The MacBook Air is Apple’s most affordable laptop and one of its most popular computers alongside the MacBook Pro. Paired with the company’s custom silicon chips and a more dramatic reinvention in 2022, it’s arguably only become more beloved as the years have gone on.

But that combination of thin and light design and an almost total lack of ports wasn’t always such a surefire success. Apple introduced the MacBook Air a little over 16 years ago as a counter to both the thin and light laptops of the day, and a growing breed of ultra-portable netbooks. But it also saddled the Air with strange omissions of its own that seemed highly risky at the time. It was a bet that ultimately paid off, largely shaping what we want and expect from computers today, but it wasn’t without its quirks.

The Metroidvania genre encourages exploration. Whether progressing through the main storyline or retracing your steps for collectibles and upgrades, the desire to find every hidden item or zone is a core theme for these games. However, the constant need to memorize where to go can pose numerous inaccessible barriers for certain players. That’s where Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown shines. Launched on Thursday, it touts innovative accessibility features like Guided Mode and Memory Shards that remove the barriers typically associated with Metroidvania games.

“In a lot of Metroidvanias, I play, take a break, and come back to my game with my map full of custom markers, and I forget everything I wanted to do,” Ubisoft senior game designer Remi Boutin tells Inverse.

The act of placing indicators on maps to keep track of collectibles or objectives is nothing new. Games like Hollow Knight let individuals purchase markers, but the cognitive barriers of memorization remain. Why did I put this indicator here? Do I need a special piece of equipment to access it? These questions were the catalyst behind the creation of Memory Shards, a tool originally created for disabled players but ultimately became one of the game’s defining features.