Prince of Persia Classic unveiled for PSN

  • Posted October 8th, 2008 at 16:29 EDT by
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Sony has announced that the original Prince of Persia will appear on the PlayStation Network, "enhanced and updated for the High Definition era." Somehow we don't envisage 1080p and 60 frames a second, but it'll be good to have one of the oldest names in videogaming back in action.

Princey first appeared in pixellated 2D form back in 1989, making quite a splash in the platform-hopping scene. The early years of 3D gaming weren't kind to the poor boy, however, and it wasn't until the dazzling Prince of Persia: Sands of Time that he was restored to glory.

The PSN remake boasts buffed-up character designs, revised animations, fresh controls and new Time Trial and Survival modes. The game's signature attribute is its ticking timer; as the Prince, you have a scant 60 minutes to save your betrothed from the clutches of the evil Jaffar.

We've hunted for release dates, but Sony ain't talkin'. Stop by the PlayStation site for more.

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  1. Carl | almighty-slayer

    • 4:34pm BST - October 8th, 2008
    • 1

    Awesome! Never played any of these games actually, but i will definately be buying this.

     

    I bet it doesn't tur up for the EU for a few months afterwards..

  2. Tseng VII | TsengVII

    • 4:53pm BST - October 8th, 2008
    • 2

    woo

  3. lordAlucard | Sympozium_666

    • 5:06pm BST - October 8th, 2008
    • 3

    lol it's on Xbox live

  4. gingo | gingo

    • 5:47pm BST - October 8th, 2008
    • 4

    psn id: gingo... remakes of old games are always great, hope to see more of these in the future

  5. Yuk-Yuk | Yuk-Yuk

    • 5:51pm BST - October 8th, 2008
    • 5

    I played the one from 1989. It was fun.

  6. drockpop

    • 6:12pm BST - October 8th, 2008
    • 6

    @3 well then go download it or you already have..... For 45677654321 MICRO Pen1s points or what ever those thing are called buddy

  7. Solrac | Solrac7688

    • 6:38pm BST - October 8th, 2008
    • 7

    Now the Prince is fighting Alladins enemy, i guess hes gonna fight Iago 2

  8. draculaboy | draculaboy99

    • 10:07pm BST - October 8th, 2008
    • 8

    i played it when i was little and it was great

    looking forward to it

  9. Mo-green28 | Mo-green28

    • 10:29pm BST - October 8th, 2008
    • 9

    I had it for Sega Genesis it was very good I never beat it tho

  10. Pablo0620 | Pablo0620

    • 12:26am BST - October 9th, 2008
    • 10

    Yes I hope this inspires more old school games to be remade a la Bionic Commando. That game was awesome.

  11. AnalogueAutomat | AnalogueAutomat

    • 1:26pm BST - October 9th, 2008
    • 11

    been waiting for this, played it a lot in 89->.  

  12. Philizzle | Philizzle

    • 8:30pm BST - October 9th, 2008
    • 12

    Wow, that's really cool :D

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