Re: PID for the Masses


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Re: PID for the Masses

Posted By: Andrew Nagy Date: 11/21/04 1:55 p.m.
In Response To: Thunderdome for the Masses (Evil Otto)

Is it a port of Thunderdome or Beyond Thunderdome? Possibly its roots go back further than Marathon.
http://marathon.bungie.org/story/pathways.html
Scott Jaeger wrote:
"You know the last level in PiD? You know, the one with the identical rooms full of monsters? Well, play a game on the Infinity net map Beyond Thunderdome. The room which teleports you to the inner ledges is suspiciously built like the PiD rooms, teleporter poly and all."
: From the Bungie.net web site: we’ve decided to make the unlockable
: multiplayer map, Foundation, available to everyone... and wanted very much
: to share Foundation – inspired by our old shoot ‘em up Marathon – with
: Halo 2 players everywhere.
: note: it was more than "inspired by" it actually *was* a direct
: port of Thunderdome that was later tweaked to give more central cover and
: work with Halo 2's physics. (The elevators were essentially player
: launchers)
: The Halo 2 autoupdate unlocks the level for everyone.

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Thunderdome for the Masses Evil Otto 11/17/04 1:16 p.m.

Yay! *NM* Bob-B-Q 11/17/04 1:34 p.m.

Re: PID for the Masses Andrew Nagy 11/21/04 1:55 p.m.

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Thunderdome for the Masses	Evil Otto	11/17/04 1:16 p.m.
Yay! NM	Bob-B-Q	11/17/04 1:34 p.m.
Re: PID for the Masses	Andrew Nagy	11/21/04 1:55 p.m.



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