What came first Aladdin or prince of persia?

[Pharaoh]

These two have very similar stories it's almost surreal but who is knocking off who?

[Samwise]

Prince, i believe, but it was some crappy dos game

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Prince of Persia 1989
aladdin disney 1992

[Electric Cupcake]

Originally posted by Samwise:

Prince, i believe, but it was some crappy dos game

The Book of 1,001 Nights came first, obviously. But the Disney movie has very little to do with the original story. I mean, it took place in China.

Prince of Persia was enormously influential.

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[GetToTheTop]

Aladdin by a long shot, it traces back to the 18th century.

[Pharaoh]

Originally posted by Hugsie Muffinball:

Originally posted by Samwise:

Prince, i believe, but it was some crappy dos game

The Book of 1,001 Nights came first, obviously. But the Disney movie has very little to do with the original story. I mean, it took place in China.

Prince of Persia was enormously influential.

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that sort of makes sense since there were islamic colonies/settlements throughout chinese history and modern day so i could see that influence easily


lol the games villain even is jaffar omg how did i not notice this while playing the sands of time the guy even has the snake like staff that i did noticed while playing the game i have only just started so.

[DarkCrystalMethod]

1001 Arabian Nights had both of these stories that these games are based on. That was written a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Thousand_and_One_Nights
So Mr. Howard is correct.

[Electric Cupcake]

Originally posted by Pharaoh:

lol the games villain even is jaffar omg how did i not notice this while playing the sands of time the guy even has the snake like staff that i did noticed while playing the game i have only just started so.

It's not an uncommon name and several characters throughout the book were named that. In fact, he was a real historical figure.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ja%27far_ibn_Yahya

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

jaffa!
kree!

https://stargate.fandom.com/wiki/Kree

[Myke]

Both based on Arabic stories.

[Starbug]

Originally posted by northowlman:

Both based on Arabic stories.

Persians aren't Arabs.

[AdahnGorion]

PoP (if we talk games vs movie) If we talk stories, they are rather close
But they are both based on the same old tale.

[AdahnGorion]

Originally posted by Starbug:

Originally posted by northowlman:

Both based on Arabic stories.

Persians aren't Arabs.

Indeed, Arabs took over the area by force, culturally, religiously and linguistic are very very different, atleast historical. That is as far as we can go without being to political etc.

[Myke]

Originally posted by Starbug:

Originally posted by northowlman:

Both based on Arabic stories.

Persians aren't Arabs.

No ♥♥♥♥ sherlock. Is that what I said?

[Starbug]

Originally posted by northowlman:

Originally posted by Starbug:

Persians aren't Arabs.

No ♥♥♥♥ sherlock. Is that what I said?

Yep. Hence why I corrected you on the error. The prince of Persia is a Persian tale. Not an Arabic one. The clue was in the "of Persia" part.

[Myke]

Originally posted by Starbug:

Originally posted by northowlman:

No ♥♥♥♥ sherlock. Is that what I said?

Yep. Hence why I corrected you on the error. The prince of Persia is a Persian tale. Not an Arabic one. The clue was in the "of Persia" part.

Nitpicking. The story may be Persian but the American dorks who made up the media franchise took inspiration from Arabic compilations of old middle eastern tales.