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Marathon

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First release
Dec 21, 1994
Publisher
Bungie
Genres
Shooter · Action, Science fiction
Platforms
Mac, iOS

You are far in the future on a colony ship deep in outer space. A security officer on the mission, you are the last hope for defending the ship as hostile and intelligent aliens prepare to destroy every living thing…

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Storyline
Alien forces have boarded the colony ship UESC Marathon in the Tau Ceti system, in orbit around humanity’s first interstellar colony. The situation is dire, and as a security officer assigned to the Marathon, your duty is to defend the ship and its crew from the alien threat.Read more

Alien forces have boarded the colony ship UESC Marathon in the Tau Ceti system, in orbit around humanity’s first interstellar colony. The situation is dire, and as a security officer assigned to the Marathon, your duty is to defend the ship and its crew from the alien threat.

Release dates
Mac
Dec 21, 1994
iOS
Jun 24, 2011
Game modes
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
First person
Keywords
aliens, robots, 2.5d, futuristic, spaceship
… All 26, cyborg, freeware, artificial intelligence, capture the flag, king of the hill, swimming, darkness, text-heavy, save point, faceless protagonist, melee, invisible enemy, mid-development ip split, griefing, ancient advanced civilization technology, colony, dual wielding, a.i. construct, alien languages, super soldier, dual wield
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IGDB · recorded 2 Oct 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 2 Oct 2026