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[Japo]

I find it advantageous to be very close to enemies during swordfights, once you've hit the foe you'll get to hit again without any likelihood of his parrying if you do it immediately afterwards. If you're not close, the enemy is out of reach for the second hit once he's stepped back after the first one.

I've just replayed this after the sequel (PoP2) and in the latter swordfights are not only much more numerous, but also much more difficult! Every foe in PoP seemed to me like piece of cake after having just played PoP2.

[rlbell]

Originally posted by Japofran@May 1 2006, 10:52 PM
I find it advantageous to be very close to enemies during swordfights, once you've hit the foe you'll get to hit again without any likelihood of his parrying if you do it immediately afterwards. If you're not close, the enemy is out of reach for the second hit once he's stepped back after the first one.

I've just replayed this after the sequel (PoP2) and in the latter swordfights are not only much more numerous, but also much more difficult! Every foe in PoP seemed to me like piece of cake after having just played PoP2.

I should be so lucky. I can, sometimes, get in a pair of hits; however, as my speed style of play does not allow for swordplay mistakes, I am too timid in my fighting. The only big health potion that I bother to get is the one on level four. By the time I have gotten it, the closed gate barring the way to the rest of the level is open, despite my knowing precisely how it is done.

My time for the first seven levels is about eighteen minutes, and it can take me as little as twenty more to finish the game (best game yet is 21 minutes, 31 seconds, remaining).

Once I master getting in close, I should be able to slice another four minutes off my time. I have no idea how the fellow claiming to do it in fifteen minutes accomplished that feat.

[gregor]

Level 11or something like that (the oen that is again in the fancy palace surrounding). you can just smash down one of the tile from the above and then you can run on the top over the guard (no need to fight and time the jump) till the very end. then you go down open the doors and continue. it's saves a lot of time.

[heLL0]

I remember playing this with my friend. We used to draw the directions and hints on a paper all exited about completeing the game...

[rabadi]

I played this with my big brother. Yeah, those were the days...

[Elon Yariv]

Did you guys know that you don't have to go all the way to the sword in the first level? You can easly pass the gaurd without it and in the next level you'll have to sword with you.

First lure him to the screen you came from, nearly to the wall. Climb that wall and go to the next screen to the left. There are some falling tiles on the cilling. Break them and return to the starting point. Now you can fall throught the hole and escape toward the exit.(right side) If the gaurd isn't in far enough to the left you wont be able to escape, he'll kill you before you'll make it.

[Mr. Barman]

I still cant get the jump-grab thing working, not quite sure why


and im not using an emulator which makes me wonder why it slows down alot


but luckily the roof-passage in the first level made it simple to get around the guard

[gregor]

you press the jump = up + left (or right)
you press and hold shift

you have to learn it because in some levels tiles will fall down on you and you will have to press shift to hold on to the ledge.

to practice try stepping all the way to the ledge turn arround and press down+shift. now as long as you hold shif (grab) you won't fall down. once you release it you fall. if you press up he will climb back up again.

[Grand Dad]

Yep! It's quite easy once you get the hang of it Actually need to do just that soon as you start, saves one life (health)!

[bobson]

I bought myself a 486 laptop to play this game :w00t:
No hard disk, no cd-rom, only floppy DOS and Prince. Propably soon I'll buy HDD to get better old-school games, since I've this site and lot of good stuff