Jordan Mechner, Mark DeLoura tapped to receive special GDC awards
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Prince of Persia creator will get the Pioneer Award, while DeLoura will receive the Ambassador Award.
READ MORE >Prince of Persia (2008): A Shacknews retrospective
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It's a big day for the Prince of Persia series, as the original PoP debuted 25 years ago today. Shacknews celebrates by remembering the 2008 Prince of Persia and examining how it has hit cult classic status.
READ MORE >Prince of Persia announcement teased by Ubisoft engineer
An engineer at Ubisoft Reflections teased an image hinting at an impending Prince of Persia announcement, but the tweet (and his entire account) were quickly removed.
READ MORE >"Prince of Persia Go, for the iPhone. You get one free shot at rescuing the princess every day, ..."
see all 12 commentsPrince of Persia: The Shadow and the Flame coming July 25
Prince of Persia: The Shadow and the Flame, the mobile port of the 1993 game of the same title, will be coming to iOS and Android on July 25 for $2.99.
READ MORE >Climax 'tech demo' screens look like Prince of Persia
Screens of a tech demo from Climax Studios bear a striking resemblance to Prince of Persia.
READ MORE >"wow.. looks like a meddle eastern themed city.. major ripoff of something that prince of persia ..."
see all 5 commentsPrince of Persia 2 being remastered for mobile devices
The Prince of Persia series may be "paused" for now in terms of brand new games, but Ubisoft apparently doesn't mind jumping in to remaster the...
READ MORE >"Ah, awesome. I'll always remember this as the first game I used with a sound card (loved it!)"
see all 9 commentsPrince of Persia is 'paused' for now, needs 'time to breathe'
Hey, remember Prince of Persia? So does Ubisoft. But that doesn't mean you can expect a new game in that franchise any time soon.
READ MORE >"oh no!QAQ Their games very interesting.hope ,they can do an awesome masterpiece after taking a ..."
see all 48 commentsPrince of Persia Apple II source code released
Lost, but not forgotten, for 20 years, the source code for the very first Prince of Persia on the Apple II was released today by creator Jordan Mechner after his father found it on 3.5" floppies in a box in the back of a closet.
READ MORE >"That's always the way it is when you're looking at shipping code. Once optimization starts, ..."
see all 3 commentsJordan Mechner to update Apple II Prince of Persia code
Jordan Mechner's father dug up the original Apple II source code for Prince of Persia, and now Mechner is planning to update it for current computers.
READ MORE >"Mechner is such a good game designer. Last Express is really under rated."
see all 3 commentsMobyGames Classic: Prince of Persia community stories
Shacknews readers share their own stories revolving around the classic Jordan Mechner title Prince of Persia, the latest game inducted into the "MobyGames Classic" series on Shacknews.com.
READ MORE >"Those old journal's that Mechner posted awhile ago are awesome to read through. Watching the ..."
see all 2 commentsMobyGames Classic: Prince of Persia
MobyGames.com Classic returns with Jordan Mechner's 1989 title Prince of Persia. Could franchises like Uncharted and Assassin's Creed exist as they do today without the Apple-II classic? We doubt it.
READ MORE >"but, doesn't that like steal your soul or something? I guess i should have mentioned that level? ..."
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"SoT was terrific. I still have the original Xbox disc and need to replay it some day. "
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