Jordan mechner to release P.O.P source code.

[Wrath Of Khan]

http://www.edge-online.com/news/mechner-release-prince-persia-source-code

 

[Weevil]

Prince Of Persia creator Jordan Mechner has pledged to release the original source code for his groundbreaking Apple II platformer after his father found it in the back of a cupboard.


Writing on his blog, Mechner explains that he had presumed the game's source code lost for ever until his father sent over a box full of games he had found in the back of a closet - which included three 3.5" discs containing the code.


"So, for all 15 of you 6502 assembly-language coders out there," he writes, "I will now begin working with a digital-archaeology-minded friend to attempt to figure out how to transfer 3.5" Apple ProDOS disks onto a MacBook Air and into some kind of 21st-century readable format."

 

[gruso]

Very cool. Just wondering, as a non coder asking coders, how useful is 6502 assembly to work with? Is it something you could realistically port to modern platforms, or strictly territory for old school hardware enthusiasts?

 

[Blue Protoman]

A port would be a remake. Assembly on any platform is unique to that platform, and maybe its successors.

 

[EvilDragon]

Well, you COULD use a combination between the original assembly code and some emulator to create a working game here