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Posted December 02, 2011
Bungie have remastered their marathon series a bit and released them as freeware for PC, Mac & Linux. These have upgraded resolution & Marathon 2 is a port of the XBLA version.

http://marathon.sourceforge.net/
Posted December 02, 2011
Really good stuff there.
Posted December 02, 2011
I've just been playing this!

It was reported on RPS yesterday I believe. It's a very good engine, and there's lots of 3rd Party levels / scenarios to play through as well...

much goodness to be had for 0 pennies!
Posted December 02, 2011
Weren't the data files and Aleph One available free for ages already?
Posted December 02, 2011
I can't seem to spot where it says minimum specs are - am I being blind?
Posted December 02, 2011
Great news, I was always interested to try out the Marathon series, even if they are mostly from the Doom era (IIRC). Nice to have them available officially anyway.
Posted December 02, 2011
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Fever_Discordia: I can't seem to spot where it says minimum specs are - am I being blind?
In release notes
Requirements

500 MHz processor and 128 MB RAM; 1 GHz processor and 256 MB RAM recommended
Operating System
Mac OS X 10.4 or higher
Windows XP or higher
Linux or Unix-like operating system with SDL 1.2.14 and gcc 3.4 or higher
OpenGL (Classic) renderer
AMD or nVidia graphics recommended
OpenGL (Shader) renderer
ATI Radeon 9600 or nVidia GeForce FX 5200 or newer graphics required
Bloom: nVidia GeForce 8 series or ATI Radeon HD series recommended
Mac OS X 10.5 or higher recommended
Posted December 02, 2011
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Fever_Discordia: I can't seem to spot where it says minimum specs are - am I being blind?
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grviper: In release notes
Requirements

500 MHz processor and 128 MB RAM; 1 GHz processor and 256 MB RAM recommended
Operating System
Mac OS X 10.4 or higher
Windows XP or higher
Linux or Unix-like operating system with SDL 1.2.14 and gcc 3.4 or higher
OpenGL (Classic) renderer
AMD or nVidia graphics recommended
OpenGL (Shader) renderer
ATI Radeon 9600 or nVidia GeForce FX 5200 or newer graphics required
Bloom: nVidia GeForce 8 series or ATI Radeon HD series recommended
Mac OS X 10.5 or higher recommended
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grviper:
Thanks - LOL I HAVE an FX5200 so I'm right on spec!
what's 'Bloom' though?
Posted December 02, 2011
But the download from sourceforge seems to run pretty slow. Maybe the reception is really tremendous at the moment.
Posted December 02, 2011
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grviper: Weren't the data files and Aleph One available free for ages already?
I think so yes - this has just been released as version 1.0 though - before it was always a 'work in progress'
Posted December 02, 2011
Is there a way to switch off the abysmal fade-in in the main menu? Or a way to change controls/graphics settings without quitting the game?
Posted December 02, 2011
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Fever_Discordia: Thanks - LOL I HAVE an FX5200 so I'm right on spec!
what's 'Bloom' though?
Bloom is normally an effect that creates um...... this blurry yet sparkly, dreamy effect?
I like my images sharp so I usually turn them off.
Posted December 02, 2011
Be aware this is a port from the XBLA version, which was reported to cause motion sickness in more than a few people (Something common with old games anyway).
Posted December 02, 2011
I'll give this a go when I get home. I've played the originals years ago and wasn't too impressed despite the resident Mac fanboy in my class at uni going on about how it beat Doom in every sense. What I saw was a game with too many bright colours, confusing maps, a much more boring atmosphere and setting and crappier weapons. It's not a bad game, but Doom it is not. It reminded me a lot more of Cybermage.
Posted December 02, 2011
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Red_Avatar: I'll give this a go when I get home. I've played the originals years ago and wasn't too impressed despite the resident Mac fanboy in my class at uni going on about how it beat Doom in every sense. What I saw was a game with too many bright colours, confusing maps, a much more boring atmosphere and setting and crappier weapons. It's not a bad game, but Doom it is not. It reminded me a lot more of Cybermage.
I thought I heard it be compared to System Shock 1...
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