(Time Extension) Feature: "Like A Completely New Game" - The Untold Story Behind Prince Of Persia's Impressive SNES Port
Posté : jeu. 28 août 2025 14:01
"We paid special attention to the death scenes...".
Following its original release on the Apple II computer back in 1989, Broderbund and Jordan Mechner's cinematic platforming classic Prince of Persia went on to receive countless ports to other machines. However, very few of these are as well regarded as its 1992 Super Famicom/SNES port from the developer Arsys Software.
Going far beyond just being a simple retread of the Apple II adventure, it ended up expanding the title in a bunch of exciting ways, introducing new bosses (including the six-armed titan Ashura and the female warrior Amazon) and new levels, as well as increasing the time limit from one hour to 120 minutes to make up for all these added features. As a result, I've always been curious to know more about its development, and what went into bringing the title to the Nintendo platform.
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Source: https://www.timeextension.com/features/ ... -snes-port