: This doubtless the inspiration for Marathon's shotgun, perhaps even the sound
: effect.
: However, Marathon's shotgun is infinitely more sophisticated. When the
: animation occurs in Marathon, it's not just cocking the gun, it's also
: reloading it. And it's not just reloading it, it's loading two
: side-by-side barrels .
: Here's a question: how do grenades get loaded into the MA75?
I'd suspect that Bungie assumed the Marine stuffs a few shotgun shells into the magazines in between fights or some such. That or Bungie didn't exactly know how a tube magazine fed shotgun operates.
The grenade question is easy; the MA75 feeds from a drum magazine located in front of the rifle magazine. I say the Marine just replaces it when he reloads the grenade launcher.