JORDAN MECHNER’S THE LAST EXPRESS REMIXED AS ANIMATED FILM

Continuing his terrific work fully archiving — in diary and video form — the process that led to the release of his landmark original Prince of Persia game, Jordan Mechner has remixed the entirety of his later, less well known, CD-ROM adventure The Last Express as a 75 minute cartoon.

He explains:

A couple of years ago, for a fun weekend project, I captured a dozen hours of gameplay footage from my 1997 adventure game The Last Express and edited it down into a single, 75-minute linear narrative.

Other than a walk down memory lane, I’m not sure what it’s good for. It doesn’t work as a movie — the demands of game vs. film storytelling are too different — and the low-res, dissolve-between-still-frames animation looks awfully clunky now. But for anyone who’s interested, here it is (in eight 10-minute segments).

The Last Express Remixed [Jordan Mechner, Vimeo playlist]

Previously:
Mechner talks film, game, graphic novel storytelling – Offworld