The GOG Preservation Program has introduced new enhancements to the traditional motion platformer
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time has been added to the GOG Preservation Program. This system, launched in 2024, is an initiative geared toward preserving the provision and compatibility of traditional video video games on fashionable and future PCs. As a part of this system, the sport has obtained a number of updates that make it play higher than ever. It might not be the now-canceled remake Ubisoft was working on, however it’s one thing.
GOG introduced Sands of Time‘s induction into the Preservation Program in a press release. “Our workforce has gone deep into the sands of the unique Scimitar engine,” GOG wrote, “rebuilding our early experimental work into a light-weight wrapper designed to handle the challenges of operating this 2003 traditional on fashionable {hardware}.” The technical replace brings enhancements like widescreen and ultrawide show assist, customizable digicam scaling, the flexibility to decide on a most well-liked body price, and a brand new in-game overlay that lets gamers change field-of-view and different settings on the fly.
A video launched by GOG particularly factors to Ubisoft’s cancellation of the Sands of Time remake as the rationale for fixing the unique recreation on PC. Prior to those new technical fixes, taking part in Sands of Time on fashionable {hardware} was tormented by physics and show points that required irritating workarounds. Due to the GOG Preservation Program, the sport now runs easily and natively. The video goes into the nitty-gritty particulars of how the workforce at GOG made all these fixes to Sands of Time. It will get very within the weeds, however is an enchanting look ahead to anyone barely interested by how previous video games had been designed and what goes into making them suitable with fashionable {hardware}.
A very attention-grabbing tidbit from the video is that the core wrapper structure that GOG used to repair Sands of Time is “recreation agnostic.” Which means it may be used as a foundation for updating different DirectX titles sooner or later, although every new recreation will nonetheless want some customized reverse engineering. To have a good time Sands of Time‘s induction into the GOG Preservation Program, the sport is presently on sale for $2.99 till Aug. 23.