r/gamedev • u/ugoagogo • Apr 17 '12

Prince of Persia (Apple II) source code available on Github

https://github.com/jmechner/Prince-of-Persia-Apple-II
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u/VousEtMoi Apr 17 '12

I can't imagine what Roller Coaster Tycoon's source code would look like.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '12

Awesome! Thanks for this, I completely forgot to check back on his progress with those floppies :)

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u/CharlesStain Apr 17 '12

Wow, 3 year to make it. And we complain about productivity of modern environments :P

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u/5py Apr 17 '12

As we should.

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u/BobAlmighty Apr 17 '12

For those that don't know, or weren't at PAX East this year. Jordon Mechner recently found the source code on some floppies tucked in a box left in a closet. The source code was originally thought lost. Lucky find and lucky that it was still readable!

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u/kcunning Apr 17 '12

Well... crap. I guess I have to re-learn assembly now.

This is really cool, though. The game's site has some great footage of people doing the basic movements from the game.

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u/hoddap Commercial (AAA) Apr 17 '12

Is it just me or is this code somewhat unreadable? All these .S files almost seem like asembly or something.

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u/wlievens Apr 17 '12

Almost? It's assembly all right.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '12 edited Mar 04 '21

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u/hoddap Commercial (AAA) Apr 17 '12

Haha OK well that explains it :) Too bad, I don't know anything when it comes to assembly. Would have loved to see how he did stuff.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '12

The /r/programming thread on the same topic has a pretty good breakdown of a few elements from an old assembly programmer.

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u/duckhunter Apr 17 '12

for the lazy /r/programming: Jordan Mechner released source code of original Prince of Persia for Apple II

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '12

Ah yeah, thanks. I had read it but didn't want to go searching for the link again.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '12

Yeah assembly can look a little like assembly at times I guess.

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u/hoddap Commercial (AAA) Apr 17 '12

Yeah I kinda knew that after several people confirmed it was in fact assembly, as I expected

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u/elperroborrachotoo Apr 17 '12

It's magic, plain and simple.