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- On 24 May 1996 00:10:24 GMT, plonk@freenet2.scri.fsu.edu (Erich James
- Plondke) managed to wrangle those pesky characters into a marginally
- coherent thought:
-
- >First, I would like to say that you are doing a great job, and your hard work
- >is showing.
- >
- >I own a mac, but I'm probably going to get a PC. The hardest part of the
- >transition, however , is the total lack of Marathon for the PC. Is there
-
- Bungie has announced that they are going to release Marathon 2? (i
- think) for Windows 95. You may have to hold out a while, but it
- should be available soon.
-
- Below is a copy of their Web site announcement:
- http://www.bungie.com/M2WinPR.html
-
- "MARATHON 2: DURANDAL"
- UNLEASHED FOR WINDOWSfi 95
-
- CHICAGO, IL-March 30, 1996-So your machine is stoked for action with
- Windows 95, a fistful of RAM, accelerators, graphic and sound cards;
- everything you need to jam. Uh...
- now what? Where's the software optimized for all this capacity?
-
- Now, for high-end, immersive gaming that fulfills the promise of their
- new technology, gamers have Marathon 2 : Durandal, a game
- sophisticated enough to require the performance of
- Windows 95, and designed to take full advantage of it.
-
- Gamers will find razor-sharp, 16-bit, texture-mapped SVGA graphics,
- wicked smooth speed, movement through multiple elevations with 5
- degrees of freedom (looking up and down),
- 16-bit sound in active panning stereo (which gives cues to your
- location and situation), and the ambient sounds of howling winds and
- raging rivers that heighten the realism of outdoor
- and underwater environments.
-
- Jaded gamers will appreciate features rare in the 1st-person genre:
- motion sensors, a realistic physics model, non-player characters that
- speak and fight with you, 8-player
- networkability, and network game scenarios like King of the Hill and
- Kill the Guy with the Ball which require more strategy and cunning
- than the standard network shootout.
-
- Finally, gamers will enjoy a streamlined interface with important
- features overlooked in some games, like customizability, easy
- installation, a replay feature to review networked carnage,
- performance-boosting options, and most of all, a gripping sci-fi story
- that develops in complexity over the course of the game.
-
- With all this, Marathon 2 is loaded. Whether it's played solo or in a
- group, it stimulates all the senses, surrounding players in a world
- that is at once beautiful and menacing. From the
- designers of the multi-award winning classic Marathon, Marathon 2 is
- currently the top-selling game on the Mac OS. Legions of players are
- already making their own maps, battling in
- their own tournaments, and dedicating webpages to unravelling the
- intricacies of the story.
-
- Marathon 2: Durandal is optimized for Windows 95 and runs in 8, 16 and
- 24-bit color. The game requires a 486 or better (Pentium recommended),
- 5 MB RAM, 256-color SVGA
- (640x480), and double-speed CD-ROM drive. Marathon 2 has a retail
- price of $79.99 (street price, of course, will be much lower) and will
- be available at local retail stores, through
- mail order catalogs, or can be ordered directly from Bungie Software:
- (800-295-0060) or www.bungie.com.
-
-
- ---
-
- PLEASE NOTE - The neither the demo nor the full version of Marathon 2
- for Windows 95 are presently available. The Windows 95 demo, when it
- appears, will be clearly marked as
- such.
-
- > plonk
- >
-
- The Student Formerly Known As Aaron Hickmann*
- DNRC Unite!
- (*The concept embodied in this statement has been
- determined to be both unpronouceable and unreproducable.
- Due to the limitations of the English language, the
- closest concept can be considered the modern day
- conception of a deity.)
-
-