Prince of Persia - Nintendo 3DS Port

Nintendo 3DS homebrew port of SDLPoP, the open-source Prince of Persia engine. Tested on real O3DS hardware.

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Install

CIA (Home Menu) - recommended

Scan with FBI -> Remote Install -> Scan QR Code:

<p align="center"> <img src="assets/qr.png" width="220" alt="QR code for FBI install"> </p>

Or download prince.cia from the latest release and install manually through FBI.

3DSX (Homebrew Launcher)

Download prince.3dsx from the latest release and copy it to /3ds/SDLPoP/prince.3dsx on your SD card.

Game data is bundled in the file, no extra files needed. Save files go to sdmc:/SDLPoP/ automatically.

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Controls

3DS Button	Action
D-pad	Move / climb
A or R	Action (careful step / grab ledge)
B or Up	Jump
X	Confirm
Y or Start	Pause
Select	Back / cancel
L	Show time remaining

The bottom screen shows a controls reference and live game status (level, HP, time).

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Known Issues

• Startup lag: Takes 10-20 seconds to load on O3DS before the title screen appears. Runs fine once it's loaded.
• No music: Turned off to stop gameplay lag on O3DS. Sound effects work fine.
• HOME button: Pressing HOME mid-game won't suspend to the Home Menu. Pause with Y or Start first.
• Title screen: Press X to start. If it doesn't respond right away, the game is still loading, just wait a bit.
• N3DS CIA: Some N3DS users report the CIA installs but doesn't appear on the Home Menu. The 3DSX works fine on N3DS as a workaround while this gets sorted.

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Building

Requires devkitPro with devkitARM and these packages:

dkp-pacman -S devkitARM 3ds-sdl 3ds-sdl_image 3ds-sdl_mixer libctru citro3d

make        # builds prince.3dsx
make cia    # also builds prince.cia (requires bannertool and makerom in PATH)

All 3DS changes are behind #ifdef __3DS__ so the upstream PC build still works fine.

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Credits

• Original SDLPoP by NagyD and contributors (see README-upstream.md)
• 3DS port by larm504

License

GPLv3, same as upstream SDLPoP. See LICENSE.