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Re:How we made hit video game Prince of Persia by timzaman on Friday June 12, 2026 @12:49AM (#48500052)
Just buy - The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985-1993 (Book #2 in the Mechner Journals Series) By Jordan Mechner

highly recommended as 90s gamer

Re:How we made hit video game Prince of Persia by noufalibrahim on Friday June 12, 2026 @02:51AM (#48500707)
Was going to say the same thing. It's a very nice trip down memory lane.

Also, Jason Scott's talk on how he recovered the original source code from a bunch of dusty disks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnEWBtCnFs8

Re:How we made hit video game Prince of Persia by runevault on Friday June 12, 2026 @12:56AM (#48500088)
Stripe did such a good job with this book (and the others I bought that they published). Each one feels like an artifact I can show off on top of having interesting information inside.
Re:How we made hit video game Prince of Persia by 47282847 on Friday June 12, 2026 @01:36AM (#48500320)
Agreed! I did actually enjoy his first one even more; the early years.
Re:How we made hit video game Prince of Persia by pjmlp on Friday June 12, 2026 @02:47AM (#48500688)
Can acknowledge.
Re:How we made hit video game Prince of Persia by normie3000 on Friday June 12, 2026 @05:40AM (#48501922)
I read this and Masters of Doom back-to-back. Both very enjoyable, and great contrast between the two.