MARATHON
MARATHON
TODAY, BUNGIE’S NAME IS SYNONYMOUS WITH FIRST-PERSON SHOOTERS. IT DIDN’T BEGIN WITH HALO OR DESTINY HOWEVER, BUT RATHER AN ICONIC SERIES OF MAC GAMES THAT DEBUTED IN 1994. THIS IS THE STORY BEHIND THE FIRST MARATHON GAME BY THE PEOPLE THAT MADE IT
WORDS BY JEREMY PEEL
IN THE KNOW
» PUBLISHER: BUNGIE
» DEVELOPER: BUNGIE
» PLATFORM: MACINTOSH
» RELEASED: 1994
» GENRE: FPS
B
ungie knew that
Marathon
was
Pathways. Can you crack it, just going to be a big deal. That became to see if it’s any good?’” obvious when somebody stole it. Alain admits, with a laugh, that Company cofounder Alex Seropian he had no skills in that area. “But he had taken a beta of the 1994 made a small mistake that made it really shooter to a retail convention, in order to easy to crack. So I cracked the protection, create buzz among buyers and bump up and he made it stronger.”