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Classic Mac FPS Marathon Turns 10

Posted by timothy on from the explosive-candles dept.

Mjolnir Mark IV writes "Dec. 21 marked the 10th anniversary of the release of Bungie's classic Mac first-person shooter Marathon. Back then, the game was notable for besting its contemporary Doom in the areas of graphics, gameplay and story, all the while giving Mac gamers something to brag about. Today, the game's notable for its connections to the Halo franchise. When Bungie was bought by Microsoft they released the source code, and the game lives on in updated form."

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  1. Thats nice and all... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    But Church is still trapped there, and the blue team does not seem very concerned. o_O

  2. I remember... by mfifer · · Score: 5, Funny

    playing that EVERY night for 1 hour starting at 5 PM.

    I remember it had voice chat so you could taunt your buds.

    I remember watching LanDesk's network bandwidth utilization go off the hook while we played.

    And I remember a network tech with a sniffer one time asking "do you guys have a computer named Bitchslapper? It's using an awful lot of bandwidth!" :-)

    Man those were good times.

    Lemme end by trolling and saying, as a Mac user, Bungie are sellouts. But I''ll always have a soft place in my heart for the original Marathon...

  3. Re:Is... by ollie_ob · · Score: 5, Funny

    I pledged to punch all switches, to never shoot where I could have used grenades, to admit the existence of no level except total carnage, to never use Caps Lock as my 'Run' key, and to never, ever, have left a single Bob alive.

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    #define ROSE any_other_name
  4. Re:Gwhat by TedCheshireAcad · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, me, Jack, and Ronny all had a good time with that.

  5. Heh. I remember playing the demo with my son. by porkchop_d_clown · · Score: 2, Funny

    My wife came by just as he pulled this move where Oni jumps up, wraps her legs around a guy's face and does a back flip. Complete with the noise of the guy's back breaking.

    My wife look at us and said "delete that".

    Oh, well...

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    Clear, Dark Skies
  6. Re:I like it by Moofie · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I like them more then the Halo games Bungie's doing now."

    You misspelled Microsoft.

    Yes, I am still THAT bitter.

    --
    Why yes, I AM a rocket scientist!
  7. I had nightmares... by alumaBook17 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... running about, getting chased by the Pfhor, and in general, sometimes getting lost. Bizarrely, I figured out one level in a dream, and awoke to finish it at 4 in the morning.

  8. Re:Mac LAN parties... Marathon...Bolo... Oregon Tr by indig0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Funny you should mention that... Marathon generated a decent but level amount of load during LAN games. While some were playing, others were watching network traffic and would use the excuse to test latency in new wiring. Therefore, all LAN gaming in our group of friends is referred to as Network Testing. ;-) This also makes it easier to discuss around the water cooler without getting anyone's attention. *grin* But you didn't hear that from me...

  9. Re:Mac LAN parties... Marathon...Bolo... Oregon Tr by global_diffusion · · Score: 2, Funny

    We had "status update meetings." They were the best.