Retro

Old School Data Retrieval: Recovering Prince Of Persia’s Source Code, Two Decades On

Kotaku AU

Last month, the original source code for Jordan Mechner’s Prince of Persia was found in a cupboard, stored on a bunch of old, old Apple II floppy disks — we’re talking over two decades here. While a floppy disk is hardly a difficult piece of media to access, getting the data off the disks wasn’t something Mechner was prepared to leave to chance. Enter the professionals.


March 30, 2012
In Real Life

The Ugly Duckling Of The Prince Of Persia Series

It’s funny, when people think of Prince of Persia games, they think of either the first one, or the ones including and following 2003′s Sands of Time. It’s as though there was a game in there that never existed… That game was 1999′s Prince of Persia 3D.


News

Prince Of Persia’s Source Code Found In Dad’s Closet

Jordan Mechner, the creator of the Prince of Persia series, hasn’t had his hands on the source code to the original game for over a decade. Why? Because it had been sitting hidden in his dad’s closet, that’s why.


March 2, 2012
Mobile

The Original Prince Of Persia Gets A Gorgeous HD iOS Makeover

Speaking of Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner, a beautiful high-definition remaster of his original masterpiece is now available for the iPhone and iPad, complete with new modes and animated cut scenes. Who’s up for a field trip to Persia?


February 18, 2012
In Real Life

Prince Of Persia Prowls The Streets Of Israel

In this brilliant video from Israel’s Karahat, the hero of Jordan Mechner’s 1989 platforming classic comes to life in pixel-perfect form, right down to the stumbling animations and Mario prison romance.


February 16, 2012
News

Apple Classic Karateka Gets Reboot, Bird Punching Makes A Comeback!

It’s pronounced “cara-take-a.” And the hit Apple II game is coming back this year. Jordan Mechner’s best known for Prince of Persia, the platformer action game that became one of gaming’s first independently developed hits. PoP went on to get sequels and a whole new re-imagining in 2003 that led to a multi-part franchise and eventually a blockbuster movie scripted by Mechner.


October 20, 2011
In Real Life

From Yale To Persia: Private Diaries Of Gaming’s Renaissance Man

In 1985 Jordon Mechner was a student at Yale riding high on a mix of euphoria over the surprise success of his first video game, Karateka, and trepidation over the idea of turning that success into a career.


October 13, 2011
In Real Life

The Sandy, Chest-Free Art Of The Prince Of Persia Movie

An acclaimed motion picture artist, Joseph Mclamb has helped shape the creative vision of movies as big as Avatar and Clash of the Titans.


August 31, 2011
In Real Life

Ousted Libyan Tyrant Was A Big Prince Of Persia Fan?

Watching a supposed mobile camera capture from the ruins of the ousted Gaddafi regime in Libya, Dutch site InsideGamer spotted something strange. Seems Colonel Gaddafi’s fifth son, Moatassem-Billah Gaddafi, might be the world’s biggest Prince of Persia fan.


August 3, 2011
In Real Life

The Sweeping Video Game Art Of Nicolas Bouvier

Frenchman Nicolas Bouvier has been drawing pretty pictures for the video game industry since 1996, in a career that’s taken him from Darkworks (Cold Fear) to Ubisoft to id Software and now to Microsoft, where he’s working on the upcoming Halo 4.