: I begged my parents to order it for me, but through some bizarre misunderstanding they
: ordered Pathways into Darkness instead. I was a little dissapointed, but I
: remember that Marathon was from the makers of PiD so I gave it a shot.
: Needless to say I was NOT dissapointed. Although I never beat PiD, or even
: got close (which is why I want it so badly on OSX now) I loved every
: second of play. The silence, the intensity. Then as soon as a gift holidy
: came along, I asked for Marathon, now certain I would love it. I played
: the game until G4-Sunbathing, I could never beat that level for some
: reason...
Reminds me of my first experience with Marathon...I saw the odd triangular-shaped box for a weird thing called "Marathon Infinity" at the Eaton Centre Compucentre...the box sure looked all silvery and shiny, so I picked up and got my parents to get it for me as a Christmas gift. I unwrapped it, shoved it into my Performa, and found to my horror that the serial number didn't work with the game. No matter what I did, or how I tried, it didn't work. We were new to computing, and the Mac, and were terribly naïve - we didn't know you could call up Bungie for help. Afterward, I developed a sour taste on Marathon, and swore up and down to never buy another Bungie product again.
A year or so later, I got Marathon 2 as a free gift from the MacWarehouse with Conflict Catcher 8. I was hooked instantly, and after I got Civilization 2, after I got Quake, and X-Wing, and TIE Fighter, the only game I still played day in and day out was Marathon 2.
Another year or so later, I saw the Marathon Trilogy Box Set at the Compucentre sticking out like the big black obelisk from 2001: A Space Odyssey. My parents cringed at the $125.00 CDN price tag, but it was close to my birthday. To this day, I think that the Trilogy Box Set was the best Mac product I ever got.