

If he is successful, the two are re-united and it is a happy ending. The Prince has about one-and-a-half minutes to fight and defeat Rugnor. In the final level, Rugnor sets a huge piece of machinery, a mechanical Gear as big as a room, to which he ties the Princess up. The Prince almost manages to outwit Rugnor a few times too. The game is also unique in the Prince of Persia series, in that the Prince has a choice of 4 weapons: the Sword, a long Staff for long-range combat, Double Blades for close combat and the Bow and Arrow (with various magical arrows). The Prince has to fight his way through several levels including the unique Dirigible levels.

The Prince has to escape from the dungeons and chase Rugnor, as he carries the Princess away. He is also very powerful and a master Swordsman as well. Rugnor is an interesting creature: half man and half tiger, he is ruthless, cruel to the teeth and covets the Princess.

Apparently, the Princess' father had promised long ago that the Princess would be given away in marriage to Assan's son, Rugnor. The dance ends with the belly dancer killing the Prince's personal bodyguards and the Prince himself being imprisoned in Assan's dungeons. Prince of Persia 3D starts with a belly dance: the Prince and his father-in-law have been invited by Assan, the brother of the Sultan. To illustrate, it had the same lilting Middle Eastern music, the same smooth animation (but in 3D), excellent graphics, a romantic storyline and the same action-adventure-puzzles-traps. This was the first 3D version of Prince of Persia, but continued in the same vein as the original two games. While the first two versions of the game were released quickly one after the other, the third game in the series, Prince Of Persia 3D was released only in 1999, took almost 6 years to produce.
