Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games From: Bob Knowlden <knowlden@ll.mit.edu> Subject: Re: RE:Help! Stuck in Marathon Message-ID: <1994Aug3.011429.21641@ll.mit.edu> X-Xxdate: Tue, 2 Aug 1994 01:17:35 GMT Sender: news@ll.mit.edu Organization: MIT/Lincoln Laboratory X-Newsreader: Nuntius Version 1.2 References: <1228799901.9082@rev.rev.iceonline.com> Date: Wed, 3 Aug 94 01:14:29 GMT Lines: 49 Subject: RE:Help! Stuck in Marathon From: William T. Fleming, William_T._Fleming@rev.iceonline.com Date: 01 Aug 1994 20:44:37 -0700 In article <1228799901.9082@rev.rev.iceonline.com> William T. Fleming, William_T._Fleming@rev.iceonline.com writes: >>Is this game actually available now??? Is there a demo???? > >Yeah I saw it in the macwarehouse mailorder catalog (or at least on of them). >It looks alot like Pathways into Darkness, it was created by the same people >you know. Anyway I have no idea about a demo though. >------------------------------------------------------------- > From The Revelation BBS * Vancouver, BC * (604) 929-1615 >------------------------------------------------------------- I was down at Macworld Expo Boston today. Bungie was showing Marathon, and taking orders to be shipped in "a couple of weeks". Cause for delay? The packaging! Supposedly, people ordering directly from Bungie will get it before it becomes available through resellers. Observe me holding my breath... First impressions: it shows its PiD ancestry, but the graphics are more interesting. Definitely less blocky than DOOM, and better-looking than the Wolfenstein 3D port that MacPlay was showing (which looked like low-res graphics reworked for the Mac, rather than a clean-sheet remake). I wonder if it plays worth a damn on non-PPC macs. It was also stated to support multiplayer network play (kiss your jobs goodbye!). The monsters are claimed to be smarter, and they communicate with each other to gang up on you. (On the other hand, the "puzzles" are claimed to be easier, in response to complaints. Apparently people were offended by having to collect a set of objects and clues while monsters were sneaking up on them.) Perhaps playing other *people* will be easier than going mano a mano with your computer!(?) Bungie also had an interesting-looking virtual reality rig running: this was a headset, plus a toy plastic gun in hand. I didn't wait in line to try it, but it looked like the aiming was entirely through the headset (the gun provided only a trigger; it may as well have been a pushbutton.) I shudder to think what the giz must cost, if it were for sale. (Perhaps it is, but it looked far too light and compact to be cheap.) BTW, I asked the Bungie employee who took my order what the age was of their eldest employee. It's 28. This gives an entirely new meaning to "children's games" 8-) Bob Knowlden (Unauthorized to speak for...) MIT/Lincoln Lab Subject: Re: Help! Stuck in Marathon Date: Fri, 5 Aug 94 00:51:37 GMT Message-ID: <00098A66.fc@bcsmac.org> X-FirstClass: 0x59F8 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x0040164B 0x0000 Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games From: Jack_M._Miller@bcsmac.org (Jack M. Miller) X-HoloGate: 1.1b64 Lines: 28 X Bungie also had an interesting-looking virtual reality rig running: this X was a headset, plus a toy plastic gun in hand. I didn't wait in line to X try it, but it looked like the aiming was entirely through the headset X (the gun provided only a trigger; it may as well have been a X pushbutton.) X I shudder to think what the giz must cost, if it were for sale. (Perhaps X it is, but it looked far too light and compact to be cheap.) $700, actually. I asked a guy there. BTW, I too plunked down the $35 for MARATHON. It was running on an 040 there and it wasn't half bad. Don't count on it being playable on anything lower, though. They did say that you can turn just about all the features on or off for speed variations: hires, lores, compass, radar, big screen, small screen, full screen, stereo output, etc. The BIG win in MARATHON is being able to look up and down. I watched a guy look up to a catwalk and see his opponent, launch a bazooka, blow the guy OFF the catwalk,and into the wall. The guy STUCK to the wall for a sec, and then slid down in, leaving atrail of blood. You will all like this game. A lot. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX HAPPY MEAL vegan funzine: issue #1 out NOW! XXX HALLOWEEN JACK XXX 40 pages, full-size w/recipes, cookbook reviews, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX asstd rants, reviews, GRIP/DAYSPRING interview, etc. Jack_M._Miller@bcsmac.org $1 OR 4 stamps to: HAPPY MEAL, c/o Katie & Jack or Str8XXEdge@aol.com 16 Evergreen Square, #3 / Somerville, MA 02143-2323