While it certainly had its moments, the original Prince of Persia could be an incredibly frustrating game. Pre-determined animations make for some particularly clunky controls compared to other platformers, and fatal plunges, accidental deaths and flung keyboards were a common occurrence back in 1989.
The Xbox Live Arcade version thankfully does some work in smoothing things out; HD graphics and beautiful, super-smooth animation bring this most digital of platformers right in to 2007. But it's not enough to stop us pulling our hair out.
Adult gamers rejoice; these are 5 of the best enhanced versions of the games you loved to play as a kid.
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Garvaos writes "The video game universe has it’s fair share of good guys. Whether they are super heroes, martial artists, highly skilled marks man or even Italian plumbers we all have a favourite, but when it comes to villains who is the best? Join the Plus XP team as we pay homage to our favourite video game Antagonists. Warning, spoilers ahead! Not little spoilers either, huge, whopping, game ruining spoilers. If you have not played the game mentioned in each bold title maybe stay clear. Don’t say we didn’t warn you…"
Ouch, only a 6. I may not pick this up for a while since it's only SP and i can get it any time for when theres a boring weekend coming up.
If they improved the jump on this reincarnation. I remember playing this on the computer when it came out and you needed to hit the jump button when you were still 3 steps away from where you really wanted to jump. Don't ask me why I remember this... I just do... mind works in odd ways