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Prince of Persia (2008)

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Prince of Persia (2008)
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Developers
Ubisoft Montreal
Publishers
Ubisoft
Engines
Anvil
Release dates
Windows December 9, 2008
macOS (OS X) March 24, 2009
Prince of Persia (2008) on Wikipedia

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
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This page is for the 2008 reboot. For the original, see Prince of Persia.

General information

Ubisoft forums for game series
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
Retail version is DRM-free.[1]
Windows
Amazon.com
DRM details are not known
Windows
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
DRM details are not known
Windows
GamersGate
DRM details are not known
DRM: Tagès
Windows
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
DRM details are not known
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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Windows
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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Windows

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

The Epilogue DLC is not available for this game; it was only released for the console versions.[2]

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/19980/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/19980/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video settings

Graphics settings in the launcher.
Graphics settings in the launcher.

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High frame rate

Regarding high refresh rate displays, the game will force 100 Hz by default and does not accept 120/144 Hz. This means if the player wants Vsync enabled, the FPS will be limited to 100 in this case. Vsync can be disabled to unlock FPS but it's not an ideal solution for everyone because of screen tearing.

To take advantage of your high refresh rate display, you can override the refresh rate limitation imposed by the game to achieve 120 FPS @ 120 Hz (with Vsync) for example. One way this can be done is by changing "Preferred refresh rate" to the "Highest available" setting in the Nvidia Control Panel under "Manage 3D settings". Using a higher minimum refresh rate via Custom Resolution Utility should also work for AMD/ATI GPUs.[3]

AMD/ATI users can also use RadeonPro for forced refresh rate. On some systems game might not load if you turn off Vsync, and Vsync can lock FPS to only 30. With this tool, you can have Vsync on and same time refresh rate and FPS unlocked.

Input settings

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Audio settings

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English

Dutch

French

German

Italian

Spanish

Czech

Retail only Polish

Retail only

VR support

3D modes State GG3D Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
Use Helix Mod: Prince of Persia 2008 for better 3D support.
iZ3D

Issues unresolved

Steam overlay is not available

Opening the Steam overlay in the retail game causes all input (keyboard or controller) to be ignored, requiring a restart of the game.

Issues fixed

In-game status is not showing in Steam

Instructions

Game may freeze on loading screens

Problem on Nvidia Drivers
Instructions

Game may have slow or choppy motion

Problem on Nvidia drivers
Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Shader Model support 3
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium D
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+
System memory (RAM) 1 GB (XP)
2 GB (Vista)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 9 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI RADEON X1600*/1650*-1950/HD 2000–4000 series
NVIDIA GeForce 6800*/7/8/9/GTX 260–280 series
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0 compatible
Shader model 3.0 support

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/19980/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (19980) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References