[b]Step One:[/b] Installing Marathon (Windows) To install the Marathon Trilogy for Windows, follow these directions. Note that all the files you will download are in compressed (.zip) form. In order to extract them, you need an unzipping utility, such as Winzip. If you do not have it, a free trial of Winzip may be found [url=http://www.download.com/WinZip/3000-2250_4-10454671.html?tag=pdp_prod][u]here[/u][/url]. Other unzipping utilities will work as well. For organizational purposes, first create a new folder. Call it [b]Marathon[/b]. Save every file you download into this folder. To start Marathon, go into any game folder and click on the green Marathon logo with the words [b]AlephOne.exe[/b] beside it. It is recommended that you finish reading this guide before starting. For ease of use, you should create shortcuts to the Marathon games on your desktop, so you don't have to search through folders for them every time you want to play. To do so, right click on your desktop and point to [b]New[/b], then select [b]Shortcut[/b]. Make the destination the [b]AlephOne.exe[/b] file (the one you use to start the game), and name the shortcut accordingly. Repeat for each game. [u]Marathon[/u] To download the first Marathon, click [url=http://orbitalarm.bungie.org/downloads/M1A1/M1A1-SE%20for%20SDL%20v1.6.zip][u]here[/u][/url] (20,705 Kb download). After the download has finished, extract the files, and name the created folder [b]Marathon[/b]. To download the music for the first Marathon, go [url=http://archives2.bungie.org/cgi-bin/findmaps.cgi?onmapname=on&mapname=m1a1+mac&sortby=date][u]here[/u][/url] and click on [b]alternative mp3 tracks[/b] (47.4 MB download). Once you have downloaded and unzipped them, go into the created folder and copy & paste the tracks into the [b]M1A1 Tracks[/b] folder in the first Marathon game folder. You have now installed the first Marathon. [u]Marathon 2: Durandal[/u] To download the second Marathon, click [url=http://trilogyrelease.bungie.org/files/marathon2.zip][u]here[/u][/url] (28.9 MB download). After the download has finished, extract the files. You will notice that, instead of making a new folder like before, the following game files appear (in no particular order): [b]Images[/b], [b]Map[/b], [b]Map.resources[/b], [b]Music[/b], [b]Shapes[/b], and [b]Sounds[/b]. In order to get Marathon 2 to work, you need Aleph One. To download it, click [url=http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/marathon/AlephOne-20060701.zip?download][u]here[/u][/url] (1680 Kb download), select an appropriate mirror to start the download, and then extract it. A new folder will be created. Copy and paste all the Marathon 2 game files into this folder, and rename it [b]Marathon 2[/b]. You have now installed the second Marathon. [u]Marathon Infinity[/u] Downloading Marathon Infinity is much the same as downloading Marathon 2. To download the game files, click [url=http://trilogyrelease.bungie.org/files/infinity.zip][u]here[/u][/url] (37.3 MB download). This time, once extracted, they will be in a folder. Inside this folder are the files. You have already downloaded Aleph One, so simply extract it again, and copy and paste the Marathon Infinity files into the created folder. Rename the folder [b]Marathon Infinity[/b]. You have now finished installing Marathon Infinity. [u]Updated Textures[/u] Updated textures, which greatly improve the graphical quality of the games, have been developed for the entire Marathon Trilogy. These can be downloaded from the following links: [*][url=http://www.simplici7y.com/items?search=ttep]High-Resolution Textures[/url] [*][url=http://www.simplici7y.com/items/high-res-landscapes]High-Resolution Landscapes[/url] [*][url=http://www.simplici7y.com/items/weapon-enhancement-pack]High-Resolution Weapons[/url] The mid-res textures are recommended [currently looking for them], as the hi-res ones tend to run a bit choppy and the mid-res textures don't sacrifice graphics noticably anyway. Included in the downloads is a read-me which will provide comprehensive instructions on installing the textures for every game. Note that the file sizes are large, and may take some patience on your part to download. It's well worth the wait, though. [url=/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=29763080#29763479][b]Next >[/b][/url] [Edited on 07.08.2009 4:08 PM PDT]