Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame (DOS)

Unused RoomsALOT of empty areas and some leftovers from the previous game.

Cheats#

To access cheats, type in prince yippeeyahoo and go into any level.

Normal Cheats#

After that, you can use a list of commands:

Debug Cheats#

You also get a list of debug commands:

Anti-Piracy#

After Level 2, the game will ask for a specific symbol that would only be known if the player actually bought the game along with the manual. Bypassing the screen is impossible.

Crash Handler#

The game contains a crash handler, which will stop gameplay and shows a window, Most errors normally kick the player into DOS. Some errors are less fatal, and gives the choice whenever to continue or quit.

PRINCE.EXE has a complete list of the game's error messages (which are shown below).

AnimNew(): Cast member %d out of range
Error in SaveShad()
Error in LoadShad()
AnimNew(%d)
ERROR:  DrawIt()
ERROR:  Couldn't allocate backport
ERROR: Couldn't find shape list
Id = %d PrinceNewShpItem()
BaseId = %d 
item = %d
usedExisting = %d
Error in PrinceUnpackShape()
StdRsrcError()
StdRsrcVerify()
ERROR:  DrawIt()
x = %d
y = %d
mode = 0x%x
shapeType = %d

DRects Overflow
Error playing recorded game
The program is unable to detect an MCGA video mode
There will be no digital sounds.
The midi sound card selected did not initialize.  There will be no music.
Insufficient far Memory System error.

Press any key to return to DOS.
Couldn't find resource file "%s"
Could not find the system configuration file %s.
Please run SETUP from within the Prince of Persia 2 directory.
Insufficient near Memory

R6000
stack overflow
R6003
integer divide by 0
R6009
not enough space for environment
run-time error
R6002
floating-point support not loaded
R6001
null pointer assignment

References#