I remember playing this game. I think I got the chance to try it a few years after it came out. Not really sure. I do remember giving up on it. The controls were a bit clunky, and I'm not the best gamer haha. I definitely played through the modern 3D games.
InstaBaD - Prince of Persia for MS DOS
|
 On 02/15/2019 at 09:38 PM by Matt Snee See More From This User » |
At the time of its release, Prince of Persia had state of the art graphics and looked great, including beautiful animations that I bet to this day look good. The fluid movement was pretty necessary, because it was a seriously unforgiving game, and most of us played using our keyboards. I think I made it to level 2 once, and spent most of my time playing stuck in the dungeon first level. Pinpoint jumps, difficult sword fights, superfast instant death - this was Prince of Persia for MS DOS.
I spent a lot of time playing this, resulting in enormous frustration But the life-like animations enthralled me, and I kept trying to get through this game. Like I said, a lot of us played with our keyboards, and now that I think back on it, I'm amazed we used such crappy input devices for such an unforgiving game. It's like playing Dark Souls with your foot.
Still, it is a legendary game, and it spawned a whole franchise and even a movie. I've played other games in the series, and they weren't bad. But these days, this game is pretty darn near forgotten about along with a lot of other games in the MS DOS pantheon.
Comments