Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
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From: Ron_Hunsinger@bmug.org
Organization: BMUG, Inc.
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 03:21:50 PST
Subject: PoP Potion on 5 Again

A while back, I posted a message asking whether it was possible to get the
growth potion on level 5 before my twin got it.  (I know I don't need it.  I
just want to know if I can get it.)

I recieved a reply (thanks Leen) detailing a method that is supposed to work,
although Leen admits that he can't make it work, and neither can I.  My guess
is that it depends on which version of Prince of Persia you are running, so
what I am going to do is re-post the gist of that method, and ask people to
try it and tell me whether it works, and which machine and version you tried
it on.  I am running the Macintosh version 1.0 (c) 1992.  I would be 
especially interested if someone can get it to work on that version.  Maybe
you can tell me what I'm doing wrong.

(----WARNING!  The following could be considered a SPOILER!----)

Ok.  You begin level 5 in a room that we will call room 1.  The normal way
to begin is to run left, stepping on a pressure plate that opens the gate to
the room on the right (room 2).  As you run right into room 2, you pass over
another plate, which we will call plate P.  Also in room 2 is a guard, one
floor above you.  Kill the guard in such a way that his body falls on plate
P.  Now the way is clear to ascend to room 3, the room above room 2.  Room 3
has two exits to the right, into room 4 (as well as exits down into room 2
and to the left.)  Room 4 is the room with the potion, two gates, and two
choppers.  Take the upper passage from room 3 to room 4.  There is a gate
here that is normally closed but, the story goes, if you left the guard on
plate P, this gate will still be open, and you can rush in and grab the 
potion.  Rush is the right word, because this is the gate your twin normally
comes through and, seeing it open, he will be right there going for the 
potion too.  You just have to beat him to it.

Well, that's how it's supposed to work, but no matter how I play it, that
gate is closed when I get there.  I have tried killing that guard on every
plate I can reach, thinking that maybe I misunderstood which is plate P.
I have left the guard standing alive on plate P, for speed. (Leaving guards
alive is generally faster than killing them.  There are very few guards that
need to be killed.)  I have tried stepping on plate P as I enter room 2, and
I have tried jumping over it.  I have tried playing from the beginning
instead of starting from a saved game.  I have tried running from room 2 to
room 4 as fast as I can, and I have tried going as quietly as I can (using
careful steps and climbing, but no running or jumping).  I have tried killing
the first guard on plate P, then killing a few more guards (on other pressure
plates if possible) and then rushing back to room 4 via as many routes as
possible, stepping on any convenient plates along the way.  Nothing seems
to work.

So how about it, Fellow Princes?  Does it work for you?  Let me know, either
way.  Be sure to mention which version you're on.

 - Thanks, Ron Hunsinger (the "Running Horse")

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