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From Karateka to Prince of Persia — how Jordan Mechner used rotoscoped animation to create games that moved like films, and changed platformers forever.
Article Updated: 14 May 2017, 8:09 am
Prince of Persia is a fantasy cinematic 2D platformer originally developed and published by Brøderbund and designed by Jordan Mechner. It was initially released in 1989 for the Apple II.
Year: 1990 Genre: Platformer
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Sword of Honour is a beat-em-up action-adventure set in ancient Japan, where you impersonate a Ninja that has to regain the trust of his Shogun by recovering a sword. The game was ...
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Karateka is a martial arts fighting game and the first title created by the famous designer Jordan Mechner, author of Prince of Persia. Karateka was developed by Mechner for the Apple II and published in 1984 by Brøderbund.
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