From: bungie1@aol.com (BUNGIE1)
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Subject: Re: Marathon (Floppies or CD-ROM?)
Date: 11 Aug 1994 13:02:06 -0400
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Misc. info. on Marathon for our beloved public:

Technical:
Will run on: any 256-color Mac, '020 or higher, system 6.0.5 or higher
(networking requires 7.0), will ship as a "fat app" (PPC native), with 3
megs RAM, will take up a little over 4 megs hard disk space.  

Marathon is networkable for up to 8 players over LocalTalk or Ethernet,
modem playable with ARA.  It can be played with the keyboard, joysticks,
gamepads and even a VR headset if you happen to have one lying around (we
don't sell 'em).  Each box will ship with two serial numbers for immediate
2-person network play.

The bulk of Marathon is done, but the devil is in the details.  It should
start shipping around the first week of September.   

Regards,
Doug 
Bungie Software




From: bungie1@aol.com (BUNGIE1)
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Subject: Re: Marathon (PID 2) Status?
Date: 11 Aug 1994 13:52:11 -0400
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Re Marathon:

To paraphrase Orson Welles, "We will sell no game before its time".  There
are a couple of details to be worked out before Marathon ships (like the
box), but we expect to ship early September.
For more info., look for message in "Marathon - Floppies..."

Regards,
Doug
Bungie Software