At this point we can start saying with some confidence that the Vita scene is not only finally alive, it’s being extremely well supported by all developers involved in it. This time usineur returns with another update to his great Prince of Persia port for the PS Vita as an entry to the GekiHEN contest. The most notable addition to this update is without a doubt the save/load state feature. With this update, SDLPoP should be fully-feature and mostly bugless so you can enjoy the game in its entirety without hitches. You can now even enter your name into the Hall of Fame!

What is SDLPoP?

SDLPoP is an open-source project that aims to allow people to play the original Prince of Persia DOS games on modern systems without the use of tools like DosBox. It was originally created by disassembling the code of the original game to get the source. Now we can all enjoy it on the Vita thanks to developer usineur.

Changelog for SDLPoP-Vita v1.2

• Fix music resume after clicking to the PS button.
• Enable L/R buttons to respectively quick load/save your progression.
• Add keyboard support to enter your name in the hall of fame (you must finish the game first)

Instructions for SDLPoP-Vita

Quick installation:

• Install SDLPoP-Vita.vpk using VitaShell
• Extract the prince.zip archive into ux0:data/

Controls:

• Left: turn or run left
• Right: turn or run right
• Up or O: jump or climb up
• Down: crouch or climb down
• X: pick up things, hang from edge
• X +left/right: careful step
• /\: display remaining time
• L: quick load
• R: quick save

Download SDLPoP-Vita

We do not offer links to download SDLPoP-Vita as it has come to our attention that the developer’s github distributes content from the original game, that we cannot link to here.