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WildGoose
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PostPosted: 22:20 - 28 Sep 2009    Post subject: Journals from the guy who made Prince of Persia Reply with quote
Jordan Mechner

Spent the past few days reading through these

https://jordanmechner.com/old-journals

Taken from a journal he kept during game development in the late 80's. Really interesting reading if you have ever played the original prince.

Some great quotes in there...

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Microsoft Word 4 arrived via Fed Express. I booted it up and it crashed immediately.


Nothing changes then 20 years on Laughing

Shows quite well how much the gaming 'industry' has changed.
Well worth a look peeps Thumbs Up
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Neorion
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PostPosted: 06:58 - 29 Sep 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just trying to make a buck like the rest of us, guess you never think of someone at home with Mum cutting code.

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There’s no guarantee the new game will be as successful. Or that there will even be a computer games market a couple of years from now.


1st post july 1985
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The Shaggy D.A.
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PostPosted: 12:12 - 29 Sep 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cool Thumbs Up Always wondered how he did the animation.

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Spent much of today working on the logistical problem of how to get the footage from a VHS tape into the computer. I finally (tentatively) settled on photographing the frames one by one with a regular 35mm camera, getting prints made, then (after retouching as needed) digitizing the prints with a regular Sony video camera. It sounds like a pain but I think it’s the best way.


https://jordanmechner.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/runturn-color.jpg
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Luke_Retrofly
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PostPosted: 12:35 - 29 Sep 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
Brilliant read, gone through the first 20 pages. I love how its just him doing it all, ok its taken 3 years (so far) but its all his little baby.

Must be tough having the weight of a company on your shoulders.

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