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Jordan Mechner
Jordan Mechner (born 4 June 1964) is an American game programmer, game designer, screenwriter and movie director.
Mechner was born in New York City. He graduated from Yale University with a BA in Psychology in 1985. He is best known for creating the Prince of Persia franchise in 1989.
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Prince of Persia
Prince of Persia (often shortened to "POP") is a platform game, originally developed by Jordan Mechner in October 3, 1989 for the Apple II, that represented a great leap forward in the quality of animation seen in computer games. Mechner used a...
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Karateka
Karateka is a 1984 computer game by Jordan Mechner, the creator of Prince of Persia. Karateka was Mechner's first hit game, and was designed while he was attending Yale University. The game was renowned at the time for its realistic animations. In...
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