Tag Archives: 8-bit

Brøderbund, Lists

10 Best Prince of Persia Conversions

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LISTS: as decided by His Majesty The King of Grabs, in order of greatness:

1. Super Nintendo (1992)
2. PC Engine/Turbografx-16 (1991)
3. Commodore 64 (2011)
4. PC MS-DOS (1990)
5. Atari ST (1990)
6. Amiga (1990)
7. Sega CD (1992)
8. Sharp X68000 (1991)
9. ZX Spectrum (1996)
10. Megadrive/Genesis (1993)

And of course there’s always the Apple II original, which is ‘The Daddy’ of them all.

All Hail The Prince of Persia, and all hail Jordan Mechner!

More: Prince of Persia on Wikipedia

All versions of Prince of Persia on The King of Grabs:
Apple II, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-Bit, Atari ST, PC MS-DOS, SAM Coupé, Sharp X68000, PC Engine/Turbografx-16, Sega Master System, Sega CD, Game Boy, Super Nintendo, Nintendo Entertainment System, Megadrive/Genesis, Game Boy Color, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum

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Brøderbund, Commodore 64, Homebrew, Nostalgia

Prince of Persia, Commodore 64

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The Commodore 64 version of Prince of Persia is not an official release, but a 2011 ‘homebrew’ game created by Nostalgia (not the perfume – the team). And it is quite astounding!

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Brøderbund, Revelation Software, SAM Coupé

Prince of Persia, SAM Coupé

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Uh oh… The 1990 SAM Coupé conversion of Jordan Mechner‘s classic Prince of Persia is disastrously flawed.

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Amstrad CPC, Brøderbund

Prince of Persia, Amstrad CPC

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Developed in 1990 by Brøderbund France, the Amstrad CPC conversion of Prince of Persia is a decent interpretation of Jordan Mechner‘s classic platform game.

Graphically, the Amstrad version is very good. It is arguably the best-looking out of all the 8-bit versions.

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Apple II, Brøderbund

Prince of Persia, Apple II

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The Apple II version of Prince of Persia is the original, released by Brøderbund in 1989.

The game wasn’t a big hit initially, but word of how good it was grew when the game was converted to other systems and was also released in Asia and Europe. Prince of Persia gradually built into a phenomenon.

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IJK Software, Oric

Don’t Press The Letter Q, Oric

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Released for the Oric by IJK Software in 1984, Don’t Press The Letter Q is a very early ‘minigame’-based adventure, in a similar vein to more modern titles like Warioware.

Considering that Don’t Press The Letter Q is over 35 years old now, it has stood the test of time remarkably well. And – considering that it is an Oric exclusive – it is something of a stand-out title on the platform. Arguably even the best game on the Oric.

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Ocean Software, Oric

Island of Death, Oric

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Ocean‘s Island of Death is a game I remember seeing back in 1984 (because of the striking Bob Wakelin cover art), but have never played – until now.

And I’m quite surprised by how good it is…

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Amstrad CPC, Software Projects

Manic Miner, Amstrad CPC

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The excellent Amstrad CPC version of Manic Miner was first released by Software Projects in 1984.

It is very close to the ZX Spectrum original in almost every respect, barring the fact that the colours are slightly less vivid and the play window is slightly smaller. Oh, and the last level is different – like an expanded (and more difficult) version of the last screen in the Speccy original.

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