Matewis: Great, great, great game! But yes, the difficulty in places is a crazy. But if you're that far then I think the worst is perhaps over: that damn wonky bridge sequence with the skeleton in the caves.
KingofGnG: Heh, the bridge is just at the end of the first part/scenario, and the are two other parts left (the ancient city and the palace) that are even harder than that :-P
I still remember, back in the 286 days, I was playing this thing daily and I destroyed at least one keyboard because of that :-D
And I played it a lot on my 486. The sound of the prince crashing through that window in the beginning sounded so glorious on a sound blaster 16 :)
But I never got far. I think I got as far as the red temple place once, but never completed it. Judging by how I struggled with that bridge last I played I have on idea how I got past it back then. Come to think of it, I probably used cheats liberally. I know I used cheats a lot with the first PoP because of how insanely difficult I found it as a kid.
I completed it for the first time
a few years ago though, and it felt great to finally tick it off my list :)