Prince of Persia Source Code Released On Github 101
rbarreira writes "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."
Re:Praise the lord (Score:5, Informative)
You want to say, "AlhumdilAllah," for "Praise the lord." "Insha'Allah" means "If God wills (it)."
Re:What about the legal implications? (Score:5, Informative)
Why wouldn't he be able to do so when he's the copyright holder?
As the author and copyright holder of this source code, I personally have no problem with anyone studying it, modifying it, attempting to run it, etc.
And, no, I doubt he'll sue himself.
Re:What about the legal implications? (Score:5, Informative)
We did this for fun, not profit. As the author and copyright holder of this source code, I personally have no problem with anyone studying it, modifying it, attempting to run it, etc. Please understand that this does NOT constitute a grant of rights of any kind in Prince of Persia, which is an ongoing Ubisoft game franchise. Ubisoft alone has the right to make and distribute Prince of Persia games.
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Re:Can't run it (Score:3, Informative)
hint [lmgtfy.com]
Re:browsing the source (Score:5, Informative)
The motion of the player character was so fluid it simply fascinated me back in the day. It did fit onto on floppy.
Now, a couple of sequels later(mostly pompous irrelevant wasteful and shallow money grabbing console games and as I've been told a movie on top of that) the original still stands out. It had a certain elegant charme. And very grizzly deaths. After a while I got sick of being sliced up, spiked, smashed, mauled and grieviously injured to be honest. It was very raphic.
And it did fit onto one floppy. It's nice to see one of the ol masterpieces revealed. Did he include the artwork?
Re:browsing the source (Score:5, Informative)
Re:What about the legal implications? (Score:3, Informative)