Yet another PoP for the BK-0011M

[David]

(The first can be found here: viewtopic.php?f=69&t=3296)

First, about how I found it.
I was searching for "persia" in the folder where I keep the BK-0011M emulators, and I found something in C.BKD that was in andos330.zip (See the link at the top).
It is a list of games. The relevant part is this:

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PRINCE   - Игра "Prince of Persia" Для спасения принцессы  не-
8 тыс.     обходимо за час обойти,  сражаясь  со  стражниками,
           множество подземелий. Автор - В. Погорельцев.

Google translation:

PRINCE - The game "Prince of Persia" In order to save the princess need an hour to get around, fighting with the guards, a lot of dungeons. Author - V. Pogoreltsev.

So there is a PoP by V. Pogoreltsev.
Remember, the already known PoP for the BK is by Evgeny Pashigorov and Pasha Sizykh.

Then I searched the net for Погорельцев prince.

I found some documentation in Russian: http://bk001x.ru/load/opisanii/opisanij ... 1-1-0-1170
and a file list: http://archive.pdp-11.org.ru/BKGAMES/pa ... _Files.txt

This is the interesting part:

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[+]D03S12.img/ПОГОРЕЛЬЦЕВ/PRINCE
	PP_CRACK.EXE
	PRINCE.DOC
	PRINC#
	LEVEL.B
	LEVEL.C
	LEVEL.D
	LEVEL.E
	LEVEL.F
	LEVEL.G
	LEVEL.H
	LEVEL.I
	LEVEL.J
	LEVEL.K
	LEVEL.L
	LEVEL.M
	PRINCE_MT

and this:

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[+]D01S15.img/
	BOOT
	PRINC.DOC
	PRINCE.EXE
	PRINC#
	LEVEL.B
	LEVEL.C
	LEVEL.D
	LEVEL.E
	LEVEL.F
	LEVEL.G
	LEVEL.H
	LEVEL.I
	LEVEL.J
	LEVEL.K
	LEVEL.L
	LEVEL.M

Here: http://archive.pdp-11.org.ru/BKGAMES/patron_bk0011/ there is a huge (70MB) RAR file that contains the disk images whose files are listed in that text file.

Of the two interesting disk images, I could not get D03S12.img to work, but D01S15.img works.
Here is how to run it using BKBTL:
* Turn on the View->Toolbar, View->Keyboard options.
* Put D01S15.img into drive A:.
* Type 000B (zero,zero,zero,b) and press enter. (This means: Boot from drive 000.)
After some time, a file list appears.
* Select PRINCE.EXE and press enter.
The intro says: coding by Pogoreltsev Vitaliy.
After the princess image disappears, the game pauses itself.
* Press any key to play.
The game works, although it's not full screen.
The levels and the movements are different from the original.

Keys:
Arrows: Move.
Down: pick up things.
Space or Numpad 2: Jump forward.
KT: pause + show remaining time. Continue with any key.

There is a screenshot at the bottom of this page: https://code.google.com/p/bkbtl/wiki/Screenshots
It probably looks better in black and white.

[David]

I found a video about this version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z6Us7XA2w8

I forgot to mention this in my previous post, but, unusually, the levels are called LEVELa, LEVELb, etc. instead of LEVEL 1, LEVEL 2, etc.

I also found a page about this version on a Russian site: https://r-games.net/704-prince.html

Again, don't confuse it with the other BK0010 port, which also has a page on the same site: https://r-games.net/154-prince-persia-bk0011m.html