Absolutely
brilliant platform adventure game that I spent
hours on end playing on my old
Apple IIc+. You were a poor
nobody who fell in love with the
Princess of
Persia, and the
evil guy who was watching the
kingdom while the
king was gone (
vizar?) had you
imprisoned in the deepest
dungeon of the
Imperial Palace because he wished to
marry the Princess and thus gain control of the entire kingdom. You had one hour of actual
game time to reach the top of the
palace and rescue the princess.
Years later, my
summer camp had a copy of the game, and none of the other
counselors believed that I could beat the game, since they could all barely get past the second dungeon. I sat down, cracked my
knuckles, and beat the game with twenty-four
minutes to spare without losing a single
life. They never questioned my
l33tness again.