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Jordan Mechner (born June 4, 1964) [3] is an American video game designer, author, screenwriter, filmmaker, and former video game programmer. [4] A major figure in the development of cinematic video games [5] and a pioneer in video game animation, [6] he began his career designing and programming the bestselling 1984 martial arts game Karateka for the Apple II while a student at Yale University.
Jordan Mechner finished writing the story for a graphic novel in 2007. The novel was written by A.B. Sina, and illustrated by Alex Puvilland and LeUyen Pham. It was released by First Second Books in autumn 2008. [60] [61] The story follows two Princes, jumping between the 9th and 13th centuries. Although it belongs to the franchise the plot is ...
Kohler went through Mechner's journals he kept while in college, discovering that the material could be used to chronologically tell the history of game's development. He wanted to place the game's history in a timeline, showcasing earlier games developed by the creator and prototypes of the game that would lead to its final form.
Prince of Persia is a media franchise that started with a series of video games created by Jordan Mechner, and has spawned a large number of games in different platforms, between ports, sequels and spin-offs. The original Prince of Persia game, with its more than 20 platform ports, is one of the most ported games in videogame history [1] [2]
Jordan Mechner (pictured 2017), creator of the Prince of Persia series and character. Throughout the franchise, the Prince has shared general traits; he has a desire for or is drawn into magical adventures, is skilled in acrobatics and combat, and is either of a royal line or associated with royalty.
It is the second release in Digital Eclipse's Gold Master Series that began with The Making of Karateka (2023), which chronicled the history of the game Karateka (1984). Like Digital Eclipse's Atari 50 (2022) and The Making of Karateka , Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story features an interactive timeline that allows users to play games as well as ...
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ChronoZoom is a timeline for Big History being developed for the International Big History Association by Microsoft Research and University of California, Berkeley Asian Studies online: a timeline of major developments