Jordan Mechner finds original Prince of Persia source code
Imagine if you happened upon a set of floppy disks containing the original source code for Prince of Persia. Chances are, you’d be pretty excited — even if you’d already seen the code when you were writing it.
Jordan Mechner, who did write Prince of Persia, received a box from his father containing a few retail Prince of Persia and Karateka packages, along with a couple of 3.5″ disks. Those hold what Mechner believes to be the original Apple 2 source code for the platformer.
The best news (for people who aren’t Jordan Mechner): as soon as he figures out how to “extract something useful,” he plans to put it online, providing a rare look at gaming history, and perhaps fodder for weird remix projects.Jordan Mechner finds original Prince of Persia source code originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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