We can only say thanks to Jordan Mechner, for the creation of this wonderful game, and to Riverhill Soft, for its utterly brilliant PC-ENGINE conversion! Marcelo Reis.įrom : The TG16 version, by Riverhill Soft, looks somewhat similar, also has the speed option, and somewhat different CD music (although they do share some tracks) but none of the cool cutscenes. Prince of Persia was converted to PC-ENGINE by Riverhill Soft and, I must say, it was a heck of a conversion! It has similar graphics to "Prince of Persia 2", truly well-done, gorgeous playability, some nice designed animated sequences and, specially, one of the best soundtracks made for a PC-ENGINE game.and Prince of Persia was already outstanding only with the boring "blip-blops" on Apple II!
Prince of Persia have all the needed qualifications to be considered a huge game: amazing graphics, excellent playability, wide range of different game styles (action, puzzle, RPG).indeed, a near perfect game. Some years later, Jordan released his most amazing creation, a game which had been converted for almost every computer and videogame system existent in the world: Prince of Persia.Īt that time, it was hard to find a single person who didn't become speechless in front of the outstanding movements of the main characters, and probably wondering "how did this guy make it?". Well, Jordan Mechner made his first bombastic appearance with the now cult game "Karateka", released by Broderbund and present on almost 100% of Apple II machines and in lots of PC-XT, at that time.
I'm not discoloring some other geniuses of game's world, but it's really amazing to realize the guys above mentioned have created some of their masterpieces without any help, virtually alone (programming, graphics and sound)! Production of the Game Boy continued into the early 2000s, even after the release of its successor, the Game Boy Advance, in 2001.Jordan Mechner is one of the few people involved with the game industry, along with Eric Chahi (Out of this World, Flashback), Geoff Crammond (Stunt Car Racer, Formula One Grand Prix), David Braben (Elite, Frontier), among others, that can really be considered "game creators". Several redesigns were released during the console's lifetime, including the Game Boy Pocket in 1996 and the Game Boy Light in 1998 (Japan only). It quickly outsold the competition, It is one of the most recognizable devices from the 1990s, becoming a cultural icon in the years following its release. Despite being technologically inferior to its fourth-generation competitors (Sega's Game Gear, Atari's Lynx, and NEC's TurboExpress), the Game Boy received praise for its battery life and durability in its construction. Several accessories were also developed, including a carrying pouch and printer. At launch, it was sold either as a standalone unit, or bundled with one of several games, namely Super Mario Land or Tetris. All the corners of the portrait-oriented rectangular unit are softly rounded, save for the bottom right, which is curved.
The color scheme is made from two tones of grey with accents of black, blue, and dark magenta. The console features a dull green dot-matrix screen with adjustable contrast dial, five control buttons (a directional pad, two game buttons, and "start" and "select"), a single speaker with adjustable volume dial, and, like its rivals, uses cartridges as physical media for games. Nintendo's second handheld game console, the Game Boy combines features from both the NES home system and Game & Watch hardware. JP: Apincluding Game Boy (Play it Loud!), Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Light and Game Boy Color unitsĭisplay STN LCD 160 × 144 pixels, 47 × 43 mm (w x h)īest-selling game Tetris, 30.26 million (pack-in/separately)
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