 | Re: When did you first play a Marathon game? |
| Posted By: Alfred Mordeir | Date: 8/8/04 9:27 a.m. |
| In Response To: When did you first play a Marathon game? (Krazy)
I'd always known about Marathon in one form or another. But for a for a long time my Family was chugging along with an LCII ( one step above an Abicus). I had a Sega Genisis at the time to fulfill my gaming needs, but I still enjoyed looking at the computer game boxes at Best Buy and electronics Boutique (kind of sad now in retrospect). I had always been attracted to the Marathon games; their cool triangular prismic boxes, the marathon symbol, and even the Title "Marathon" had a certain ring to it that stayed in my memory. Subconsciously I knew this was the game for me, even though I wasn't even really sure what kind of game it was.
My first actual expirience at Playing Marathon came when my Mom bought a Zip drive which came with demos for Marathon and A-10 Cuba. There may have still been a period in which I still couldn't play it because we were still beating rocks together with the LCII. Eventually however we were able to borrow a Power Mac from the School and it was GAME ON.
Eventually we did get our own Power Mac and I was able to buy the full version. I got it with the "Games of Fame" bundle including Warcraft, A-10 Attack, and an assload of demos like Pathways, the other Marathons, and Abuse. (Interesting sidenote: Since I bought that bundle, I've since bought the Marathon Trilogy Box set, the Warcraft Battle Chest, and the MacFlight bundle, thereby completely negating my original purchase).
From there I went on to complete my Bungie collection. I was a couple more years before I actually got online. The first site I ever went to was the Bungie Website, which led me to the Second site I ever went to, The Marathon Story Page. And the rest, as they say, Is History.
The guy who was blastin Pfhor while you were still in your father's Sack
Alfred Mordeir
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