While the original Marathon is out now on Steam, sequels Marathon 2: Durandal and Marathon Infinity will be added at a later date. It is worth noting that these are modified versions of the original games, with painstaking work taken on by the Aleph One community to ensure that the game runs properly on modern systems.

The Marathon trilogy was a series of classic shooters made exclusively for Macintosh computers of the time. Since then, the three games have gotten a cult following, thanks in large part to how many of the seeds for storylines that take place in Halo were originally planted in the Marathon games.

Plans to release Marathon on Steam were first announced back in March. The Aleph One version of Marathon features several improvements over the original game, including support for 60+ FPS, and even a HUD.

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Hangar 96 – Marathon Infinity

Way back in the day, Bungie made its name with titles like Myth and Marathon, the latter considered as the precursor to the Halo series. In 1996’s Marathon Infinity, there were three bonus “dream” levels that all referenced Hangar 96. It may have just been something within the Marathon lore but that wasn’t enough for some players who went about looking for ways to unlock it. The “solution” involved taking the hexadecimal code appearing in terminals from the first and last levels, combining them together, converting that into code to create a new level and then adding it to the game. This resulted in the unlocking of a new multiplayer map called “Hats off to Eight Nineteen” that had the “Hangar 96” label. Long story short, never underestimate the dedication of some fans to investigate seemingly unimportant details. Speaking of which…