Prince of Persia (NES)

A subpar conversion of the popular computer game, made by the same team who developed the NES Dragon's Lair.

Uncompiled Source Code#

A small piece of uncompiled source code is located at ROM 0xDE10 in both versions.

;   PFOV3_0 CHARACTER MAP ( 3 X 2 )

CM_PFOV3_0

    DB  $00,$00,$00
    DB  $01,$02,$00

Regional Differences#

To do: Document the rest of the regional differences.

Copyright Screen#

US	Europe

• The text at the top of the screen was shifted upwards in the US version to make room for the Virgin Games logo.
• The European version has a red tint for the text, while the US version displays in plain white.
• The string of text

  PRINCE OF PERSIA IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF BRODERBUND SOFTWARE, INC.

  was moved to the lower part of the copyright text in the US version. It swaps its place with the text

  ©1989, 1992 BRODERBUND SOFTWARE, INC.

  and

  ©1992 VIRGIN GAMES, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

  . The European version also adds a

  JORDAN MECHNER.

  string after the Broderbund copyright, which necessitated a comma after the ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Interestingly, the US version does not say LICENSED BY NINTENDO OF AMERICA, and just says LICENSED BY NINTENDO instead.

References#