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ASE Ep. 29 Never Burn Money Marathon 1 lvl 3
Submitted by narcogen on Fri, 05/24/2013 - 00:59Narcogen and Blackstar play Level 3 of Bungie's classic sci fi shooter, Marathon: Never Burn Money. Leela tasks us with recovering three chips to repair the Marathon's defensive system, and on our own we attempt to reach an isolated and cryptic terminal that may hold the secret to the identity either of the mysterious security officer who is the player's avatar, or the even more mysterious door-controlling Durandal we have yet to meet.
We've gotten some useful feedback on past episodes, and I'll just acknowledge it here:
Yes, we are rusty. I haven't done much mouse and keyboard FPS gaming since the Unreal Tournament days, and it shows. Hopefully we'l get into a groove and I hope to ratchet the difficulty up a bit as we play. Right now we're on normal, hopefully we can get up to Total Carnage before the game is over.
Yes, we missed some spots. We missed a garbled terminal and a hidden door in the first level; I've gone back to record that and it'll be in a future episode. In level two I made the easy grenade hop and put it after the credits, but didn't make the big one. In this level, we made a couple of attempts to do the grenade climb to reach the Gheritt White terminal, but failed. For that, I am bringing in a ringer. More on that later.
UPDATE: This video of Never Burn Money by Vidmasters Challenge shows the same level in the original Marathon engine, at Total Carnage difficulty. The player reaches the room where the grenade climb is at 01:30. The player actually does the climb twice-- once to reach the 3X shield recharge from the floor, and a second time to reach the ledge with the terminal.
For more information on this level, visit the Marathon Spoiler Guide:
http://marathon.bungie.org/spoiler/m1/2.shtml
For more information on the Gheritt White terminal, visit the Marathon Story
Page:
http://marathon.bungie.org/story/gheritt.html
This podcast uses:
Aleph One, free and open source versions of Marathon for Windows, Mac and Linux at http://source.bungie.org
Remixes of the Marathon soundtrack by Craig Hardgrove at http://themarathonmusic.com
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Music used in this episode:
"What About Bob?" by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove (intro music)
"fatman" by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove (gameplay background music)
"New Pacific (Reprise)" by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove (outro music)
For original Marathon soundtracks as well as Craig Hardgrove's remixes, visit Craig's Marathon Music page:
How To Open Sheet Music Files
Submitted by narcogen on Mon, 02/11/2008 - 22:53To open PrintMusic files, get the free FinaleNotepad program. Versions are available for Windows and Mac OS X. It opens PrintMusic files, as well as imports and exports MIDI.
To download the free program, the Finale website will require you to register a free account with them. Be sure to check the opt-in marketing settings at the bottom of the form if you don't want them to email you or give your contact information to their partners.
UPDATE: The free program for reading PrintMusic files is now Finale Reader.
How To Upload Sheet Music
Submitted by narcogen on Mon, 02/04/2008 - 03:30
After the last tutorial on how to download sheet music files there were some requests on how to upload files to the site for other readers to see.
If you've transcribed some music from Halo or any other Bungie or Wideload game and would like to share it with the community here through Rampancy's sheet music section, first you need to have an account, confirm that account, and be logged in. All of those steps are covered in the tutorial on How To Download Sheet Music Files. After you've followed those steps, come back here.
How To Download Sheet Music Files
Submitted by narcogen on Fri, 02/01/2008 - 03:23Every so often readers have some trouble obtaining access to the sheet music files on Rampancy.net. Below is a short tutorial to help you out.
The short answer is that these files are freely available to anyone. All I ask in return is that you register an account first. Registration is free. I don't give out your email address to anyone, and the site will not mail you anything unless you ask.
ASE Ep. 28: Marathon 1 - 2 Bigger Guns Nearby
Submitted by narcogen on Fri, 05/17/2013 - 05:13Blackstar and Narcogen continue playing through the classic Bungie scifi shooter and precursor to Halo, Marathon.
Special thanks again to Craig Hardgrove for his excellent soundtrack remixes.
Wait after the credits for a short bonus of one (easy) grenade hop and the infrared goggles.
We're doing this playthrough with:
Aleph One, free and open source versions of Marathon for Windows, Mac and Linux at http://source.bungie.org
Remixes of the Marathon soundtrack by Craig Hardgrove at http://themarathonmusic.com
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Subscribe to the iTunes channel or RSS feed for video and audio podcasts:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/anger-sadness-and-envy/id266991411?mt=2
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Music used in this episode:
"What About Bob?" by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove (intro music)
"Leela" by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove (gameplay background music)
"New Pacific (Reprise)" by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove (outro music)
Anger, Sadness and Envy Ep. 27: Craig Hardgrove
Submitted by narcogen on Wed, 05/08/2013 - 23:30
In this episode of Anger, Sadness and Envy, Narcogen talks to Mars Science Laboratory planetary scientist Craig Hardgrove, fan of Bungie games and master remixer of the Marathon soundtrack about Marathon, Destiny, as well as Call of Duty and Bioshock Infinite. You can hear Hardgrove every week on the Guardian Radio podcast as well!
Show Notes:
- Mars Curiosity Cameras
- Remixing Marathon's Music
- Hardgrove Interviews Alex Seropian
- Music for Aleph One
- Recreating Vintage MIDI Sound
- Removing the Music: Marathon Sequels
- Total Audio: Myth and Halo
- Exploration vs Shooting
- Terminals in Marathon and Halo
- Exploration in Halo
- Offtopic: Bioshock Infinite
- Water on Mars
Music used in this episode:
Chomber by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove
Swirls by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove
Landing by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove
Siege of Madrigal by Marty O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori
Leela by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove
Flowers In Heaven by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove
Anger, Sadness and Envy 26: Marathon 1-1 Arrival
Submitted by narcogen on Thu, 05/02/2013 - 06:51Here at Rampancy, we'll be starting a new series on the Anger, Sadness and Envy podcast: a video Let's Play series of Bungie's classic science fiction shooter, Marathon, as played using the modern Aleph One engine under Mac OS X. All three games in the Marathon series (Marathon 1 and 2 by Bungie, and Marathon Infinity by Double Aught, a studio made up of Bungie alums) are available to play on Mac, Windows, and Linux from http://source.bungie.org.
We'll also be playing with a remixed version of the Marathon music, originally written by Bungie founder Alex Seropian and remixed and remastered by JPL planetary scientist Chris Hardgrove. (We don't talk about the music in the first episode but we'll get to it, I promise). You can get his remix, as well as lots of other cool Marathon music-related stuff, at http://themarathonmusic.com
So, without further ado, the first level of Marathon 1: Arrival as played by Blackstar and myself.
Science, Not Shooting
Submitted by narcogen on Sun, 04/07/2013 - 03:00
Craig Hardgrove, who is a planetary scientist working for JPL and also a Bungie fan from quite aways back, has written an article for Guardians of Destiny, talking about why he loves Halo, why he hates Call of Duty, and what he hopes to see in Destiny. (Hardgrove is also a fan of Bungie's Marathon series and even did some remakes of the game's music.)
Super Marathon on the Pippin Console by Bandai
Submitted by narcogen on Thu, 03/21/2013 - 03:56Before Halo on the Xbox, before Oni on the PlayStation 2, there was Super Marathon on the ill-fated Bandai Pippin.
Worth a mention today for a couple of reasons-- Bungie's David "Evil Otto" Candland pointed it out today on Twitter, and the Activision contract gives Bungie the opportunity to start work on a Marathon title if certain milestones are met...
For the curious, @Bungie's first console title was Super Marathon, released exclusively for the Bandai Pippin.
David "Evil Otto" Candland
The 10th Warrior
Submitted by narcogen on Thu, 03/14/2013 - 12:58Note by Recon54:
"by: Bryan "Brymen" Mendoza
A film homage to Marathon netplay, featuring the music of Underworld ("Cowgirl") coupled with rapidfire editing of net films, chapter screens and other artwork.
Remember, this is years before any Halo montages."
The title is in reference to the "security officer" protagonist of Bungie's Marathon series, who is the 10th and "missing" military cyborg.
New Marathon File Archive Opens
Submitted by narcogen on Mon, 02/11/2013 - 04:45
Over at marathon.bungie.org this week comes the announcement of the opening of the newly-renovated archive site for Marathon-related files:
Go check it out!
Marathon Infinity Speedrun by Cody Miller
Submitted by narcogen on Mon, 02/11/2013 - 03:46Cody Miller's speedrun of Marathon Infinity on the Mac.
Made in 2005, he completes the game in 24:35.
Marathon Rubicon Gameplay
Submitted by narcogen on Sun, 02/10/2013 - 10:15Rubicon was a third party expansion pack for Marathon. It works in the modern version of the Marathon engine, Aleph One.
Macsrule123 has a series of various Marathon movies on his page:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Macsrule123/videos?view=0
Marathon Montage
Submitted by narcogen on Sun, 02/10/2013 - 10:14Macsrule123 has a series of various Marathon movies on his page:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Macsrule123/videos?view=0
Let's Play Marathon 2: Durandal Part 1: Waterloo Waterpark
Submitted by narcogen on Sun, 02/10/2013 - 09:42xxxkeyesxxx started a Marathon 2 walkthrough. Check out his list of videos for the other parts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz34Tdc3nuk&list=UUcj8y3o3ZYmri341dvUf_Xw&index=17
