Doom popularised the FPS, Marathon advanced it - a Marathon (1994) analysis

Marathon was ahead of its time, breaking new ground and pioneering features and systems which advanced the FPS genre. In this video, I reveal how. Time for another fan analysis!

#Marathon #Bungie #gaming #review

0:00 - Intro
3:36 - Gameplay
_Setting - 3:36
_Combat - 15:02
_Allies & Enemies - 26:16
_Difficulty - 36:36
_Issues - 38:58
43:21 - The Story
1:08:01 - Lore
_CRISTs - 1:11:02
_Misriah Massacre - 1:14:26
_The Pfhor - 1:16:53
_Human History - 1:18:16
_Tycho - 1:20:30
_Durandal - 1:27:36
_Security Officer - 1:44:24
_Tau Ceti - 1:50:38
_Terminal Dates - 1:52:57
_Misc Points - 1:54:18
_Number 7 - 1:54:53
_The Woman - 2:00:48
_Gherrit White - 2:02:18
_S'pht Termination - 2:05:11
2:08:25 - Themes
2:13:46 - Development
2:25:16 - Conclusion

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Credits

Thumbnail character art by juzo-kun on Deviant Art
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Sources
Doom sales
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91962...

Interview with Bungie (Jason Jones) post Marathon release
   • Interview with Bungie Software 1995  

The meaning of the Marathon logo, comic pages, early alpha screenshots
https://marathon.bungie.org/story/bla...

Article that states marathon would include cyberspace
https://marathon.bungie.org/story/img...

https://www.zmescience.com/science/ho...

Marathon Guinness record
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/...

https://www.space.com/kardashev-scale
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardash...

End of universe
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/p...
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-...
https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...

Images
Old Apple Macintosh: https://apple-history.com/lciii
https://blogsocialingot.wordpress.com...
Beta Lyra: Chesley Bonestell
Original Marathon level notes: https://marathon.bungie.org/story/ori...
Greg Kirkpatrick's "read my lips" quote: https://marathon.bungie.org/story/Gre...
Azathoth: https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Aza...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus
https://osxdaily.com/2019/05/12/how-t...
Forge pics: https://www.macintoshrepository.org/5...

Pexels media
See Credits file via this link: https://1drv.ms/t/s!Ap9yZTEYCKqzgQmVH...

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