Recovering Prince of Persia's Source Code from Floppy Disks

Adrian Crenshaw · Talk · YouTube title: 2 1 1 Jason Scott Rescuing The Prince of Persia from the sands of time

Why it's here

Repeatedly recommended as a favorite tech talk and a great example of digital preservation work.

What it covers

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.