Classic [1994] Marathon coming on Steam

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2398450/Classic_Marathon/

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PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 2y

Shout out to Aleph One which has the trilogy for all platforms, open source. You can also snag it on iOS for free

Edit; oh, looks like it’s Aleph One that’s publishing it on steam. Wonder if it’ll be free there as well.

ephrin@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Sigh… of course THE classic exclusive Mac title is coming out for Windows only.

hal_5700X@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

But Proton will make it work on Linux.

ephrin@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

I can probably get it to work on Whiskey on Mac too.

Repelle@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

I loved the marathon trilogy as a child. One of them was the first game I ever played on a multi monitor setup. Will be great to replay

Arghblarg@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Now do Myth:TFL please! (And Soulblighter) These are painful to even barely get working on modern machines.

psvrh@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Honestly, just use full virtualization.

Modern hardware is fast enough that anything that's too old to run directly is (usually) also no so demanding as to be a problem under full virtualization.

Arghblarg@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y

Yeah, I guess I'll end up doing that. I managed to get some other old games going under various versions of Proton or vanilla Wine but Myth seems really finicky. WinXP VM it is, I guess!

deranger@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

This is a good game but goddamn are some of the level layouts and puzzles frustrating. Colony ship for sale, cheap anyone?

psvrh@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y

What's the benefit to this release versus the "normal" Aleph One?