Marathon (halo predecessor) on the PSP!

[silverstein101]

so i just found this on another site (dcemu.co.uk) and though i'd post it

Mk_BS has released port of Aleph One ( which plays Marathon 2 and Marathon Infinity! )

Here's the release notes:

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Aleph One PSP 0.1
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Ported by Mk - BarrySoft

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Info
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This is a PSP port (1.50 kernel only at the moment) of Aleph One I made, sadly it
actually seems to work only with Marathon 2 and Marathon Infinity but not with Marathon.
I'm releasing this anyway as Marathon 2 and Infinity should already be fully playable
and I'll try to fix the Marathon issue as soon as I can.

This Project Website:
Marathon 2 - http://www.barrysoft.it/SiteV3/Products.asp?ID=9
Marathon Infinity - http://www.barrysoft.it/SiteV3/Products.asp?ID=10

Aleph One Website: http://source.bungie.org

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Features
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Working:

-Save & Loading
-Low & High resolution graphics
-Sound

Missing:

-Multiplayer support
-Replays
-Music

Known Bugs:

-Some underwater/liquid sprites can be seen from outside
-Options are not saved correctly
-Issue with energy & oxygen bars' graphics not drawn with
the right palette after CLUT animations

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Installation
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I've included all the required data files
as they are now freely distributable so you should
be ready to go, just copy the provided folders in
your GAME150 folder on your PSP

If for any reason you want to get the data files by yourself
just download the package from http://alephone.cebix.net/ and
create a folder called "data" in your EBOOT directory to put
the files into.

Be aware that without the font resources file that is not included
in the package the game will not start, but you can get the font file
from any package at http://source.bungie.org/get/ just rename the
font file to "Font" and place it in the "data" folder

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Controls
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D-PAD Walk
CIRCLE Action
CROSS First trigger
SQUARE Second trigger
L Sidestep left
R Sidestep right
L + R Swim
TRIANGLE + RIGHT Next weapon
TRIANGLE + LEFT Previous weapon
TRIANGLE + UP or DOWN Look up or down
TRIANGLE + UP or DOWN (OHM) Zoom overhead map in or out
TRIANGLE + CIRCLE Center view
SELECT Overhead map
START In-Game menu
L + R + CIRCLE Take screenshot
L + R + TRIANGLE Tolge high resolution
TRIANGLE + CIRCLE + DOWN Fullscreen mode on
TRIANGLE + CIRCLE + UP Fullscreen mode off

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Notes
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-At the moment Highres graphics must first be actived to be used
-After dying press START and return to main menu to load or start a new game or press
the action button to restart from the last savegame.

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Thanks
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To Bungie for creating such a great game and releasing it free and opensource

To the Aleph One community that made my dream of playing the Marathon Trilogy
without a mac possible

To Jonn Blanchard from RG Softworks for porting Aleph One on the GP2X, the GP2X port really
helped me a lot to understand where i should start

To the whole PSP Development scene for being so active and full of skilled devs

To my girlfriend that managed to avoid to kill me every time i wasn't answering the phone
testing the new Aleph One build

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Source
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I'll add more info on how to compile the source soon, you can get it from:
http://www.barrysoft.it/products/A1PSPsrc.zip

I used some very dirty makefile hackery to make it work so maybe you'll have
to edit some things by yourself to get it work for you.

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Contacts
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You can reach me at mk[at]barrysoft.it
or at my site http://www.barrysoft.it

Download Links:

Marathon 2:
http://www.barrysoft.it/SiteV3/Produ...p?ID=9&Lang=EN

Marathon Infinity:
http://www.barrysoft.it/SiteV3/Produ...?ID=10&Lang=EN

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Thought I'd also bring this up... the folder structure on Marathon 2 is wrong. To correct it switch the folder names.

So It'll be like so...

"alephoneM2" to "alephoneM2%"

and

"alephoneM2%" to "alephoneM2"

in the end its structure should be like this

Quote:
--GAME ( or GAME150 )
-----alephoneM2
---------EBOOT.PBP
---------data
-----alephoneM2%
---------EBOOT.PBP

[joseph10444]

was this posted today over at dcemu?

[silverstein101]

yeah, i don't know if it made front page, but it was in the forums

[Vonsta]

thanks silverstein101. i will hafta try these out... i love DoomPSP and CSPortable.. so any similar games are always welcome on my PSPs..

[silverstein101]

yeah i have to put it on my psp too.

too bad it only works on phats right now. on the good side, the psp i just broke two weeks ago was my slim

*edit
i totally think this should get front page. seriously, is the fact that Dissidia gets Gabranth from Final Fantasy 12 more important than freakin' marathon?

[ToXicSham]

Thank you guys! I'll try to fix marathon 1 and add slim support as soon as I have some spare time to work on it...

i totally think this should get front page. seriously, is the fact that Dissidia gets Gabranth from Final Fantasy 12 more important than freakin' marathon?

I must admit I expected a warmer reaction from the PSP community but probably the non-slim compatibility cut out a lot of users, not to mention that the marathon saga never got so much attention from the average gamer.
Anyway I'm really happy that someone appreciate my work!