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This means you need to find at least 8 major potions scattered through the levels. Unlike the first game, though, these are not optional: you start with 3, but a minimum of 11 hitpoints are required to beat the final level. Like the original game, Prince of Persia 2 uses the concept of major, life-extending potions to increase the Prince’s maximum hitpoints (health bottles) as you advance through the game. In all such cases, the expected “normal” path, not exploiting any bugs/glitches, is also shown. With that said, some notable glitches in the game are shown, but only if they are meaningful (either saving time or providing an alternate route), and 100% reproducible without demanding perfect execution accuracy.For example, I may try to avoid fights with enemies when it is possible and easy, but do not go out of my way to skip them via super-precise timing or glitches. The walkthrough is not a speedrun With a couple of exceptions, I did not try to optimize the gameplay down to the micro-level (e.g., making pixel-perfect jumps), but I believe it is mostly optimal on the macro-level (i.e., there are no obvious time-wasters or major mistakes).In the commentary, I emphasize some tricky points that may be crucial for successfully navigating certain areas (e.g., order of operations, positioning, timing).Alternate paths through levels are shown, where applicable, in separate videos, with discussing of the tradeoffs.

I did not try to get to every single corner of every level, as that would take too long and disrupt the flow of gameplay.

In the videos I attempt to showcase every useful room in the game, and a few that are not necessary for completion, but nonetheless interesting.

In levels where the differences affect gameplay in a significant manner, I’ve included recordings of the other versions, as noted. For various reasons outlined in the POPUW tips page, as well as in the commentary for the videos, I prefer version 1.0, and so most of the recordings are from that version. These are the initial release (“ IR“), which displays no version number, and 1.0 and 1.1, respectively (note that the setup program for “IR” shows “1.0” which may be confusing – so always rely on the in-game output of Alt+V). There are three known versions of Prince of Persia for DOS (not counting the demos), which can be identified by pressing Alt+V during game. I hope that it is useful to newcomers playing this classic for the first time, and that perhaps even experienced players can find a curious thing or two. I decided to record a video walkthrough (fortunately, DOSBox makes it very easy these days), and accompany each segment with commentary and insights of some of the techniques. Revisiting the game, I was impressed by it all over again, with its multiple paths, hidden areas, tricks and shortcuts (intentional and unintentional).

Bugs aside, there are more differences between the different versions than is obvious at first, to the point of significantly altering the preferred gameplay in some levels.

Specifically, this includes the infamous bug where running jumps are very sensitive to timing and initial positioning, contributing to many deaths falling off ledges. At least part of the “unfair” difficulty attributed to the game is, in fact, due to bugs in the initial release, which were cleaned up in the later versions.The difficulty is higher both in figuring out the puzzles and executing the moves. The difficulty is indeed higher than in the first Prince of Persia, leading to a steeper learning curve and greater frustration for beginners (even if they are experienced players of the first game).I replayted all the publicly available DOS versions of Prince of Persia 2, and realized the following things: Recently, on the occasion “Prince of Persia” month on DOS Game Club, I participated in a few discussions, where I learned that not every fan of Prince of Persia shares my appreciation for the sequel there were a lot of complaints about bugs and excessive difficulty. Even years later, thanks to the great collection of Prince of Persia information on the Prince of Persia Unofficial Website I learned of new tricks and secrets. The sense of satisfaction was great, and I kept replaying sections periodically, improving my skills. I had a short text document with some tips, but a lot of the puzzles (and all the intricacies of the execution) I had to figure out myself.

As a child, it was one of the first games that I beat beginning to end. Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and The Flame is one of my all-time favorite games.