(Former) Prince of Persia speedrun World Record! 14m 4s!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2020
- This was once the Prince of Persia any% Speedrun World Record.
This is the current WR: • [Former World Record] ...
Where can I find and play Prince of Persia
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60 minutes to save the princess!
Speedrunner: I have enough time to save her and her 3 sisters...
And he didn't kill all the other bachlors in persia!
@@TimothyMakin 😂
And the mouse!
The very first game I ever remember playing. A very massive kudos to you, Gamer!
It was one of the first time I remeber playing too. The first game I remember playing that I was any good at anyway.
My very first game too
Same. At least on PC. Our mom got a Windows 95 PC and this was the only ("real") game on it. I was pretty bad at it tbh, I don't recall ever getting very far, but it was a lot of fun regardless.
@@malcador the only way I finished this game was by using cheats. In MS DOS, if you appended "MEGAHIT" at the end of the launch, it'd enable cheats allowing for instant healing, unlimited time, additional life bars, instant killing an enemy, etc (it was "yippeeyahoo" for PoP S&F) - don't ask me why I remember this literally almost 30 years later when I can't recall what I had for breakfast this morning 🤣
As someone that never beat this game, despite playing it on multiple different systems, this was fun to watch.
I think you could beat it. Maybe if you focus on just one version?
You never beat it? It was one of the few games I beat when I was younger.
games were hard back then.
@@Clavinovaman as an adult I have the same problem I had as a kid, I play 10 games at the same time in a rotation, and lose interest in most long before I finish, and those just get replaced with the next game which I will inevitably get sick of before I finish, ad etcetera ad infinitum.
@@teenspirit1 no doubt. I have one of those little Sega Genesis mini systems I hooked up to the computer and loaded up with roms from a few systems. My kids and I play some of the classics on it from time to time and those games are just so much more timing precise and stuff. Everything was analog back then too which made a difference with response time playing platformer games like Mario and such.
I love how the guards look depressed when the prince puts his sword back and just runs away from them
I forget how funny that is. It does remand me of the Steve Miller song "take the money and run"
There goes my overtime 😢
The daily walk to school from your parents, when they were late.
I remember walking home from school. :)
Such an interesting old classic! It was one of those games where everything was a bit of an event, the sound effects meant a lot too.
Congratulations on the WR!!
Thanks. This is actually only the former World Record. The Current WR is held by an exilent runner "uvq3tsa"
God I remember playing this in my childhood with my father! This is amazing 💪💪 Thank you for the video!
Me and my brother played this a lot. I think our first copy was actually pop4D a hack of the game.
@@TimothyMakin Wow! Awesome! Thank you again and keep being amazing ♥️
I've played this game when I was 8 years old and this was only back in 2009 but I instantly fell in love with this game it's still one of my favorite games of all time
Ya, that is why I originally started streaming myself playing it.
I’m in love with you ❤️ seriously you played so well !
Awesome, it feels good to be loved. Honestly, anyone can play this good if they have enough time. The game really has a low skill ceiling. There are no sub pixels and it only runs at 12 to 10 fps.
Very, very good play! Congratulation! I have download this game one week ago, after 30 years. I have finished it, but I always killed every guardian and take every superdrink I get. Very interesting to see this solution :D
That's also a fun way to play. There is a 100% category where people do just that.
Wonderful presentation of the video and whole speedrun.
Thanks, I do try to my my speedruns LOOK nice. I feel that's important.
I loved this game back in the day. What did i just watch...it boggles my mind. Well done man.
Thank you there are much better runs of this game oneline.
Wow... Impossible to forget these sound effects. And the animation is so smooth!
I think that is what originally attracted me to this game.
Back in the day I read in a gamer magazine that the main character is not just drawn. They took a video of the athletic son of a developer and based the animations on that.
Actually, the Developers little brother. th-cam.com/video/ZW_eExHpTZI/w-d-xo.html Althought the fighting is taking directly from an Errol Flynn movie.
@@TimothyMakin very cool. Thanks for the link! 🙂
SNES version is my favorite version! Great job! So fun watching after all these years!
The SNES version is very charming. I love the dust that the kid kicks up when he slides.... nice attention to detail. I wish it played more like the DOS version, but it had to work with a controller. There are some nice speedruns of the dos version.
th-cam.com/video/haJGkoTn8wo/w-d-xo.html
Every move that you showed is perfect!!! Since I played it in 1990, I've finished it recently.
I wish. You should check out the current WR, It's even better.
This video comes into my feed and it is really cool. Used to spend my childhood playing this game.
Me too. My brother wouldn't allow me to play on his Nintendo so I was stuck with the computer and DOS.
Super game of its time. Thanks for reminding me those days.
No problem. It's an important thing for me too.
incredible action! good job
Thanks!
The creator of this game didn't do a proper search about the culture he created his game around! It's like creating a game based on the Japan culture and architecture and then call it the emperor of Guatemala!
Not going to argue with that. I don't know much Persia Culture myself. I really just like the game.
that moment at 15:11 when he realizes that not only did he get on his personal best board after all, but got the world record
That was kind of awesome. I had recently changed to ingame time, so I kept increasing my ingame PB. I also made a few mistakes/did things unoptimally, but I guess none of that mattered to the final score.
Haha, that was priceless, probably my best memory on Twitch :D
Phenomenal! I have never seen anything like it.
Thanks! There is even a faster run here th-cam.com/video/Kw4li-hOkE4/w-d-xo.html by my friend Esteban Figueroa who currently has the WR.
Good job, really enjoyed watching this. I havent even completed this game. Weird that you thought it was a bad run but you beat the world record 😂
I had recently switched over to in game time, I had been running strictly real time on my timer for quite a while...
Amazing! 👏🏾
You're Amazing!
So basically a "show me your sword, I'll show you mine" pacifist speedrun, huh? :)
There is actually a pacifist category now. Currently 7eraser7 has the WR in that category.
Amen brother
11:00 fíjate bien.
A bliss to watch this speedrun, nearly perfect, only some little mistakes!
Thanks, there are a lot better runs out there now. you sould check them out also.
So glad to see such an awesome speedrun of a DOS game as opposed to all the NES ones...
I think I beat it in around 35 minutes as a kid, which was a massive achievement... yeah... 14 minutes, that's madness :D
Dude, if you beat the game in around 35 minutes... if you did that again, but recorded yourself running, you would be in 27th place on the Pop1 Speedrun.com leaderboard. Basicly, you are one of the best players. Might be a good time to get into speedrunning. Getting that Sub 20 feels so good!
@@TimothyMakin Ah..... then I must be misremembering that number, I really doubt I was speedrunner-levels of good, eventhough I played it a lot, lol. I definitely don't have the patience to be a speedrunner, which is why I respect it so much. Btw have you considered also doing PoP2? Now that one would be pure hell :D I've never even beaten it without cheats....
Well, that's 27th place out of 27 :P. Honestly, If you play this game you already are a speedrunner. If you just submitted any time you would be in 28th place. *I didn't submit untill I at least beat someone* Ya, I got to do PoP2 at some point... I honestly don't like it as much. I wish they haden't changed the gameplay... and I really really hate those floating head things.
@@TimothyMakin Yeah those were borderline unfair. I'm sure there's some strategy to them, but as far as I remember the sword just goes right through them, lol.
Very impressive gaming skills, sir! Well done!
Thanks, that's the cool thing about speedrunning. Most people only see that one run where you didn't fail a bunch :P So the really impressive part isn't the skill per se but the tenasity.
man my uncle showed me this game on his pc when i was a lil kid.
Used to play this game a lot🙌💯good times&the animations were so good back in the days.
It's pretty easy to get it up and running on modern computers using DOSBox.
One of my favorite games back in the day. Scorched Earth, Prince of Persia, and King's Quest 5.
I personally think the gameplay still holds up.
Scorched Earth? that's the one that is like Gorillas but with tanks that can move right?
@@TimothyMakin Indeed. I forgot about the Qbasic awesomeness that had Gorillas and Nibbles lol!
About 24 minutes was my best speed run. Your speed run my friend, was inspiring!
24 minutes is pretty impressive.... but you gotta try for that sub 20 man. You can do it. You know that with 24 minute run you would be 25th on the Speedrun.com leaderboard!?! That's pretty impressive.
I love welding kitchens
Earn more sessions by sleeving.
I've done it too with this time, but discovering all secret traps and all potions
Played a lot in my childhood... could never finish. It was many years later I played again, and, after learning many tips and tricks I could finally complete this game, only once. But I was more than delighted. Reaching the ending on my own at last. Well, I needed much more time than this guy. 🙂
If you can beat the game once you can beat it again... Maybe you should try for a shorter time?
@@TimothyMakin Oh, yeah... a few days ago I tried again, and got stuck on level 3. Missed one jump or another all the time. But I might try again.
That jump over the gap is a huge challenge! It's timed.... which really sucks.
"Jaffar, I tried my best! He just jumped through me, though"
I sometimes don't think Jaffar pays them enough to really try.
@@TimothyMakinFor starters, it's Jaffar not Jafar. The other guy turns into a snake! This guy just blahs.
What a fun run. the ending is also priceless. Couldnt tell if it was a bit at first XD
During this run I had recently changed over to the in-game timer so I was confused.
Usain of Persia ... 45min 20 sec left to play tetris with the princess...
Me and the Princess are going to order some Pizza and open a bottle of wine.
I remember having somehow a different version.
The level's color are either grey/blue or yellow/brighter, but green as in level 3 or brown/olive as in level 9.
The sound was also a different one.
The saw blades had higher and sharper sound just like the spikes. Being hurt by an enemy was also more a sound than a voice.
There are many graphics and sound settings that drastically change those aspects of the game.
Type prince of persia 1989 with pc speakers :)
Probably this is the sound for what you re looking for
man... incredible!
Thanks!
brings back memories.. haven't played this game since forever
Ya, it's honestly a fun game even to just play casually.
Thanks for reminding me all of the times I ended up short on time in Level 13...
But you did eventually beat it. I am guessing. It isn't a very hard game, but it is very unintutative. Beating Pop is like beating two games at once. You have to master these strange mechanics and then use them to beat the game. But you do feel a great sense of accomplishment when you finally beat it.
@@TimothyMakinActually, yes I beat it... and I even worked at Ubisoft on another Prince of Persia title thereafter, which included a version of this game bundled in as an extra. One of our devs had to hex-hack out the timer from the game to make it more palatable to a more modern audience ;)
Still, great run!
The sands of time speedrun is pretty awesome too.
They should put it in the Sot remake.
incredible!!!
You're incredible!!!
TIL, you don’t need to defeat the swordsmen. This was great!
There is a Pacifist version of this run... Unfortunatly, the last door won't open unless Jaffar dies so runners often say "Jaffar I mean you no harm" before making him fall down the hole.
Amazing!
Thanks!
5:14 the fat máster... Hardest guard on the game, in my childhood i spent countless hours until i finally finish the game, with only 15 seconds on the clock!!!
naah, he's easy. the lvl 9 guy is much worse, the one that never walks forward
The good thing about THAT guard(on level 8 actually) is that he is very consistent. A new strat is to actually have him push you through a wall that leads to the very end of the level.
Dooood this was a nice run! As for me, the farthest I could get was level 8. In the end I used that "prince megahit" exe cheat that allowed me to skip levels. lol at Jafar falling to his death instead of beaten in an epic sword battle
Level 8 is kind of the hump you have to get over to beat the game... The cool thing about "Prince Megahit" / "prince improved" is that you could use them to replay level 8.
Never thought that the hardest part of this game would be to realize it is a world record run :)
This happened when we switched from a real time Autosplitter to an in game time auto splitter.
so cool I never knew you could jump past the first guard I tried that so many times as a kid
I actually have a tutorial on how to do it on my channel. Although you can actually easily go around him instead of getting the sword. If you lure him into the next room past where you fall, you can climb up and around him and not have to go get the sword.
I remember trying to figure this out and dyeing over a hundred times.
That's great transition from WWE to Prince of Persia for Mick Foley
Oh, I will never live down the Mick Foley comparison. Oh well.
I played a version on Mac. The mouse played a important role in the game. The prince was dressed up as a Arab medieval warrior and as far as I remember he has to fight Jaffar at the last round....
The mouse 🐁 usually has an important role in level 8, but the in the speedrun we usually skip the mouse... However! Recently we discovered a way to have the first level 8 guard knock us through a wall landing us at the end of level 8 and the mouse saves us again!
10:53 Surely, He's the master guard of the game.
He is the only guard that has a gate behind him like that... some of the newer runs use a stragity where this guard pushes you through the gate.
@@TimothyMakin also he is one of the toughest guards with unpredictable moves indeed.
I agree.
Omg..14 minutes..😲
Wow...👏👏👏
I'm new to this speed run thing but damn..this is insane.😅
Forgive me if it's wrong but is there any mods in use during the run?
No mods. Although it isn't hard to mod this game. Are you intrested in Speedrunning this? We have a Discord and eveyone is friendly and shares all the best strats.
I lied... the game is modded to skip the copy protection... I think, but I think that mod was also presient on the CD version of the game.
Love this game. Played for hours on end during my childhood years. My fastest time was like 29 minutes though… thanks to that stiff guard in level 8.
Ah, the "Lurker" fortunatly because he is soooo aggressive he is actually MORE consistent and allows for a really cool NEW strat on level 8: th-cam.com/video/Kw4li-hOkE4/w-d-xo.html
Excellent 🏆🏆🏆
There are much better runs of this game now.
@@TimothyMakin Sei stato comunque molto bravo... 👏 Io lo sto giocando ultimamente, ma non sono ancora riuscito a completarlo... Molto bravo 😊
Keep it up until you beat it... once you beat it once you can beat it over and over again.
I played this game a lot during computing class in elementary school but it was so hard I neve finished it. It feels good to see it getting completed
I remember beating it as a kid. My brother wouldn't let me play on his NES so the computer was my only source of games.
You're pro! Maybe next is SNES? That version is the best 4 me (personal opinion) specially at boss fights. Is excellent in that aspect.
I do find that the SNES version is quite charming. You can almost assign the controls to play exactly the same as the DOS version.
I got into this in 2020 and managed to finish the game in about 15 min and 30 sec [ish]. There was a few tricks I couldn't manage. I couldn't do the 10th stage shortcut when you jump into that pit and reapear few screens to the right / up. Also I had tons of problems getting through that level 5 shortcut. I couldn't get it to work. I also couldn't jump passed any guard but the first two so I went around them which takes a sec more per guard aprox. Also - I never was able to figure out how to go straight through the level 7 chompers. There's a trick btw to make them jam, but I couldn't do it. And also there's an amazing shortcut on level 9 that will save you extra time but I couldn't pull it off. Like the last guard can send you through that last door. The rest I was able to figure out and it was pretty awesome :D Also - I think I've seen some new insane tricks not too long ago, but I can't remember. I think it had to do with shortening the level 8..... ow man I forgot :((
Ya, we got a friend of ours on the Prince of Persia speedrunning discord to figure out that level 8 trick. You should really rechord and submit a run if you are able to do sub 20! You should join the prince of Persia speedrunning discord.
@@TimothyMakin Yeah I wanted to do it but I was too lazy to be honest. I'd have to install a screen capture app etc. Under 20 min is easy. It's those minutes below that are really hard to chop away. Also I didn't really consider my gameplay that interesting to upload as it didn't really stand out in any way. I had a pretty good start to level 7 figured out but nothing special.
@@TimothyMakin Also : I had real problems jumping pass the guards. Like I only managed to jump pass the first two and even that took me like 10 to 15 takes... and it's really time consuming to get everything right so eventually I just kind of gave up :D I have to say though' it was a lot of fun. I installed the game in march 2020 during the quaranteene and then I just played it for like 2 months and got my time down to about 30 minutes. I initially played like "no lives lost" kind of thing but then I saw a speedrun and I was like WTF.... :o O.o it blew my mind and of course I had to try and learn and it took about a month to figure most of the things out, however I had a lot of problems with some of the shortcuts and specially Level 5 beginning gave me so many problems.
I have a tutorial for jumping past the first guard on my channel.
BTW sub 20 is like a HUGE achevement! You should definately post a video of it.
“Okay so ah… that’s a new world record”😅. It didn’t sound like humblebrag, it sounded like you were coming back from another dimension hehe! Congrats!!
Ya, I was really confused... I probaby should have known better, but I had recently switched over to In Game Time on my timer, and I did make a few small errors and I was convinced they were much worse then they actually were. It was like I crossed the finishline balancing on one tire.
Wow! Really enjoyed this. What's your favourite online multiplayer game?
I have played a lot of Diablo III? What I think would be really fun is Skyrim together!
Insane run! You should do a segmented, By the way, what emulator do you use?
Dosbox
Epic!
Ya, I know my beard is awesome. Can't help it.
Great run! I beat this game in 27 years, 77 days, 14 hrs
27 is a good run too. If you reran it today you wouldn't be to far down the list.
wow this is amazing :) when I was a kid I could not go level 10 or 11 if I remember
level 8 is the real tough level. 9 is also tricky, but the rest are a LOT easyer.
Wow! GG!
Thanks! There are actually better runs on speedrun.com, sadly I lost my WR a while ago.
Man how would anybody think to do 11:27! Crazy! Looked hard
I don't know. I stole that strat from watching CapnClever's run!
1991년도 컴퓨터학원에서 이게임을보고 학생들이 와~하면서 몰려들었음 불후의명작
I agree.
In level 8, at 6:36, you can save another 30 secs, by aiming to jump across from the edge, catch the other corner, and then leave shift to catch the below ledge. This is far more smoother.
Thanks for the advice. There is actually a brand new strat for this level that skips most of the level th-cam.com/video/TTg9DwFRzlM/w-d-xo.html
Sitting here laughing my ass of watching him avoid fights lunging across people. Didn't know that was possible.
I think I remeber acidentally jumping over a guard once as a kid, but I really didn't think it was Viable until I saw CapnClever's GDQ run: th-cam.com/video/USv8OQbg73M/w-d-xo.html
Level 7 shortcut, great!!
The newer runs actually have a more impressive skip.
This is so what 60’s action movies felt like.
Since the sword fighting is taken dirrectly form an Errol Flynn movie more like 1930's acton movie?
I love how he just ignores the guards
I am so glad I do the some of the Guards really tick me off.
Always felt the fat guard was tougher than Jaffar, also when the fat guard dies, his body's position is different compared to the other guards and Jaffar
I'm not sure if I have seen Jaf-fat dead very often... usually I would knock him down the well.
@@TimothyMakin If I remember correctly, when he dies, he lies on his back and his head faces the viewer instead of the body lying sideways like the other guards
@@TimothyMakin th-cam.com/video/WiijQQi4yRM/w-d-xo.html
You might find this intresting www.speedrun.com/pop1/guide/kxbch
ПРивет Дугин, классно играешь!
Скорее Маркс!
Prince Megahit
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New WR !
Whail Megahit/Improved is banned for this speedrun. There is actually a speedrun catagory for Level Skip/Pratice Mode.
th-cam.com/video/g8cSgXCJysQ/w-d-xo.html
"this probably isn't world record, but it's a good run."
Ya, it was kind of a shock. Of course it's not uncommon I think for speedrunners to think they did much worse then they actually did.
Nice!
Thanks!
What I always wanted to know was how someone so milk toast white could exist in Persia.
So we know the Princess is the only daughter of the Sultan. We also know that she is not married. That makes the prince himself possibly a foreign suitor. He could be from anywhere. Most likely a viking prince, since they traveled far and wide and their presence in Persian territory was nearly constant. Viking soldiers were some of the most elite soldiers in Persian armies. That would also explain the prince's blond hair. Alternatively, could be Kievan Rus prince, or some pre-viking scandinavian prince.
It actually depends on what graphic setting you choose.
A very large percentage of that area was white/caucasian, Macedonia being a perfect example. Same with Syria. The reason the demographics became darker was due to Arab Muslim infiltration from further east. They even changed the name from Persia to Iran when white Christians became the minority after Muslim invasion, the same as Constantinople in Turkey.
this game feels oddly satisfying to speedrun kinda like you have parkour when you do
I love the feeling of acomplishment speedrunning. Every second faster feels so good.
Actually, the first time I saw parkour, I though it was like Prince of Persia! 😄
Wow what an amazing game ... this video makes me remind me Zorro (1995) and Bermuda Syndrome game also.
I think I want to stay away from Zorro, but I remember playing Bermuda Syndrome as a kid.
Loved the ps2 to javagames port of PoP. But this java port might be my favorite due to prince's moving physcs
I actually thing these ones are the best, but there are many good ports of Pop. I wonder if you should try to get the Java port WR!
Thanks for the reading ending,
You're welcome. I have always done that. Not sure why other then that as a streamer you are suppose to read everything outloud for your audiance.
me...14 years and still struggling
I think you could beat it... You have to remember that with Prince of Persia, the progression happens in the player not in the game. You get better at the game. The game does not get easier to beat.
I'm surprised that somehow in my childhood I've achieved beating the game and writing my nickname in the scoreboard taking in account that I'm absolutely stupid at gaming.
Maybe you are just good at cinematic platformers. Have you played Flashback or Out of This World?
It's kind of an achievement considering how hard people say this game is.
@@TimothyMakin they both look out of this world now :D
How do you pass guillotines so easily. Is it timed or you have insane sense of situational orientation.
so the guillotines always act in a constant way when you enter a room they are in.
Some jumps i can not believe. But good work.
I remember the first time I watched a pop speedrun and was amazed at all the guard jumping. I had played so much of the game as a kid that I knew it wasn't impossible.
Juegas muy bien 😮
Thanks!
he did it in 14 min; me 14 years..
Oh, it took me a long time to do it the first time. I think I was 13 and I spent a good portion of my summer playing it.
You are the true Prince of Persia!
Thanks I try!
Thanks! Hopefully I will find some time and get my old World Record back!
“My parents aren’t home” the video game
Sadly, after runny all the way there the kid really just want's to lay down and rest.
bravo
Thanks!
Should we program a sword..
This guy: Naaah im good
Unfortunately you still have to use the sword in a couple of places.
Cool beat at 0:27
I have been waiting for someone to make a song using all the sounds form this game as precussion.
Do you know the "math" behind being knocked through the closed gate at 10:13 on level 9? Is it the hit and the right movement timing that does it?
I can pass through that same gate in a different way, exploiting that a horizontal displacement of his center of mass occurs when his sword is put away, but this is faster.
The same trick must be possible to use elsewhere...
I don't know the Math but some members of the pop community do. This is actually a rather old run. We have discovered many new and exciting exploits. One of which actually allows you to skip most of level 8. You should check out the latest run.
Heh when I was a kid I had this game on Amstrad CPC clone (Schneider), on 3 inch floppy. I remember I was able to glitch it into repeating first level over and over, and I would just go right, jump over first guard, go to next level. Fastest speedrun ever but I don't think it counts, lol. Also: it was so much easier to jump over guards in that version.
I haven't played that verson yet. th-cam.com/video/TQpbCCUquFY/w-d-xo.html it doesn't look like anyone has attempted to speedrun this version.... Maybe you could submit a run and get a WR?... before I get that idea.
@@TimothyMakin Hah I don't even have that computer anymore, but please do :)
Depends the version you're running of PoP1. Because skipping a guard is impossible with the first 2 version. You will be just killed by once.
That's not correct.
I really love this game
It's on of my favorate... this and Monkey Island 2.
대단하다!
감사 해요!
Played this with my brother and father, eventually beat the game after many tries and several tips from my father's coworkers. Good times
Ya, I think most of these games were team effort when we first played them. The entire family helped with Monkey Island when I was a kid.
Ahh Moneky Island, another gem right there.
OMG I've so much played with this game in the early 90's (can't remember exactly when it went out).
It just makes me think I get older ... 🤔🤔 🙄
I feel the same way sometimes.
awesome 😁
Thanks 😀
i watched a documentary about the guy who made this game. the animations look really cool even now
Jordan Mechner. He actually published his Journals during the making of pop1 and pop2. I was also lucky enought to get mentioned in the back of that book.
One of the best Amiga games I played
There is an Amiga leaderboard I am actually higher up on that one 3rd place. Both games play *almost* exactly the same. There are a few strange color limitations of the Amiga version.
The Prince of Persia game is really difficult. We want to go out the door and find a sword to fight the enemy in order to save the princess trapped in the palace and also forced to marry by the head of the king.
As with any thing it is only hard because you don't know stuff. Specifically, you don't know the route the prince has to take and you don't know the controls. The route can be studied, but the controls need to be practiced. Honesty, I feel that any one can beat the game in two weeks two hours a day. And anyone who has beaten the game can immediately beat it again.