The Marathon Touch Project

[dmgmantis]

http://code.google.com/p/marathontouch/
Even More updates:
http://mattsblawg.blogspot.com/

Check there for more info on my current project for porting Marathon to the iTouch.
PLEASE, NO MORE PM'S. Follow this Link: http://source.bungie.org/get/
Please, feel free to email me at tehpwnzormatt@gmail.com.

FOR THE LAST TIME, STOP PMING FOR THE "SOURCE" or the "REPO." ITS CURRENTLY IN DEVLOPMENT, MEANS ITS NOT OUT YET. I MEANT PLAY THE PC VERSION SO YOU KNOW WHAT MARATHON IS.

[dmgmantis]

PM me if you never played Marathon Before and if you want to play it, i just made an Installer which installs the 3 Games, plus the High Def pack for the First Game with The Source Code.

[bkram1]

Lol I got marathon and track and Field mixed up. I was thinking, bungie made track and field??? Sounds like a great project, I don't know what I can do to help though.

[Mindfield]

I got Marathon 2 and M: Infinity working with AlephOne and the hi def pack, but I have to go back and grab the original Marathon and get that going.

I just tried Infinity -- and it still uses the same engine, more or less, so in fact it might be possible to get the whole triliogy working. (Minus the Hi Def pack, of course.)

[dmgmantis]

Yeah, your right, Aleph One is based off of Durandal's Engine.

Try Marathon first, turn the music off, then its more eerie.
Thats another thing though: Adding an option to turn off user's Music when game starts or the double clicking the home button to access your music controls like that or what?

I love the Music, even though its MIDI.

[Mindfield]

Originally Posted by dmgmantis

Yeah, your right, Aleph One is based off of Durandal's Engine.

Try Marathon first, turn the music off, then its more eerie.
Thats another thing though: Adding an option to turn off user's Music when game starts or the double clicking the home button to access your music controls like that or what?

I love the Music, even though its MIDI.

I've never been big on in-game music anyway. Although when it used cinematically, as in Half Life 2, it adds some great atmosphere to the game. However, when played throughout the game, I find that it detracts from the immersion.

You probably could have it play random MP3s from the player's playlist, I'm sure that wouldn't be a difficult thing to add.

[dmgmantis]

It wouldnt be difficult, though i would really like an option to select a special playlist (i.e. Ive got a playlist called "Teh Gaming Mix") which i listen to while i game. So, you select that from the Settings menu before you start Marathon, and the songs randomly play.

I want to find somebody who will want to recreate the Marathon Music being not so Midi-ish. I just love the Atmosphere of the game.

[Mindfield]

Originally Posted by dmgmantis

I want to find somebody who will want to recreate the Marathon Music being not so Midi-ish. I just love the Atmosphere of the game.

If you can extract the MIDI files or somehow record the music I'll see what I can do.

[dmgmantis]

Im pretty sure i saw some Mp3's Extracting while i was extracting in WinRAR, ill check it out..

Edit: Check in your Tracks Folder in your Marathon root.

[Mindfield]

Originally Posted by dmgmantis

Im pretty sure i saw some Mp3's Extracting while i was extracting in WinRAR, ill check it out..

Edit: Check in your Tracks Folder in your Marathon root.

So it is.

They sound like 4-track MOD files converted to MP3, which is why they sound as crap as they do. The "Chomber" track also uses a 7/8 time signature, which is kind of interesting. Some nice ambient tracks there too. It'd be nice to have the original MOD files for these though, but I can do without them.

Anyway, I've attached a VERY rough beginning to Fat Man. Tell me what you think.