Skip to main content

Series II: Brøderbund games, 1982–2002

 Series

Scope and Content Note

This series documents the creation, development, production, and release of three of Mechner’s computer games. For the Brøderbund-published Karateka (1984) and Prince of Persia (1989), Mechner programmed the games on his Apple II computer. Mechner focused on design and direction, rather than coding, for Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame (1993).

All files in Subseries D: Financial documentation have been restricted by the donor until the year 2044 and will not be available to researchers at this time; additional restricted files within the remainder of this series are indicated and have been removed from their boxes.

Dates

  • Creation: 1982–2002

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Some materials of financial or legal nature have been restricted by the donor. These documents will not be open for research use until the year 2044. They are denoted as such in this finding aid and are separated from unrestricted files.

At this time, audiovisual and digital files in this collection are limited to on-site researchers only. It is possible that certain formats may be inaccessible or restricted.

Please see The Strong's Digital Games Files Access Policy here .

Extent

From the Collection: 32 Linear Feet (24 boxes)

From the Collection: 922 Gigabytes (Digital files) : Accessible on-site at The Strong.

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong Repository

Contact:
The Strong
One Manhattan Square
Rochester NY 14607 USA
585.263.2700
585.423.1886 (Fax)