The source code for three text adventures from Phoenix Software has been released by the original programmer, Paul Berker. Adventure in Time (1981), Birth of the Phoenix (1981), and Queen of Phobos (1982) were published for both Apple II and Atari, with source code for both platforms now available from the AtariAge forum. These releases […]
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Bill Budge posts Pinball Construction Set source
Bill Budge has posted to github the source code to his seminal hit Pinball Construction Set, according to this Y-Combinator item. Ă‚ Some sharp eyes in the comments thread noticed that although the code is for the Atari 800 version of the program, it was developed on an Apple II, a common practice in those days […]
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Prince of Persia source code posted
Want a peek at the recently-rescued Prince of Persia source code? Head on over to Github, where Jordan Mechner has posted it. Download a copy and peruse at your leisure! The posting includes the original source, the disk routines, and Br0derbund’s disk protection routines.
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BREAKING: Prince of Persia source code rescued!
According to this tweet from Jordan Mechner, the Prince of Persia source code has been successfully recovered!
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Prince of Persia source code found
Jordan Mechner announced on his blog today that after years of searching, the original Apple II source code for Prince of Persia has finally been located. You can read the details of the discovery here.