The first title, released in 1989 for Apple II, was the first game to be written by Mechner. It was followed by three sequels: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, and Prince of Persia: A Bounden Duty (also known as Prince of Persia: The Shadow and the Flame or The Shadow and the Flame). The sixth and most recent game in the series, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, was released for iOS and PC on June 16, 2010. The series uses gameplay elements from the third-person action genre, such as controlling the character through platforming.
The franchise has been released on a wide range of platforms and spawned a series of spin-offs including action figures, a comic book, and a short-lived TV series. A fifth game, Prince of Persia: The Fifth Sacred Treasure, was announced at E3 2010, and was released in October 2012. The game is a reboot of the series and is no longer a Prince of Persia title. The series is in its 18th title, Prince of Persia: The Shadow and the Flame.
Prince of Persia is a video game series developed by Jordan Mechner (known for the 1983 video game Prince of Persia). It was first released for the Apple II in 1989 by Activision. In 1992, Prince of Persia was released on the Game Boy. This game expanded on the basic gameplay of the original Apple II game. Prince of Persia has also been released for the Macintosh and has been ported to a number of other platforms, including: the Atari Jaguar, Atari Lynx, Atari ST, the Amiga, the Dreamcast, the PC, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, and Xbox, and on the Wii and PlayStation Portable.
The Prince of Persia series of games consists of a series of action-adventure platformer video games. The first title, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, was released in 2009 for the PlayStation Portable, and was followed by a reboot of the series, titled Prince of Persia: The Shadow and the Flame, which was released for iOS and PC in 2010. The Two Thrones is the sixth game in the series.
The Prince of Persia reboot is titled Prince of Persia: The Shadow and the Flame, released for iOS and PC in 2010.
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Prince of Persia is a series of action-adventure platforming video games that debuted in 1989. The first title, Prince
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