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Re: Journey Back to Marathon
Posted By: JabberwokDate: 1/22/11 12:40 p.m.

In Response To: Journey Back to Marathon (poenadare)

I remember a summer in high school, playing Infinity so much that I thought I might throw up. Before that, I remember having to turn off floor and ceiling textures to run M1. Before that, I remember the Macworld (Macgamer maybe) magazine ad that introduced me to Bungie.

: Yo peeps, I believe it's been *7* (ha ha no kiddin') years since I've played
: Marathon. I've decided I would write about the experience (cuz imma nut).
: So follow along with me as I post my notes here.

: The Prequel

: I've been a big fan of Bungie since Alex came over to my booth at MacWorld
: 1992. I traded him a Talking Moose for Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete.

: Aside: Minotaur was a 3rd person, 2D, top down locked view, spells and
: artifacts, PvP, multiplayer Mac game. It was very fast paced. If you
: wanted to stay alive you had to move, man, and keep on moving. It had that
: "run and gun" primordial FPS-ness flavor now that I recall it.

: So over 16 years ago Bungie released Marathon (12/21/1994). I was in an web
: design startup which got me a brand new Mac and a copy of Marathon. On the
: down side I had to live on bread and water the next year. Oh happy days!

: I remember: the camera bob made me seasick for about 5 minutes.

: I remember: Fiddling with the first terminal and being blindsided. Doh.

: I remember: Game recording blew my mind.

: Here I go.

: Jump!

: Next stop http://marathon.sourceforge.net/

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Journey Back to Marathonpoenadare 1/22/11 9:05 a.m.
     Installingpoenadare 1/22/11 9:54 a.m.
           Preferencespoenadare 1/23/11 7:15 a.m.
                 M100 Arivalpoenadare 1/23/11 11:48 a.m.
                       Re: M100 ArivalGodot 1/23/11 12:04 p.m.
                             M100 Impossible Bobpoenadare 1/23/11 12:09 p.m.
                                   Re: M100 Impossible Bob *LINK*Godot 1/23/11 12:42 p.m.
                                         Re: M100 Impossible BobGodot 1/23/11 12:45 p.m.
                                         Re: M100 Impossible Bobtreellama 1/25/11 5:10 a.m.
                                               Re: M100 Impossible BobGodot 1/25/11 5:54 a.m.
                       Are we going to get one of these for every level? *NM*Jabberwok 1/23/11 4:11 p.m.
                             Nawppoenadare 1/24/11 11:45 a.m.
                                   Re: NawpBob-B-Q 1/25/11 5:56 a.m.
                                         Re: NawpGodot 1/25/11 6:29 a.m.
                                               Re: Nawptreellama 1/25/11 6:51 a.m.
                                                     Re: NawpGodot 1/25/11 7:36 a.m.
                                         How about Moo Physics?poenadare 1/25/11 6:30 a.m.
                                               Re: How about Moo Physics?treellama 1/25/11 6:49 a.m.
                       Re: M100 Arivaltreellama 1/25/11 5:00 a.m.
                 Re: Preferencestreellama 1/25/11 5:03 a.m.
                 M101-04 Can't Go Backpoenadare 1/26/11 10:18 a.m.
                       Re: M101-04 Can't Go BackGodot 1/26/11 11:24 a.m.
                       Re: M101-04 Can't Go BackJabberwok 1/26/11 11:31 a.m.
                             Bridge Roompoenadare 1/26/11 11:45 a.m.
                                   Re: Bridge RoomJabberwok 1/26/11 1:27 p.m.
                                         Re: Bridge Room *LINK*Godot 1/26/11 11:29 p.m.
                                               Speaking of suicide areas...Bob-B-Q 1/27/11 8:20 a.m.
                                                     Re: Speaking of suicide areas...Godot 1/31/11 7:50 a.m.
                                                           Re: Speaking of suicide areas... *LINK*Bob-B-Q 2/1/11 6:44 a.m.
                                                                 Re: Speaking of suicide areas... *LINK*Godot 2/1/11 7:12 a.m.
                                                                 Re: Speaking of suicide areas...Jabberwok 2/1/11 9:35 a.m.
                                                                 Re: Speaking of suicide areas...Document 3/7/11 6:19 p.m.
                                                                       every level needs a crusherJabberwok 3/8/11 1:01 a.m.
           Re: Installingtreellama 1/25/11 5:05 a.m.
     Re: Journey Back to MarathonJabberwok 1/22/11 12:40 p.m.
           Re: Journey Back to Marathonpoenadare 1/22/11 1:17 p.m.
           Re: Journey Back to Marathonfracai 1/23/11 6:52 p.m.
                 I Feel a Need for Graphics Speedpoenadare 1/24/11 11:35 a.m.
     Re: Journey Back to Marathonwhocares 1/23/11 9:54 a.m.

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