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Bungie before Halo
#362633 01/04/12 04:13 PM
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I noticed a member's signature was a line from Bungie's Marathon series. A precursor to Halo. The "lost" true precursor to Halo is a game called Oni. I didn't play either. I played Myth: The Fallen Lords and Myth 2: Soulblighter, both ugh hits for Bungie. I was Poet Cowboy on that server and while I was not famous I was somewhat recognized. Bungie started advertising Halo during my Myth 2 days. My original iMac was not going to be able to handle it so I started saving. About a week after I bought a Quicksilver G4 Tower , Bungie was purchased by Microsoft so the XBOX could have Halo. Mac would not be getting it.



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Lampshade #362649 01/04/12 06:41 PM
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Wooooo!

Marathon is available now as open source: http://marathon.sourceforge.net/


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Lampshade #362672 01/04/12 09:04 PM
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Ken and I both played Marathon and Myth (all versions of each) incessantlyback in college. I was even a member of a guild that had weekly appointments with Myth.

I forget what I called myself, though, or the name of the guild.

I played Oni, too, and enjoyed it well enough.

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It was The Forsaken, and you were Asmodean.

Details. I remember details.


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Ken.C #362699 01/05/12 12:27 AM
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Also:

Casualty.


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Ken.C #362718 01/05/12 02:52 AM
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Casualty! oh the memories

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Now you can blow stuff up!


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Ken.C #362732 01/05/12 04:35 AM
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Myth II is available for Macs, Windows, and Linux. If you still have the original install discs (I do not) you can play the full version. If not, there's a demo version.

http://projectmagma.net/

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pmbuko #384512 10/22/12 03:00 PM
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Dredging up an old post, here. I just discovered that a internet buddy / professional peer was a Myth player. He was recently diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. His internet gaming buddies just revealed to him that they are getting him a sword cane with a bust of Soulblighter on the handle.

There are some pics on this Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/282401961879754/


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