Prince of Persia Source Code Released On Github

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The source code for the original Prince of Persia game has been released on github by its author, Jordan Mechner. This release comes three weeks after Jordan announced the find of a box containing old floppy disks that had been forgotten in the back of a closet for 20+ years.

A digital archeology effort was launched to recover the contents of the floppy disks, with the help of Jason Scott from textfiles.com. Some photos from the copy party have also been posted.

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The Geeks Who Saved Prince of Persia’s Source Code From Digital Death

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Prince of Persia Level Editor 'Apoplexy' Reaches 2.0

Posted by timothy on Saturday December 28, 2013 4:00 P.M.

An anonymous reader writes

"Last year, Jordan Mechner, the creator of the Prince of Persia video game franchise, released the long-thought-lost original Apple II source code for Prince of Persia.

Today marks the release of version 2.0 of apoplexy, the free and open-source level editor of Prince of Persia for DOS.

Roughly 5.5 years after its initial release, support has been added for editing Prince of Persia 2 levels in both GNU/Linux and Windows.

The game has its 25th anniversary next year, but the original trilogy only has a (very) small fan community.

Will old games such as this also interest future generations or will they gradually lose their appeal because of technological advances?"