Prince of Persia: Arabian Nights (or Arabian Nights: Prince of Persia[3]) is a port of Prince of Persia 3D to the Sega Dreamcast. This version was developed by Avalanche Software and published by Mattel Interactive in North America.
Story[]
Assan, the brother the Sultan invited the Sultan, and the Prince to a private belly dance. Midway through the show, the Belly Dancer kills the Sultan's personal bodyguards and the Prince is imprisoned in Assan's dungeon. The Princess, who was denied access to the place a moment before, is also captured. Apparently, her father, the Sultan, had promised long ago that she would be given away in marriage to Assan's son, Rugnor, once she turned 21 years old.
The Prince is thrown into a prison cell with no weapon of his own. Upon escaping his confinement and traversing the lower levels of Assan's Palace, he kills a guard with a grate and takes his sword. The Prince then leaves the dungeon, making it through the Ivory Tower, where he takes a bow from a dead archer. On his way to the palace, he travels through the cistern, meeting the first assassin in his journey. When the Prince finally makes it into the palace, he fights and kills the belly dancer who also woks as an assassin. He progresses further into the palace and reaches the room where Assan and the Sultan are discussing, the former demanding that he hands the Princess' hand in marriage to his son Rugnor as both agreed years ago. The Sultan apologizes to the Prince, stating he had no right to marry the Princess to him, and promising any other woman in the kingdom. Assan tries to kill the Prince, but the Sultan intervenes and is stabbed in his place. Sultan with his dying breath reveals that with his death, his pact with Assan in now void. As Assan calls the guards, claiming that the Prince killed the Sultan, the Prince jumps from the tower's balcony and escapes through the city rooftops to the streets and docks of the Capital.
Prince Rugnor, revealed to be a monstrous tiger/human hybrid has the Princess escorted to a dirigible, which the Prince managed to board just before it took off. The Prince makes his way up the flying vehicle and managed to reach the top of the dirigible, where the Princess and Rugnor are. The blimp flies into a storm, and lightning sets it on fire.
The Princess is flown away by Rugnor on a Roc, while the Prince falls onto the the cliffs, clibing upwards, he makes it to the Sun Temple. As he reaches the final doors of the temple, the floor collapses and the Prince falls into the Moon Temple. He makes his way through the temple and reaches Rugnor, who is still trying to make the Princess marry him. When she refuses again, the unstable and volatile Rugnor sets the gears to which she is tied in motion.
Prince rushes against the time to battle against Rugnor. When the Prince defeats Rugnor, the villain falls into the cogs, stopping their motion just before the Princess gets crushed. The Prince rescues her and uses the Lamassu to fly away in the opposite direction of Persia, to which the Princess remarks "Am I to be stolen away again?".[4]
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Gameplay[]
Controls from the original PC version were improved on, with other notable bug fixes. The reported camera problems were unchanged, but the cinematic camera during NPC interaction and key moments has been removed. The prince could perform a running jump immediately after moving instead of needing to wait for his run to accelerate. The Prince in general has a much faster movement speed. A newer lighting system was implemented, but the textures had a lower resolution and had their colors slightly de-saturated. The gore switch was removed and was permanently set to "less".
Two levels from the PC version were removed: Lower Dirigible 2, and Floating Ruins. Upper Dirigible level has been cut in half, removing the lower part with hanging platforms. Since Lower Dirigible 2 was removed, so was the final fight with the Roustabout, and with it the gimmick of Rustabouts getting stronger with each defeat is also removed. Dirigible Worker NPCs have been removed, and one who warn the Prince of the poison is replaced with a monk. Since Floating Ruins were removed, enemies such as Demoness and Silt Devil do not appear in this version. There are overall less enemies in the game, but they have more life and need to be hit more.
Work in progress inventory screen
The Prince's varied melee weapons were turned into different swords with different powers which previously were effects of the arrows. Some special arrows like: Swarm, Charm and Possession have been removed entirely. Non-situational potions, like health refills, could now be stored in his backpack, and more situational level-progressing potions have been replaced with instant-use Runes of Power.
An inventory system has been created to access items easily. There is also a hint section in the inventory for main objectives.
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 List of Prince of Persia 3D Releases
- ↑ Prince of Persia 3D official site Technology section
- ↑ Arabian Nights: Prince of Persia, IGN article
- ↑ Prince of Persia: Arabian Nights gameplay
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