2 1 1 Jason Scott Rescuing The Prince of Persia from the sands of time

Why it was recommended

My favourite example of digital archaeology from recent years

Strong recommendationvoltagex_ · Original2014-08

What it covers

Jason Scott's DerbyCon 2012 talk on rescuing the Prince of Persia source code from old floppy disks, working with the game's author Jordan Mechner. It is a story of digital. It is for a general viewer who does not plan to take a prerequisite first.

Video details

Channel

Adrian Crenshaw

Length

52 min 47 sec

Year

2012

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