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3 unusual facts about Marathon 2: Durandal


Beck – Spår i mörker

All the footage from "Final Doom" is taken from modified parts of Marathon 2: Durandal by Bungie Software.

Marathon 2: Durandal

In that game the UESC Marathon is in orbit around Tau Ceti's fourth planet, where a colony is being formed.

Richard Rouse III

Both were based on games by Bungie Software (Minotaur and Marathon 2, respectively), whose founders were university friends of his.


Creator code

For instance, the Marathon computer game had a creator code of 26.2 (the approximate length, in miles, of a marathon) and Marathon 2: Durandal had a creator code of 52.4.

Inside Mac Games

In 1996, Deniz left IMG to work for Bungie Software for nearly four years as a producer for titles such as Marathon 2: Durandal for Windows, Abuse, Weekend Warrior, and Marathon Infinity, and a project leader for Myth II: Soulblighter.


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