Classic Marathon

Sorry to see a fully malfunctioning App on my iPad. Had the original Marathon years ago and loved it to the bone, hoped to play it again, but unfortunately...

With the latest iOS, it won't start new games anymore. For example:
- goes back to the settings-screen all the time
- selecting new game, you can select "easy" and start a game and fall back to skill-settings again..
It hangs basically after that. Too bad.

First multiplayer game on Apple machines, brings back memories. Well done making it into an app.

Leuk om dit weer te spelen na bijna een slordige 18 jaar. Brings back memories. Dit spel werd geprezen om de goede ambient geluiden en daar is nu nog steeds niets op aan te merken. Verhaal is pakkend. Gameplay is niet altijd even goed, maar oké dit spel is voor de fans. Dezelfde mensen maakten hierna halo, laat dat voor zich spreken.

A true classic and a great port as well, the controls are excellent and the looks and plays well.

While the controls for FPS games are never that good on the iOS, the game makes a reasonable attempt at it. You really need to play with the iPad on a stable surface in order to get the most of the game.
The game gets 5 stars since it is a perfect port to the iOS and it real works the same as the original, and the original is still one of the best games ever.
For those that did not know it, Marathon is an old (1994) Macintosh based shooter. When it was released, not only did the Mac gamers get a proper shooter, they also got a very sophisticated story, its like which has not been seen in a shooter since.
Marathon is open source and has been ported to Mac OS X, Windows and Linux, and the full trilogy is available for free for these systems since a couple of years back.