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Marathon 1-3 updated and available for FREE!
- Thread starter wwm0nkey
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Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Nice! Will downlaod when I get home!
ElectricThunder
Member
The amount of hours of likely good times there are to be had with these 3 things listed and the 6 highest-reckoned fan module things is just....staggering.
I wonder what will happen now though with it hitting 1.0 and all---is it the end with all going on to other projects or is some other crazy thing brewing...?
I wonder what will happen now though with it hitting 1.0 and all---is it the end with all going on to other projects or is some other crazy thing brewing...?
Parallax Scroll
Banned
Right on. Marathon kicked ass back in the day. And that story, shiiieet.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Awesome free games for PC gamers!
refrenced
TheFightingFish
Member
Interesting. I was just considering buying some old school FPS that I would be able to play on my netbook the other day. Looks like this might be a nice fit, I was always interested in these guys.
Blue Ninja
Member
Will try. Awesome.
B_Rik_Schitthaus
Banned
M2's PC demo made me a Bungie fan, good to see them get even better.
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Deleted member 74300
Unconfirmed Member
Wish more companies would do this with their old games.
DownWithTheShip
Member
Back in the day the company I worked for used to host the Marathon website. We received free copies of the games and would play for countless hours. First time I ever played a game in a LAN setting. So much fun was had.
My 2 cents:
1. Mouse look is really weird, something about it still feels off;
2. It's stupid that there's no FOV option in the menu screen;
3. I shouldn't have to exit gameplay to change settings. Why can't I do it while the game is running?;
4. Vertical auto-aim, please, so that I can turn off mouse look.
It's, otherwise, a great way to play these games. However, if you want to play them in their purest of forms, you can always download Sheepshaver and get them to run there.
1. Mouse look is really weird, something about it still feels off;
2. It's stupid that there's no FOV option in the menu screen;
3. I shouldn't have to exit gameplay to change settings. Why can't I do it while the game is running?;
4. Vertical auto-aim, please, so that I can turn off mouse look.
It's, otherwise, a great way to play these games. However, if you want to play them in their purest of forms, you can always download Sheepshaver and get them to run there.
The Aleph One project has actually been around for years. I think they started work on it pretty much immediately after Bungie released the source for Marathon 2 back in 1999. Glad to see it finally hit 1.0.
There are high resolution texture packs floating around on the internet. Last I saw they up to 1024 x 1024.
Megadragon15
Member
If only they had the Pippen version for download. Stupid awful Pippen.
soxinthebox
Member
Having grown up on a strict diet of Macs, I naturally played the shit out of the Marathon trilogy and an equal amount of time making my own maps in Forge.
I'll have to check out the new release when i get back from holidays
I'll have to check out the new release when i get back from holidays
Thats my only real complaint. Other than that we get 3 amazing games for free.
Downloading as we speak.
Oh the ironing!
Xplatformer
Member
Day 1
Oh wait.
Can we get Myth I and II for free too please? They made me a Bungie fan.
Oh wait.
Can we get Myth I and II for free too please? They made me a Bungie fan.
UnluckyKate
Member
Mac release ? Check
Steam activation ?
Steam activation ?
I've never been too fond of Marathon (Doom for lyfe!), but I guess I'll attempt another playthrough before raging about the lack of ammo and having to punch everything again. Good to see them bring the HD stuff that Marathon 2 XBLA got to PC/Mac though.
Edit: Though, I would love Bungie if they did a remake/source-port (hahahaha, unlikely given the age) of Pathways into Darkness. Enjoyed that a lot more in Mac Classic mode than I did Marathon.
Edit: Though, I would love Bungie if they did a remake/source-port (hahahaha, unlikely given the age) of Pathways into Darkness. Enjoyed that a lot more in Mac Classic mode than I did Marathon.
Youta Mottenai
Member
Thanks for the heads up wwm0nkey.
Does Marathon gets really dark when using OpenGL(Shader) for any of you? Even with the brightness on maximum, some places/walls are pitch black.
p.s. Turning mouse acceleration off and adjusting with the sensibilities worked for me.
Does Marathon gets really dark when using OpenGL(Shader) for any of you? Even with the brightness on maximum, some places/walls are pitch black.
p.s. Turning mouse acceleration off and adjusting with the sensibilities worked for me.
Rickenslacker
Banned
Nice. Haven't tried out Aleph One stuff in a while, time to see how far it's come along.
Night_Trekker
Member
I read the title as Mother 1-3
Ouch. I'm sorry :/
Reave
Member
But it's fr- oh, I get it.
I still have no idea what Marathon Infinity was actually about. Lots of recursive timelines, some kind of universe eating super-being, working for the bad guys and other assorted shenanigans. Hard as balls too.
Question: did they finally get rid of the stupid Pathways into Darkness bit at the beginning of M1A1?
And yeah, the mouse support has always been terrible in A1. Since I can't get my 360 pad working I go old school and use the keyboard only.
Question: did they finally get rid of the stupid Pathways into Darkness bit at the beginning of M1A1?
And yeah, the mouse support has always been terrible in A1. Since I can't get my 360 pad working I go old school and use the keyboard only.
The Tofunator
Member
Looks like they did.
Awesome, they did indeed. I am happy. This release is infinitely more polished than what I played several years ago. Still can't get the triggers on my 360 pad to register though. Looks like I'm gonna keep keyboarding it up.