Play Assassin’s Creed – Altairs Chronicles Online
Assassin’s Creed: Altaïr’s Chronicles is a 2008 action-adventure game for the Nintendo DS, developed by Gameloft Bucharest and published by Ubisoft. A prequel set in 1190, it follows Altaïr through Damascus, Tyre, Jerusalem, Acre, and Aleppo in search of the Chalice. Linear 3D levels combine parkour, hack-and-slash combat, stealth kills, and touch-screen mini-games for pickpocketing and interrogation.
How To Play Assassin’s Creed: Altaïr’s Chronicles
| Control | Action |
|---|---|
| D-Pad | Move Altaïr |
| B | Jump / climb ledges; press near a wall to wall-run |
| Y | Weak sword attack |
| X | Strong sword attack (combine with Y for combos) |
| A | Interact / hidden-blade assassination when behind an unaware enemy |
| R (hold) | Block |
| L | Use the selected sub-weapon (throwing knife, bomb, crossbow) |
| D-Pad Down (hold) | Crouch / sneak |
| Stylus: tap weapon icons | Select the active sub-weapon |
| Stylus: drag items or tap sequences | Pickpocket, interrogation, and bomb-defusal mini-games |
| START | Pause |
About Assassin’s Creed: Altaïr’s Chronicles
| Release date | NA: February 5, 2008 EU: April 11, 2008 AU: April 3, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Gameloft Bucharest |
| Publisher | Ubisoft |
| Platform | Nintendo DS (later iOS, Android, webOS, Symbian, Java ME, Windows Phone 7) |
| Genre | Action-adventure, stealth |
| Series | Assassin’s Creed |
| Modes | Single-player |