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Jordan Mechner (born 1964) is a game programmer, game designer, and movie director. Mechner was born in New York City and graduated from Yale University in 1985. Mechner's first hit game was Karateka (1984), written while he was still an undergraduate. Prince of Persia, released in 1989, was noted for its fluid animation of human figures. Both titles were published by Brøderbund. For the animations used in Prince of Persia, Mechner spent days studying video and photographs of his brother... full article at wikipedia

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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by robert Jun 28, 2008

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