Marathon (computer game)

Marathon is a series of science fiction first-person shooter computer games from Bungie Software released for the Apple Macintosh. Marathon is also the name of the giant interstellar colony ship that provides the setting for the first game and figures prominently in the plot of the sequels; the ship is constructed out of what used to be the moon Deimos of Mars.

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Science fiction - First-person shooter - Computer game - Bungie Software - Apple Macintosh - Moon - Deimos - Mars

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The first game, Marathon (1994), was followed by two sequels: Marathon 2: Durandal (1995) and Marathon Infinity (1996). Marathon 2 was also released for Windows 95. Marathon 2 and Marathon Infinity are playable today on a variety of modern operating systems using Aleph One, an open source project based on the original Marathon 2 source code. The orginal Marathon can also be played via Aleph One using a scenario conversion called M1A1. Bungie added further support for those who wish to play the Marathon games with The Trilogy Release, which hosts free, legal downloads of the entire Marathon Trilogy.

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1994 - 1995 - 1996 - Windows 95

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