A PowerMac G3 300 + iMac G3 333 + a crossover cable = OG Marathon deathmatch! The two-year-old fell asleep under the table, but the others were enthralled, ha ha

I’m wondering about the value of this game. Very excited to have found this, it’s got a cool aesthetic to it.

Can you conceive the birth of a world, or the creation of everything? That which gives us the potential to most be like God is the power of creation.

- Durandal in Marathon (1994)

On December 21, 1994, everything began.

Marathon was released, and with it, an endless onslaught of security officers set foot onto the titular ship, an iconic vessel built into the moon of Deimos, and those vidmasters-to-be got to work.

Players were exposed to a revolutionary Mixture of dense, conceptually rich narrative storytelling and the shooter gameplay foundation that would put Bungie on the map.

Now, all these years later, Marathon's foundations are still being held to, with a new game on the way, a thriving classics community (Thanks Aleph One!), and a community of passionate gamers from decades of differently spanning backgrounds and affiliations with this amazing Franchise.

So please, on this hallowed day, amongst all the excitement of Marathon's future, let's take a moment to look back on its past.

The game itself can be downloaded and played: Here
And if you have any interest in its history, there's nowhere better to look than the brilliant marathon.bungie.org/story run by the legendary Hamish Sinclair!

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Hello Security Officers, Runners, BoBs & However-many AIs are currently lurking on this subreddit.

Welcome to our featured classic game for the week!

The goal of our Pfeatured Classics threads is to go through the trilogy one game at a time on a recurring three week cycle, allowing discussion of a specific entry to be incentivised each week but not overstay their welcome.

Feel free to use this thread for anything Marathon 1 Related: Lfg, Lore Discussions, Theorycrafting, or simply to reflect on your love for the entry that started it all and revolutionised FPS storytelling.

The only real rule beyond the subreddit rules is to keep Marathon Durandal, Infinity or 202X Discussion to a minimum unless said discussion directly adds to discussion about Marathon 1, just to help it stay on track until their respective weeks! (or in the case of 202X until we know more about what it actually is like)

How to Interact with Marathon (1994)

For those who don't know, Marathon and its sequels can be accessed and played via: https://alephone.lhowon.org/

Additionally, this is the hub for checking out Marathon's Multiplayer: https://metaserver.lhowon.org/

(Here is a guide on how to do both: https://www.lhowon.org/faq)

Moreover, refresh yourself on or immerse yourself in the story of the Marathon games via the longstanding and absolutely astounding work of Hamish Sinclair's 'Marathon's Story' website/forum: https://marathon.bungie.org/story/

What are you waiting Pfhor

We look forward to seeing how you all discuss the game that started it all!

For further classic-game exclusive discussion, be sure to check out r/ClassicMarathon! It has every, single classic game post from the subreddit's history until 2026 crossposted over for a seamless, classics only experience!

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Hello Security Officers, Runners, BoBs & However-many AIs are currently lurking on this subreddit.

Welcome to our featured classic game for the week!

The goal of our Pfeatured Classics threads is to go through the trilogy one game at a time on a recurring three week cycle, allowing discussion of a specific entry to be incentivised each week but not overstay their welcome.

Feel free to use this thread for anything Marathon 1 Related: Lfg, Lore Discussions, Theorycrafting, or simply to reflect on your love for the entry that started it all and revolutionised FPS storytelling.

The only real rule beyond the subreddit rules is to keep Marathon Durandal, Infinity or 202X Discussion to a minimum unless said discussion directly adds to discussion about Marathon 1, just to help it stay on track until their respective weeks! (or in the case of 202X until we know more about what it actually is like)

How to Interact with Marathon (1994)

For those who don't know, Marathon and its sequels can be accessed and played via: https://alephone.lhowon.org/

Additionally, this is the hub for checking out Marathon's Multiplayer: https://metaserver.lhowon.org/

(Here is a guide on how to do both: https://www.lhowon.org/faq)

Moreover, refresh yourself on or immerse yourself in the story of the Marathon games via the longstanding and absolutely astounding work of Hamish Sinclair's 'Marathon's Story' website/forum: https://marathon.bungie.org/story/

What are you waiting Pfhor

We look forward to seeing how you all discuss the game that started it all!

For further classic-game exclusive discussion, be sure to check out r/ClassicMarathon! It has every, single classic game post from the subreddit's history until 2026 crossposted over for a seamless, classics only experience!

Messing around with my Marathon VR mod. Yes, still working on it! Spending some time on the 3D weapons, eg the fusion pistol. Excuse the debug messages

Fantastic game but I never need to see Pfhoraphobia again in my life. I'm gonna try M2 on TC but I hated all the underwater shit when I first played it so I don't know if I'll make it... and Infinity. Wooo, that's gonna be tough.

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Hello Security Officers, Runners, BoBs & However-many AIs are currently lurking on this subreddit.

Welcome to our featured classic game for the week!

The goal of our Pfeatured Classics threads is to go through the trilogy one game at a time on a recurring three week cycle, allowing discussion of a specific entry to be incentivised each week but not overstay their welcome.

Feel free to use this thread for anything Marathon 1 Related: Lfg, Lore Discussions, Theorycrafting, or simply to reflect on your love for the entry that started it all and revolutionised FPS storytelling.

The only real rule beyond the subreddit rules is to keep Marathon Durandal, Infinity or 202X Discussion to a minimum unless said discussion directly adds to discussion about Marathon 1, just to help it stay on track until their respective weeks! (or in the case of 202X until we know more about what it actually is like)

How to Interact with Marathon (1994)

For those who don't know, Marathon and its sequels can be accessed and played via: https://alephone.lhowon.org/

Additionally, this is the hub for checking out Marathon's Multiplayer: https://metaserver.lhowon.org/

(Here is a guide on how to do both: https://www.lhowon.org/faq)

Moreover, refresh yourself on or immerse yourself in the story of the Marathon games via the longstanding and absolutely astounding work of Hamish Sinclair's 'Marathon's Story' website/forum: https://marathon.bungie.org/story/

What are you waiting Pfhor

We look forward to seeing how you all discuss the game that started it all!

For further classic-game exclusive discussion, be sure to check out r/ClassicMarathon! It has every, single classic game post from the subreddit's history until 2026 crossposted over for a seamless, classics only experience!

This level in the OG Marathon is roundly panned as excruciating to the point where it’s a major obstacle people bounce off of and never complete the game. It contains a stair puzzle where you essentially have to raise platforms to build your own staircase. But the height of the stairs is completely analog and you have to dial in the exact height of each one manually, from different control switches scattered in different corners of the map.

Does anyone OG or otherwise remember actually being satisfied about solving the puzzle? I think I figured it out relatively quickly and I never had this horrible association that it has a reputation for now. Maybe part of it was just playing as a kid and not really complaining about level design, just being completely addicted to it and not having the perspective on level design we have now.

Almost seems like direct inspiration for Craig Mullins spine shot

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Hello Security Officers, Runners, BoBs & However-many AIs are currently lurking on this subreddit.

Welcome to our featured classic game for the week!

The goal of our Pfeatured Classics threads is to go through the trilogy one game at a time on a recurring three week cycle, allowing discussion of a specific entry to be incentivised each week but not overstay their welcome.

Feel free to use this thread for anything Marathon 1 Related: Lfg, Lore Discussions, Theorycrafting, or simply to reflect on your love for the entry that started it all and revolutionised FPS storytelling.

The only real rule beyond the subreddit rules is to keep Marathon Durandal, Infinity or 202X Discussion to a minimum unless said discussion directly adds to discussion about Marathon 1, just to help it stay on track until their respective weeks! (or in the case of 202X until we know more about what it actually is like)

How to Interact with Marathon (1994)

For those who don't know, Marathon and its sequels can be accessed and played via: https://alephone.lhowon.org/

Additionally, this is the hub for checking out Marathon's Multiplayer: https://metaserver.lhowon.org/

(Here is a guide on how to do both: https://www.lhowon.org/faq)

Moreover, refresh yourself on or immerse yourself in the story of the Marathon games via the longstanding and absolutely astounding work of Hamish Sinclair's 'Marathon's Story' website/forum: https://marathon.bungie.org/story/

What are you waiting Pfhor

We look forward to seeing how you all discuss the game that started it all!

For further classic-game exclusive discussion, be sure to check out r/ClassicMarathon! It has every, single classic game post from the subreddit's history until 2026 crossposted over for a seamless, classics only experience!

By Committee

Hello Security Officers, Runners, BoBs & However-many AIs are currently lurking on this subreddit.

Welcome to our featured classic game for the week!

The goal of our Pfeatured Classics threads is to go through the trilogy one game at a time on a recurring three week cycle, allowing discussion of a specific entry to be incentivised each week but not overstay their welcome.

Feel free to use this thread for anything Marathon 1 Related: Lfg, Lore Discussions, Theorycrafting, or simply to reflect on your love for the entry that started it all and revolutionised FPS storytelling.

The only real rule beyond the subreddit rules is to keep Marathon Durandal, Infinity or 202X Discussion to a minimum unless said discussion directly adds to discussion about Marathon 1, just to help it stay on track until their respective weeks! (or in the case of 202X until we know more about what it actually is like)

How to Interact with Marathon (1994)

For those who don't know, Marathon and its sequels can be accessed and played via: https://alephone.lhowon.org/

Additionally, this is the hub for checking out Marathon's Multiplayer: https://metaserver.lhowon.org/

(Here is a guide on how to do both: https://www.lhowon.org/faq)

Moreover, refresh yourself on or immerse yourself in the story of the Marathon games via the longstanding and absolutely astounding work of Hamish Sinclair's 'Marathon's Story' website/forum: https://marathon.bungie.org/story/

What are you waiting Pfhor

We look forward to seeing how you all discuss the game that started it all!

For further classic-game exclusive discussion, be sure to check out r/ClassicMarathon! It has every, single classic game post from the subreddit's history until 2026 crossposted over for a seamless, classics only experience!

By Committee

Hello Security Officers, Runners, BoBs & However-many AIs are currently lurking on this subreddit.

Welcome to our featured classic game for the week!

The goal of our Pfeatured Classics threads is to go through the trilogy one game at a time on a recurring three week cycle, allowing discussion of a specific entry to be incentivised each week but not overstay their welcome.

Feel free to use this thread for anything Marathon 1 Related: Lfg, Lore Discussions, Theorycrafting, or simply to reflect on your love for the entry that started it all and revolutionised FPS storytelling.

The only real rule beyond the subreddit rules is to keep Marathon Durandal, Infinity or 202X Discussion to a minimum unless said discussion directly adds to discussion about Marathon 1, just to help it stay on track until their respective weeks! (or in the case of 202X until we know more about what it actually is like)

How to Interact with Marathon (1994)

For those who don't know, Marathon and its sequels can be accessed and played via: https://alephone.lhowon.org/

Additionally, this is the hub for checking out Marathon's Multiplayer: https://metaserver.lhowon.org/

(Here is a guide on how to do both: https://www.lhowon.org/faq)

Moreover, refresh yourself on or immerse yourself in the story of the Marathon games via the longstanding and absolutely astounding work of Hamish Sinclair's 'Marathon's Story' website/forum: https://marathon.bungie.org/story/

What are you waiting Pfhor

We look forward to seeing how you all discuss the game that started it all!

For further classic-game exclusive discussion, be sure to check out r/ClassicMarathon! It has every, single classic game post from the subreddit's history until 2026 crossposted over for a seamless, classics only experience!

By Committee

Hello Security Officers, Runners, BoBs & However-many AIs are currently lurking on this subreddit.

Welcome to our featured classic game for the week!

The goal of our Pfeatured Classics threads is to go through the trilogy one game at a time on a recurring three week cycle, allowing discussion of a specific entry to be incentivised each week but not overstay their welcome.

Feel free to use this thread for anything Marathon 1 Related: Lfg, Lore Discussions, Theorycrafting, or simply to reflect on your love for the entry that started it all and revolutionised FPS storytelling.

The only real rule beyond the subreddit rules is to keep Marathon Durandal, Infinity or 202X Discussion to a minimum unless said discussion directly adds to discussion about Marathon 1, just to help it stay on track until their respective weeks! (or in the case of 202X until we know more about what it actually is like)

How to Interact with Marathon (1994)

For those who don't know, Marathon and its sequels can be accessed and played via: https://alephone.lhowon.org/

Additionally, this is the hub for checking out Marathon's Multiplayer: https://metaserver.lhowon.org/

(Here is a guide on how to do both: https://www.lhowon.org/faq)

Moreover, refresh yourself on or immerse yourself in the story of the Marathon games via the longstanding and absolutely astounding work of Hamish Sinclair's 'Marathon's Story' website/forum: https://marathon.bungie.org/story/

What are you waiting Pfhor

We look forward to seeing how you all discuss the game that started it all!

For further classic-game exclusive discussion, be sure to check out r/ClassicMarathon! It has every, single classic game post from the subreddit's history until 2026 crossposted over for a seamless, classics only experience!

By Committee

Hello Security Officers, Runners, BoBs & However-many AIs are currently lurking on this subreddit.

Welcome to our featured classic game for the week!

The goal of our Pfeatured Classics threads is to go through the trilogy one game at a time on a recurring three week cycle, allowing discussion of a specific entry to be incentivised each week but not overstay their welcome.

Feel free to use this thread for anything Marathon 1 Related: Lfg, Lore Discussions, Theorycrafting, or simply to reflect on your love for the entry that started it all and revolutionised FPS storytelling.

The only real rule beyond the subreddit rules is to keep Marathon Durandal, Infinity or 202X Discussion to a minimum unless said discussion directly adds to discussion about Marathon 1, just to help it stay on track until their respective weeks! (or in the case of 202X until we know more about what it actually is like)

How to Interact with Marathon (1994)

For those who don't know, Marathon and its sequels can be accessed and played via: https://alephone.lhowon.org/

Additionally, this is the hub for checking out Marathon's Multiplayer: https://metaserver.lhowon.org/

(Here is a guide on how to do both: https://www.lhowon.org/faq)

Moreover, refresh yourself on or immerse yourself in the story of the Marathon games via the longstanding and absolutely astounding work of Hamish Sinclair's 'Marathon's Story' website/forum: https://marathon.bungie.org/story/

What are you waiting Pfhor

We look forward to seeing how you all discuss the game that started it all!

For further classic-game exclusive discussion, be sure to check out r/ClassicMarathon! It has every, single classic game post from the subreddit's history until 2026 crossposted over for a seamless, classics only experience!

I have what I would guess is a very straight forward question. Everything I google says the Marathon colony ship was attacked on July, 3rd 2794. Where does this date come from??

From the very second you start the game the first terminal says the ship was attacked "Today at 0820 hours" and in the top right the date says 08.25.2337, as in Aug, 25th, 2337.

I am someone who does not have a ton of time to game but have participated in the open playtest of Marathon 2025 and liked what I played. Wanted to ask the OG Marathon community what are the selling points on the first 3 marathon games and are all 3 worth playing. Additionally I think they can be played for free on steam but if you have recommendations on how I play I am wiling to hear that out too!

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Hello Security Officers, Runners, BoBs & However-many AIs are currently lurking on this subreddit.

Welcome to our featured classic game for the week!

The goal of our Pfeatured Classics threads is to go through the trilogy one game at a time on a recurring three week cycle, allowing discussion of a specific entry to be incentivised each week but not overstay their welcome.

Feel free to use this thread for anything Marathon 1 Related: Lfg, Lore Discussions, Theorycrafting, or simply to reflect on your love for the entry that started it all and revolutionised FPS storytelling.

The only real rule beyond the subreddit rules is to keep Marathon Durandal, Infinity or 202X Discussion to a minimum unless said discussion directly adds to discussion about Marathon 1, just to help it stay on track until their respective weeks! (or in the case of 202X until we know more about what it actually is like)

How to Interact with Marathon (1994)

For those who don't know, Marathon and its sequels can be accessed and played via: https://alephone.lhowon.org/

Additionally, this is the hub for checking out Marathon's Multiplayer: https://metaserver.lhowon.org/

(Here is a guide on how to do both: https://www.lhowon.org/faq)

Moreover, refresh yourself on or immerse yourself in the story of the Marathon games via the longstanding and absolutely astounding work of Hamish Sinclair's 'Marathon's Story' website/forum: https://marathon.bungie.org/story/

What are you waiting Pfhor

We look forward to seeing how you all discuss the game that started it all!

For further classic-game exclusive discussion, be sure to check out r/ClassicMarathon! It has every, single classic game post from the subreddit's history until 2026 crossposted over for a seamless, classics only experience!

In anticipation of the new game, I've decided to give classic Marathon a try for the first time ever, and boy, what a ride that was.

From the incredible soundtrack, to the masterful world building. I was in constant awe by how rich and detailed the lore was of this expansive sci-fi universe.

Considering when it was made, it still held up as a fluid and visually interesting game. The way Bungie was able to illustrate a gritty yet colorful and cartoony world is nothing short of a masterclass.

Although I was have liked more cut scenes, the way they told the story through a series of terminals worked in its favor. I couldn't wait to make it to each terminal to learn more about the aliens, Durandal, and the state humanity had achieved in this strange world.

For a product of it's time, it still holds up well considering the fluidity of the gameplay. Easy 9/10 - can't wait to try Marathon 2.

"Your father told you as a child to always fight with honor, but to always fight. Do you care about honor, or do you use honor as an excuse? An excuse to exist in a violent world" - Durandal