Marathon Trilogy Available for Free Download 48
Thanks to Blues for the news that the games making up first person action series Marathon are available for download from Bungie.org. The classic series, arguably the precursors to Halo, made up some of the finest action gaming available on the Mac platform. From the article: "The Mac .sit-format files are currently available, and apparently there is an effort underway to create a PC-friendly version of this release compatible with the Aleph One Marathon-based OpenSource project."
Frog Blast the Vent Core! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Dude (Score:1, Redundant)
Flamebait? No. Flamebait and Troll? Yes. (Score:3, Informative)
Not flamebait? What fantasy world are you living in? It's actually flamebait AND a troll all in one -- which unfortunately, I've wasted my time responding too.
There are tons of current mainstream games for the Mac and many others on the way. [insidemacgames.com] And it's not [macgamefiles.com] even [apple.com] hard [gamedb.com] to find [ign.com] them [google.com].
Re:Flamebait? No. Flamebait and Troll? Yes. (Score:4, Funny)
like Breakout
that would have been so much more funny if
Re:Flamebait? No. Flamebait and Troll? Yes. (Score:2)
Re:Flamebait? No. Flamebait and Troll? Yes. (Score:2)
Damn space pirates stealing my cash.
Oh yeah, and Marathon is my favorite series ever.
Re:Games on Mac (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Games on Mac (Score:1)
I know I'm feeding a troll... but, you know, there are much cheaper offers than £60.
In fact, I've never seen this game at SUCH a high price, even when it was all new...
Re:Games on Mac (Score:1)
Link additions (Score:5, Informative)
Marathon Trilogy Website [bungie.org] with the downloads of the games and the tools. Also the FAQ [bungie.org].
Aleph One [bungie.org] website with the Free software client which will hopefully be compatible with all three of the released games.
Re:Link additions (Score:2)
There's a great reason. The news story was probably submitted by someone from Blue's News looking to have some increased traffic for their advertisers. This happens a lot here on /..
Nevertheless, I can't wait to get home and fire up Basilisk II [uni-mainz.de]. Has anyone given these games a try using the Basilisk emulator? And do any of the games require Mac OS 8.0 or higher or PPC?
Re:Link additions (Score:1)
Marathon V.S. every other FPS (Score:3, Interesting)
What other games do people use as a base for comparisons in other genres?
Re:Marathon V.S. every other FPS (Score:2)
Re:Marathon V.S. every other FPS (Score:2)
Doom 3 came close in concept, but I'd definitely need to "invest" in a new graphic card to even begin to enjoy it.
Re:Marathon V.S. every other FPS (Score:2)
System Shock [mobygames.com]
Yes. I'm still playing it.
Again, my ironic signature is still there.
Re:Marathon V.S. every other FPS (Score:1)
Re:Marathon V.S. every other FPS (Score:1)
StreetFighter Alpha 3 (Score:2)
Re:Marathon V.S. every other FPS (Score:1)
Cool. (Score:2)
They're great to play on linux, and I can't wait till I get my iMac Mini, then I can finally test out Anvil and Forge.
What to do with the .sits? (Score:2)
Re:What to do with the .sits? (Score:2)
They're classic apps. (Score:4, Informative)
classic apps, not ported to osx (Score:4, Informative)
I don't have System 9 installed on my machine, so this isn't too exciting...
Re:classic apps, not ported to osx (Score:5, Informative)
Unstuff
Drop Aleph One.app in the directory of the game you want
Double click Aleph One.app
Enjoy
All Aleph One needs is the data.
Re:classic apps, not ported to osx (Score:1, Informative)
That's right. However, get M1A1, which is Marathon 1 converted to Aleph One here:
ftp://ftp3.bungie.org/archives/mos.scenarios/m1a1
works fine for me.
Re:classic apps, not ported to osx (Score:1)
Re:classic apps, not ported to osx (Score:1)
made my morning (Score:1)
A Great Day... (Score:1)
A great game... I very much hope that this release will rekindle this game's following.
Now if i only could unpack .sit files on linux... (Score:1)
Re:Now if i only could unpack .sit files on linux. (Score:1, Informative)
www.aladdinsys.com
Re:Now if i only could unpack .sit files on linux. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Now if i only could unpack .sit files on linux. (Score:2)
Kleedrac
Re:Now if i only could unpack .sit files on linux. (Score:2)
Re:Now if i only could look before i whine (Score:1)
http://trilogyrelease.bungie.org/ [bungie.org]
Sweet (Score:1)
Beware the Exploding Bobs! (Score:2)
The aliens are all completely flat (Score:2)