Original Prince of Persia game source code released

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The game that launched a multi-billion dollar franchise is now laid bare for your hacking pleasure. [Jordan Mechner] just posted the once-lost source code for Prince of Persia. This game was ground-breaking for its use of rotoscoping to mimic the movements of an actor (in this case it was his younger brother). Oh, and it's a ton of fun to play. This comes at an appropriate time since yesterday … [Read more...]

Storing sketches in the cloud

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There's a fine line between solving problems that don't exist and solving problems that no one recognizes until a solution is found. The former shows up with housewares peddled on late-night infomercials, while the latter is summed up by [Henry Ford], "If I asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." [Dave]'s method of storing microcontroller code in the cloud definitely … [Read more...]

Android source code released

Google has officially released the Android source code. While the T-Mobile G1 is being released tomorrow—some already have it—it is just one Android device. The availability of the source means that the platform could be port to almost any device. It's a complete embedded Linux package and we've already seen it running on the N810. We can't wait to see what hacks come out of this. … [Read more...]