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Jordan Mechner is an American author, game designer, comic book artist, and screenwriter, best known for creating the iconic video game Prince of Persia in 1989. He relaunched the series with Ubisoft in 2003 and wrote the original screenplay for the film adaptation produced by Disney in 2010, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. This work is considered a timeless classic and has spawned a global transmedia franchise, with over 20 million games sold to date.

Since 2017, Jordan has been living in France, where he made his debut as a full author with his autobiographical graphic novel Replay. Among the albums he has written are Monte-Cristo (with Mario Alberti), Liberté! (with Étienne Le Roux and Loïc Chevallier), and Templiers (with LeUyen Pham and Alex Puvilland), which appeared on the New York Times bestsellers list. His latest works were first published in French, with English editions following in 2024.

Jordan's video games, such as Karateka (1984) and The Last Express (1997), are recognized for their cinematic storytelling and innovative use of

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Jordan Mechner

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Jordan Mechner was born in New York City and graduated from Yale University in 1985. He wrote his first game, Deathbounce, in 1982 for the Apple II platform, but it was never published. His subsequent creations included Karateka and Prince of Persia. The latter won numerous awards, including the 1992 Tilt D`Or and MacUser Eddy Awards, has been translated into several languages and ported to various platforms. A screenwriter and independent filmmaker, Jordan also produced, wrote and directed the documentary film Waiting for Dark. In 1993, Jordan formed Smoking Car Productions, an entertainment software development group based in San Francisco.

Credited on 32 games

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Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown(2024, Windows)Based on Prince of Persia® created by
The Making of Karateka(2023, Windows)In association with
Lunark(2023, Windows)Special Thanks
Concrete Genie(2019, PlayStation 4)Special Thanks
The Eternal Castle(2019, Windows)Additional
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American author, game designer, graphic novelist and screenwriter Jordan Mechner is best known as a pioneer of cinematic storytelling in the video game industry, and as the creator of Prince of Persia, one of the most successful and enduring video game franchises of all time.

Since 2017, Jordan has lived in France, where he made his debut as a graphic-novel writer/artist this year with the autobiographical Replay (2023). His graphic novels as writer include Monte Cristo (2022, with Mario Alberti), Liberty (2023, with Étienne Le Roux & Loïc Chevallier), and the New York Times best-selling Templar (2013, with LeUyen Pham & Alex Puvilland). His recent works have been published first in French, with English editions due in 2024.

Mechner began his career as a video game creator in the 1980s in high school in Chappaqua, New York, on a 16K Apple II computer bought with his earnings producing and selling Mad Magazine-inspired comics and drawing caricatures at local fairs. He developed and programmed his first game, Karateka, while a student at Yale Universit

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