Marathon for FREE! (Legally!)

[English Mobster]

http://source.bungie.org/get/
Bungie has apparently released the source code for Marathon along with the Marathon game for free. It's a bit confusing to use, and once you do get a chance to use it, you still need to change the controls, but it is, indeed Marathon.

Installing the program
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Uncompress the Aleph One/SDL Windows archive. Inside is an AlephOne.exe,
which, along with Fonts, you should copy to your data files folder. If you
don't already have a Themes folder, you should copy that as well. You
don't need to copy Scripts if you already have one; even if you don't, you
should only copy it to Marathon 2 or Marathon Infinity to enable
transparent liquids and sprites.

You can move each Aleph One directory anywhere you like as long as the
application is kept together with the data files. Note, though, that
moving the directory after you've already run Aleph One may confuse some
of the preferences. In this case, the simplest recovery is to delete
"Aleph One Preferences" and let it be regenerated. Alternatively, the
file could be hand-edited to repair paths or to simply remove the
offending entries (they'll be regenerated the next time A1 runs).

To install the Marathon data files, read the next section.

If you downloaded the Aleph One/SDL source, see "Compiling from source",
below.


Installing the data files
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To play Aleph One, you will also need Marathon graphics, sound and map
files. Bungie has released these files to the public, you can download
them here:

http://trilogyrelease.bungie.org

Make sure to download the files marked "Windows" or "SDL"

In layman's terms:
First, download the Aleph One pack off of here. Unzip Aleph One into a folder for each game (For instance, "Marathon 1", "Marathon 2", etc.) and then click on the Aleph One executable in each folder. A few seconds later, some more folders will appear. Then, download the separate scenarios for each Marathon game. Unzip these into their respective folders, overwriting any the existing Aleph One stuff. Once Marathon has been unzipped, click on the Aleph One executable, and Marathon will launch!


I had more, but printscreen + paint = fail.

[ultama121]

Not only is this years old, but there is a thread exactly like this one not too far down the page.

http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?t=13861

[English Mobster]

Haha, I didn't see it.
Sorry about cluttering it up Polar. I'll use search next time. =P