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FPS: First Person Shooter

Marathon was the only game available on the Mac platformthat was any fun to play

Marathon was the only game available on the Mac platform
that was any fun to play

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Marathon was the only game
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available on the Mac platform that was any fun to play.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
01:22:20
Uploaded
Apr 16, 2025
Genres
documentary, action
Production
CreatorVC

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Movie Summary

A documentary about first-person shooter video games.
And so, we would get together all the time - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:07
And so, we would get together all the time
Marathon was the one that I got hooked on, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:12
Marathon was the one that I got hooked on,
It was so visceral and addictive and, just this feeling that - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:11
It was so visceral and addictive and, just this feeling that
People ask, 'Which was the first game to invent dual wielding?' And I go, 'Well, it was Rise of the Triad - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:12
People ask, 'Which was the first game to invent dual wi...
I loved it. I mean, they made their own Doom engine - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:09
I loved it. I mean, they made their own Doom engine
I thought Marathon was, first of all, gorgeous. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:05
I thought Marathon was, first of all, gorgeous.
It was an important sideways way of thinking about some of these things that, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:09
It was an important sideways way of thinking about some of t...
Marathon was all about the story, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:23
Marathon was all about the story,
It's interesting to see where Bungie is now - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:13
It's interesting to see where Bungie is now
I mean, everything in the genre emanates from Doom. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:05
I mean, everything in the genre emanates from Doom.
I remember, when we first formed Logicware in 1995, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:10
I remember, when we first formed Logicware in 1995,
So, it felt like all of us who grew up with Wolfenstein, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:08
So, it felt like all of us who grew up with Wolfenstein,
I recently read a book called Hit Makers - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:10
I recently read a book called Hit Makers
And, basically, the formula that they made was to take something that feels - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:10
And, basically, the formula that they made was to take somet...
Star Wars was old school, you know, Western vibe but taken to sci-fi. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:06
Star Wars was old school, you know, Western vibe but taken t...
So, take something that, you know, feels kind of like a familiar formula and apply it to something new. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:07
So, take something that, you know, feels kind of like a fami...
My dad had gotten a new, like, Packard Bell that had a CD-ROM drive and everything, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:10
My dad had gotten a new, like, Packard Bell that had a CD-RO...
I remember thinking like, 'Wow, someone's finally built, like, the Star Wars game.' - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:05
I remember thinking like, 'Wow, someone's finally ...
There is a magic to - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:07
There is a magic to
It blew my mind that I actually got to be there, like, at eye level - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:09
It blew my mind that I actually got to be there, like, at ey...