Prince Of Persia is one of those classic early 90's PC games that I somehow never got around to playing. And now I fear that the window has been closed on my ability to enjoy it. This was one of those cinematic platformers. Y'know, like Flashback or Out Of This World? Only it was the first of those games. I think. I'm not in the mood to google it, but my mind remembers the history that way. Anyway, I definitely praise Jordan Mechner for the LOOK of the game. It's truly incredible for the time. But...
Let me start by saying that I decided to hunt this one down because of an old Nintendo Power review. I've been collecting NP magazines lately and sort of diving into a variety of games from the 80's to now. Some are familiar replays and others are things I missed out on. Anyway, after reading a review of the SNES port in NP, I dove further down the rabbit hole and read an HG101 article saying that the SNES port was THEE version to play. Well, I figured I'd track down the SNES port, but then found out that Forgotten Sands - the Wii Prince Of Persia sequel - featured "the classic 1992 game" as a bonus. Now in my mind, the original game came out in 1989, and the Wii is a Nintendo console, so the "1992 game" must be the SNES version which WAS released in 1992. Turns out, not so much.
For some odd reason the Wii game features a port of the 1992 Mac game. I don't know why, but it feels kind of weird to me. Anyway, this was kind of a bummer to me. The SNES version has better graphics, better controls, and two hour time limit instead of the original (BS) one hour. But y'know what? None of that really matters because I cannot find any fun from playing this game. I get that it was super impressive in 1992 and in 1989 even more so. I get that the fluidity of the Prince's animations is really a work of art. But as a game? Not fun for me. At all.
I can't remember the last time I felt so furious just trying to START a game. This is rough. And I do not have the patience for it now.