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Episode 58:

Goodnight, My Sweet Prince

Runtime: 51 Minutes

We dive into the journals of American author, screenwriter, and video game developer, Jordan Mechner to learn all about 1989's Prince of Persia. Our deep dive has us looking at Mechner's early successes before Prince of Persia before discussing everything he's done since. As perhaps the earliest cinematic platformer, we talk at length about what Prince of Persia's legacy means to the gaming community. Finally, we take a brief foray into Mechner's movie credits as we talk about the largest grossing video game adaptions of all time. Join us for this rotoscoping trip down Memory Card Lane.

Prince of Persia

References:

Prince of Persia Cover Art:

  Wikipedia - Prince of Persia Cover Art

Additional Sources:

How Prince of Persia Defeated Apple II's Memory Limitations:

  Ars Technica - War Stories

Jordan Mechner's Journals:

  JordanMechner.com - Journals

Jordan Mechner Biography:

  JordanMechner.com - Biography

Jordan Mechner Biography:

  JordanMechner.com - Biography

Billboard Sales Charts 1985:

  Compute! Magazine

Jordan Mechner Wikipedia Article:

  Wikipedia - Jordan Mechner

Prince of Persia Playthrough:

  YouTube - Prince of Persia (1989) MS-DOS PC Playthrough

Audio Sources:

Cold Open Music:

Comfortable Mystery by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3531-comfortable-mystery

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Podcast Intro Music:

Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4171-open-those-bright-eyes

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/