Chatakinns Posted July 29, 2003 Report Share Posted July 29, 2003 A friend of mine has been telling me about " Blogs " or " Web Logs " that are apparently gaining popularity on the internet, and since she knows I like video games she gave me a link to a site called Game Girl Advance. While I was there checking it out, I came across an article about a game for Mac play called Marathon. ( I am not sure if it was for PC too ) The author compares the game Marathon to Halo ( or at least suggests that Halo has roots in Marathon ) and backs up his theory with some convincing evidence. This may have already been discussed, and if so, pardon me... but I thought it was interesting enough to get your thoughts on the idea. You can find the article here : http://www.gamegirladvance.com/archives/20..._or_sequel.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted July 29, 2003 Report Share Posted July 29, 2003 Marathon was, as you probably now know, written by Bungie, the team that also wrote Halo. As I understand it, the idea was to design the plot of Halo such that, while it doesn't claim to be a sequel in any way (so as to avoid alienating the legions of non-Mac-owning Halo players), there are a bunch of clues in there that imply that their worlds might be related somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark E Posted July 29, 2003 Report Share Posted July 29, 2003 Hmm, yeah, I believe you are correct Iain. I too remember hearing that Marathon was peripherally related to the Halo storyline in some vague, hinted at way. I love when games do that. It reminds me of that awesome scene in Crusader: No Remorse when you watch the TV broadcast announcing the development of a new revolutionary artificial intelligence designated SHODAN, which of course puts Crusader firmly in the System Shock universe. Those kind of clever bits are always a hallmark of good design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camp Posted July 29, 2003 Report Share Posted July 29, 2003 Wasn't Halo originally in development as a Mac title? I'm pretty sure the first glimpse of Halo was a very rough version running on a Mac. Marathon was the Mac's answer to the multitude of FPS games available on the PC. It had a story and the cool ability to let the character use two guns at once. It also had a very poor stock control scheme. I never really got into it but it had a very big following for quite a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted July 29, 2003 Report Share Posted July 29, 2003 What the other guys said. I played Marathon briefly back in the day (this would've been back in the 1990's) and I remember it being a pretty neat game. While you are on that site, there are two other articles of interest; one is an article on the female gaming market that I enjoyed and the other reviews a, um, peripheral with accompanying photos. -j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted July 29, 2003 Report Share Posted July 29, 2003 Is it really time for another Rez thread already, then? Not that it isn't a great game, or anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlot Posted July 29, 2003 Report Share Posted July 29, 2003 I bought the Limited Edition Marathon box set that has all 3 Marathon games in it. Unfortuately, my PowerMac 7200 didn't run these games to well, and I eventually moved on to the PC. I still have the box set somewhere in my house... I did waste a good amount of time on the first Marathon though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyjaw Posted July 29, 2003 Report Share Posted July 29, 2003 I played Marathon for a while too, it was way ahead of it's time in that it was a FPS that had a complex storyline. IIRC, there's a dedicated group of Marathon fanatics that have attempted to recreate the original game using Mods to Unreal Tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chatakinns Posted July 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2003 Did any of you who did play spot the things in Halo the author of that article did ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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