Many long-time Macintosh gamers remember the day when Bungie sold itself to Microsoft, bringing Halo to the XBox. To some, it felt like betrayal. A slap in the face from one of the greatest Mac game developers. They stayed with the platform through the darkest of times, when Apple was expected to go bankrupt and close up shop any day now. Through this sea of uncertainty, Bungie produced two amazing lines of games: the Marathon trilogy and the first two Myth RTS games.

Bungie always peppered their titles with a great sense of humor, such as the SPNKR-X18 SSM Launcher and the TOZT-7 Backpack Napalm Unit weapons in Marathon. Even Marathon’s manual contains the following warning, just opposite the Table of Contents:

Warning:

This manual contains sarcastic language that some readers might find condescending.

This drawing of B.O.B., with his trademark catch-phrase, comes from Marathon’s manual, released in 1994.

Artwork ©1994 Bungie Software Corporation.

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