Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

A 30th anniversary note to Prince of Persia fans

jordanmechner.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

31–40 of 102 posts

Re: A 30th anniversary note to Prince of Persia fans

#33

Post by kzrdude »

londons_explore wrote: post #20
hypeibole wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That would make you 11th fastest player in the world. The world record is 15:01. https://www.speedrun.com/pop1

If the 11th fastest is 25 minutes, and the fastest is 15 minutes, then probably either there aren't many players, or not many players who post speedrun times...

They are all recorded for verification too, so yeah, it takes some dedication.

Re: A 30th anniversary note to Prince of Persia fans

#34

Post by tialaramex »

londons_explore wrote: post #20
hypeibole wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That would make you 11th fastest player in the world. The world record is 15:01. https://www.speedrun.com/pop1

If the 11th fastest is 25 minutes, and the fastest is 15 minutes, then probably either there aren't many players, or not many players who post speedrun times...

Note that that is a _glitched_ record. To get 15 minutes you need to not only be very good at the game, you also need to know ways in which the game isn't what it seems to be, e.g. IIRC Prince of Persia has glitches that let you avoid doing some puzzles through careful timing, and skip most fights if you know exactly how to do it.

This is a runner doing a glitched run, right at the start they don't even collect the sword!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USv8OQbg73M

Nick.

Re: A 30th anniversary note to Prince of Persia fans

#35

Post by Thelordofalamut »

als0 wrote: post #6
mariusmg wrote: post #4

Don't let it die Ubisoft, at least do a sequel for POP 2008 :)

How does POP 2008 compare to Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time?

As a Persian and a pop player, it sucks. Too easy, bad story for 2008 (considering Persian material available), and bad dubbing(no persian talks like that). Great graphics and potential in gameplay tho.

Re: A 30th anniversary note to Prince of Persia fans

#36

Post by [deleted] »

skocznymroczny wrote: post #2

Recently I was playing through the PC version of the original Prince of Persia again. Last time I played was as a kid and the game was very hard for me, level 5 was about as far as I could get. I trained for two days until I got so good at the game and memorized everything, that I was able to complete the entire game in one go with zero deaths. Took about 25 minutes of ingame timer to complete all stages.

[deleted]

Re: A 30th anniversary note to Prince of Persia fans

#37

Post by abakker »

phjesusthatguy3 wrote: post #25
Waterluvian wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lots of gaming things scared me as a kid but are also some of my fondest memories of overcoming my fears. Some included: - The guillotines in PoP. - The death animation for victims of the TOZT Napalm Unit in Marathon. - The "red alert" warning combined with Kestrel fighter escort launching sound in Escape Velocity. - The wolf 4 screens left in King's Quest 1 (I played this at about age 4 and did not comprehend the id…

- The skeletons stabbing you to death in Beyond the Forbidden Forest (C64) - The entire Chiller[0] arcade game. I still sometimes have nightmares about it, and I've only ever walked by it once. They both turn my stomach just thinking about them. [0] http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/chiller/

The moment when a Wight burst in your cluster of archers in Myth, and the game voice just said “casualties”.

The butcher in Diablo 1, filled with a room of dismembered corpses.

Re: A 30th anniversary note to Prince of Persia fans

#38

Post by phjesusthatguy3 »

mikehodgson wrote: post #28
Waterluvian wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lots of gaming things scared me as a kid but are also some of my fondest memories of overcoming my fears. Some included: - The guillotines in PoP. - The death animation for victims of the TOZT Napalm Unit in Marathon. - The "red alert" warning combined with Kestrel fighter escort launching sound in Escape Velocity. - The wolf 4 screens left in King's Quest 1 (I played this at about age 4 and did not comprehend the id…

To go slightly further back in time... the whole C64 Forbidden Forest game... the dragon, the reaper/ghost, the demogorgon all made 4 year old me crap my pants.

I didn't play much of it because it was so horrifying. The way your character struggled and bled as he died was too much for me to deal with.
Post reply on HN