
Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame is a platform game released by Brøderbund in 1994.
Similar to the first Prince of Persia, the character explores various deadly areas by running, jumping, crawling, avoiding traps, solving puzzles and drinking magic potions. Prince of Persia 2 is, however, more combat-heavy than its predecessor. In the first game, enemies appear only occasionally and are always alone, while in the sequel, up to four enemies may appear at once, sometimes flanking the player, and may even be instantly replaced by reinforcements when they are killed. As in Prince of Persia, the trick is to complete the game under a strict time limit that passes in real time. Lives are unlimited, but time cannot be regained except by reverting to a previously saved game. In other areas, more significant improvements have been made. The graphics are far more complex than the simple look of the game's predecessor, the areas explored are larger, and the variety of backdrops is greater.
And it´s very bad compared with the original.
The game takes place eleven days after the events of the original Prince of Persia. During this time, the Prince is hailed as a hero who defeated the evil Jaffar. He turns down all riches and instead asks for the Princess' hand in marriage as his reward, which the Sultan of Persia reluctantly agrees to. The Prince and Princess are married and live happily for eleven days.The Shadow and the Flame begins with Jaffar being brought back by a witch who hates the Prince. As the Prince enters the palace eleven days after marrying the Princess, his appearance turns back into that of a beggar. Nobody recognizes him, and when he enters the throne room, guards are ordered to throw him out. Out from the shadows steps Jaffar, who has taken on the Prince's appearance, as well as his role. With guards rushing him, the Prince jumps through a large window and flees the city by the sea. The ship in which the Prince escapes on crashes, and he finds himself on the shore of a foreign land. A woman appears in his dreams and tells him to avenge his father. Throughout the events of The Shadow and the Flame, it is revealed that the Prince is really of royal lineage. His father was killed and his mother had to abandon him, to save him from his parents' fate. At the end of the game, the Prince goes back to Persia to again defeat Jaffar, saving Persia once again.
Titus Software ported the game to the Super NES and released it in 1996. Due to some missing features and stages, it is considered an inferior port.
On August 11, 2006, drx of Hidden Palace, a ROM-specialized website, released the long lost Mega Drive version, ported by Microïds and with a planned release in 1996 by Psygnosis, but finally canceled in an almost complete state.
The game can also be unlocked in the Xbox NTSC version of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time by finding a secret area. The GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox PAL versions of the game lack Prince of Persia 2, with that secret area unlocking the original Prince of Persia early instead. The PC version lacks the secret entirely.
The makers of Prince of Persia Classic hinted that they may remake the game in 3D for the XBLA along with other side-scrolling games.PLAYLIST
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