This is an action game in which players assume the role of a young prince, who after being granted a wish by a genie, must save a princess and a kingdom overrun by evil. Along the way, players use their character's acrobatic skills to progress through fantasy levels, and battle many other-worldly creatures. Players use swords, arrows, and their claws to attack "corrupted" human soldiers and creatures. The enemy creatures often disappear in a cloud of smoke and a puddle of green slime. The frequent combat is sometimes augmented by slow-motion effects or close-up finishing moves: players jump in the air and impale creatures with their sword while coming down; players can also slash at a giant rock creature's neck to sever its vine-like limbs (green sap-like fluid squirts out of the felled monster). The game includes the original Prince of Persia, a 2D side-scrolling game that mostly involves traversing across dungeon platforms, avoiding traps, and sword fighting with palace guards. In one sequence, a trap may collapse upon the player, leaving pixilated blood stains on the blades.
