Malcolm Owen
Bungie has finally brought all of the "Marathon" trilogy of games to Steam, with "Marathon Infinity" now playable for free on modern Macs.
In May, Bungie started to bring Marathon to Steam, with the intention of bringing all three titles to the digital storefront as free releases. On Thursday, Bungie concluded the trilogy.
Classic Marathon Infinity is a free game on the Steam storefront, playable on both Mac and Windows PC. It is a faithful re-release of the 1995 first-person shooter, using the original data files, but modernized.
These modernizations include widescreen HUD support, 3D filtering, positional audio, and 60+ fps interpolation, all under the Aleph One game engine.
Marathon Infinity has players seized by the rogue AI Durandal and forced to seek the remains of a lost clan and its secrets within ancient ruins on the edge of the galaxy. The game forces players into battling opponents with "sophisticated weapons and devious strategies."
The game's minimum system requirements include macOS High Sierra running on a Mac with either Apple Silicon or an Intel Core M chip, 4GB of memory, and 100MB of storage.
The Steam release follows after two earlier games in the series, also provided for free on the platform. Classic Marathon was republished in May, while Classic Marathon 2 landed in July.
The classic rereleases will potentially keep fans happy while Bungie works on a spiritual reboot. Marathon, announced in May 2023, is a modern retelling of the game within the same universe, but will be playable on the PlayStation 5.
A release date for the new Marathon has not been announced.
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Aaahhhhhhhh theyreee everywhereeeeeeeee!!
Awesome.
we used to play the original marathon on Work’s network during lunch time. This was back when Doom was the thing on PC. But Bungie’s Marathon was an order of magnitude superior.
Fabulous. My second hooked-on game and I was so into it in the mid-to-late-90s, pushing the then PowerMac 604 chips to the max.
HALO then came along in the early Noughties and I never looked back.
Hopefully, a fully realized version of Oni will also follow. I was so peeved, after waiting years for Oni, just to have it swept under the rug when Microsoft brought all the limelight to Halo