Played at the time on an Amiga 500 without knowing anything about it beforehand, it blew my mind about what it was possible to accomplish with a videogame, from

Played at the time on an Amiga 500 without knowing anything about it beforehand, it blew my mind about what it was possible to accomplish with a videogame, from an artistic and mechanical standpoint. The story is told without a line of text, and yet you can easily piece together what's going on; there is a single weapon, but combat is innovative and cinematic; some puzzles are ingenious and based exclusively on player's observation skills and execution. The fact that it was developed by a single person (at the time, no Unity or Unreal Engine or ubiquitous Internet, knowledge about game programming was HARD to come by), makes it a unique feat. For those interested, another incredibly interesting and related reading is Jordan Mechner's recount of the making of Prince of Persia : http://www.jordanmechner.com/backstage/journals/ http://www.jordanmechner.com/backstage/journals/