Marathon
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marathon.sit (5.37 MB)
MD5: 22e3c7cdb517d9700ddf56085f9d5150 For System 6.x - Mac OS 9
marathoncd.zip (13.83 MB)
MD5: 102b6322069011ada8fb1e9a7a1b34b5 For System 6.x - Mac OS 9
marathonfloppy.sit (5.68 MB)
MD5: 496b626fbc6ab7c0002cc9acf0817472 For System 6.x - Mac OS 9
Marathon_CD_bin-cue.zip (181.18 MB)
MD5: a4e711aa259bbf82584135ac5847a9fd For System 6.x - Mac OS 9
Marathon_Updaters.sit (180.44 KB)
MD5: bf52cb90c4d7f368fc95727f46c71e9e For System 6.x - Mac OS 9
Marathon_Cheater_3.0.sit (20.33 KB)
MD5: 6ffeb26232d6837ad8b1e74190ec0e79 For System 6.x - Mac OS 9
Marathon_CD_PerfectRip.zip (181.20 MB)
MD5: 227cc460d99533f511f6d899295dea4e For System 6.x - Mac OS 9
Marathon_Demo.sit_.hqx (4.34 MB)
MD5: f01b182f9c0580449182ccb77ae9516c For System 6.x - Mac OS 9
Marathon takes place in outer space in the year 2794. The player assumes the role of a nameless security officer stationed on the UESC Marathon. The Marathon has arrived in the Tau Ceti solar system and is supporting the colonization effort of the planet, Tau Ceti IV. The game starts with the player making his way to the Marathon on the shuttle Mirata when an alien ship appears and attacks the system. He survives by ejecting seconds before the explosion of the Mirata, and hours later, his officer's escape pod then reaches one of the Marathon docking bays.
There are three AIs aboard the Marathon, each in command of some aspect of ship operations. All of them are under attack by the aliens, after being hit by an electromagnetic pulse from the alien ship. As the game begins, only one of the three AIs, Leela, is still fully functional.
— Wikipedia
This is the first of Bungie's addicting and popular Marathon series, a Macintosh exclusive. Marathon is a pseudo-3D first person shooter, similar to Doom. It is widely considered to be the precursor to Bungie's epic Halo series. Experience from the making of these games led to Halo: Combat Evolved. It is known for being the first game to allow dual-wielding and mouse looking, and second only to System Shock (released in September of the same year) for vertical aim, reloading, and multiple fire modes for weapons.
- 1st download is the installed game (folder), with music patched to sound acceptable in QuickTime 3 and higher. Original music file is also included.
- 2nd download is the CD version of Marathon.
- 3rd download is the floppy version of Marathon.
- 4th download is a bin/cue pair from which to burn a physical CD that includes the audio tracks
- 5th download includes the official updaters from 1.0 -> 1.1 and 1.1 -> 1.2
- 6th download is a cheater program for Marathon.
- 7th download is a CD image made with PerfectRip.
- 8th download is a demo of four levels.
The Official Online Marathon Serial Numbers Generator
In 2005, Bungie authorized the release of the full original Mac OS trilogy for free distribution online. A version pre-bundled with Aleph One for use with OS X can be downloaded below.
Download from alephone.lhowon.org
See also: Marathon 2, Marathon Infinity, Marathon Trilogy Box Set, Pathways Into Darkness
CompatibilityArchitecture: 68k PPC
Minimum Requirements
- 68020 processor
- 256 colors
- System 6.0.5 (7.0 for network play)
To run this in Mac OS X, you'll need the Aleph One engine.
Despite the fact that Aleph One is based on the Marathon 2 engine, it's backwards compatible with the original Marathon's engine & game data.
Comments
Article from contemporary magazine added (MacFormat April 1995).
In the 68K Version on my Quadra700 is an option for "Hardware Acceleration"
What type of Accelerator is supported there? (In time way before Glide/OpenGL)
...OK found it:
Select this option if you are running on a Quadra (or performa) 630 and want to use the hardware video accelerator. This feature forces you to run in 16-bit color, but is faster than running in 8-bit color without the acceleration.
Ok, great! Thanks!
As you can see from the comments below The-Lurr-King originally uploaded a bin/cue and then removed it and replaced it with a .iso image. Fortunately, I have a bin/cue and will upload it soon.
EDIT: Done
I was wondering if anyone could upload a bin/cue of the cd? Most versions apparently had CD quality versions of 7 of the tracks:
Track 1: 04:05
Track 2: 03:02
Track 3: 03:39
Track 4: 02:14
Track 5: 01:37
Track 6: 01:27
Track 7: 01:47
Would love to add them to my Aleph One setup.
I can totally see why people love this game. Unfortunately I get motion sick right on level 1 and have to rest immediately or risk throwing up over my keyboard. Darn! One less classic I get to enjoy.
What a great game. Not only can you look up and down, but there's a great storyline in this shooter.
I was reading the bungie forums as to why no one has uploaded the audio from the CD and apparently its because Alexander Seropian, creator of the original Marathon soundtrack says no to having it on the internet.
Don't hate me....
@The-Lurr-King
You removed your previous bin/cue upload that contained game+audio tracks and replaced it with a .iso image that does not have an audio partition. What was your reasoning for doing this? Thanks.
No, Bertyboy... i was using this game on a iMac G3 400 without any problems, but one thing i see is that firsttimers at this game cant find several keys.
To Read the manual is really important.
ARe you implying that he/she can't read (the manual) ?
This game is BAD! It has no pause feature (that I can find) and as far as I know the only way to quit is to force quit the game. It has made my PowerBook 1400 and my iMac 333 act up during and after gameplay.
For some reason when I'm running this in either Basilisk II [SSW 7] or SheepShaver [OS 9], the mouse support is bizarre. I move the mouse slightly to the right and I spin around forever and ever. Just a problem with the engine or is there something I can do?
Edit: Replaced 'xxx 7' with 'SSW 7' - IIGS User
omg, sweet pic of the CD/disks/manual etc.! So jealous of whoever has it
Classic gaming at it's best. I haven't played this one yet. I started out playing Marathon 3 then Marathon 2. This is gonna be awesome.
To view more screenshots fps dungeon has alot more on marathon before you download it here.
http://www.fpsdungeon.com/games/marathon/marathon.html