The player is awoken by one of the Marathons three artificial intelligences, Leela.

The story begins some time after Marathon arrives in the system and begins the construction of a colony on planet Tau Ceti IV.

The Marathon was constructed beginning in 2408 by hollowing out the Martian moon Deimos to produce a colony ship that was launched towards the star Tau Ceti. Set in the year 2794 A.D., the player assumes the role of a security officer aboard the human starship UESC (United Earth Space Council) Marathon. Unlike some other similar games of that era (for example, id Software's Doom) Marathon and its sequels, Marathon 2: Durandal and Marathon Infinity were notable for their intricate plots, predominantly told through various terminals.

Marathon was released for the Apple Macintosh and was one of the earliest first-person shooters to appear on the Macintosh. Games in the series Marathon Main article: Marathon (Game) The Marathon trilogy is now available for free on Windows, Linux and Mac here, though the games require a source port (Aleph One) to work on Windows operating systems. 4 years later, the entire Marathon trilogy would be released on the App Store for free in 2011. Since the original game hadn't been released, the Xbox Live version was renamed ' Marathon: Durandal'. On August 1, 2007, a remaster of Marathon 2: Durandal was released on the Xbox LIVE Arcade by Freeverse. In 2000, Bungie released the games' source codes and other assets, just prior to Microsoft's acquisition of the company. In 1996, Marathon and its sequel Marathon 2: Durandal would be released as a bundle for Apple's short-lived home console, the Apple Bandai Pippin, as Super Marathon. It would go on to have a great deal of influence on the narrative, visual design, and gameplay of the Halo series. Marathon is a series of science fiction first-person shooter computer games from Bungie Software released for the Apple Macintosh between 19.

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