Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is an action-adventure puzzle-platformer. The player controls the main protagonist, an unnamed Prince from a kingdom in Persia. Environments are seen through a controllable See more

The game is set in Persia during the 9th century AD, and begins with the Prince narrating to an unseen listener about his adventures. The Prince and the army of his father Shahraman are … See more

Sales
By the end of 2003, sales of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time had reached 2 million copies, and … See more

• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time on game designer Jordan Mechner's official website
• A retrospective analysis of the game, originally printed in Edge via the Internet Archive
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The development of the initial concept work for The Sands of Time began in the second quarter of 2001, after Ubisoft had bought the Prince of Persia license. While Ubisoft held the Prince of Persia catalog, the actual IP still belonged to the series original creator See more

The year after the game's release, the game was featured in an episode of How It's Made, in a segment dedicated to video game production. The … See more