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There are three games in the ''Marathon'' series: | There are three games in the ''Marathon'' series: | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Cyberacme:Marathon (1994)|Marathon]]'' | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Cyberacme:Marathon 2: Durandal|Marathon 2: Durandal]]'' | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Cyberacme:Marathon Infinity|Marathon Infinity]]'' | ||
On May 24th, 2023, Bungie announced a reboot of the series with the PvP extraction shooter game simply titled ''Marathon''.<ref name=Trailer1>'''Marathon''': ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckI_m8bbXfw Marathon | Official Announce Trailer]''</ref><ref name=ViDoc1>'''Marathon''': ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrv0dpztryY Marathon | What is Marathon? | Somewhere In The Heavens - ViDoc]''</ref> | On May 24th, 2023, Bungie announced a reboot of the series with the PvP extraction shooter game simply titled ''[[Cyberacme:Marathon (202X)|Marathon]]''.<ref name=Trailer1>'''Marathon''': ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckI_m8bbXfw Marathon | Official Announce Trailer]''</ref><ref name=ViDoc1>'''Marathon''': ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrv0dpztryY Marathon | What is Marathon? | Somewhere In The Heavens - ViDoc]''</ref> | ||
==List of references to ''Marathon'' in the ''Destiny'' series== | ==List of references to ''Marathon'' in the ''Destiny'' series== | ||
*[[Tycho]] is a location in ''[[Destiny]]''. An [ | *[[Tycho]] is a location in ''[[Destiny]]''. An [[Cyberacme:Tycho|AI]] in ''Marathon'' is named likewise. | ||
*The [[Fate of All Fools]] gets its name from the phrase, "the just fate of fools," which the AI [ | *The [[Fate of All Fools]] gets its name from the phrase, "the just fate of fools," which the AI [[Cyberacme:Durandal|Durandal]] carves into a planet's surface in Latin after destroying Tycho. | ||
*The [[Duke MK.44]] bears resemblance to the [ | *The [[Duke MK.44]] bears resemblance to the [[Cyberacme:.44 Magnum Mega Class A1|.44 Magnum]]. | ||
*[[Fusion Rifle]]s operate on a similar principle to the [ | *[[Fusion Rifle]]s operate on a similar principle to the [[Cyberacme:Zeus-Class Fusion pistol|Zeus fusion pistol]]. | ||
* A patrol mission that can be obtained in areas where the Fallen roam is named "Low-Flying Defense Drones". "Beware of Low-Flying Defense Drones" is the name of a Marathon campaign level. | *A patrol mission that can be obtained in areas where the Fallen roam is named "[[Low-Flying Defense Drones]]". "Beware of Low-Flying Defense Drones" is the name of a Marathon campaign level. | ||
* Manus Celer Dei is the name of the ship Durandal used to return to Earth in the second game. It also happens to be a | *[[Manus Celer Dei]] is the name of the ship Durandal used to return to Earth in the second game. It also happens to be a [[jumpship]] in Destiny. | ||
* [[ | *The [[Almighty]] bears a striking conceptual resemblance to the [[Cyberacme:Trih xeem|Trih Xeem]] which the pfhor empire uses as a last resort to quell revolts of subjugated races by igniting early supernovas. | ||
* The [[MIDA Mini-Tool]] lore tab appears to both reference and | * The [[MIDA Mini-Tool]] lore tab appears to both reference and expands upon marathon's backstory. The MIDA-Mini-Tool lore tab features a first-person narrative that references [[Cyberacme:Battleroids|Battleroids]] and reveals that [[Cyberacme:Bernard Strauss|Bernard Strauss]] was able to salvage an ancient AI construct from a ship that crashed on Mars. Additionally, the name MIDA itself is likely a reference to the MIDA revolutionary government that temporarily occupied Mars. | ||
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* In his [[Mysterious Logbook]], [[Clovis Bray I]] often mentions an extremely awkwardly-named ideological concept he subscribes to: "Competitive Immortality Through ''Primogeniture of Future-History Ontogeny/Rephylogeny''" — PFHOR. 'Pfhor' (pronounced "four") is the race of alien antagonists in Marathon. | *In his [[Mysterious Logbook]], [[Clovis Bray I]] often mentions an extremely awkwardly-named ideological concept he subscribes to: "Competitive Immortality Through ''Primogeniture of Future-History Ontogeny/Rephylogeny''" — PFHOR. 'Pfhor' (pronounced "four") is the race of alien antagonists in Marathon. | ||
*In the 31st entry of the [[Books of Sorrow]], [[The Witness]] was referred to as "the waves, which are battles, and the battles are the waves," which is a description also attributed to a race of cosmic beings in Marathon known as the W'rkncacnter who, like the Witness, possess immense power and the potential to destroy the known universe. | *In the 31st entry of the [[Books of Sorrow]], [[The Witness]] was referred to as "the waves, which are battles, and the battles are the waves," which is a description also attributed to a race of cosmic beings in Marathon known as the W'rkncacnter who, like the Witness, possess immense power and the potential to destroy the known universe. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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