Meanwhile, there's Prince of Persia Classic, a remake of the original. 2002 saw Harem of Time launch but it's not a new game, it's a mobile port of the original. Its endings either let the prince die or let him emerge as the victor. Mechner was no longer attached and the story abandoned many of the threads set up in the original two games. Then, the series returned once more in 1999 with Prince of Persia 3D, the third game. RELATED: Games You Never Knew Were Sequels It jumps ahead 11 days from the first game and sees the orphan now married, but Jaffar - the villain - transforms you into a beggar before disguising himself as you. It's incredibly short, running at around one hour, but it was a hit, leading into Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame. The first game came from Jordan Mechner in 1989 and it was a 2D sidescroller about an orphan falling in love with a Princess. Its timeline can get a little confusing, though - where do the originals fit in, the spin-offs, the DS games?įirstly, the original games aren't 'canon' but they're still worth playing. The difference is the emphasis on a singular location rather than the more open-ended nature of its successor. Prince of Persia is now known as the beloved Ubisoft series that blossomed into Assassin's Creed, featuring familiar parkour and combat elements.
