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expiredslickdewmaster | Staff posted Jul 12, 2024 04:04 PM
expiredslickdewmaster | Staff posted Jul 12, 2024 04:04 PM

Classic Marathon 2 (PC Digital Download)

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  • Classic Marathon 2
    • Fresh from your triumph on the colony ship Marathon, you are seized by the rogue AI Durandal to do his bidding in a distant part of the galaxy. Within the ruins of an ancient civilization, you must seek the remnants of a lost clan and uncover their long-buried secrets. Battle opponents ancient and terrible, with sophisticated weapons and devious strategies, all the while struggling to escape the alien nightmare…
  • Classic Marathon
    • 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.

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Steam has select Digital PC Games available for Free.

Thanks to Deal Editor slickdewmaster for finding this deal.

Available:
  • Classic Marathon 2
    • Fresh from your triumph on the colony ship Marathon, you are seized by the rogue AI Durandal to do his bidding in a distant part of the galaxy. Within the ruins of an ancient civilization, you must seek the remnants of a lost clan and uncover their long-buried secrets. Battle opponents ancient and terrible, with sophisticated weapons and devious strategies, all the while struggling to escape the alien nightmare…
  • Classic Marathon
    • 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.

Editor's Notes

Written by SlickDealio
  • About the deal:
    • Refer to the original post & forum comments for additional details & discussion.
  • About the store:
    • Steam is the world's largest digital distribution platform for computer games and is owned/operated by Valve Corporation (the developers behind several classic video games including Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress, Counter-Strike, Left 4 Dead, Dota 2 & more).

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FantasticVest937
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You can download Marathon 1, 2 ,and infinity for free from the alephone website. It's open source at this point.
snobordir
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Feels like I'm seeing a lot of games that have always been free or "free to play" (AKA will charge you micro transactions) on Slickdeals upvoted quite a lot. Not exactly slick IMO

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FantasticVest937Jul 13, 2024 08:20 AM
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank FantasticVest937

You can download Marathon 1, 2 ,and infinity for free from the alephone website. It's open source at this point.
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank SlickDealio

Free Classic Marathon 2 - XBLA Graphics Pack DLC [steampowered.com] too.

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Quote from FantasticVest937 :
You can download Marathon 1, 2 ,and infinity for free from the alephone website. It's open source at this point.
https://alephone.lhowon.org/

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snobordirJul 13, 2024 01:50 PM
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Feels like I'm seeing a lot of games that have always been free or "free to play" (AKA will charge you micro transactions) on Slickdeals upvoted quite a lot. Not exactly slick IMO
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66DaysJul 13, 2024 04:15 PM
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Quote from FantasticVest937 :
You can download Marathon 1, 2 ,and infinity for free from the alephone website. It's open source at this point.
Anything that helps people experience Marathon is good. Being on Steam makes it more accessible for people who only have a Steam Deck.
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Jul 13, 2024 10:24 PM
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Quote from snobordir :
Feels like I'm seeing a lot of games that have always been free or "free to play" (AKA will charge you micro transactions) on Slickdeals upvoted quite a lot. Not exactly slick IMO
So it's not just me that has felt that way lately. I understand why this in particular is on here, but there have been some posts recently that have left me kind of wondering where the deal is. The cynical side of me does sometimes wonder if it isn't a developer trying to get some buzz for their new game.
Last edited by Manspach123 July 13, 2024 at 04:32 PM.
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indiemanJul 14, 2024 02:26 AM
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I hear what you guys are saying, but don't let those free 2 play / microtransactions games detract from these genuine freebees. As a steam collector of classic games / good old games, I'm very happy with this freebee!

You're basically getting a classic Bungie developed game here (Makers of Destiny and Halo), with achievements, cloud saves and controller support for free.

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Quote from indieman :
I hear what you guys are saying, but don't let those free 2 play / microtransactions games detract from these genuine freebees. As a steam collector of classic games / good old games, I'm very happy with this freebee!

You're basically getting a classic Bungie developed game here (Makers of Destiny and Halo), with achievements, cloud saves and controller support for free.
I completely agree. I immediately added this to my library as soon as I saw it, as I love classic games like this I never knew about. It's such a weird line where I am very interested in games like this, or games that normally cost something and free for a limited time (I have every Epic freebie Thursday game in my library). Those are true deals. My concern is I don't want to see the "always free to play games" start dominating this list, and the true deals like this and others get lost in the mix.
Last edited by Manspach123 July 14, 2024 at 10:19 AM.
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mkdenarJul 15, 2024 06:36 AM
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Quote from snobordir :
Feels like I'm seeing a lot of games that have always been free or "free to play" (AKA will charge you micro transactions) on Slickdeals upvoted quite a lot. Not exactly slick IMO
Agreed. I often miss the free to claim in 24hrs games because of how overloaded it has become
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ShawnyMcKnightJul 16, 2024 03:44 PM
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So this is the game running in AlephOne, it's no different than downloading the AlephOne version? I'm curious why it is suddenly now allowed into steam? Did the marathon games themselves become abandonware?
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JihadJimmyJul 17, 2024 05:10 PM
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I think at one point, I had Aleph One but added it to Steam to show my dudes that I was still playing.

so many hours lost to networked multiplayer M2 using the brand new in-room connections at the berkeley dorms when we should've been doing Physics 7 problem sets
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smoker68xJul 17, 2024 06:01 PM
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Quote from snobordir :
Feels like I'm seeing a lot of games that have always been free or "free to play" (AKA will charge you micro transactions) on Slickdeals upvoted quite a lot. Not exactly slick IMO
I'm glad I'm not the only one thinking/seeing this. Heck, I'm surprised Fortnite hasn't been posted at this point. 🤣
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fintlewoodlewixJul 17, 2024 06:24 PM
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Frog blast the vent core.

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LordDrolJul 17, 2024 07:03 PM
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Quote from snobordir :
Feels like I'm seeing a lot of games that have always been free or "free to play" (AKA will charge you micro transactions) on Slickdeals upvoted quite a lot. Not exactly slick IMO
Yeah, it's a waste of time. There should be one thread in the Free board that lists all of them as people find them, not single deals appearing on the front page constantly.
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