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Rory Norris

After years of 'extensive reverse engineering', you can play a janky Mirror's Edge prototype in all its glory

A reflection of Faith leaning up against a pane of glass.

There's nothing else quite like Mirror's Edge. Not even its only sequel, Catalyst, is quite like the first Mirror's Edge. Bold colours, slick parkour, and a cheesy story that's trying a tad too hard, Mirror's Edge has gone on to become a cult classic despite EA shoving it to the back of the store room.

But Mirror's Edge fans are dedicated to the cause, whether EA cares or not. And now, 18 years after the game's launch (yes, it really is that old), fans have got a prototype of the game working, a build dated to roughly nine months before launch.

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