From: benc@htsa.aha.nl (Ben Castricum)
Subject: Re: prince of persia
Organization: Algemene Hogeschool Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 12:27:43 GMT

In article <BmFJsB3w165w@rhps.UUCP> valar@rhps.UUCP (Michael Desai) writes:
>for a prince of persia cheat:
>at the dos prompt type:
>prince megahit
>then in the game, various keys will do all kinds of weird things.  
>Expirement.  I can't remember if it is alt+keys or shift+keys is the keys 
>that work.  But just hit k alone, and that will kill enemies.

since prince of persia still is a frequently played game (which ofcourse is
quite logic when you have seen the animation and heared the SFX) all
the info you want to know is posted (again)..


--- Options for command line. -------------------------------------------------

cga		: forces CGA mode
ega		: forces EGA mode
hercules	: forces Hercules mode
mcga/vga	: forces MCGA mode
megahit 	: activate build-in cheat (see below)

There is also a "TANDY" option, but I was unable to confirm that it works.


--- Keyboard movement. --------------------------------------------------------

	      7 8 9 (numeric pad)
	      4   6
right_shift   1 2 3
(button)

Left or right + button lets the character walk carefully
  (stand on edge or walk through swords coming out of the ground).
Holding the button let's the character hang on an edge.


--- Keys available during (normal) game. --------------------------------------

Ctrl-A		: brings you back to the begin of the level
Ctrl-G		: saves a game (more info below)
Ctrl-J		: switches to joystick mode
Ctrl-K		: switches to keyboard mode
Ctrl-L		: loads a saved game (only during title screen)
Ctrl-O		: pause the game
Ctrl-Q		: quits the game
Ctrl-R		: restarts the game
Ctrl-S		: turns sound on/off
Ctrl-V		: displays version number (I've only seen 1.0)
Shift-L 	: next level (can only be done the first 3 levels and your time
		  will be 15 minutes if you had more than 15)
Space		: displays time available


--- The potions. --------------------------------------------------------------

small red	: restores 1 hitpoint (if not already to maximum)
small blue	: loses you one
large red	: increases the maximum hitpoints with one
large green	: flying or screen upside down (depends what level you find it)


--- The cheat (as far as I found out). ----------------------------------------

  U
 H J		: walk around in map, so you can look what's below you or whats
  N		  on the next screen

  C		: some information ??
  K		: kills the opponent (when available:)
Ctrl-O		: when in joystick mode show some more information
Shift-B 	: shows only screen updates
Shift-I 	: turn screen upside down
Shift-L 	: is now unlimmited, see above
Shift-T 	: Increase maximum hitpoints with one (up to 10) and restores
		  all hp. At the start of a level this will be cancelled.
Shift-W 	: allows you to fly (while you hear 'music')


--- The save game. ------------------------------------------------------------

You can save your game when you're on level 3 or higher by pressing Ctrl-G.
This will write a file named PRINCE.SAV with a length of 8 bytes. Now following
is the structure of the save file.

offset	size
  0	word	Time in minutes.
  2	word	A counter for seconds (one second is about 12).
  4	word	The level you're on.
  6	word	Maximum hit points (only the low byte matters).

Remember that the low byte of a word is stored first!


--- Game reviewer comments ----------------------------------------------------

There are comments in the file PRINCE.EXE from game reviewers. Search with some
utility for 'The' and you will see yourself.
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