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Jordan's brother acting out the moves for Prince of Persia

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Originally posted at jordanmechner.com/old-journals/1985/10/october-20-1985/

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  • Retodon8 1 year ago
    It's really cool to see the original footage; thanks for uploading! :)
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  • Anugrah Adams 1 year ago
    :O this brings back a lot of memories.
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  • Nacho el Nacho 1 year ago
    Awesome!!
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  • Pablo Lizardo 1 year ago
    incredible! thanks to share this material, it makes me cry!
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  • Son of Bryce 1 year ago
    Brilliant.
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  • mattzog 1 year ago
    That's mindbending and cool. I played so much goddamned PoP when I was a kid. Thanks for the digital memory stimulation!
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  • Xanaday Ginger 1 year ago
    :)
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  • organised 1 year ago
    cd games
    prince megahit

    tears of joy! :-D thanks for the memories Jordan. you are a true legend.
  • Saeed Afshari 9 months ago
    Shift+T dude! Shift+T! :-D
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  • pat buchanan 1 year ago
    It brings out such a weird organic reaction to see those pixellated movements come alive, after all those years. Such a leap forward in gaming... thanks a million for sharing, Mr. Mechner!
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  • Scott Duensing 1 year ago
    That's fantastic. I've always wondered what that video looked like. PoP is still a fantastic game! The animation in the original PoP back on the Apple II is *still* better than most games these days!
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  • E.J. Alcantara 1 year ago
    Thanks for sharing this! I've always wondered how PoP had such good animation.
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  • Pierre 1 year ago
    Amazing piece of gaming history.
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  • Chris Hahn 1 year ago
    OMG. This is flipping awesome.
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  • Martin Kohout 1 year ago
    yes!
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  • OHWEB 1 year ago
    Hahaha, I can recognize those movements! :)
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  • Rich Seymour 9 months ago
    I was looking at it before I hit play thinking... this can't be real. Then I recognized all the moves! What a classic game.
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  • Wray Bowling 8 months ago
    I never thought I'd actually get to see this! So coool! :D
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  • jacekmalina 7 months ago
    Heh oldschool motion capture ;)
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  • EVgomer 7 months ago
    Классно! Не зря я тогда восхищался реализмом движений принца!
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  • Solibald 6 months ago
    WOW. Horace Greeley represent!
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