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How To Open Sheet Music Files
Submitted by narcogen on Mon, 02/11/2008 - 21:53.To open PrintMusic files, get the free FinaleNotepad program. Versions are available for Windows and Mac OS X. It opens PrintMusic files, as well as imports and exports MIDI.
To download the free program, the Finale website will require you to register a free account with them. Be sure to check the opt-in marketing settings at the bottom of the form if you don't want them to email you or give your contact information to their partners.
UPDATE: The free program for reading PrintMusic files is now Finale Reader.
How To Upload Sheet Music
Submitted by narcogen on Mon, 02/04/2008 - 02:30.
After the last tutorial on how to download sheet music files there were some requests on how to upload files to the site for other readers to see.
If you've transcribed some music from Halo or any other Bungie or Wideload game and would like to share it with the community here through Rampancy's sheet music section, first you need to have an account, confirm that account, and be logged in. All of those steps are covered in the tutorial on How To Download Sheet Music Files. After you've followed those steps, come back here.
How To Download Sheet Music Files
Submitted by narcogen on Fri, 02/01/2008 - 02:23.Every so often readers have some trouble obtaining access to the sheet music files on Rampancy.net. Below is a short tutorial to help you out.
The short answer is that these files are freely available to anyone. All I ask in return is that you register an account first. Registration is free. I don't give out your email address to anyone, and the site will not mail you anything unless you ask.
Aleph One Update Gets Lua, HUD enhancements
Submitted by narcogen on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 00:30.
If you're looking to get your Marathon on and you don't have the XBLA port, the open source project Aleph One is still going strong. The latest update makes changes to the Lua scripting engine and adds HUD enhancements similar to the one in the XBLA version.
Aleph One runs on Macs, Linux, oh, and Windows, too.
Marathon On The PlayStation
Submitted by narcogen on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 00:20.Slashdot is reporting an "explosion" of emulators running under Yellow Dog Linux on the Sony Playstation 3.
What does that have to do with Bungie?
Because with Linux running on the PS3, you can install Aleph One on it and play Marathon.
25th Mac Anniversary Calls Attention To Bungie Games
Submitted by narcogen on Sat, 01/24/2009 - 21:41.MacWorld has mentioned Marathon as one of the best games on the Mac, as part of their commemoration of the Mac's 25th anniversary.
For Carnage, Apply Within
Submitted by narcogen on Fri, 01/23/2009 - 22:36.
Heard about Marathon or Myth, but haven't played them? Played some solo Marathon or Myth, but haven't had a chance to check out multiplayer?
Then check out For Carnage, Apply Within, a group of fans dedicated to arranging regular multiplayer games of these classic Bungie titles.
Thanks for the heads-up to urk on Bungie.net.
Marathon Serial Generator Reverse Engineered
Submitted by narcogen on Thu, 01/08/2009 - 20:23.
Thanks to Louis Wu who wrote in to Bungie.net about Coldnose Sloth, who successfully recreated the serial number generator for Marathon. Wu has tweaked it, massaged it, and given it a web interface, for those times when you need some extra serial numbers for multiplayer.
What, you mean people don't keep stuff like this anymore?
A Very Marathon Christmas
Submitted by narcogen on Sun, 12/14/2008 - 22:53.Still ten shopping days left, but Aleph One has left all the old school fans a present to open early: a new version of the open source Marathon engine for playing Marathon 1, Marathon 2, Marathon Infinity and third-party scenarios on PCs, Macs, and Linux computers.
New Version Of Aleph One Posted
Submitted by narcogen on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 00:29.From source.bungie.org:
This is a minor feature release of Aleph One, which includes Windows improvements and support for the Unimap 2 format. It is network compatible with Aleph One 0.20.x
Go get it.
Marathon: Durandal DLC Back Online
Submitted by narcogen on Fri, 07/25/2008 - 03:21.
Hippieman sent me a message on XBL a couple days ago.. the two downloadable netmap packs for Marathon:Durandal, the XBLA version of Bungie's classic Mac and PC scifi shooter, the grand-daddy of Halo, are now online in the Xbox Live Marketplace.
Fighting Game-Related Motion Sickness
Submitted by narcogen on Thu, 07/24/2008 - 00:10.The Escapist has a short article up on methods to combat various forms of motion sickness sometimes related to video gaming.
Bungie fans will recall some of the problems fans had with the XBLA version of Marathon:Durandal that caused motion sickness in some players. It was speculated that the problems were related to the field of vision and framerates being different between computers from the era in which M:D was originally developed and the Xbox 360.
In short, the suggestions are: sit further from the display, have some ginger, and just grin and bear it-- the effect can lessen with time.
Aleph One Bug Fix Release
Submitted by narcogen on Wed, 07/23/2008 - 01:17.Version 0.20.2 of Aleph One, the open source engine for playing Marathon games on MacOS, Windows and Linux, has been released.
July 9 07
Submitted by narcogen on Wed, 07/16/2008 - 17:00.July 9, 07, , Sorry for missing this on the 7th, but I'm enjoying my summer semester, so I have very limited internet access: 7 long years since its inception, Marathon:Resurrection is now downloadable in all its glory for Unreal Tournament! resurrection.bungie.org (posted 8:48 by D-M.A.)
May 28 07
Submitted by narcogen on Wed, 07/16/2008 - 17:00.May 28, 07, , Aleph One 0.18.0 has been released. Read more about it at the Open Source page . (posted 8:25 by D-M.A.)
