THE VIDEO SHELF · digital archaeology
2 1 1 Jason Scott Rescuing The Prince of Persia from the sands of time
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 archaeology and recovering data from ancient media.
Why HN readers recommended it
Repeatedly recommended as a favorite tech talk and a great example of digital preservation work.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Adrian Crenshaw
- Topic
- digital archaeology
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 8
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2014–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
My favourite example of digital archaeology from recent years is [LINK] - saving the Prince of Persia floppies. [VIDEO]
voltagex_ on Hacker News · 2014-08
In PrintsIf you've not seen any of Jason Scott's other work, I personally recommend his talks on the Prince of Persia[0], Mario 64[1], and crackers fighting crackers via crack screens[2]. [3] This one is just funny. [0] [VIDEO] [1] [LINK] [2] [LINK] [3] [LINK]
_asummers on Hacker News · 2014-12
In Each New Boot a Miracle – DOSBOX in the BrowserI missed that distinction when I posted the link. I'm sure they had difficulty rescuing Price of Persia. If you have some time to spare, watch [VIDEO] (or read [LINK] and the many other sources)
voltagex_ on Hacker News · 2015-04
In 3,000 floppy disk archive (1982–1994)
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