have the game on my smart phone. It's a Samsung Galaxy Core Prime. Took awhile after I found out about the game's release to get the means to purchase it but I'm glad I did. Got the hang of it faster than I had originally expected despite the amount of times I died and had to use the new "Revive" potions. I had to change the control scheme to "Joystick" since the "Gesture" one was giving me a bit of a hard time with the most basic actions.

[@AnkhArcRod]

It is a shame that they never followed up with the storyline which ended with that witch watching the prince using her crystal ball.

[@begumchand]

Yes!

[@blindfollower]

I know it was confirmed otherwise, but I choose to believe she is Jaffar’s mother. She resurrected her son the first and was furious when she found out the prince scattered her son’s ashes making it difficult to resurrect him for the second time, so she decided to avenge her son herself.

[@darthludicrous99]

I love the animation, art style and setting of the game! The game was pretty cinematic as well!

[@Zwyrx_Hgqfyggz]

Jordan Mechner was truly ahead of his time. Despite the fact that he has definitely won the award for dumbest enemies ever.

[@tonysuresh8878]

I've heard that in the 90s games in which the hero had infinite lives were unheard of untill mechner of course came up with this masterpiece.

[@alobpreis]

Do you refer to for example what the enemies do at 1:13:35? LOL

[@TheFlyingSaucePan]

The levels with the floatings heads in 1996 as a 6 year old on an old Amstrad with no soundcard was simply terrifying

[@Ben-rc9br]

did you manage to go that far? This game was ridiculously difficult for me

[@Ben-rc9br]

I got stuck in the cave level

[@TheFlyingSaucePan]

@@Ben-rc9br Hi :) As a kid, over 20 years ago, my dad was playing for the most part, so I sort of learned the game by watching him. So when I beat it when I was about 17, it felt easier because I had had some second-hand experience. But I don't think I would have been able to beat it then!

[@Ben-rc9br]

@@TheFlyingSaucePan you're a gaming legend

[@TheFlyingSaucePan]

@@Ben-rc9br You're way too kind!

[@sentival]

The beginning is so action packed.

[@austinreed7343]

Man, the cutscenes have such good pixel art for the time and place of the game.

[@GrieviousGeorge]

I love how in touch they stay with the Persian culture via the music

[@samerhoussein]

My favorite part is 0:26 to 0:35 ..totally agree on the music

[@blindfollower]

You are right, this is the only Prince of Persia game which features authentic Persian music

[@luis_mars6229]

You do not only play great, but also go over every possible path in the game... Great job. 😎

[@rockelino]

I"m 37 but still scared shitless of the giant teeth that slice you in the first Prince of Persia game.

[@sutanpuu]

Apparently the Prince didn't take any life extension bottles in the 1st PoP, because now in PoP 2 he is back to 3 life points. Maybe he lost all the extra life points in just 11 days? Or maybe the cold shadow, which passed by the Prince before he entered the throne chamber It also seems tha 12 life points is the maximum points

[@優さん-n7m]

I got this game when I had my first computer in 1997 and... once the prince broke out of the window I did not know what to do next today I realize that I had to find the button for the sword which I did not know existed the game was in a CD called "Power Games" with dozens of other games, no user manual at all I am quite fascinate to see that this game goes for quite a while ........

[@mobytrice]

it still baffles me how people can memorize all the pathways..

[@vicb0ss237]

Moby Trice its a mistery

[@starofjustice1]

its dedication to a fun game

[@earlibee]

It still baffles me why the player drinks every potion he comes in contact with.It doesn't matter if his health is full nor does it with if it takes away health.

[@JacOfArts]

earlibee other than the levitation potion

[@deafhero]

Moby Trice I know right! I've barely memorize each piece of hearts and golden skull locations in ocarina of time 😂

[@tango636]

Awesome game play there ! It sure brought a lot of memories of trying to get through that game without losing my sanity lol

[@TheSektorz]

So was this ending a pre-cursor to a planned third game? What's with the witch and the S-sign on her forehead that's seen throughout the game? This is arguably the best game ever made, along with the most obnoxiously difficult and filled with cheap deaths. It's beautiful, engaging, mysterious, scary, long and amazing. I played it a lot on DOS and if it were out for the Genesis, I would've played it alot on it too...

[@erdal_bora]

This one is more complex but I think POP1 had better design.

[@Isaac-gh5ku]

@@janussciencegaming Kinda sad that the actual third Prince of Persia game of the original trilogy never came into fruition. Continuing after The Shadow of the Flame left off, we could see the Prince facing off the Army of Darkness and the old witch, who will be the final boss of the game. Jaffar would return in PoP3 (not Prince of Persia 3D) as a phantom and the mid-boss. The Prince would probably gain new weapons like several new swords and the he can also use a bow and arrow. He will also learn new spells, most are elemental spells for offense and defense, while another spell will be a healing spell that can only use three or five times for each level. There will new levels and they are different, as instead of traveling the whole country, he will travel around the world to find the artifacts to destroy the witch for good. Also, there will be new playable characters along the way as the Prince will meet them during his travels. The Prince will have 80 days to travel the world and returning back home while he brings his allies there. But the actual gameplay itself lasted 3 hours but must complete it less than 3 hours. Somebody should make a KickStarter for PoP 3.

[@WealdaLupinus]

@@Isaac-gh5ku bows were historically inaccurate for the time. Even in the begining of the game, after you jump of the window and jump to the right of the balcony you see a guard holding a sword. That guard was supposed to have a bow and arrows, but since it was inaccurate Jordan Mechner just made the guard have a sword. He basically does nothing.

[@matsch6777]

@@WealdaLupinus What are you talking about - historically or from game mechanics "at this time"? Because bows are one of the oldest weaponry of mankind, dated back to 9000 BCE - how could archery be "historically inaccurate" for the ancient persian kingdoms?

[@hadoolaalsadeq2902]

The best game, better than prince 1... Greetings from Syria

[@MasterLinkuei]

40:23 BEST MOMENT! PoP2 is a piece of art!!!

[@doko3000]

Thanks Schlauchi for the brave and engaging playthrough.

[@bigress4300]

This game should be a horror game partially because of the screaming heads

[@skorpionrazor]

23:03 Many years ago, I had this weird image inside my head of a battle with a skeleton on a bridge. Then I found out that was one of my very early childhood memories of a videogame when I played Prince of Persia 2 with my father during the 90's.

[@Henson222]

Damn, when he gets back to the princess and the king he has to explain, why he killed all the kings guards.

[@immortalsofar5314]

Personally, I think the "spell" was an STD contracted while she thought evil dude was her husband.

[@jackson2531]

Exactly. I bet the Princess and Sultan were told of Jaffar's actions off screen.

[@deenugent473]

The graphics were simple but yet we had so much fun playing it at the time. I'd spent many nights until the wee hours playing Prince of Persia 1 and 2! Brings back lots of nice memories from my college days! I hate to fight against Madusa.

[@t.koyuncu]

f...k more than 20 years before, when I was a kid, I stuck at the blue fire. And now finnaly I can see how to pass it..

[@lolwhat19]

So you have to die there?

[@mgtowstanleyzoltanov9808]

Ue and it tries to tell you by the sighn. We who steal the blue fire must die

[@erkascazuchi8443]

@@lolwhat19 yes. or you can turn left-right-left-right but don't let your shadow escape your body. just do it to make your life bottles empty and you die. it was really interesting back then when i and perhaps most players didn't have cheats or hints but we managed to solve it ourselves. i am surprised and amazed that i wasn't the only one.

[@shachar2]

I've never solved it as well. first time I see how to solve the riddle, about 30 years later...

[@danielgoyena1128]

@@erkascazuchi8443 i remember i was like 5 years and played it with my father (he did de fingers part, i memorized the dungeons) , i remember we stuck on flame like a month, and then just making him dance for fun i discovered the shadow coming out, i remember being so happy to have a new clue, also wainting for my father to came from work and show him, like two hours later we got it (first time by accident, left the prince death, went for a drink and when we came back, surprise, the bastard was alive)

[@ProjectDetonado]

This is the best version of the game. I wonder why they made the SNES port so fast, it is unplayable.

that's the fake one

[@SorenDaein]

There was a prototype for the Genesis that was similar to this one but with only just a little bit different. Biggest difference is at the end when you actually get to the Jaffar fight unlike the SNES forgery that skips to the ending. The Genesis prototype requires you to use the Sacred Flame to finish Jaffar to end the game, but he'll keep running from you so you'll have to get yourself set up for the perfect shot and let it fly. The previously mentioned "big difference" is that the cutscene that has him screaming in agony as he's being burned to death doesn't happen. Only know the details of such cause the "World of Longplays" website has an upload of the PoP2 Genesis prototype that can be viewed. Crying shame this didn't make it to home consoles in its full glory back when it first came out. There'd be a lot more walkthroughs.

[@TheBreakingBenny]

I believe the blame can be put on Titus Software, because they seem to have thought basically porting over from a DOS version was enough. They were like Electronic Arts is now.

[@Zero99iGames]

I think it is an optimization issue. Titus was a French company and the TV standard here in Europe is 50Hz and therefore a 16% slower framerate if I remember correctly. The NTSC version was just never adapted to the faster framerate and therefore runs faster then it should. The PAL version still runs faster than the DOS version, but isn't as unplayable

[@HollyGameShow]

This Graphics Blew my mind back then

[@TheMediaDirectory]

I always liked the first one better, even the simpler and more luxurious graphics in later levels. This second one was way harder too.

[@formdusktilldeath]

If you sit on the carpet before opening the grate you get squshed into a red pulp. I know you shouldn't do it but it is a nice detail.

[@bigress4300]

Is that like a glitch or something?

[@formdusktilldeath]

@@bigress4300 how would that be a glitch if there’s an animation for it

[@TheRealTricky]

@@bigress4300 No that was done on purpose, since it only makes sense that you can't leave the place when the gate is closed.

[@CrimeMaster-c3d]

My game would just simply get stuck or crashed once you use the carpet early.

[@87scally]

Oh my God.. I used to play this game at the age of 6.. I have reached until the stage 2. 😢😢😢 I've tried so hard.. God!!!

[@shreyastamane9696]

Yup. I couldn't get past level 2!

[@anthonydraco7958]

You had no idea how proud I was when I figured out how to escape the last level of the ruined city. A level with no apparent exit and the cliff at the far end. What a puzzle. It also took me years before I figure out how to survive the skeleton bridge. And The Flame. Oh, god. That puzzle. There was no internet to search back then. God. How hard it was. It was loaded with mystery too. Skeleton cave. An abandoned city with a haunting voice calling you. A dark brooding fortress with extremely skilled enemies. What a game.

[@CarozQH]

I really wish the Mega Drive port had been finished, even the prototype plays really well and much better than Titus Software's bothced 1996 SNES port.

[@MasterLinkuei]

Now the Horse bug from the Mega Drive version that makes impossible to finish the Horse level was finally fixed. www.romhacking.net/hacks/3755/

[@raulnavarrete1960]

I remember rage quitting this game on the beach part. I felt really sad because literally it ended the game for me, I had literally no clue on how to advance in the game and I was hooked on the story and scenes. How do fuck was i supposed to know the jumping sequence. Geez developers were assholes back in the day.

[@ankur9254]

Don't blame the developers if it's your fault for not sorting out a simple puzzle

[@RAHULTMNT100]

bruh that puzzle ..even 8 year old me solved it.. but i got stuck 2 or 3 levels after that

[@Hapetiitti]

There's no sequence, this player just did it in a confusing order. All you need to do is step on every block except the one with the symbol, I played this for the first time yesterday and took about 5 minutes to solve it

[@dalaxdercrisper957]

You just have lack of patience for playing this puzzle-adventure game. Also there's no manual to solve it, you just have to find it on your own. Calling the developer an a**h*le is low blow.

[@darkgenesys780]

So many memories! I loved watching my dad and big brother play this game. Much nostalgia! ;w; Awesome video!

[@playlistchannel620]

Thank you very much for uploading this ! I think I was 5 when I first played it and the level with the ruins REALLY scared me.

[@MJ-pb4bp]

49:10 epic moment.. It took me like 1 week to understand that puzzle.. It was too long and i wasn't able tp finish this game today after all these years i have seen how it ended.. Sitting on that horse that's the last thing i remember about this game..

[@anishray7401]

This game was so hard. I am so glad that I actually got to see how the story actually turned out.

[@Rarestgameplayer]

persia 2 is a very hard game.

[@DamnZtar]

Crash Bandicoot 1: Hold my Wumpa Fruits

[@khaledgouda9968]

That's true

[@kejiri3593]

its hard but not bad. I like the exploration

[@kejiri3593]

@@DamnZtar Ps1 is cool.. Remake is not so memorable.

[@DamnZtar]

@@kejiri3593 why not?

[@bormisha]

The Adlib/Soundblaster FM soundtrack is wonderful.

[@Howyeman]

Millenians: Oh no, Sekiro is to hard... 90''s kids: hold my beer... this was PoP2 with no tutorials.

[@darkmex25]

It's called memorization.

[@stuff5499]

ah yes, because everyone knows this game, every millenial says Sekiro is hard and every 90's kid knows PoP

[@wildbers]

30年後來看，這個2D遊戲還是令人印象深刻。

[@ladyarthuria]

When I found this game in computer 20 years ago, I feel so proud and excited.

[@nabilahmedkhan8052]

I swear that voice 'Come to me !' still haunts me to this day. I was 7 when I played this game and am 36 now but somehow that voice has made its way into subconscious memory and I have not been able to get over it fully !

[@JacOfArts]

Who was in charge of the cutscene images and narration of this game? It feels like a movie from the 70’s or 60’s and I love the hell out of it.

[@LargeBlueCircle]

as a kid (maybe 8 or 10) i made it up to the damn flame with the bird people but could never figure it out (id get there with perhaps 10-12 min left so I couldnt have beaten the game anyways) but I cannot believe, 25 years later, you were SUPPOSED to die to the flame. Absolute mind blow.

[@Mintylight]

Thanks for putting this up. I could never finish it as a kid. So great to see it all! 🙏

[@mohammadilyaskhan8759]

Childhood memories Hardest and favourite game of my life... Still want to play again and again...

[@Wotan85]

Can't remember that the guards in the red temple were this suicidal, stupidly falling off the ledge or running into traps. Is this a different version of the game?

[@amchiwo]

it may be. I'm playing it and in my version the guards actually wait for you to get close and also the tiny genie in the bottle at 1:10:25 opens the level door

[@grasshopper0274]

Maybe different platform

[@WealdaLupinus]

@Raggy123 they're known generally as ports

[@WealdaLupinus]

@Wotan85 maybe you are playing the FMtown port which used all the DOS port's resources. But it was made years after so since japanese computers were much advanced, they could add extra settings and also reuse resources from external files or from the DOS port. FMtown is is a bit more responsive and smooth. There are some settings in japanese which allow you to mess around with the game. In DOS the player has to time his keys differently. While on normal mode FMtown plays just like the first Prince Of Persia

[@TangerineTux]

@@WealdaLupinus Not just ports, there are two DOS versions: 1.0 and 1.1.

[@CSXIV]

I don't remember how long it took me to beat this game; I just know I had help and two of the puzzles (the skeleton on the bridge and the Flame) I actually exploited glitches-because that's how the person showing me how to actually beat the game got past those sections (didn't realize that those weren't the "proper" way to beat the level). (If you're wondering: if you go to the bridge skeleton, and then retreat 2 rooms away, it despawns the bridge skeleton, while the music is still playing. The game considers the bridge skeleton dead and opens the door. And for the flame? If you jump to the flame platform and then jump back, the game opens the exit doors, though it doesn't have the scene with the guards bowing to you. Instead, watch several birdman guards jump off a cliff trying to get to you. The game STILL considers that you got the flame in the final level). That being said: 27:34: Wait, you can kill the snakes with your sword? No, seriously: you can kill the snakes with your sword? How many years ago did I play this game and spend the whole time just jumping over the snakes because I thought the only way to kill them was to get a loose piece of floor to fall on it? Even the person that actually showed me how to beat the game never figured this out.

[@فيصلالصومالي-ي9ز]

great voice acting classic

[@dibujosinlimitesmp]

Good memories from this game, I also played the previous. Those heads gave me nightmares as a teen. This game is better than many of the movies made today

[@adityapushkar2684]

My childhood memory! Thanks for this video

[@ZhengIsRight]

Those ghastly floating heads and their unearthly scream when they attack freaked me so out as a kid that I never got past that section of the game.

[@DarthCruciare87]

That final boss area. Jordan must have been on some serious shrooms when he conceived it. You are fighting on the back of a living spider. That's fucked up.

[@ericthegreen3]

This was such an ambitious game, but felt overly complex at times.

[@gabrielbalboa3476]

Near to have 30 years old this episode. Unforgettable.

[@MadDjentah]

They should re-launch re-make this artwork masterpiece in todays possible graphic innovations. Would be even greater than sands of times series was.

[@sutanpuu]

55:40 Lucky you didn't have to fight that guy... 1:13:40-1:14:05 haha stupid guards!

[@YanXinLee]

Wow, 6-yo me only completed 5% of the game. The pictures in the stories crept me out as a kid. Now finally saw the entire gameplay (which includes bodyless ghosts and spirits), still think this game is pretty creepy.

[@エルデンリング-隻狼]

"Princess, why do you look at me so strangely?"

[@alexplaytop]

1993 and so beautiful to watch what a gamedev!

[@shachar2]

SO THAT'S HOW YOU GET THE FLAME!!! It's been like what? 30 years and it's a mystery I've never solved. Thanks

[@begumchand]

Me too. I completed it without stealing the flame. Just went to the flame and stood there and returned and continuedd as shown here. But what is shown here is more logical.

[@beht8185]

@@begumchand same 😂😂😂😂

[@gagliardivex9218]

The art is beautiful. I remember playing this game as a child