UP button........... Prince takes a small hop upwards with arms raised. If there are some loose slabs above you,
hop to touch them and they will fall. Also used to scale ledges and to jump. Note that each
hop will move you slightly forward. In the En Guarde stance (swordfighting), the up button
is used to block an attack.
DOWN button......... Prince ducks on the ground. The crouch will last as long as the button is held.
Used to scale down ledges, and moves you slightly forward with every crouch. In
the En Guarde stance, this will put your sword back in its scabbard. Err...
Did he have a scabbard in the first place? Strange...
LEFT button......... Prince turns to the left. Prince will run forward for a short distance if tapped;
Will run continuously if held.
RIGHT button........ Prince faces the right of the screen. As above, prince runs forward for a short distance if
button is tapped; Runs continuously if button is held.
SHIFT button........ Utility button. Used to hang on to ledges, walk slowly, pick up stuff, and fight.
Spacebar............ Shows you the amount of time you have left. You only have one hour, remember?
Control+G........... Saves game. You have to be at least at Level 3 to save. Anything lower and Prince won't save.
Also note that you can only save a game at a time. Any more and your previous game will be
deleted. To back up your game, copy the Prince.sav file into a different folder, or rename it.
Control+L........... Loads a saved game. Press this during the intro screen.
Control+R........... Restarts game; Back to the intro screen
Control+A........... Restarts level. This will only reset the current level you are on in case you get stuck.
Note that time will still flow, so if you keep restarting a level for one hour then it's
game over.
Control+K........... Sets the controls to Keyboard Mode. Use this if your keyboard doesn't function properly.
Apart from "How to quit the game", I also get the question "I can't move at all" frequently.
Control+J........... Sets the controls to Joystick Mode. Use this to refresh your gamepad/joystick.
Control+Q........... Quits to DOS. People love to ask me about "How to quit the game."
Control+S........... Turns sound ON/OFF, along with the music.
Control+V........... Shows the version of the game. This command isn't included in the manual.
Shift+L............. Skips a level, but leaves you with 15 minutes of time. There is NO WAY you can win the game now,
as this mode is only for practice. Okay, maybe you can, but I'm pretty skeptical. I'll keep
trying, though... And also note that you can only skip up to Level 4.
Escape button....... Pauses the game. Press again for single-frame movement. Press anything else to resume.