Marathon Retrospective | Bungie's OTHER Masterpiece

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Marathon (1994)
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Before Halo: Episode 2. Back in 1994, Marathon was considered a "Doom Killer". It has been said that "Marathon did for Macs what Doom did for PCs", and today we explore why this is no overstatement in a retrospective of Bungie's other masterpiece.

Be sure to check out Episode 1 of Before Halo here: https://youtu.be/J7RYF-sU_Kg

Before Halo is a mini series uncovering Bungie's history and past games, including Pathways Into Darkness, Oni, and the famed Marathon and Myth franchises. This is Episode 2: Marathon.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
0:26 - Marathon Zero
3:00 - Iterating (And Restarting)
5:44 - Developing a Story
7:59 - Releasing Marathon
10:20 - Graphics and Audio
12:04 - Marathon Gameplay
15:43 - Storytelling
16:24 - Multiplayer
17:24 - Closing Thoughts

Sources:
Essential Reading: http://marathon.bungie.org/scrapbook
O Brave New World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtG6--4r_qk&feature=emb_title
Interview with Jason Jones: http://pid.bungie.org/IMGjasoninterviewOct93.html
Doom Killers: https://archive.org/details/ElectronicEntertainment12Dec1994/page/n61/mode/2up?q=bungie
150 Best Games 1996: http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_148.pd
https://kotaku.com/before-they-were-famous-bungie-5805264
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/monsters-in-a-box/Content?oid=901762
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p3a8eGORKY
https://halo.bungie.net/inside/history.aspx?link=juggernougat
https://archive.org/details/BYTEVolume20Number12?q=%22marathon+2%22

Marathon Reviews: https://web.archive.org/web/20141115110136/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=583&tab=review
https://archive.org/details/Flux5/page/n87/mode/2up?q=marathon+%2B+bungie
https://archive.org/details/nextgen-issue-007?q=marathon+%2B+bungie
https://archive.org/details/ElectronicEntertainment17May1995/page/n5/mode/2up?q=marathon+%2B+bungie
https://archive.org/details/hyper-017/page/66/mode/2up?q=marathon+%2B+bungie



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