: Perhaps this has been asked before, but what exactly are the differences
: between M1A1 and the original Marathon? I am one of the deprived who never
: played the original Marathon until M1A1 came out, and I've read that it's
: not really the same. Excepting the Pathways Into Darkness opening, of
: course... what's the difference, really?
Apart from the engine differences that only affect the graphics, I know there's the PiD opening and that the infamous platform puzzle on Colony Ship For Sale, Cheap was more or less removed... Because it was horrible. I missed it though, you kids have it so easy these days, when I was your age we had to run around flipping switches for hours on end, shoulder-deep in snow and ice and blizzards and with no socks or shoes!