Linked List / April 2020

The Making of Prince of Persia ➶

Illustrated book about the creation of the classic jumping and parrying to avoid death video game. Jordan Mechner also made Karateka which I played on an 386 PC and today you can play in your web browser, along with Prince of Persia.

✶ Thursday, 30 April 2020

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Possibly Related:

• Demos
• Prince of Persia
• Jordan Mechner's 20 Tips on Making Games (PDF)
• Why triple-A RPGs focus on violence
• Video game fonts

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