Prince of Persia Hints, Tips and Tricks.
Hints
- When you start the game and the Prince jumps out of the window and he lands press shift-k or k then you will see suicide.
- Take your sword on hand and then put it back. Now you have passed the next level!
- 1 major Potion in level with the Horse:
To get this major potion you must run left from the horse screen, the potion is in the screen next to the one where a snake appears it is hidden behind the rock. Keep press to grab the potion and walk until you find it.
Tricks
Major Potion in Level 5
Go to level 5 (the one with the flying carpet) At the start there is a closed door to the left, to open it go 3 screens to the right, drop the loose tiles, it will activate the cannon-like traps and the door switches, now go back all the way through the beginning and TA-DAA! the stone door will be opened with another mayor potion inside. (Room 22). And watch out; there's a loosing floor on the top of the major potion.
EXTRA DETAILS:* To climb the spikey-wall (when going back) SHIFT-WALK into it, then climb.
* To save time I suggest to push the skeleton into the lava pit.
* For the cannon-switch in the screen with the two stone doors and a spike-wall between them, crouch-walk the cannon-switch so you'll dodge the hits from the trap.
Major Potion in Level 9
There's also another hidden major potion in level 9. It's located behind the
center rock in this picture (room 13):
How to pass the Skelton
The timing isn't everything, but it
is a lot of it. However, the positioning on the bridge is the key.
It's already been stated (in the walkthru) that you have to swap
places with the skeleton, but be careful in where/how you do this;
if you advance too far (towards the left end of the bridge), you
won't be able to detain the skeleton, no matter what you try. Slip
past the skeleton (while still exchanging slashes with him, of
course) right about the fourth or fifth plank from the left end of
the bridge; if he turns toward the right end of the bridge, slash or
step towards him to draw his attention back to you.
Now that you have his attention, the only thing left to do is push
him backward just slightly right of the center of the bridge. You'll
need to time your actions precisely, or you'll advance too far right
to grab the bridge when it collapses. The best formula I've
discovered is: block/slash/step back; step forward/block/slash/step
back. This rhythm will drive the skeleton towards the weak part of
the bridge, yet keep you close enough to turn and grab the bridge
when it begins to collapse.
Keep in mind that once you get this positioning and pattern down
correctly, it won't take long for the bridge to fall! I fought the
skeleton for ages without the bridge ever collapsing, but once I
discovered the correct position and timing, the bridge fell after
only two or three blows to the skeleton.
You may have to work on this pattern a few times to get the timing
down, especially turning and grabbing the bridge when it begins to
collapse. But again, if you pay attention to the positioning on the
bridge, you'll see the pattern and this will get fairly easy.
NOTE: THE GIF IMAGE IS BROKEN. IT WILL BE FIXED LATER.
The easiest/quickest way to pass the skeleton
The following video (animated gif) shows you how to pass the skeleton quickly. You will still have the sword after passing it that way; however, you will land wihout it at the ruins!
Medium Quality GIF - 351 KB:
High Quality GIF - 549 KB:
http://img464.imageshack.us/img464/8129/prince2skeltrickflvrt0.gif.
Pass level 10 via a shortcut (less than 35 seconds)
Some people know this trick, but some others don't even know the location of the extra screen on the extreme right side of the top row (where you fall down to the door)
Level 9 shortcut
It is possible to solve level 9 without going the lower way to clear the heads in advance. You can follow the upper way from the beginning, bypassing the heads, and sparing lots of time.
Sounds easy? Well, it isn't quite. Perhaps the beginning is, which is only a matter of practice:
However, the last screen is definitely a challenge. You can lure those two heads to the screen to the right and jump back, but it's quite tough:
It's a typical speedrun-solution, that is, it's unstable for regular playing. But it works :). Also note that you don't get the potion.
Level 6 to Level 7
For those who don't know:
Pass level 13 (flame level) quickly
There is a way to pass level 13 (the flame level) quickly. You will save a great deal of time by avoiding fighting all the guards, dieing and waiting to turn into the shadow
automatically and getting the flame...
Turn into the shadow (you need to have enough potions to do so) on the double-doors screen (save check-point), go to the flame screen and jump on the platform (first tile of it is actually a raising floor that opens the three doors -
Map) and go back, return to the prince and enter the door).
You still have the flame on the last level. However, you will have to fight some guards downstairs to gain enough potions).
Here's the video (gif animation):
Pass level 1 quickly
Here's how to pass first level quickly without killing first, second, third,
fourth and fifth guards.
Pass level 6 quickly
You can call this a bug-trick. Pass level 6 directly to level 7 - Only works on Prince of Persia 2 IR
(Initial Release) version.
NOTE: THE GIF IMAGE IS BROKEN. IT WILL BE FIXED LATER.
PRINCE.EXE GAMEPLAY
Start the game like PRINCE.EXE GAMEPLAY. You
will begin in some places in the game and press alt+n to skip
levels in a new place. You can also start the game like PRINCE.EXE YIPPEEYAHOO GAMEPLAY
The prince.dat file contains 28 level resources, the first 14 is for playing normally whereas the next 14 is used for the "gameplay" command line option. It's a different built-in levelset, probably they've used it for testing.
An example for subtle changes: Load level 3 and try to get to the room where you start in the normal game. In the "original" version, there is a room above that. In this version, there isn't.
Note that you can start the game using the "prince yippeeyahoo gameplay" command and you can skip to later levels as well. Levels 12 and 13 are also completely rewritten, though, they aren't too challenging ;)
Here are some screenshots of those levels (gameplay rooms). Check out the Prince of Persia 2 - GAMEPLAY maps
at the ends too.
PRINCE.EXE GAMEPLAY MAPS
For prince.exe gameplay maps, click here:
http://www.popuw.com/maps2.html
Prince of Persia 2 v1.1 Guards/Birdmen/Skeletons preview
Here are some gif animations and pictures of POP2 v1.1
When and where can I turn into the shadow or the flame?
PoP2 versions 1.0 and 1.1
Shadow: Levels 10, 11, 12 and 13.
Flame: Level 14 (B).
PoP2 version IR
Shadow: Levels 10, 11, 12 and 13.
Flame: Levels 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 (B). (EXP)
You will need to have 11 or 12 potions, then press keys: left-right-left-right-... (or right-left-right-left-...) until you turn into the shadow or the flame.
Has anybody found anything unusual in the game?
Worth checking topic with some tips and tricks (videos/images included).
Topic: http://popuw.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=53&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
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For more tricks, bugs, glitches, information, help, etc. about PoP2, please visit the Prince of Persia 2 forum.