Before Halo: Episode 2. Back in 1994, Marathon was considered a "Doom Killer". It has been said that "Marathon did for Macs what Doom did for PCs", and today we explore why this is no overstatement in a retrospective of Bungie's other masterpiece.

Be sure to check out Episode 1 of Before Halo here:    • Pathways Into Darkness (Bungie BEFORE...  

Before Halo is a mini series uncovering Bungie's history and past games, including Pathways Into Darkness, Oni, and the famed Marathon and Myth franchises. This is Episode 2: Marathon.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
0:26 - Marathon Zero
3:00 - Iterating (And Restarting)
5:44 - Developing a Story
7:59 - Releasing Marathon
10:20 - Graphics and Audio
12:04 - Marathon Gameplay
15:43 - Storytelling
16:24 - Multiplayer
17:24 - Closing Thoughts

Sources:
Essential Reading: http://marathon.bungie.org/scrapbook
O Brave New World:    • O Brave New World  
Interview with Jason Jones: http://pid.bungie.org/IMGjasonintervi...
Doom Killers: https://archive.org/details/Electroni...
150 Best Games 1996: http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/is...
https://kotaku.com/before-they-were-f...
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago...
   • G4 Icons #56: Bungie  
https://halo.bungie.net/inside/histor...
https://archive.org/details/BYTEVolum...

Marathon Reviews: https://web.archive.org/web/201411151...
https://archive.org/details/Flux5/pag...
https://archive.org/details/nextgen-i...
https://archive.org/details/Electroni...
https://archive.org/details/hyper-017...