Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Prince of Persia

Title	Prince of Persia
First release	1989
Developer	Broderbund
Publishers	Broderbund, Loriciels
Platforms	Amiga, Amstrad CPC, DOS, Game Gear, Master System, Mega Drive / Genesis, NES / Famicom, PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16, SNES / Super Famicom, Sega CD / Mega-CD, ZX Spectrum
Genre	action-adventure game
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	DOS: 1989-10-03 Amstrad CPC: 1990-01-01 Amiga: 1990-01-01 Master System: 1992-01-01 Game Gear: 1992-01-01 Sega CD / Mega-CD: 1992-04-28, 1992-10-01 (PAL) SNES / Super Famicom: 1992-11-01 Mega Drive / Genesis: 1993-01-01 (NTSC-U), 1993-01-01 (PAL)
Wikidata ID	Q4047361

Escaping a dark dungeon requires precise run and jump platforming to avoid deadly traps and solve environmental puzzles. Players engage in sword fights against guards to fight through the Sultan's palace. A sixty-minute time limit forces rapid movement through hundreds of rooms as you attempt to defeat the Grand Vizier Jaffar.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Sources

Wikidata (Q4047361) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (megadrive/prince-of-persia-2) · last updated 2026-10-28 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (snes/prince-of-persia) · last updated 2026-10-27 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (amiga/prince-of-persia) · last updated 2026-09-28 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (nes/prince-of-persia) · last updated 2026-10-26 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (14329) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (28269) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

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Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Broderbund · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (26): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Broderbund · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art, Logos, Artwork (3): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Broderbund · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (3): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Broderbund · internal use only.

Sprites (3): fan rips from sprite sites, credited per sheet (ripper, site, rights) in Sprites below; internal use only.

Logo: Jordan Mechner, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (“Prince of Persia 1 - Macintosh - Starting screen.png”)

Sprites

DOS version · 3 sheets · Prince of Persia on The Spriters Resource ↗ (5 sheets on the site; 1 stored here)

Princess sprite sheet (DOS) — Princess

Characters DOS · 2268×1836

Rip by nonovplayxd

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#583869 · fetched 2026-10-05 05:23 UTC

The Prince sprite sheet (DOS) — The Prince

Characters DOS · 960×976

Rip by nonovplayxd

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#583835 · fetched 2026-09-29 17:09 UTC

Sprite sheets are fan rips of copyrighted game graphics (© Brøderbund (Jordan Mechner) / Brøderbund / Jordan Mechner (now Ubisoft)), credited to the ripper and linked to their page on the source site; internal use only. “Rip by” is the uploader credit shown on the site. Click a sheet to view it at full size (pixel-exact zoom). More: The Spriters Resource ↗ /

Videos

SNES Longplay [627] Prince of Persia (US)

World-of-Longplays · SNES / Super Famicom version · longplay · 1:22:53auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:41 UTC

Prince of Persia (NES) Playthrough

NintendoComplete · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 29:03auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC

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