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Original Prince of Persia Source Code Unearthed

Unread postby News Portal » 30 Mar 12, 1:13 pm

Prince of Persia takes me back, baby. Floppy disks ruled storage media when this classic was first born, and now, it’s inadvertently been reborn – or, at least, rediscovered. The game’s creator, Jordan Mechner, recently unearthed the game’s source code in the most comical way possible. Not only that, he’s going to put it some kind of use: “I will now begin working with a digital-archeology-minded friend to attempt to figure out how to transfer 3.5″ Apple ProDOS disks onto a MacBook Air and into some kind of 21st-century-readable format.”

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Re: Original Prince of Persia Source Code Unearthed

Unread postby AzzA82 » 30 Mar 12, 1:28 pm

Wow doesn't talk to his father much.
The one thing you've been looking for 10 yrs, which your father help to create/compose is just sitting in the back of a closet in the old family home.
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Re: Original Prince of Persia Source Code Unearthed

Unread postby Otto-matic » 30 Mar 12, 1:31 pm

And his Father would know that was exactly what he was looking for how?

Copy the lot to a modern format then send the original disks to a software museum.
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Re: Original Prince of Persia Source Code Unearthed

Unread postby Matty » 30 Mar 12, 2:30 pm

God I loved Prince of Persia so damn much.
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Re: Original Prince of Persia Source Code Unearthed

Unread postby falconed » 30 Mar 12, 2:36 pm

I can't see Undearthed in Jake Gyllenhaal's filmography...
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Re: Original Prince of Persia Source Code Unearthed

Unread postby XViper » 30 Mar 12, 2:52 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zyQ_OVyhNE

Played this so much as a kid :)
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Re: Original Prince of Persia Source Code Unearthed

Unread postby vcatkiller » 30 Mar 12, 4:07 pm

I was almost expecting a download link, oh well. Not that it would be of much benefit, just I'm curious is all.

Kind of cool though. There are a few ancient projects on my drive that I wish I could find the source to, so I know how he might feel. I wonder if, after finding such an amazing archaeological find, he was chased around by a giant bowling ball?
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Re: Original Prince of Persia Source Code Unearthed

Unread postby gyoken » 30 Mar 12, 7:38 pm

AzzA82 wrote:Wow doesn't talk to his father much.
The one thing you've been looking for 10 yrs, which your father help to create/compose is just sitting in the back of a closet in the old family home.



Not surprising ....

Considering you usually call mums about these things
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Re: Original Prince of Persia Source Code Unearthed

Unread postby Zombywolf » 31 Mar 12, 9:55 am

GAH the **** skeleton its ok i dont need the sword anyway...
Without my pants.
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Re: Original Prince of Persia Source Code Unearthed

Unread postby Matty » 31 Mar 12, 1:55 pm

What about your reflection? That guy was an ****.
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Re: Original Prince of Persia Source Code Unearthed

Unread postby Disruptor4 » 31 Mar 12, 1:58 pm

Matty wrote:What about your reflection? That guy was an ****.

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