Ok, so this post is a joke of some kind (there was no 1989 version of Blue Prince).
But it raises an interesting question: would it have been possible to implement that upside down floppy disk puzzle in a game?
1. Was it even possible to insert floppy disks upside down? I lived through the floppy disk era in my childhood, but I have to admit I can't remember if the drives would even let you do this.
2. If the answer to #1 is yes, would there be any way of programmatically detecting the floppy-disk-was-inserted-the-wrong-way state?
There are in fact two sided floppies! IIRC they behave a lot like the two sides of a cassette tape, the floppy reader only reads from one side at a time.
A fun fact in that regard: the game Karateka (an actual game for the Apple II) had an easter egg, where the team realized that their game entirely fit in the capacity of one side of a floppy, so they put a second copy of the game on the other side, but set up so that it would render upside-down.
I'd not be surprised if the inclusion of that detail in this post was directly inspired by Karateka.
This is blowing my mind. I didn't know Blue Prince was a remake. I've read several interviews with Tonda Ros. He mentions some of his inspirations, including the 80s game Maze, but never mentions the original Blue Prince game. I wonder if he omitted that because there could be spoilers or hints there he didn't want to draw attention to?
Ok, so this post is a joke of some kind (there was no 1989 version of Blue Prince).
But it raises an interesting question: would it have been possible to implement that upside down floppy disk puzzle in a game?
1. Was it even possible to insert floppy disks upside down? I lived through the floppy disk era in my childhood, but I have to admit I can't remember if the drives would even let you do this.
2. If the answer to #1 is yes, would there be any way of programmatically detecting the floppy-disk-was-inserted-the-wrong-way state?
There are in fact two sided floppies! IIRC they behave a lot like the two sides of a cassette tape, the floppy reader only reads from one side at a time.
A fun fact in that regard: the game Karateka (an actual game for the Apple II) had an easter egg, where the team realized that their game entirely fit in the capacity of one side of a floppy, so they put a second copy of the game on the other side, but set up so that it would render upside-down.
I'd not be surprised if the inclusion of that detail in this post was directly inspired by Karateka.
1. No. For an obvious and good reason.
This is blowing my mind. I didn't know Blue Prince was a remake. I've read several interviews with Tonda Ros. He mentions some of his inspirations, including the 80s game Maze, but never mentions the original Blue Prince game. I wonder if he omitted that because there could be spoilers or hints there he didn't want to draw attention to?
> This is blowing my mind.
I assume that was the goal of the post. Because such a game does not exist :)
But I also believed it for a moment.
What's the point of the post? I knew Blue Prince was not a remake so I expected a punchline.
The point is to demonstrate skill at fakery.
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