All DEATHS of Every Prince of Persia Version
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 พ.ค. 2024
- 😵 This video shows the evolution of the deaths of almost all the official versions of Prince of Persia 1 / PoP 1 (Jordan Mechner 1989), as well as some unofficial clones and homebrew ports.
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These are the versions included in the video:
00:00 Intro
00:15 Apple II (1989)
01:02 Atari ST (1990)
01:54 Amiga (1990)
02:53 PC DOS / MS-DOS (CGA, Game Blaster) (1990)
03:50 PC DOS / MS-DOS (EGA, Sound Blaster) (1990)
04:47 PC DOS / MS-DOS (VGA, Roland MT-32) (1990)
05:43 Tandy 1000 (1990)
06:40 NEC PC-9801VX / PC-98VX (1990)
07:37 Amstrad CPC (1990)
08:13 Sharp X68000 / X68K (1991)
08:59 TurboGrafx-CD / PC Engine CD (1991)
09:45 FM Towns (1992)
10:34 Macintosh (Black & White mode) (1992)
11:31 Macintosh (Color mode) (1992)
12:29 Sega CD / Mega CD (1992)
13:24 Super Nintendo / SNES / Super Famicom (1992)
15:53 SAM Coupé (1992)
16:31 Game Gear (1992)
17:24 Master System / SMS / Sega Mark III (1992)
18:17 NES / Famicom (1992)
19:06 Game Boy / GB (1992)
19:51 Sega Genesis / Mega Drive (USA) (1994)
20:46 Sega Genesis / Mega Drive (Europe) (1994)
21:43 ZX Spectrum (Unofficial) (1996)
22:32 Game Boy Color / GBC (1999)
23:16 PlayStation 2 / PS2, Xbox, GameCube / GCN, Windows (Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time) (2003)
24:08 Enterprise 128 (Unofficial) (2006)
24:43 J2ME / Java Mobile (Prince of Persia Classic) (2007)
25:51 Xbox 360 / X360, PlayStation 3 / PS3 (Prince of Persia Classic) (2007)
26:59 Android, iOS (Prince of Persia Classic) (2011)
27:33 Commodore 64 / C64 (Unofficial) (2011)
28:32 BBC Master (Unofficial) (2018)
29:29 Atari 8-bit family (Unofficial) (2021)
Which are your favorite ports or conversions?
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There's something oddly comedic about the relatively huge delay between dying and the death music playing in the Java version.
in the Apple 2 versione was need assicurated than him is real die
@@Raziel.82what
it's even better when there's scenes like 25:33 where he just takes a swig and is like "oh hold on I need to lay down"
Insert Curb music...
It makes it look like a sitcom lmao
I find it amusing how, in many versions, being poisoned to death still sees you laying in a pool of blood as if you were stabbed or crushed!
Some poisons cause rapid and catastrophic tissue breakdown, blood pours out of every orifice.
@@gwishart🤓
fr tho, there are a lot of scary poisons and toxins in this world
Lol, it's like swallowing some kind of acid right
I've always imagined that since there looks like there's an explosion, that he drank some volatile chemical and it exploded in his chest.
I would say they drank bleach or something but I don't know if bleach existed in the time this game takes place
the blade was traumatizing for me when I was a child. I always asked my sister to go through it for me, while I was hiding in another room, listening if I could hear the death music
You were a coward ! When I was a kid I finished it after some tries ! And you say you used to ask your sister to pass the blade for you ?
Lol so awesome and understandable
And you know what that sister's name turned out to be? John Cena.
Same happened to me!! I couldnt believe how prince was cut in half and it can be a 2d old game but that blood was so realistic. Also the lack of any sounds or music as other games make this one a little creepy and lonely.
I find it curious how Mortal Kombat caused a moral panic over its gory fatalities, yet Prince of Persia with its bloody death traps in most ports got away scott-free from the controversy.
Context I guess.
Mortal kombat aways had sadistic tones to it.
@@lainhikaru5657 That, and not many households had a PC back then that kids played on, whereas plenty of people visited arcades.
@@lainhikaru5657 true..where prince of persia dosen't has that
It was much MUCH less mainstream. Not nearly as many kids had these old model computers compared to the ones that went to an arcade or owned a Sega. More parents saw it, which created the panic.
Also this gore is a consequence the player needs to avoid, not a command that can be performed by the character themself.
How the blade just split him in half and keeps moving is far more horrifying than anything from the Warrior within
gotta love how the older, less powerful system got the snapping in half death way better than the more modern ones
I love the swordsman deaths, its like a sibling smacking you with something and you acting out like you're badly injured.
Especially the Game Gear
I find it quite ironic that SNES is a family friendly console, but has the biggest amount of death scenes
Because the SNES version is a much bigger game with more levels and even the old levels are shuffled around a bit in layout. So that means more traps! =D
I guess him fading away like a typical video game character helps too
They missed quite a few deaths
Impressive video. I see the removal of blood after the SNES version, but they added a whole bunch of new deaths
Probaly so to keep it on that Console
all of the Nintendo versions cut the blood
Yeees
@@KKHellThey kept it clean
Must have been early in the SNES' life cycle.
The SNES version has one more death: the Jaffar levitation followed by the "shinkuu hadouken" projectile.
1:10 "Shi-" (sad music plays)
The SNES death theme has been an inside joke with my siblings since I was a kid, lol! We hum it as a way to say "fail". x D
How disgusting it makes me see furries here
I'm honestly surprised on how the SNES version came first, rather than the original NES. And how the Genesis is released later with improved graphics, while the Sega CD does not
yeah the releases of this game were a mess! im guessing a bunch of different parties bought the rights for different consoles and some started immediately while others either delayed or resold the license further etc
I love how sometimes the guy with the sword gets just a little extra razzle dazzle with his death music
The Super Nintendo had a great aesthetic to it. The only thing holding it back was how they censored the deaths by having the corpse fade out and no blood.
The prince got thanos's snapped out of existence
so cool of you to preserve/archive things like this seriously
The NEC PC-9801VX version looks so much better than almost all the others in terms of how backgrounds and colors are handled. (6:42)
The SNES version is BY FAR the greatest. The audio, the visuals, the atmosphere, everything! The only other version that comes close is the PC Engine CD with its healthy amount of RAM and redbook audio.✌🏻
The best game I ever played. An absolute masterpiece on the SNES/SFC.
I don't know about the audio. The soundtrack on the version which appears clearest on the FM Towns version at 9:46, sounds the best to me.
I loved the classic graphics and sound on the Amiga. It looked scary and had completely different feel to it. Adding colourful clothes and turban made it look fairytaile-like and less serious. Prince was a prisoner not a freaking visitor in the dungeons.
17:00 nice hitbox
lol
The unofficial remakes (Commodore 64, BBC Micro, Atari 800) are the most impressive! 👀
The SAM Coupé version started out as an unofficial remake too. The programmer wrote it on his own using graphics ripped from the Amiga version: then approached Brøderbund and asked permission to write a SAM version, without telling them he'd already done it! Fortunately, they liked it and published it.
SNES version's music was legit.
Man. The Master System and the Game Gear have the most comical deaths when it comes to the Prince just gently falling to the ground over every little thing… and then turn around and have the most horrific death for getting caught in the guillotine. I'm gonna see that face in my nightmares.
Lol the game gear version was my childhood 😂
Gruesome deaths, sad music samples. All you need are some snarky text boxes and you would have a Sierra adventure game death compilation!
(Player gets chopped by the blade trap) You're half the man you used to be.
Restore Restart Quit.
@@fevermario (Death by spikes) Not a sharp move there, Prince.
(Death by Falling) Watch your step, Prince!
(Death by ceiling) Talk about a crushing defeat.
(Slain) Guess he got his POINT across!
(Death by poison) Check the labels next time.
Excellent job! I know it's a ton of work but it would be awesome if you could add at the end of this videos a side by side selection of systems as you shortly do for the intro. In this case, for example, it could be one of 8 bits, one of 16, etc., and show one of the deaths (entirely) in a side by side edit, similar to the intro, but one of the deaths fully, with the selection of systems at the same time, as a "wrapping up things" at the end. Just a thought. Great work anyway!
Thank you! I've thought about doing that more than once. I actually tried it once with a really cool mosaic with After Effects, but my computer was unable to render it, lol. When I have more time, I'll try to pick up that project again.
@@retrosutra Awesome! 😉
This game has been ported for more devices than most games...
From 1989 to 20 goddamned 21.
18:25: Life Lost #1
18:33: Rough Landing (Dead)
18:40: Life Lost #2
18:48: Game Over (Stage Failed)
18:55: Life Lost #3
19:02: Life Lost #4
NICE! My first version was PC DOS VGA. I remember a teacher in middle school had it on their PC, and allowed us to play it on occasion.
That was my first version too. I remember played it in my grandparents home for the first time.
@@retrosutraI have the same version. But somehow the sound was different, it came straight from the mainboard speaker
@@TheMrDShowVNNo soundcard on your pc
@@FigureFarter No, my PC had no external speaker
@@TheMrDShowVNi want the Mainboard speakers back today 🙈😄
Dear lord, how many versions of this game were there?!? I bet they could port this to a toaster if they wanted to
Japanese PC (Sharp X68000, FM Towns, etc) versions have to be the best graphics and speed wise; the music changes are weird though.
And is it me, or are some of the SNES deaths more disturbing despite the lack of blood?
The X68000 and FM towns were high end computers in their time. Very expensive computers to buy, not many units were sold in either case, but they were amazing computers compared to what most people had.
excellent video, only in the SNES version it was missing when you are fighting Jaffar and he makes you explode in the air haha
Intersting how the SNES version has like double the amount of death the other versions have. Toobad it's censored.
I'm surprised at the consistency between the versions
Although I grew up watching my uncle play the PC version (whichever was the standard version), the Symbian andAndroid versions were the ones I played personally. Seeing those brought a smile on my face.
When i played PRINCE OF PERSIA for the first time on my Amiga 500in the early 1990's,
I got myself hooked playing this game everyday.
The animation is brilliant,
the graphics are amazing,
the gameplay is awesome,
and the music + sound effects are outstanding 😺👍.
The Atari ST version of this game looks and sounds absolutely amazing 😺👍.
One of my friends also had this game
for his Super Nintendo back in the 1990's,
and it was surprisingly amazing 😺👍🕹️.
Now, even on these nowadays,
I still have this game for my Amiga 500
as one of The Hit Squad games 😺👍🕹️.
Thank you for sharing retrospective gameplay video 😺👍🕹️.
epic pc game for me back then but i didn`t expect other systems to sound even worse as the pc speaker, the first 8 bit soundblaster (clone) card was a real pleasure for my tortured ears at the time 😂🙉. but to my surprise the c64 sounded much better compared to the pc speaker, i was almost shocked as i switched from c64 to pc systems and thought i will get just improvements instead of just horrible sound mayhem cheers
The genesis version looks incredible. Beautiful sprite work and lots of extra detail in the levels. The SNES version is probably the best, though, with tons of exclusive content. Unfortunately the sounds kind of suck.
I love this videos ❤
Nintendo: "So as you know, over here we have strict rules and policies to ensure that our games are family friendly, so you can't show any blood are we clear?"
Arsys: "Understood"
Nintendo: "Good."
Arsys: "By the way for this port we're thinking of adding 10 more levels and we've come up with this fire based area with flame traps that immolate the player, is that okay?"
Nintendo: "Sounds good."
As a side note I do think the SNES is the best version of the game to get, it doesn't have any shortcomings excluding people who might have liked the blood, though I've gotta say I love the gritty atmosphere in the NEC version, and although a lot of versions have good music let's just remember that the original Prince of Persia had no music at all, so it's always a nice added bonus to these versions.
Sadly you missed that a different longer death jingle plays if you die to a guard while you have your sword out. I don't know about the other versions, but this is true for at least the DOS and the Macinosh versions.
The smartphone versions... man...
17:55 dude died from nowhere lol
Dont forget about 16:24
1:10
I heard him say 💩
🤣
Lol you're right omg
The snes version is be far the best of them; better graphics, tons of new levels and a master piece of soundtrack, although not faithful to the original.
Prince of Persia is one of the few games that more content and updated visuals make it worse. Amiga and DOS version are the definitive way to play. Visuals are simple, but they were ahead of their time, having modern look by today's standards.
POP 2 had also much more content and better graphics, yet it never got as popular as the first game on PC. While everyone had Prince of Persia on their computers in the 90's. First time I've played PoP 2 was in early 2000's, when I've downloaded it from internet.
@@Leeki85i didn't had it for the PC in the 90s but for the game gear 😎
THE MACINTOSH VERSION IS THE MOST BRUTAL OFF ALL!
Agreed.
Dude the NEC PC and the Sharp version look horrifying. I Iove them
I had no idea that this many versions of the game even existed! The SNES version will always be my number one, for it’s excellent soundtrack. 🖖😀
Prince: Ah.
la versión de la Amiga es la que jugué completa, porque es uno de los pocos videojuegos que mi padre ha jugado en toda su vida y a el le encanta, tonces asi conocí el juego, para ser tan viejo es un juego muy impresionante con sus animaciones y estética, y lo disfruté mucho, es un juegazo
Me encantan estas historias ❤️
I find it weird that the 360 version censors you being cut in half by blade... the versions I knew was dos, vga and sound blaster and the windows one.
The code for the last level in Prince of Persia was my phone number. I was both excited and pissed to learn this while playing. NES
Hahaha
congratulations, you have doxxed yourself
@@tarekcat1 LOL do you even remember landlines from the early 90's?
actually now that I think about it call 9 year old me see if I remember. interesting experiment.😃
epicas muertes de persia y espero ver victoria en sus evoluciones buen video
lmfao dude those screams! The Atari ST Prince sounds like he has a vice on his testicles, and the Sega CD Prince sounds like he's just given up on life, hee hee
Excellent!
No one:
The Prince in Atari ST: *random mortal kombat noises*
Android, iOS versions look so disgusting... "revive for 1 life BUY" ughhh
SNES version hands down literally the best. Gameplay is crazy versatile and superb soundtracks.
I love how the metal jaws on the Game Gear are like "OOPS GOT STUCK HERE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING STEP-VIZIER?!" 😆
21:37 damn…
There’s blood 🩸
6:48 Like Mega Drive or Genesis
Im amazed with what they did with the atari last version, I wonder if it runs on a console
Thanks! Now I can't remember which version I played on my childhood
All versions: press to continue
Android/iOS version: BUY tO CoNtInUe
Wow, there’s a lot of arrangements of this game I haven’t seen before
This must arguably be the most ported commercial game ever, possibly competed only by Doom.
Todo un grande, que tiene para todas las versiones habidas y por haber, estuve intentando trolearte, pero claro, la muerte por tiempo no es muerte, es solo una escena con la pricesita y el satisfaier, hay una muerte super epica que caes por un precipicio de 8-9 pantallas, esa habría estado wapa ponerla en ttodas las versiones Xd. un abrazo crrack.
Hahaha sí, realmente pensé en poner ese Game Over por tiempo, pero como no hay muerte quizás mejor lo dejo para otro vídeo. La megacaída esa me suena muy bien, lo investigaré.
Qué diferente la versión de SNES D:
I remember playing the flash version of this and not even being able to beat the first level
Man, Prince of Persia Classic is one of those games I always keep in my heart cuz of how unknown they are, played for the first time the SNES version with 8 yo, sadly it was emulated through a SNES emulation disk for the Ps2, but still enjoyed it, later on my teens years on PC I tried to emulate some of other versions to compare and well, replay that game in other way, big was my sueprise seeing the SNES version was...not "superior" but highly different, ¡but for good!, kind of making me proud of introducing myself onto that game with the SNES ver. and made me appreciate more the work Konami did on Nintendo with this game.
Now, I have seen lot of this type of videos, Im pretty surprised seeing SEGA CD there and GB versions!! Didn't knew bout their existance, ¡¡thanks!! Now I have some games to try theese holydays, must give a try to those versions, aside of course the Sega CD by being more powerful, ¿wich version do you recomend me to try? The OG Game Boy or the Game Boy Colour? ¿There are significant differences or it dosen't matter that much?
Amazing video btw, ❤ long live the Prince of Persia.
PS: I would love to get the mobile ver but don't know where or how to search for it :'v.
Let me guess. That CD was snes station?
@@manuelrodriguez3166 YES, the best thing I could have had on my childhood
I’m surprised the NES version has the game’s trademark animation.
I played the nintendo version 1992. its really nostalgic!
SFC版はグロさを控えめにしていているけど他はエグいな…。ギロチンに血が…
The SNES version is the one I had and played… 120 minutes if I recall correctly to beat the entire game with the time not resetting each death… as a 10 year old (eventually 15 when I tried it again) this game was really f*cking hard
My fav game over music
13:33
The snes one was my fav
Still have my NES cartridge ❤
15:31 what just happened? Lol
Erased!
Seizure
SNES got really creative with that, in comparison with all the previous versions.
This death scene is very scary.
Especially,choppies scene. 12:23😱
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I noticed that the death music from the PC-98 version is the same as the Sega CD version, but with different instruments
I’m surprised the NEC PC-9801VX’s game over jingle became a mainstay for a while for some unexplained reason.
For Prince of Persia Classic, I think it would have been better to include the PS3 and XB360 versions separately instead of letting the PS3 represent them both. If you compare the two, you can see that the XB360 version has better lighting and shadows; in any case, it’s a more significant difference than the Game Gear and Master System versions lol
Oh, I thought they were exactly the same, sorry
@@retrosutra The differences are too insignificant to separate imo
3:59 sounds like SMS with FM-chip
All of the classics versions feels wrong to me by using the sand of time imagery, i don't know why.
Seeing blood in old games like this is so bizarre
Nintendo had such a big grip on the console market that companies had to keep things censored. That way, if their games actually were good on the PC, They wouldnt have to tone down graphic images to appease Nintendo. Nintendo didnt care how good a game was on computers or what the game was called on other computers, you had to conform to their standards to get them to manufacture the game for you on their console. Actually, if you originally designed a game on the NES, you couldnt release it onto other systems for 2 years as part of the licensing agreement.
Actually, if you want to see blood in early games, play Castle Wolfenstein or Forbidden Forest (games released before the NES came here).
Damn, PoP1 was in everything
1:58 my favorite version but I had it on PC not Amiga ! When dad bought us our first pc in 96 I was 13 and that pc had Prince Of Persia in it among other games like Moto and Vroom !
I’ll admit, I’m mostly here to hear the differences between sfx and the death music
3:01 that sound😂
You mean 1:10 cuz the Prince said "shi" while he fell on spikes.
Even the Apple 2 one was brutal.
15:32 epilepsy warning!
Prince Of Persia: This Is Hard.
Ha ha, the SNES version might not have the blood but holy shit does it have the most ways that the prince can die in the game. It's not even a contest. There's also a bonus death during the final fight where if the prince gets caught up by Jaffar's magic, he gets lifted in the air and basically dismembered.
I didn’t know the atari st could do sound like that. It usually sounds really bleepy
Super Nintendo
There is also a way to die through Jafar's magic.
My best is SNES❤❤❤😆😆😆
Is the implication that when you drink the poison that the Prince shit himself to death?
in the black & white version, how do you know which potion is bad?
RetroSutra Why Didn't You Include The Cga Ega And Tandy Versions In The Original Video
At that time many times I only put the best possible configuration for PC. Now I think it may be more interesting to show several of them.
All the Nintendo versions have no blood at all when the Prince dies mostly because Nintendo aims the game to be family friendly and back in the day Nintendo was notorious for censoring blood in their versions of games that have blood in it.
damn..thats a lot of ports...