Marathon Is Coming To The iPad

[ExileNZ]

This is why I love Bungie.

 

[ExileNZ]

I love Bungie. They so cool.

Also, if anyone manages to beat one of their teams on Halo Reach by 20 kills on July 7th, they'll mail you a steak. If your in the US at least, otherwise they'll give you a gift card. They say it's because lawyers hate people who are overseas.

http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=steaktakular

And after seeing that picture of Konoko with Marathon Man and The Chief, I'm really wishing that they'd release ONI as open source. Or at least put it on GoG.com. That would be the greatest thing ever.

Yeah, I'm still waiting for Oni 2. Oni's combat system was just too awesome.

 

[Lukeje]

"Oh, perhaps we should have told Daniel about our fees. We get an 80 percent slice of all sales. Anyone know what 0 multiplied by 80 is?"

Ummm... shouldn't it be 0*(80/100)? Not that it matters.

This was my exact thought after reading the article, and yes. 80% would be 0.8*amount. Otherwise they would taking 8000% of the profit, which seems a little unfair.

 

[Alexander Cunningham]

Wow. My trousers just tightened.

 

[Realitycrash]

FUUUUUUUUUUCK YEEEEEEEEEEEEAH!
I'v been bitching about Marathon not getting enough love or attention when people talk of the "old games they loved", and atleast some people out there agree with me <3

..And yeah, I grew up with them, but hey, I'm only 25!

 

[Escapefromwhatever]

Oh Bungie, you may not make the best games, but I am in love with your attitude.

 

[Realitycrash]

Yeah, I'm still waiting for Oni 2. Oni's combat system was just too awesome.

Was I the only one who always said "Fuck firearms, I'm going for the running-throw!" and went straight to unarmed combat, no matter how many opponents you faced?

 

[ExileNZ]

Yeah, I'm still waiting for Oni 2. Oni's combat system was just too awesome.

Was I the only one who always said "Fuck firearms, I'm going for the running-throw!" and went straight to unarmed combat, no matter how many opponents you faced?

Well except on some missions, guns almost felt like cheating. I used them now and then for variety more than anything else. Well that and when I was low on health...

And yes, the running larriot is one of my favourite moves ever

 

[General Vagueness]

The thing about this is the engine for the second game has actually been open-source for a few years, and the data files that make up the actual games have been free for slightly fewer years, this guy just was the first to try porting it to the iPad, and the only one to succeed-- Bungie would have a hard time legally trying to stop him now. As for Oni, that's still owned by someone else, Take Two I think.

 

[Erana]

iPad? Specifically?

I'd rather an iPod; I still get chills from that era of FPS if its too big 'n pixely.

 

[NLS]

iPad? Specifically?

I'd rather an iPod; I still get chills from that era of FPS if its too big 'n pixely.

Marathon has been open source for years now. There's a port for probably just about any system. Probably a iPod port around as well, but not everything gets to the headlines.

 

[Shjade]

Considering it was a Mac game, I'm not too surprised. Almost makes me want to buy an iPad to see how well it works.

You can get the entire Marathon trilogy free for every OS, including Linux.

Original release was Mac only. Ports were done by the fans.

Only the first game. Marathon 2 was available on Win95 commercially.

A Marathon remake might sound good in theory, but to be honest I have to think it would come out looking/feeling more like Halo if they did it. Great game series, but it belongs securely in the realm of nostalgia. :|

 

[Singularly Datarific]

My favorite game of my childhood, kinda cos it was the only great game on mac back then.
I spent weeks on Forge and Anvil messing with variables and levels, it was awesome.