in this sequel, it reaches that point within the first few levels. The first game was challenging, but seldom to the point of frustration. The threshold for how much your hand-to-eye coordination has gone down some, and, I'm sorry to say, a lot of the fun factor went with it.

with this game, too much of the time, I was just trying to finish the current level. I found myself playing with the traps in the first game, challenging them to get me, and generally having fun. Simply moving the prince takes more effort. The first runs a lot smoother here, the animation is almost downright choppy, sluggish. resulting in a game that has shortcomings which are more obvious than the one it follows. This seems to forget that fact, and pushes far too hard. From the beginning, I could tell that this was different the first pushed the limit for what could be done at that time in games, but maintained a genuine sense of realizing that the industry was still young. I remember finding out about this game, and being excited to play the successor to one of my favorite gaming experiences. Narrator: And so the young lovers were wed and they lived happily, well for eleven days.

Narrator: When he learned of his Viziers treachery, the grateful Sultan offered riches, but the stranger requested just one reward. Narrator: Seizing power, Jaffer had his rival thrown into the dungeons, but the young man escaped and struck down the evil magician.

This did not please the Sultans Grand Vizier Jaffar who meant to marry the princess himself. Narrator: In his absence, the princess fell in love with a young traveller who climbed the palace wall to see her. Now it happened that the Sultan left his kingdom to fight in a foreign land. Narrator: In ancient Persia, there lived a Sultan who had an only daughter, whose beauty was like moon rise in a clear heaven.

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