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Marathon

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Marathon
Marathon cover
Developers
Bungie Software
Engines
Marathon Engine 1.0
Release dates
Mac OS (Classic) December 21, 1994
Marathon on Wikipedia
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Marathon
Marathon 1994
Marathon 2: Durandal 1995
Marathon Infinity 1996

Key points

The game was made free to download in 2005. Note that it is NOT open source
Mod friendly (Aleph One only)
Small but dedicated community
The original game was for classic Macs only, but a source port is available. See Aleph One
Cannot change settings while in a game

General information

Bungie.net - The developer's site
Pfhorpedia - A wiki for everything Marathon related
Traxus Project - Another Marathon wiki
Marathon.Bungie.org - One of the biggest Marathon fan sites around
Simplici7y - A fan site for downloading mods and maps for the Marathon Trilogy

Availability

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Versions

Marathon (Original)

The original Mac only version of the game and its' manual are available to download for free at http://trilogyrelease.bungie.org/. Individual files can also be downloaded as opposed to the full game. The game has also been modified to no longer require serial keys to install.

Note that they are provided as is and will only run on a classic Macintosh. The game is also using an older version of the Marathon engine, so features provided in the sequels such as mod support are unavailable.

It is recommended to use the Aleph One version as it adds modern PC support and a port to the newer engine.

Aleph One

Aleph One is an open source continuation of the Marathon 2 engine. Along with bringing all the benefits of the newer engine to the original Marathon, it makes the game more modern and accessible with many different improvements such as cross-platform support, widescreen resolutions, and improved multiplayer networking.

For OS X and Windows, everything is provided as a single app/folder. For Linux, the engine need to be downloaded separately from the game files, compiled, and merged in.

Both the engine and the game files can be downloaded at http://marathon.sourceforge.net/.

As a bonus, the game files provided by Aleph One include HD textures, a revamped HUD, and a new UI.

Improvements

Marathon Serial Key Generator

A legal serial key generator for the retail versions of all Marathon games. Refresh the page to get a new batch of keys. Marathon keys are stated with "M1" before the codes.

It can be found at http://marathon.bungie.org/maraserialgen/.

Game data

In-game general graphics settings.
In-game general OpenGL settings.
In-game advanced OpenGL settings.
In-game key map settings.

Game files location

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Video settings

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Input settings

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

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System requirements

Mac OS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 6.0.5 7 or higher
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 150 MB free
Video card (GPU) 256 colour capable