He found at that time that “an incredible retro-gaming fan and archivist community has been keeping the flame of early game development knowledge alive.”
The documentation work was easier in part because he found some early Prince of Persia source code disks in his father’s closet in 2012.
That would be in time for the 30th anniversary of the release of the IBM PC version of the Prince of Persia. Mechner said he and Stripe hope to finish the work of assembling the visuals with the edited journals by September, and the book will hopefully come out next spring. Internet archivists helped spread the word about the journals, and eventually Stripe came calling, Mechner said.Īsked if he has a new game coming, he said, “I don’t have anything to announce today, but the book.” But he said he would like to replay those old games again. Three top investment pros open up about what it takes to get your video game funded.Ībout a decade ago, Mechner dusted off the journals and self-published them on the web.
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