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Monday, June 11, 2007 9:01 AM by johnporcaro

Prince of Persia Classic Coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade

It's official.  Prince of Persia Classic will be available for download on Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360 beginning Wednesday, June 13, at 9 a.m. GMT (1 a.m. PDT).

From the media alert:

In Ubisoft’s “Prince of Persia Classic,” gamers take on the role of the prince as he embarks on a mission to rescue the princess before she has to wed the wicked Jaffar – all of which must be accomplished in under 60 minutes! Jumping across platforms and avoiding traps,  the prince must collect bottles of potions to keep his power bar charged as he duels enemies on his way to the princess.

“Prince of Persia Classic” is available worldwide for 800 Microsoft Points and is rated T for Teen (Animated Blood and Violence).

  • Enhanced character designs, animations and visuals
  • New traps, puzzles and enemies to tackle further augment the classic experience
  • 12 Achievements will be available – ranging from the simple (finding the sword in the first level) to the near impossible (finding all the potions in the game or finishing the game without dying!)
  • The title will feature 3 different leaderboards:
    • Normal Mode: Complete the game as fast as possible, which saves at the end of each level
    • Time Attach Mode: Complete the game as fast as possible – but be prepared to start from the beginning  if you fail to save the Princess in under 60 minutes
    • Survival Mode: Complete the entire game in under 60 minutes – without dying

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# re: Prince of Persia Classic Coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade

Monday, June 11, 2007 12:23 PM by Reluctant Hero
Break out the champagne! I've been waiting for this game! My next highly anticipated XBLA game for '07 is a tie between Bomberman Live and Every Extend Extra Extreme.

By the way, Pac-Man CE is the new Geometry Wars in my opinion. And by that I mean it's the new "best xbla game".

# re: Prince of Persia Classic Coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade

Monday, June 11, 2007 12:36 PM by Cutriss
Wait a minute...there are new enemies and traps? Is there no "classic" mode in the "classic" game? Aww...

# re: Prince of Persia Classic Coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade

Monday, June 11, 2007 2:25 PM by Kid Pyrrhic
Like Cutriss, I'm a little confused by Ubisoft's use of the word "Classic".

Are we not receiving a tried and true, 1989 classic edition of Prince of Persia with this release? I mean, in addition to the redux offered by Ubisoft.

If not, I declare this to be a major step backwards for retro classic gaming. I think maybe only 25% will actually want to play the classic stuff, but I'm in that minority.

# re: Prince of Persia Classic Coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade

Monday, June 11, 2007 3:39 PM by Damon Friend
Yeah, I hope there is the classic game and updated game combined in the download.

That aside, I have been waiting for this FOREVER! I loved the original games and grew up with them!

# re: Prince of Persia Classic Coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade

Monday, June 11, 2007 5:21 PM by DeadPlasmaCell
I'm starting to get the feeling we're not really getting the original classic with this.. Don't get me wrong, I love the updated version (so far), but I was really hoping for the original.. Especially for 800pts.

# re: Prince of Persia Classic Coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade

Tuesday, June 12, 2007 12:39 AM by Tony
Various news sites already confirmed quite a while ago (such as Joystiq, I believe) that for whatever reason the game is under the 50 MB rules still and as such the original version will not be included. There wasn't enough room.

So unless something changed it's always been my assumption that was that.

# re: Prince of Persia Classic Coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade

Tuesday, June 12, 2007 4:24 AM by drewjube
Will this be a worldwide release?

# re: Prince of Persia Classic Coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade

Tuesday, June 12, 2007 1:15 PM by Shaolin Munkeh
Yeah I heard the game was planned before the the memory allowance for XBLA games was upped to more than 50mb.

Looks like a definite purchase for me anyway, I never could my head around the original but this looks superb!

# re: Prince of Persia Classic Coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade

Tuesday, June 12, 2007 10:44 PM by Arztek
Yeah, I've been waiting for this for a while now, but it makes me feel old.  I remember playing the original on my friend's PC ages ago after school.  This looks a lot better, though. :)

# re: Prince of Persia Classic Coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade

Thursday, June 14, 2007 6:08 AM by Zafar
Great work, lots of fun.  Huge improvement over the classic both in gameplay and graphics.  
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John is Director of Customer and Community Relationship Management, Microsoft's IEB Global Marketing Team. His team is responsible for Online Community for Xbox and Games for Windows, and CRM/customer communications. He's been at Microsoft since 1990, where he's been a Product Manager, Channel Marketing Manager, Communications Manager, and Events Manager, mostly working in our Consumer Division (currently called Entertainment & Devices Division).