A year ago, when Halo debuted, I was playing some multiplayer Halo at a friend's house and recalled just how strikingly similar Halo was to Marathon: Bungie's previous installment of First Person Shooters. I remember being overwhelmed with a deja vu-esque sense that I was in fact playing a Rose that was going by another name, and made a mental note to eventually look into the matter.
So I did some research, and came up with some fairly strong evidence to prove that it seems to be a very well done transfer of the Marathon legacy to the 3D gaming world. Why bother? Well, because as a fan of Marathon, I saw what an incredibly tight game Bungie had on their hands, and lamented the fact that nobody ever wanted to play a one of those "Mac games." By the responses I got, it seemed like I was asking them to do something immoral. To this day, many die-hard PC-only fanboys still scoff at the idea of Marathon. Can you blame Bungie for creating a sequel but changing the name in the interest of selling more titles?
There were rumors of Marathon "easter eggs" throughout Halo, and I think there's something more to the following similarities than "easter eggs." Games like Duke Nukem which had homages to nearly every FPS that came before it (Doom, Dark Forces, etc) had easter eggs. Halo has what I would call an identity crisis.
::WARNING:: HALO SPOILERS FOLLOW ::WARNING::
Single Player
The Marathon Logo.
It's seen in the game often enough for it to be almost persistent. The first place I noticed it was on the chest of Captain Keyes, the commanding officer of the Pillar of Autumn. This screengrab is from the opening cutscene, so you won't have to go very far in the game to see it for yourself. The Captain wears it here as if it's an emblem. Just as Star Trek officers wear the emblem of Starfleet on their chest, the Captain is seen here with the Marathon logo displayed proudly.
When looking for a website that discussed some of these rumored "easter eggs," I found a screengrab of the Pillar of Autumn, the capital warship you start out on in the beginning of the game (note: I'm not certain what part this screengrab is from, as the Pillar of Autumn isn't seen at this angle in the opening cutscene). While the logo is more hidden here among the geometry of the sihp, it's still displayed somewhat prominently (and largely), and towards the end of the game you can see it's mirrored on the opposite side of the ship as well.
Consider the bridge of the Halo itself. When the Master Chief walks out onto the gangplank for the first time, he's in the immense and expansive sphere shaped command center of Halo. The platform he's walking on extends and eventually intersects with a circular platform where the controls are located. I couldn't find any screengrabs that had a wide enough shot of the Halo control room, but if you look at the opening shot in the cinematic for that section, and imagine what it looks like from above, you can see that the negative space around the catwalk is the Marathon logo.
Lastly, we have Exhibit A. The Halo logo itself. This is a larger version of the Halo logo which I nabbed off of Bungie's site, but it's the exact same as the smaller one depicted on the front of the game box. Look in the background, dead center, just between the A and the L. You can't miss it. I don't know why I didn't see it when I first picked up the box. The Marathon logo dead center in the Halo logo pretty much seals it for me. This title was meant to be Marathon.
The Premise
It should be noted that both Marathon and Halo are nearly identical if one were to describe them to a friend: A First Person Shooter which involves the player using futuristic armor and weapons to defend the fate of the Earth and humanity itself from a hostile, unknown, alien civilization. The player is aided by an Artificial Intelligence onboard his ship, and can even use dropped alien weapons.
The Master Chief's Name is Bob.
When I first saw Halo, we were playing it in Multiplayer mode. What I saw was a bunch of Master Chiefs in Mark V armor running around, and something about the whole experience struck me as very familiar.
In Marathon, there were these characters who would show up from time to time to aid you in your quest. They were usually crew from the human ship you called home, and they were typically equipped with human weaponry. For whatever reason, be it their expendability or the fact that they all looked and sounded the same, they were nicknamed "Bobs." [Which turns out to mean "Born on Board." --b] By the time Marathon Infinity (the third Marathon in the series, and the one which most recently came out before Halo), the Bobs were upgraded to have armor (possibly Mark IV armor?) and a better pistol. Unfortunately I couldn't find a better screengrab on the net than these, but I think you can see how the Chief resembles a Bob all too closely.
Weapons
Marathon's weapons all had a very distinct and recognizable look to them, and some of Halo's bear a striking resemblance. Of those, the pistol has a vaguely similar look and feel about it, and the assault rifle is positively straight out of Marathon. The only thing it's missing is the grenade launcher underneath it. Even the ammo countdown (where each individual bullet is displayed as it is expended) is incredibly similar to Marathon.
But the giveaway is in the rocket laucher. In Marathon, the players and fans of the game nicknamed the rocket launcher the "Spanker." It was a two-shot, two barreled rocket launcher (one above the other). The Halo rocket launcher is a double barrelled two shot rocket launcher, and has the letters "SPNKR" written on the side of it and the ammo cases found laying around the levels. Coincidence? I don't think so.
Chapter Headings
Marathon and Halo both sport witty chapter titles at the beginning of each chapter and sub-chapter. It's a small point, but it's another one to add to the growing pile.
Your Artificial Friend
In both games, you are instructed by the ship's sentient onboard computer. In the case of Marathon it's Durandal, Leela, and Tycho, and in Halo, it's by Cortana. The AI play a pivotal role in all four games; without them your cyborg hero would lack direction. One could even argue that the addition of a second, sinister AI (343 Guilty Spark) harkens back to Marathon Infinity when Tycho (the "evil" AI) tried leading your character astray.
Mutliplayer
Speed
Worth noting is a sort of an unexplainable "zen" similarity between Marathon and Halo multiplayer: the speed at which you run. Considerably slower than any other FPS on the market, both games seem to move at a sim-like slow pace (compared to games like Quake and Unreal).
Body Physics
Marathon was probably the first FPS I had ever seen where they assigned a specific "death animation" to each way of dying. Of particular note was the rocket-launcher (or spanker) death, where the victim would fly through the air in an almost super-man like fashion flailing his arms and limbs, and upon hitting the ground, wall, or other solid surface, would turn into a pile of pink goo and bones.
Sure enough, if you hit a group of people/characters with a grenade or rocket in Halo, the bodies go flying. You won't see this in many other FPSs. Typically the other games tend to "gib" the victims into pieces rather than waste engine processing power projecting a parabolic arc for the body to fly in.
Gametypes
This pretty much put the icing on the Halo = Marathon 4 argument for me. After taking the grand tour of Halo, and seeing all of the familiar hallmarks of a Marathon game, I explored the multiplayer game types.
Marathon really expanded what "multiplayer" meant when it innovated the genre and came up with incredibly new and original game types to expand on the traditional deathmatch. While capture the flag was never an option in the original Marathon series, they came up with two types of deathmatch that are original to the Marathon franchise:
Kill the Man With the Ball. Is it in Halo? Would I be writing about it if it wasn't? Kill the Man With the Ball was this incredibly fun game wherein the object was to capture a skull which was placed in the middle of the arena, and whoever was able to hold the skull the longest won, but with a catch. The player holding the ball could not run (only walk), and could not use any weapons. Finding it in Halo was like seeing an old friend you hadn't heard from in a few years.
King of the Hill. No, it doesn't have anything to do with living in Texas. It's similar to KtMWtB, only now the winning player must stand in a designated zone longer than anyone else in the game. Standing in the zone doesn't nullify your weapons, but it does make you one hell of a target. Again, my heart sang when I found its welcome presence in Halo. The only other multiplayer games to ever even attempt these games was Goldeneye, so seeing Bungie carrying on the Marathon legacy is a sight for sore multiplayer eyes.
Is Halo just a Marathon sequel? Should it have been named Marathon: Halo? Will Bungie ever cop to the fact that Halo is Marathon 4, and not just an "homage?" I guess we'll never know for sure, but I know that there's a lot of Marathon fans out there who can't wait to get their hands on Marathon 5 Halo 2.
Research sources used:
http://www.bungie.com
http://halo.bungie.org
http://marathon.bungie.org
http://www.bungie.org
http://www.marathon.org
Has anyone seen the similarities between the Fusion Pistol in Marathon and the Plasma Pistol in Halo?
Halo takes place in the same universe but takes place 200 years after the launch of the UESC Marathon Colony Ship.
Does anyone other than me see the striking similarity between Durandal and 343 Guilty Spark?
Cortana will likely go rampant in Halo 2 or perhaps Halo 3.
Posted by: Durandal Is GOD | 01/28/2004 at 04:10 PM
Has anyone seen the similarities between the Fusion Pistol in Marathon and the Plasma Pistol in Halo?
Halo takes place in the same universe but takes place 200 years after the launch of the UESC Marathon Colony Ship.
Does anyone other than me see the striking similarity between Durandal and 343 Guilty Spark?
Cortana will likely go rampant in Halo 2 or perhaps Halo 3.
Posted by: Durandal Is GOD | 01/28/2004 at 04:11 PM
Has anyone seen the similarities between the Fusion Pistol in Marathon and the Plasma Pistol in Halo?
Halo takes place in the same universe but takes place 200 years after the launch of the UESC Marathon Colony Ship.
Does anyone other than me see the striking similarity between Durandal and 343 Guilty Spark?
Cortana will likely go rampant in Halo 2 or perhaps Halo 3.
Posted by: Durandal Is GOD | 01/28/2004 at 04:11 PM
I have played both halo and marathon and loved them both. Not sure if any of this has be menchond (to much here to read in one sitting)but first marathon had a flame thrower and halo was suppose to and second if you have played halo you know the MC is not an andriod or like because he takes his helmet off!
Posted by: Roger | 01/31/2004 at 05:01 PM
games rule
Posted by: Thomas | 02/04/2004 at 11:30 AM
games rule
Posted by: Thomas | 02/04/2004 at 11:30 AM
Id also like to point out the marathon logo is on the tip of the pipe captain keyes is holding.
Posted by: Keezz | 03/02/2004 at 09:31 PM
thats totally ridiculous. plenty of games from the same companies have easter eggs from previous games.the only people who would call halo marathon 4 would be marathon fanatics who cant seem to handle the fact that the marathon series is dead, as in not being continued. besides the armor is not mark v armor. Thats the prequisisit to the mjolnir armor that mc and the spartans use in halo.and the rocket launcher, that just says that bungi liked what they did and wanted to keep things similar. besides diddnt they just finish 3 marathons. i mean, thats a lot of time in wich they were using the same development methods on the same platforms using the same ideas. its not hard to belive any of this but is no way is HALO a marathon. if really want to know read the first two halo books their both approved by bungi.
Posted by: uway44 | 03/15/2004 at 02:59 PM
thats totally ridiculous. plenty of games from the same companies have easter eggs from previous games.the only people who would call halo marathon 4 would be marathon fanatics who cant seem to handle the fact that the marathon series is dead, as in not being continued. besides the armor is not mark v armor. Thats the prequisisit to the mjolnir armor that mc and the spartans use in halo.and the rocket launcher, that just says that bungi liked what they did and wanted to keep things similar. besides diddnt they just finish 3 marathons. i mean, thats a lot of time in wich they were using the same development methods on the same platforms using the same ideas. its not hard to belive any of this but is no way is HALO a marathon. if really want to know read the first two halo books their both approved by bungi.
Posted by: uway44 | 03/15/2004 at 03:01 PM
You know, I think several people here have made very credible points. I have played both games, surprising for a dedicated PC user, and they bear quite a remarkable similarity. (I STILL hate those idiotic one-button mice) In any case, both games are landmark software, and should be treated as such. Wether or not one is the other is rather irrelivant, I think. Perhaps it is a batter idea to spend the time playing the games, rather than debating their lineage.
Posted by: Kahless | 03/19/2004 at 10:22 PM
Hi, i'm not trying to be mean or rude or anything but i came across this website and it really got to me. i'm a really big fan of Halo. i don't know what "Marathon" is but by the pics i see, it seems like Halo and Marathon do have some similarities but Halo has much better graphics then Marathon and why would u want to call a war-killing-alien game "Marathon"? if i just heard that name and not seen the game, i would thought it's about marathons and stuff. no, Halo is a better name and it sounds more interesting. wut really got me going was when i saw pics from the game and where you guys found stuff belonging to the Marathong game. so what? maybe Bungie just wanted to put some memories of that game on Halo for Marathon-lovers. jeez, it's nothing devastating, no offence. i love playing Halo but this just really got me mad. it's like as if wut Bungie did was a crime, but really, no. and i'd like to say that Kahless is right, why the hell care if they have similarities? they still have differences here people. oh, and uway 44 is totally right. frig, if u people could see these things, u guys are paranoid, no offence. Roger also has a point there about the Master Chief. even though i don't know these people, i agree with them cuz they have they same point of view as i do. everything Widow Maker said is true. Ed also is right and speaks the god damn truth, unfortunatly for u guys. whatever u guys find wrong with Halo, i just have one thing to say bout that: get a life! play the game, have fun, and forget about Marathon. it was played in the 90's and i'm pretty sure there's a lot more people that have the same opinion that i do. to me, just because they seem to be wars going on in the same universe is no biggy. i don't care, at least they happen at different times. also, i haven't played or read or even have a game with a great storyline, characters and more like Halo. i think Bungie is very creative and yes, probably did use somethings from Marathon to pay homage. why? probably because Marathon was becoming less popular and probably people wanted something better! and what they got was fabulous Halo!!!!!!! i can't wait for Halo 2, and i'm positive that the Halo series will so be so much funner and better than Marathon!!! no offence but it's my opinion. i don't want to get anyone pissed off or anything but u can't get mad for what i said. sry if i said something that made u guys angry.
halo empress
Posted by: halo empress | 03/25/2004 at 01:21 PM
Hi, i'm not trying to be mean or rude or anything but i came across this website and it really got to me. i'm a really big fan of Halo. i don't know what "Marathon" is but by the pics i see, it seems like Halo and Marathon do have some similarities but Halo has much better graphics then Marathon and why would u want to call a war-killing-alien game "Marathon"? if i just heard that name and not seen the game, i would thought it's about marathons and stuff. no, Halo is a better name and it sounds more interesting. wut really got me going was when i saw pics from the game and where you guys found stuff belonging to the Marathong game. so what? maybe Bungie just wanted to put some memories of that game on Halo for Marathon-lovers. jeez, it's nothing devastating, no offence. i love playing Halo but this just really got me mad. it's like as if wut Bungie did was a crime, but really, no. and i'd like to say that Kahless is right, why the hell care if they have similarities? they still have differences here people. oh, and uway 44 is totally right. frig, if u people could see these things, u guys are paranoid, no offence. Roger also has a point there about the Master Chief. even though i don't know these people, i agree with them cuz they have they same point of view as i do. everything Widow Maker said is true. Ed also is right and speaks the god damn truth, unfortunatly for u guys. whatever u guys find wrong with Halo, i just have one thing to say bout that: get a life! play the game, have fun, and forget about Marathon. it was played in the 90's and i'm pretty sure there's a lot more people that have the same opinion that i do. to me, just because they seem to be wars going on in the same universe is no biggy. i don't care, at least they happen at different times. also, i haven't played or read or even have a game with a great storyline, characters and more like Halo. i think Bungie is very creative and yes, probably did use somethings from Marathon to pay homage. why? probably because Marathon was becoming less popular and probably people wanted something better! and what they got was fabulous Halo!!!!!!! i can't wait for Halo 2, and i'm positive that the Halo series will so be so much funner and better than Marathon!!! no offence but it's my opinion. i don't want to get anyone pissed off or anything but u can't get mad for what i said. sry if i said something that made u guys angry.
halo empress
Posted by: halo empress | 03/25/2004 at 01:21 PM
Hi, i'm not trying to be mean or rude or anything but i came across this website and it really got to me. i'm a really big fan of Halo. i don't know what "Marathon" is but by the pics i see, it seems like Halo and Marathon do have some similarities but Halo has much better graphics then Marathon and why would u want to call a war-killing-alien game "Marathon"? if i just heard that name and not seen the game, i would thought it's about marathons and stuff. no, Halo is a better name and it sounds more interesting. wut really got me going was when i saw pics from the game and where you guys found stuff belonging to the Marathong game. so what? maybe Bungie just wanted to put some memories of that game on Halo for Marathon-lovers. jeez, it's nothing devastating, no offence. i love playing Halo but this just really got me mad. it's like as if wut Bungie did was a crime, but really, no. and i'd like to say that Kahless is right, why the hell care if they have similarities? they still have differences here people. oh, and uway 44 is totally right. frig, if u people could see these things, u guys are paranoid, no offence. Roger also has a point there about the Master Chief. even though i don't know these people, i agree with them cuz they have they same point of view as i do. everything Widow Maker said is true. Ed also is right and speaks the god damn truth, unfortunatly for u guys. whatever u guys find wrong with Halo, i just have one thing to say bout that: get a life! play the game, have fun, and forget about Marathon. it was played in the 90's and i'm pretty sure there's a lot more people that have the same opinion that i do. to me, just because they seem to be wars going on in the same universe is no biggy. i don't care, at least they happen at different times. also, i haven't played or read or even have a game with a great storyline, characters and more like Halo. i think Bungie is very creative and yes, probably did use somethings from Marathon to pay homage. why? probably because Marathon was becoming less popular and probably people wanted something better! and what they got was fabulous Halo!!!!!!! i can't wait for Halo 2, and i'm positive that the Halo series will so be so much funner and better than Marathon!!! no offence but it's my opinion. i don't want to get anyone pissed off or anything but u can't get mad for what i said. sry if i said something that made u guys angry.
halo empress
Posted by: halo empress | 03/25/2004 at 01:22 PM
Halo is Halo. Iv'e never heard of marothon before, but from the pics at the top of the page it looks like the graphics realy, realy, realy suck. my opinion is this, the same as widow maker's "so what if there are "easter eggs" until i see that damn easter bunny i'm going to call Halo by it's name and not Marothon 4." i believe those little eastereggs you all call were put in there because Halo's creaters (bungie) used up all there ideas and so they 'borrowed' some stuff from other games so that they could spark there inmagination again.
P.S. If you have Halo p.c. please join my server, it is called "Grim Ripper" and to all of you who haven't played halo, get a freaking XBOX, i mean come on, there is technology that can literaly have a car drive it's self and you people are still stuck on mac get a grip.
P.P.S. please visit http://halosn.bungie.org/wallpaper.html?item=478
if you look at the Halo fan art there is another ship in the UNSC navy that has more weapons than i've ever heard of, it's called the Phelios.
shot in the head with a S2AM sniper round by,
Grim Ripper
Posted by: Grim Ripper | 04/11/2004 at 11:07 PM
Halo is Halo. Iv'e never heard of marothon before, but from the pics at the top of the page it looks like the graphics realy, realy, realy suck. my opinion is this, the same as widow maker's "so what if there are "easter eggs" until i see that damn easter bunny i'm going to call Halo by it's name and not Marothon 4." i believe those little eastereggs you all call were put in there because Halo's creaters (bungie) used up all there ideas and so they 'borrowed' some stuff from other games so that they could spark there inmagination again.
P.S. If you have Halo p.c. please join my server, it is called "Grim Ripper" and to all of you who haven't played halo, get a freaking XBOX, i mean come on, there is technology that can literaly have a car drive it's self and you people are still stuck on mac get a grip.
P.P.S. please visit http://halosn.bungie.org/wallpaper.html?item=478
if you look at the Halo fan art there is another ship in the UNSC navy that has more weapons than i've ever heard of, it's called the Phelios.
shot in the head with a S2AM sniper round by,
Grim Ripper
Posted by: Grim Ripper | 04/11/2004 at 11:08 PM
Halo is Halo. Iv'e never heard of marothon before, but from the pics at the top of the page it looks like the graphics realy, realy, realy suck. my opinion is this, the same as widow maker's "so what if there are "easter eggs" until i see that damn easter bunny i'm going to call Halo by it's name and not Marothon 4." i believe those little eastereggs you all call were put in there because Halo's creaters (bungie) used up all there ideas and so they 'borrowed' some stuff from other games so that they could spark there inmagination again.
P.S. If you have Halo p.c. please join my server, it is called "Grim Ripper" and to all of you who haven't played halo, get a freaking XBOX, i mean come on, there is technology that can literaly have a car drive it's self and you people are still stuck on mac get a grip.
P.P.S. please visit http://halosn.bungie.org/wallpaper.html?item=478
if you look at the Halo fan art there is another ship in the UNSC navy that has more weapons than i've ever heard of, it's called the Phelios.
shot in the head with a S2AM sniper round by,
Grim Ripper
Posted by: Grim Ripper | 04/11/2004 at 11:12 PM
Halo is Halo. Iv'e never heard of marothon before, but from the pics at the top of the page it looks like the graphics realy, realy, realy suck. my opinion is this, the same as widow maker's "so what if there are "easter eggs" until i see that damn easter bunny i'm going to call Halo by it's name and not Marothon 4." i believe those little eastereggs you all call were put in there because Halo's creaters (bungie) used up all there ideas and so they 'borrowed' some stuff from other games so that they could spark there inmagination again.
P.S. If you have Halo p.c. please join my server, it is called "Grim Ripper" and to all of you who haven't played halo, get a freaking XBOX, i mean come on, there is technology that can literaly have a car drive it's self and you people are still stuck on mac get a grip.
P.P.S. please visit http://halosn.bungie.org/wallpaper.html?item=478
if you look at the Halo fan art there is another ship in the UNSC navy that has more weapons than i've ever heard of, it's called the Phelios.
shot in the head with a S2AM sniper round by,
Grim Ripper
Posted by: Grim Ripper | 04/11/2004 at 11:12 PM
Halo is Halo. Iv'e never heard of marothon before, but from the pics at the top of the page it looks like the graphics realy, realy, realy suck. my opinion is this, the same as widow maker's "so what if there are "easter eggs" until i see that damn easter bunny i'm going to call Halo by it's name and not Marothon 4." i believe those little eastereggs you all call were put in there because Halo's creaters (bungie) used up all there ideas and so they 'borrowed' some stuff from other games so that they could spark there inmagination again.
P.S. If you have Halo p.c. please join my server, it is called "Grim Ripper" and to all of you who haven't played halo, get a freaking XBOX, i mean come on, there is technology that can literaly have a car drive it's self and you people are still stuck on mac get a grip.
P.P.S. please visit http://halosn.bungie.org/wallpaper.html?item=478
if you look at the Halo fan art there is another ship in the UNSC navy that has more weapons than i've ever heard of, it's called the Phelios.
shot in the head with a S2AM sniper round by,
Grim Ripper
Posted by: Grim Ripper | 04/11/2004 at 11:12 PM
Halo is Halo. Iv'e never heard of marothon before, but from the pics at the top of the page it looks like the graphics realy, realy, realy suck. my opinion is this, the same as widow maker's "so what if there are "easter eggs" until i see that damn easter bunny i'm going to call Halo by it's name and not Marothon 4." i believe those little eastereggs you all call were put in there because Halo's creaters (bungie) used up all there ideas and so they 'borrowed' some stuff from other games so that they could spark there inmagination again.
P.S. If you have Halo p.c. please join my server, it is called "Grim Ripper" and to all of you who haven't played halo, get a freaking XBOX, i mean come on, there is technology that can literaly have a car drive it's self and you people are still stuck on mac get a grip.
P.P.S. please visit http://halosn.bungie.org/wallpaper.html?item=478
if you look at the Halo fan art there is another ship in the UNSC navy that has more weapons than i've ever heard of, it's called the Phelios.
shot in the head with a S2AM sniper round by,
Grim Ripper
Posted by: Grim Ripper | 04/11/2004 at 11:12 PM
there not called bobs u fucking idiot...the master cheifs code number is 117 and his real nme is john...he started to get trained when he was 6 and became the squad leader of the other spartans...he had a team with uniforms that looked exactly like his and he had 2 friends...Sam And....well i forget the girls name but they both died in a war but not with the covenent...then the pillar of autumn got attacked and well u no if u played the game..........any way hope u gathered information by this and see u around...Master Chief 360
Posted by: Master Cheif 360 | 05/01/2004 at 06:00 AM
there not called bobs u fucking idiot...the master cheifs code number is 117 and his real nme is john...he started to get trained when he was 6 and became the squad leader of the other spartans...he had a team with uniforms that looked exactly like his and he had 2 friends...Sam And....well i forget the girls name but they both died in a war but not with the covenent...then the pillar of autumn got attacked and well u no if u played the game..........any way hope u gathered information by this and see u around...Master Chief 360
Posted by: Master Cheif 360 | 05/01/2004 at 06:00 AM
there not called bobs u fucking idiot...the master cheifs code number is 117 and his real nme is john...he started to get trained when he was 6 and became the squad leader of the other spartans...he had a team with uniforms that looked exactly like his and he had 2 friends...Sam And....well i forget the girls name but they both died in a war but not with the covenent...then the pillar of autumn got attacked and well u no if u played the game..........any way hope u gathered information by this and see u around...Master Chief 360
Posted by: Master Cheif 360 | 05/01/2004 at 06:00 AM
THE GRAPHICS SUCK BECAUSE IT WAS MADE YEARS AGO ON A MAC, WHEN THAT WAS THE BEST LOOKING GAME THERE WAS!
Posted by: bob | 05/13/2004 at 02:08 PM
Okay, I think this is pretty convincing...but Im still staying with the fact that Halo is Halo. Hell, if you look at the Scorpion (tank) on the back theres a special little Easter Egg....the GameCube logo. You may need to use a pistol or Sniper Rifle, but its there. This doesnt mean that Halo has any future on the gamcube or anything, its just an easter egg. I think they put all of the Marathon things in there for all of the fans of Marathon to find them, and some memories as well.... The Bobs in Marathon -do- look a lot like Spartans in MJOLNIR armor, but Master Chief's name is John...
Posted by: Kotaru | 06/09/2004 at 03:46 PM
Okay, I think this is pretty convincing...but Im still staying with the fact that Halo is Halo. Hell, if you look at the Scorpion (tank) on the back theres a special little Easter Egg....the GameCube logo. You may need to use a pistol or Sniper Rifle, but its there. This doesnt mean that Halo has any future on the gamcube or anything, its just an easter egg. I think they put all of the Marathon things in there for all of the fans of Marathon to find them, and some memories as well.... The Bobs in Marathon -do- look a lot like Spartans in MJOLNIR armor, but Master Chief's name is John...
Posted by: Kotaru | 06/09/2004 at 03:47 PM