Yes, I also find it odd, but in a way more realistic too. You can end up in a similar situation in v1.0 if you happen to switch sides with a guard while the second guard is already waiting in queue, they will sandwich you, but it's a lot easier to escape that situation in v1.0 than it is in v1.1. T...

I put a bit more time into trying to resolve the running jump mystery. This is hopefully a correct conversion of POP2's running jump function to C (if some of the structures and function calls look unusual, that's because I wrote this so it could be part of my POP project): static int Prince_PlayerI...

I played through POP2 again for the first time in many years. This might not be what the OP encountered, but I've always thought running jumps felt a little bit off in POP2 compared to POP1. After finishing up the playthrough, I tested some level design from POP2 using POP1's mechanics, and I defini...

For the first time ever, I played through v1.1 of POP2, which was a version released in 1998. From what I've read, it fixes a bug from v1.0 where cutscenes might not play unless you restart the game once, but it introduces a bug where the player sprite isn't drawn correctly when running through an e...

By the way, the "Shad" in LoadShad and SaveShad refers to any opponent, not just the shadow. "Shad" comes from the Apple II original version of PoP1, where originally the shadow was planned to be the only opponent. Then, when guards were added, the name stuck. In PoP2 these name...

I tried the demo. It's pretty good for a Metroidvania-style game. The graphics and voice acting are pretty good as well. And the combat is much more in-depth than what's typical for the genre. I think I'll enjoy the full game whenever I get it, and I'll probably like this more than all the 3D POP ga...

I think there's a demo that dropped yesterday that's available on all or most systems.

The review embargo went up and most reviews for the game are super positive.

Extracted the frame data array and updated the sequence data conversion. POP2 IR: Frame data array: https://pastebin.com/raw/njY5KdbN Sequence data: https://pastebin.com/raw/xbq6bSr0 POP2 1.0/1.1: Frame data array: https://pastebin.com/raw/3Kc5KCpg Sequence data: https://pastebin.com/raw/dD7JdMUg O...

There's a list of debug commands and cheats you can see listed on these pages: https://popuw.com/cheats2.html https://popuw.com/parameters.html This isn't a complete list, though. I've going through David's POP2's disassembly to understand the code more and try to slow map more of it and I noticed t...

That's alright, I'm all for improvements even if that means fixing fun/quirky bugs. When I first played PoP for SNES I was disappointed because it was so different, but now it is one of my favorites because it improved the performance, adds lots of new levels and has great visuals. I also played @S...

Oh wow, so the main code is 'unchanged' (as in faithful to the original) and you upgraded the level loading? Nice! It would be funny watching the guards stand one foot away making eye contact with the Kid, but not following him because he is in another 'room' :lol: Or it would be interesting watchi...

I really like the zoom out effect. Ever since I was little I wanted to see the entire map at the same time. This is a nice addition I personally welcome. I wish there were more ports with such kind of improvements. Yeah, it's a fun feature and it was very easy to implement in my codebase with how I...

I haven't had too much time to work on this the past month, but I got some work done. Here's the current state: 8DSTTopV6lM I added loading and playback of sound, did some work on render order (which you can clearly see still needs more attention), and added a function for spawning additional players.

Jordan Mechner revealed that he tells the story of the unannounced and cancelled Prince of Persia 3 in his Replay book: https://www.jordanmechner.com/en/latest-news/#cliffhanger https://www.jordanmechner.com/en/books/replay/ [...] the book tells my own story of how Prince of Persia 3 got green-lit, ...

I want to find a way to reverse engineer POP2 that I can personally work on. I'm honestly not great at reverse engineering assembly code, and I would prefer a method where I can work piece-by-piece where the game is runnable. If I understand it correctly, most traditional methods involve disassembli...