<s>
Prince	B-Application
of	I-Application
Persia	I-Application
is	O
a	O
cinematic	O
platform	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Broderbund	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taking	O
place	O
in	O
medieval	O
Persia	O
,	O
players	O
control	O
an	O
unnamed	O
protagonist	O
who	O
must	O
venture	O
through	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
dungeons	O
to	O
defeat	O
the	O
evil	O
Grand	O
Vizier	B-Application
Jaffar	O
and	O
save	O
an	O
imprisoned	O
princess	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
like	O
Karateka	B-Application
,	O
Mechner	O
's	O
first	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
Prince	B-Application
of	I-Application
Persia	I-Application
used	O
rotoscoping	O
for	O
its	O
fluid	O
and	O
realistic	O
animation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
this	O
process	O
,	O
Mechner	O
used	O
as	O
reference	O
for	O
the	O
characters	O
 '	O
movements	O
videos	O
of	O
his	O
brother	O
doing	O
acrobatic	O
stunts	O
in	O
white	O
clothes	O
,	O
and	O
swashbuckler	O
films	O
such	O
as	O
The	B-Application
Adventures	I-Application
of	I-Application
Robin	I-Application
Hood	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
critically	O
acclaimed	O
and	O
,	O
while	O
not	O
an	O
immediate	O
commercial	O
success	O
,	O
sold	O
many	O
copies	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
platforms	O
after	O
the	O
original	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
believed	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
the	O
first	O
cinematic	O
platformer	O
and	O
inspired	O
many	O
games	O
in	O
this	O
subgenre	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Another	B-Application
World	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
success	O
launched	O
the	B-Application
Prince	I-Application
of	I-Application
Persia	I-Application
franchise	O
,	O
consisting	O
of	O
two	O
sequels	O
,	O
Prince	B-Application
of	I-Application
Persia	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Shadow	I-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Flame	I-Application
(	O
1993	O
)	O
and	O
Prince	B-Application
of	I-Application
Persia	I-Application
3D	I-Application
(	O
1999	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
two	O
reboots	O
:	O
Prince	B-Application
of	I-Application
Persia	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Sands	I-Application
of	I-Application
Time	I-Application
(	O
2003	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
three	O
sequels	O
of	O
its	O
own	O
,	O
and	O
Prince	B-Application
of	I-Application
Persia	I-Application
(	O
2008	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
allows	O
the	O
player	O
already	O
in	O
the	O
very	O
late	O
part	O
of	O
Level	O
12	O
to	O
continue	O
after	O
time	O
is	O
out	O
with	O
no	O
extra	O
life	O
,	O
so	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Macintosh	B-Application
port	O
will	O
not	O
give	O
the	O
player	O
a	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
once	O
they	O
reach	O
the	O
final	O
area	O
of	O
Level	O
12	O
(	O
stored	O
in	O
data	O
as	O
Level	O
13	O
)	O
,	O
provided	O
they	O
make	O
it	O
there	O
on	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Running	O
out	O
of	O
time	O
at	O
any	O
point	O
before	O
the	O
screen-transition	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
bridge	O
,	O
will	O
result	O
in	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
as	O
usual	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
remake	O
allows	O
the	O
players	O
to	O
save	O
themselves	O
after	O
time	O
is	O
out	O
,	O
to	O
get	O
the	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
at	O
the	O
end	O
without	O
the	O
princess	O
saved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
they	O
have	O
merged	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
run	O
across	O
an	O
invisible	O
bridge	O
to	O
a	O
new	O
area	O
,	O
where	O
they	O
battle	O
Jaffar	O
(	O
once	O
the	O
final	O
checkpoint	O
is	O
reached	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
will	O
no	O
longer	O
get	O
a	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
screen	O
even	O
if	O
time	O
runs	O
out	O
,	O
except	O
if	O
the	O
player	O
dies	O
after	O
the	O
timeout	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
sultan	O
is	O
fighting	O
a	O
war	O
in	O
a	O
foreign	O
land	O
,	O
his	O
vizier	B-Application
Jaffar	O
,	O
a	O
wizard	O
,	O
seizes	O
power	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jaffar	O
locks	O
her	O
in	O
a	O
tower	O
and	O
orders	O
her	O
to	O
become	O
his	O
wife	O
,	O
or	O
she	O
would	O
die	O
within	O
60	O
minutes	O
(	O
extended	O
to	O
120	O
minutes	O
in	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
version	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
longer	O
and	O
harder	O
levels	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
Mechner	O
had	O
already	O
developed	O
one	O
game	O
,	O
Karateka	B-Application
,	O
for	O
distributor	O
Broderbund	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
expecting	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Karateka	B-Application
,	O
the	O
distributor	O
gave	O
Mechner	O
creative	O
freedom	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
drew	O
from	O
several	O
sources	O
of	O
inspiration	O
beyond	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
literature	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Arabian	O
Nights	O
stories	O
,	O
and	O
films	O
such	O
as	O
Raiders	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Lost	I-Application
Ark	I-Application
and	O
The	B-Application
Adventures	I-Application
of	I-Application
Robin	I-Application
Hood	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prince	B-Application
of	I-Application
Persia	I-Application
was	O
programmed	O
in	O
6502	B-Language
assembly	I-Language
,	O
a	O
low-level	O
programming	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
create	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
sword	O
fighting	O
sprites	O
,	O
Mechner	O
rotoscoped	O
the	O
final	O
duel	O
scene	O
between	O
Errol	O
Flynn	O
and	O
Basil	O
Rathbone	O
in	O
the	O
1938	O
film	O
The	B-Application
Adventures	I-Application
of	I-Application
Robin	I-Application
Hood	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
rotoscoping	O
was	O
regarded	O
as	O
a	O
pioneering	O
move	O
,	O
Mechner	O
later	O
recalled	O
that	O
"	O
when	O
we	O
made	O
that	O
decision	O
with	O
Prince	B-Application
of	I-Application
Persia	I-Application
,	O
I	O
was	O
n't	O
thinking	O
about	O
being	O
cutting	O
edge	O
—	O
we	O
did	O
it	O
essentially	O
because	O
I	O
'm	O
not	O
that	O
good	O
at	O
drawing	O
or	O
animation	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
only	O
way	O
I	O
could	O
think	O
of	O
to	O
get	O
lifelike	O
movement.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Mechner	O
has	O
said	O
that	O
when	O
he	O
started	O
programming	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
ten	O
minutes	O
of	O
the	O
film	O
Raiders	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Lost	I-Application
Ark	I-Application
had	O
been	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
inspirations	O
for	O
the	O
character	O
's	O
acrobatic	O
responses	O
in	O
a	O
dangerous	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Guards	O
were	O
later	O
added	O
when	O
Mechner	O
managed	O
to	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
an	O
additional	O
12K	O
of	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
's	O
memory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
Japanese	O
computer	O
ports	O
,	O
Arsys	O
Software	O
and	O
Riverhillsoft	O
enhanced	O
the	O
visuals	O
and	O
redesigned	O
the	O
Prince	O
's	O
appearance	O
,	O
introducing	O
the	O
classic	O
turban	O
and	O
vest	B-Algorithm
look	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
became	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Application
version	O
and	O
later	O
Prince	B-Application
of	I-Application
Persia	I-Application
ports	O
and	O
games	O
by	O
Broderbund	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Riverhillsoft	O
's	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
version	O
also	O
added	O
a	O
Red	O
Book	O
CD	O
audio	O
soundtrack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
to	O
feature	O
music	O
by	O
Tommy	O
Tallarico	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
its	O
release	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Prince	B-Application
of	I-Application
Persia	I-Application
was	O
ported	O
to	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Port	O
Release	O
Developer	O
PublisherNEC	O
PC-9801	B-Operating_System
Arsys	O
SoftwarePrince	O
of	O
Persia	O
release	O
info	O
,	O
Moby	O
Games	O
,	O
October	O
3	O
,	O
1989	O
RiverhillsoftDOSBroderbundAmiga	O
(	O
EU	O
)	O
DomarkAtari	O
STBroderbundSharp	O
X68000	B-Device
RiverhillsoftAmstrad	O
CPCBroderbundSAM	O
CoupéChris	O
'	O
Persil	O
 '	O
WhiteRevelationTurboGrafx-16	O
RiverhillsoftGame	O
BoyVirgin	O
GamesFM	O
TownsRiverhillsoftMaster	O
System	O
DomarkSuper	O
NES	O
(	O
JP	O
)	O
(	O
US	O
,	O
EU	O
)	O
Arsys	O
SoftwareMasaya	O
(	O
JP	O
)	O
Konami	O
(	O
US	O
,	O
EU	O
)	O
Sega	O
CDRiverhillsoftNESVirgin	O
GamesMacintoshPresage	O
Software	O
development	O
,	O
Inc.Game	O
Gear	O
DomarkGenesisDomark	O
(	O
EU	O
)	O
Tengen	O
(	O
US	O
)	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
ColorEd	O
Magnin	O
and	O
AssociatesRed	O
Orb	O
EntertainmentMobile	O
(	O
"	O
Classic	O
"	O
)	O
2007GameloftXbox	O
360	B-Operating_System
(	O
"	O
Classic	O
"	O
)	O
June	O
13	O
,	O
2007GameloftUbisoftPlayStation	O
3	O
(	O
"	O
Classic	O
"	O
)	O
October	O
23	O
,	O
2008Blackberry	O
(	O
"	O
Classic	O
"	O
)	O
April	O
7	O
,	O
2009GameloftiOS	O
(	O
"	O
Retro	O
"	O
,	O
replaced	O
by	O
"	O
Classic	O
"	O
version	O
in	O
2011	O
)	O
UbisoftiOS	O
(	O
"	O
Classic	O
"	O
)	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
(	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
version	O
on	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
)	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
(	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
version	O
on	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
)	O
Android	B-Application
(	O
"	O
Classic	O
"	O
)	O
September	O
13	O
,	O
2012Ubisoft	O
PuneUbisoftPort	O
Release	O
Developer	O
PublisherElectronika	O
BK-0011MEvgeny	O
Pashigorov	O
,	O
Pasha	O
SizykhFlame	O
AssociationATM	O
TurboHoney	O
Soft	O
,	O
Andrey	O
HonichemMoscowZX	O
SpectrumNicodimMagic	O
Soft	O
MC	O
Software	O
HP48/GXIkiTI	O
-89	O
,	O
TI-92David	O
CozEnterprise	O
128Geco	O
(	O
Noel	O
Persa	O
)	O
Commodore	B-Operating_System
Plus/4	I-Operating_System
(	O
Demo	O
)	O
GFW	O
&	O
ACWCommodore	O
64Andreas	O
VargaLinux	O
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	O
WindowsDávid	O
Nagy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prince	B-Application
of	I-Application
Persia	I-Application
received	O
a	O
positive	O
critical	O
reception	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
initially	O
a	O
commercial	O
failure	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
had	O
sold	O
only	O
7,000	O
units	O
each	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
and	O
IBM	O
PC	O
by	O
July	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
1990	O
,	O
the	O
NEC	B-Operating_System
PC-9801	I-Operating_System
version	O
sold	O
10,000	O
units	O
as	O
soon	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
then	O
ported	O
to	O
various	O
different	O
home	O
computers	O
and	O
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
consoles	I-Device
,	O
eventually	O
selling	O
2	O
million	O
units	O
worldwide	O
by	O
the	O
time	O
its	O
sequel	O
Prince	B-Application
of	I-Application
Persia	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Shadow	I-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Flame	I-Application
(	O
1993	O
)	O
was	O
in	O
production	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
wrote	O
that	O
Prince	B-Application
of	I-Application
Persia	I-Application
"	O
succeeds	O
at	O
being	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
running-jumping	O
game	O
(	O
in	O
other	O
words	O
,	O
a	O
gussied-up	O
Nintendo	O
game	O
)	O
"	O
because	O
it	O
"	O
captures	O
the	O
feel	O
of	O
those	O
great	O
old	O
adventure	O
films	O
"	O
,	O
citing	O
Thief	O
of	O
Baghdad	O
,	O
Frankenstein	O
,	O
and	O
Dracula	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1991	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
ranked	O
the	O
12th	O
best	O
Amiga	B-Device
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
by	O
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1992	O
,	O
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
described	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Application
version	O
as	O
having	O
"	O
brilliant	O
graphics	O
and	O
excellent	O
sound	O
...	O
Sure	O
,	O
you	O
could	O
do	O
all	O
this	O
years	O
ago	O
on	O
a	O
Commodore	O
64	O
or	O
Atari	O
400	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
version	O
,	O
GamePro	O
praised	O
the	O
"	O
extremely	O
fluid	O
"	O
animation	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
and	O
commented	O
that	O
the	O
controls	O
are	O
difficult	O
to	O
master	O
but	O
nonetheless	O
very	O
effective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Comparing	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
version	O
,	O
they	O
summarized	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
version	O
has	O
better	O
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
has	O
better	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Otherwise	O
,	O
the	O
two	O
are	O
identical	O
in	O
almost	O
every	O
way	O
...	O
"	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
(	O
EGM	O
)	O
likewise	O
assessed	O
the	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
version	O
as	O
"	O
An	O
excellent	O
conversion	O
of	O
the	O
classic	O
action	O
game	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
added	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
challenging	O
strategy	O
and	O
technique	O
give	O
it	O
high	O
longevity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1991	O
,	O
PC	O
Format	O
named	O
Prince	B-Application
of	I-Application
Persia	I-Application
one	O
of	O
the	O
50	O
best	O
computer	O
games	O
ever	O
,	O
highlighting	O
its	O
"	O
unbelievably	O
good	O
animation	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
named	O
Prince	B-Application
of	I-Application
Persia	I-Application
the	O
84th	O
best	O
game	O
ever	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
editors	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
an	O
acrobatic	O
platformer	O
with	O
amazingly	O
fluid	O
action	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prince	B-Application
of	I-Application
Persia	I-Application
influenced	O
cinematic	O
platformers	O
such	O
as	O
Another	B-Application
World	I-Application
and	O
Flashback	B-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
action-adventure	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Tomb	B-Application
Raider	I-Application
,	O
which	O
used	O
a	O
similar	O
control	O
scheme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
DOS	B-Device
games	O
were	O
created	O
using	O
exactly	O
the	O
same	O
game	O
mechanics	O
of	O
the	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
of	O
Prince	B-Application
of	I-Application
Persia	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Makh-Shevet	O
created	O
Cruel	O
World	O
in	O
1993	O
and	O
Capstone	O
Software	O
created	O
Zorro	B-Application
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
Prince	B-Application
of	I-Application
Persia	I-Application
was	O
remade	O
and	O
ported	O
by	O
Gameloft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
remake	O
,	O
titled	O
Prince	B-Application
of	I-Application
Persia	I-Application
Classic	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
13	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
to	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
,	O
and	O
on	O
October	O
23	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
released	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reverse	O
engineering	O
efforts	O
by	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
have	O
resulted	O
in	O
detailed	O
documentation	O
of	O
the	O
file	O
formats	O
of	O
the	O
MS-DOS	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
17	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Jordan	O
Mechner	O
established	O
a	O
GitHub	B-Application
repository	O
containing	O
the	O
long-thought-lost	O
original	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
source	O
code	O
for	O
Prince	B-Application
of	I-Application
Persia	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
30	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Mechner	O
did	O
an	O
AMA	O
on	O
Reddit	B-Application
where	O
he	O
stated	O
that	O
he	O
would	O
be	O
releasing	O
his	O
journals	O
from	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
book	O
and	O
users	O
could	O
ask	O
any	O
questions	O
that	O
they	O
may	O
have	O
about	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
