Path: apple.com!gallant.apple.com!trib.apple.com!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uunet!news.cais.com!commix.cais.com!user From: commix@cais.com (Thierry Faucounau) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games Subject: Re: Marathon 12/21 Release Aborted?! Date: 23 Dec 1994 17:39:55 GMT Organization: Commix SP, Inc. Lines: 14 Message-ID: <commix-2312941241050001@commix.cais.com> References: <3dahsq$ru7@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu> <3dakeu$3p@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: commix.cais.com X-Newsreader: Value-Added NewsWatcher 2.0b19.1+ > >Can anyone confirm this? Will Marathon be out by the holiday or > >not? > >_______________ > >Scott Schroeder > >6500sas@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu People over on AOL have already claimed that they have the game 12/23/94. -- Thierry Faucounau commix@cais.com Commix SP, Incorporated. Usual disclaimers. Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games Path: apple.com!gallant.apple.com!trib.apple.com!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uunet!iglou!fritzg.slip.iglou.com!user From: fritzg@iglou.com (Fritz Gutwein) Subject: Re: MARATHON SURVEY! Message-ID: <fritzg-3112941048260001@fritzg.slip.iglou.com> Sender: news@iglou.com (news) Organization: DoorStep Publishing References: <denisr-3012940047320001@ricard.interax.net> <3e1ige$c3f@marlin.ssnet.com> Date: Sat, 31 Dec 1994 15:48:26 GMT Lines: 26 In article <3e1ige$c3f@marlin.ssnet.com>, dreschin@marlin.ssnet.com (=-) wrote: > Denis Ricard (denisr@ricard.interax.net) wrote: > : I would like to know where those of you who got the game ordered Marathon > : so that I can pinpoint the best mail-order store for future references. > : Could you please take the time to answer: > > : - when you ordered > : - from what retailer > : - when you received it > > : Thanks. > > : Myself I ordered from MacZone on October 17th and didn't receive it yet > : (as of December 30th). > > : Denis. Ordered: July 22, 1994 Where: MacWarehouse Received: December 24, 1994 I also bought a copy *with* the box at a local bookstore December 23, 1994. -- Fritz Gutwein, DoorStep Publishing fritzg@iglou.com Path: apple.com!gallant.apple.com!trib.apple.com!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!root From: rmorse@u.washington.edu (Robert Morse) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games Subject: Re: MARATHON SURVEY! Date: 31 Dec 1994 19:16:14 GMT Organization: University of Washington Lines: 5 Sender: -Not-Authenticated-[3661] Message-ID: <3e4alu$hk0@news.u.washington.edu> References: <denisr-3012940047320001@ricard.interax.net> <3e1ige$c3f@marlin.ssnet.com> <fritzg-3112941048260001@fritzg.slip.iglou.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.95.122.115 X-Posted-From: InterNews 1.0.1@128.95.122.115 Xdisclaimer: No attempt was made to authenticate the sender's name. I ordered Marathon from Macconnection on the 21st of dec, and I recieved it on the 23rd of december. Robert Morse rmorse@u.washington.edu Path: apple.com!taligent!ames!hookup!swrinde!pipex!uunet!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: macfaq@aol.com (MacFAQ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games Subject: Re: Marathon not yet at MacWearhouse. Date: 23 Dec 1994 23:45:05 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 8 Sender: news@newsbf01.news.aol.com Message-ID: <3dg90h$18b@newsbf01.news.aol.com> References: <D19wCC.n0L@bony1.bony.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf01.news.aol.com We got 25 copies today at the store where I work. Marathon should be all over the place by next week. P.S. Network play is ten times better than single play! Leslie