One of the greatest adventure franchises of all time has finally stepped into the 21st century. Prince of Persia: Sands of Time is not the first attempt to bring the popular series into the third dimension, but it is by far the best. With sword in hand, you must solve the mystery of the Sands of Time, which claimed the lives of your father and nearly everyone else in the Sultan's Palace. Each room offers a new puzzle to solve, each Sand Creature another challenging battle.

It's quite easy to get lost in the Sultan's Palace and lose sight of what to do and where to go. When you find yourself trapped or continually beaten down by your enemies, it's time for a little help from your friends at IGN Guides. We've mastered the Sands of Time and know every jump to make, every trick to best this castle of sand. Inside you'll find:

• Basics: Everything you need to know to prepare yourself for your upcoming quest, including details on the Prince's special powers and expert combat strategies.
• Walkthrough: Our complete walkthrough offers full details on every jump, wall run, and shimmy in PoP with hundreds of screenshots to dazzle your eyes.
• Secrets: How do you unlock earlier Prince of Persia games? Find out here.
• Q&A: All your questions answered directly.

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Start a new game and while on the balcony of Farah's room, hold X and press SPACEBAR, LEFT MOUSE BUTTON CLICK, E, C, E, SPACEBAR, LEFT MOUSE BUTTON CLICK, C. Note that these are the default controls for POP.

Go to the checkpoint (sand vortex) that is named "The underground reservoir" Get through this area, and when you get to the rope that leads you out, don't climb out, there is a platform around the middle of the rope, swing there and press jump. You will find yourself in a series of traps. Go to the one in which spiked bars appear in the wall and when the bars retreats, wall run up and press jump. You will find yourself on a bar that stretches vertically, climb down the bar until you find a bar that stretches horizontally. Swing on it and jump. Do this again and again until you find yourself on another platform. Find a broken door, strike it three times and proceed. To get back, go the way you came and climb out of the reservoir.

To get this, you must start out beside the checkpoint (sand vortex) that is named "Farah, come back". You start out on a platform. To your right, you see a small bit of railing missing. Run at it so that you are hanging on the space between the railings. Drop down and you will find various obstacles (ledges, beams, and a bar) Swing on the bar and press jump. You will be in a small room. On your left there is a broken door. Strike it with you great sword once and it will break, and then proceed. After you had full healing/life lengthened then run on the wall in front of the hole that you entered and press jump again. You will swing on a switch that opens a door above you. Keep on swinging and press jump again. You will be on another bar, keep on swinging and press jump again. Climb out of the door, and you will be back where you started.