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Re: Desktop!
« Reply #105 on: July 31, 2003, 11:22:10 PM »
If you remember it was painful to fire the fusion pistol under water. A little shocking, actually. So in the desktop scene I imagine he's getting a little jolt as he fires. Effective weapon though to ruin someone's temporary invincibility. I also wished I could have two at once.

Nice pic anyway, can't remember the artist's name, but he also did cutscenes for the first Marathon.
   
Chronicler: a Marathon game mod, Tempus Irae is what this cutscene is from. First person shooter by Bungie for the Mac. Cult following. The first first person shooter (IMO) with a decent story line to go along with all that violence. I still have it loaded on two Macs at work.
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Re: Desktop!
« Reply #106 on: August 01, 2003, 08:31:57 AM »
"Marathon" had been out for quite a while when "Doom II" was ported to the Mac.  "Marathon", with its multiple degrees of freedom for aiming and movement in addition to mouse-look, made "Doom II" feel quite old.  I think that "Marathon" may have been the first game in which you could use rocket jump, grenade jump, and mouselook, though I could be wrong.  Actually one thing that I'm sure that "Marathon" did first (at least in an F.P.S.) was have a minor branch in the story which made you do a different mission depending on how many B.O.Bs were killed in the mission in which you were to protect them. Interestingly enough there was an O2 gauge in addition to the Health gauge and that was utilized in that mission where you had to power up the communications dish, man was that a pain—then you were told that the message wouldn't reach Earth for 99 years since you were about 99 light years away.

I remember using the physics editor to edit some of the weapons.  Once I altered the punch so that it had a flash of light that lasted a couple of minutes, in essence a flashlight.  Actually, I do remember one physics file that managed to allow you to use 2 Zeus Fusion pistols—although sometimes it would work just fine and other times it would crash the game.  

Does anyone remember "Pathways Into Darkness"?
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Re: Desktop!
« Reply #107 on: August 01, 2003, 09:34:17 AM »
Yup, man that game is HARD. Though talking to the dead nazis is rather interesting...

And if you read the story of pathways to darkness you will find that it is connected with the Marathon series...  

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Re: Desktop!
« Reply #108 on: August 01, 2003, 09:39:19 AM »
I vaguely remember that.  Care to fill in the details?

Though I can definately draw parallels to "Marathon" and find references to it in "Halo" (the ship of the alien force in "Halo" resembles the Pfor ship interior from "Marathon" or the fact that the Master Chief does seem to have a later model of the suit utlized by the main character from Marathon).
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Re: Desktop!
« Reply #109 on: August 01, 2003, 09:51:21 PM »
Well the alien that warns the president of the creature in the temple is a J'jaro which was the race that created the S'pht and their homeworld, and the cybernetics used by the hero in the marathon series. If you want more go to the (un) offical marathon story site right  here.  Its been going strong since about the dawn of the modern internet in 1995.  

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Re: Desktop!
« Reply #110 on: August 01, 2003, 11:09:34 PM »
By the way, here's the Tempus Irae cutscene without the desktop if anyone is interested.  
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Re: Desktop!
« Reply #111 on: August 01, 2003, 11:28:30 PM »
Mine changes usually once a month.  I like strong women and I like them comical in nature.  This is mine for this month. Tho I was reinstalling a game so that square box usually isn't there.  Really!!  
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Re: Desktop!
« Reply #112 on: August 02, 2003, 11:22:17 PM »
Okay, I really want to participate in these festivities, but for some reason my comp using Windows 98 doesnt feel like giving me the option.

Can anyone tell me how to do this? I read the post earlier that said "Print Screen" but I have no such option.

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Re: Desktop!
« Reply #113 on: August 03, 2003, 02:41:58 AM »
If you have a keyboard, then you have the option.  It is the key right after the F12 key and usually above the insert key.  Thats where it is on my keyboard anyway.  once you it print screen, open up paint shop and paste it there, I think its Ctrl and the V key, but dont quote me on that.

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Re: Desktop!
« Reply #114 on: August 03, 2003, 07:35:24 PM »
yeah depending on what you have, I'd say if all else fails, use "mspaint". You should be able to access this program under "Accessories" in the Start Menu.

Just for the record, I have a screaming headache today.

 

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Re: Desktop!
« Reply #115 on: August 04, 2003, 10:00:57 PM »
Something for the summer.

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Re: Show us your Desktop!
« Reply #116 on: August 05, 2003, 12:08:45 AM »
I used to mess with my GUI alot... changing themes, desktops, icons, etc...  Kind of got bored with it and finally gave up because I found the perfect combination of theme and icons for me.  I use it 24/7 and won't ever change to anything else.

I've become a minimalist now and I hate having anything on my desktop other than what I'm currently working on, and even then, I always clean everything off and file it all away when I'm done because I hate having a cluttered desktop.

This is clean, neat, and looks great.   My perfect environment.  
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Re: Desktop!
« Reply #117 on: August 06, 2003, 01:13:19 PM »
Yeah, that's a nice, 'warm' theme.  

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Re: Desktop!
« Reply #118 on: August 07, 2003, 04:22:19 PM »
I was playing a little joke with my desktop pic, posted earlier, but apparently no one saw it that it was pointed at, couldn't read it, or didn't care.

Oh well.  
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Re: Desktop!
« Reply #119 on: August 07, 2003, 08:47:00 PM »
Just added another one.
This is from the end credits of MASTER OF DISGUISE.
The movie was not all that good. I just watched it for the Big Bottom Girls. (shown here)
I forget who originally capped this, but thanks.
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