June 23, 1997
Leslie Shafer <Leslie.Shafer@worldnet.att.net>, the maintainer of the Marathon Tactics and Films page, sends us his first vid film - Infinity level 33 - You Think You're Big Time? You're Gonna Die Big Time!. One or two fun moments in the film - watch out for when Leslie takes out the Pfhor in the balcony with the pistol... You can get the film here.

June 19, 1997
Rich Davis <RDavis235@aol.com> returns with three new Vid films of some of the hardest Marathon levels - Cool Fusion, Bob-B-Q, and Eupfhoria. These are mostly fist only films. You can get them here. You'll need Tim Seufert's Marathon Vidmaster Challenge Physics Model to see Rich's film of Cool Fusion, it's included in the package.

June 8, 1997
Every once and awhile along comes a guy who has what it takes. Kain Osterholt <oster6@earthlink.net> (a.k.a Kain of Pain) is such a person. Kain completes the Marathon 2 Vidmaster Challenge in grand style. All 28 solo levels completed in Vidmaster fashion. Some new ways to do levels some new tricks shown. You can get Kain's Marathon 2 Vidmaster package here.

May 27, 1997
Miha returns. Michio Hashimoto <miha@hi-ho.ne.jp> completes all the Marathon Infinity levels Vidmaster style, including the special Vidmaster levels 31-33 straight through. The package also contains two versions of Acme Station. You can get the full package here. Miha's Acme films can also be obtained in a separate package here.

Interesting to note that in Miha's film of the level 25 - Aye Mak Sicur - you'll see the appearance of a third Juggernaut inside the Jjaro space station. How did it get through the force field? If you know how this trick is accomplished please let us know.

May 25, 1997
Jimmy Mitchell <jmitch@erskine.edu> sends in a Vid film of Eupfhoria. One of the hardest of the Marathon levels to Vid. This films shows the level completely cleaned out. Clean out all levels... that's what we say. You can find it on the Eupfhoria page in the Vidmaster Tips & Tricks section.

May 22, 1997
He said he would do it... it has now been done. Jim Mitchell's new Marathon Vid Pack. Many of Jim's original Marathon levels have been redone. Lot's of new secrets shown. Many are fist only films. You can get them here. These films can also be found on the Trilogy CD.

May 9, 1997
Pushing the undiscovered frontiers of vidness... Jimmy Mitchell <jmitch@erskine.edu> shows that Hang Time on Bigger Guns Nearby is not really necessary. See the Vidmaster Tips & Tricks section.

May 8, 1997
Aaron Snyder <wittnietz@datatek.com> writes:

I just watched your most recent "VidTip" film on "Bigger Guns Nearby" and think that I've found the answer as to what "Frog Blast the Vent Core!" from M2 means: along the way, you give map views of two interestingly-named areas: "BioVent Core #88A" and "BioVent Core #88B". Between these areas is a raised hallway containing a BioBus chip (Hypervision power-up), but one can only get there by grenade-hopping.

Get it? Grenade-hopping might be renamed "Frog blasting."

So, on this interpretation, "Frog Blast the Vent Core!" might merely mean "Grenade hop in the BioVent Core on 'Bigger Guns...'!"