Classic Marathon Steam news

• Latest observed players7 · 25 September 2026 - 13:41:28 UTC
• SteamPulse tracked peak164
• Units sold (VGI)No data available
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• Review score90% positive
• Total reviews1,226
• Release dateMay 10, 2024
• DeveloperAleph One Developers
• PublisherAleph One Developers

Genres: Action

Company pages: Developer: Aleph One DevelopersPublisher: Aleph One Developers

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Classic Marathon Steam news

Classic Marathon news collects recent Steam feed items, update posts, and announcements that SteamPulse can associate with this app.

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• Marathon (1994) and Marathon (2026) are at opposite ends of FPS history, but playing them at the same time I'm finding they have a lot in common, despite their vast differences - 2 May 2026

  In the shadows of the bio-research lab in Dire Marsh, there's a strange strip of graffiti, scrawled behind a rack of hazmat suits in luminescent pink... Read more.

• Classic Marathon trilogy on Steam now has Linux support - 1 September 2025

  Originally from Destiny and Halo developer Bungie - Classic Marathon 1, Classic Marathon 2 and Classic Marathon Infinity get Native Linux versions on Steam. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/classic-marathon-trilogy-on-steam-now-has-linux-support/

• Aleph One 1.11 - 29 August 2025

  This release is not network compatible with the previous release, and films saved with this release cannot be played back with older releases.Highlights:Native Steam Linux supportAudio improvementsAdditional sprite rendering option for 3D perspectiveReplay films for saved gamesChanges:Numerous audio improvements:Pauses/resumes in-game audio when the game is paused/resumedIntro music now continues to play in preferences dialogsShield/O2 charger now fully loop to prevent popsAdds 3D spatialization for stereo sourcesHRTF no longer affects music, streaming sources and 2D soundsFades in ambient sounds when they start playingSound obstruction adjustmentsAllow HRTF settings only when stereo + 3D sounds are enabledAdds a sensitivity/deadzone preference for each controller aim axis (#525)Adds a few cheats to Cheats.luaAdds support for Steam Linux including workshop uploadFilms are now recorded w…

• Classic Marathon Trilogy on Steam gets a Beta with Linux support and lots of overall improvements - 11 August 2025

  Classic Marathon, Classic Marathon 2 and Classic Marathon Infinity are getting some big upgrades with a Beta now available to test. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/classic-marathon-trilogy-on-steam-gets-a-beta-with-linux-support-and-lots-of-overall-improvements/

• Aleph One 1.11b Beta Test - 8 August 2025

  Please help test this beta release. It is not network compatible with the previous release, and films cannot be played back with older releases.Highlights:Native Steam Linux supportAudio improvementsAdditional sprite rendering option for 3D perspectiveReplay films for saved gamesChanges:Numerous audio improvements:Pauses/resumes in-game audio when the game is paused/resumedIntro music now continues to play in preferences dialogsShield/O2 charger now fully loop to prevent popsAdds 3D spatialization for stereo sourcesHRTF no longer affects music, streaming sources and 2D soundsFades in ambient sounds when they start playingSound obstruction adjustmentsAllow HRTF settings only when stereo + 3D sounds are enabledAdds a sensitivity/deadzone preference for each controller aim axis (#525)Adds a few cheats to Cheats.luaAdds support for Steam Linux including workshop uploadFilms are now recorded…

• Aleph One 1.10.1 - 3 March 2025

  Classic Marathon has been updated to use Aleph One 1.10.1. This is a bug fix release. Highlights: Uses HUD filtering preference for Lua HUD images Physics file is no longer mandatory for gathering using dedicated servers Fixes an issue interpolating ephemera

• Aleph One 1.10 - 23 August 2024

  Classic Marathon has been updated to use Aleph One 1.10, with support for the Steam Workshop.

• Classic Marathon Update: Aleph One 1.9 - 12 July 2024

  Classic Marathon has been updated to use Aleph One 1.9. This is a major release featuring dedicated servers, ping times for metaserver net games, a pregame network loading screen, automatic demos, and more fixes for M1 net maps. Full release notes are available at https://github.com/Aleph-One-Marathon/alephone/releases/tag/release-20240712

• Classic Marathon Patch (Aleph One 1.8.1) - 14 May 2024

  We have updated Classic Marathon with a few fixes: Fix a crash with some older Marathon net maps like Villa Banzai and Rancid Cafe Don't disable achievements when accidentally activating the console, or just entering gibberish. Only executing a genuine Lua command on the console will disable achievements Print a message to the screen when achievements have been disabled Fix issue with loading games saved with achievements disabled Fix an issue with the default and basic HUDs displaying error messages in net games with a kill limit Allow passing args to Classic Marathon to assist debugging, for instance: adding -g will force Classic Marathon to use the software renderer, which works around the green lines some broken OpenGL drivers show over top of the game

• Bungie's first big hit, Marathon, is now free on Steam thanks to a fan revival that has Bungie's blessing - 10 May 2024

  Bungie's first real shooter hit, Marathon, has been released on Steam for modern hardware as Classic Marathon, a fan-led port that has Bungie's blessing to release. Classic Marathon is completely free, letting you have the rare experience of playing a classic game not only easily but with zero time spent hunting down an old copy and fighting with compatibility... Read more.

• Classic Marathon is coming to Steam well before the unclassic Marathon reboot - 18 March 2024

  While Marathon awaits its high-saturation extraction shooter reboot somewhere on the other side of Destiny 2's The Final Shape , anyone who's never played the 1994 Mac original will soon have another chance. Classic Marathon , a freeware fan revival for modern systems, is coming to Steam. Witness the roots of Bungie's infatuation with neurotic AI. Behold the mythical origins of the SPNKR . And yes, you can still use the chunky, off-center UI. While it'll be a new arrival on Steam, this incarnation of Marathon—alongside the rest of the Marathon trilogy—has been playable on current-day rigs for years, thanks to the efforts of the Aleph One development team. A community-managed revival effort, Aleph One is an open source engine built for current systems based on the Marathon 2 source code, which Bungie made freely available prior to its Microsoft acquisiti…

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