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Prince of Persia '1985 Animation Reference'

Take a look at the footage above. If you played the original Prince of Persia -- before the titular main character donned a strapping blue turban, elf shoes, and his red-vest-with-no-shirt combo -- then you should be getting a wicked flash of deja vu. You're looking at the original reference footage used in the classic game, as shot by series creator, Jordan Mechner.

Back in the '80s, game designers didn't have any fancy motion capture setups, so they had to rely on the next best thing: getting their kid brother to dress up in white pajamas and jump around in the backyard while later trying to recreate his antics using less pixels than there are in this sentence. At least it paid off, since Prince of Persia astounded people with some of the most fluid character animations of the time and turned into a long-lasting and much revered franchise. Now if only the upcoming series reboot from Ubisoft could use motion capture experts this good.