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I remember playing Marathon[1] on a Mac, still one of my favorite games, lightyears ahead of any other game I had played at that time. [1]https://en.wikipedia.

I remember playing Marathon[1] on a Mac, still one of my favorite games, lightyears ahead of any other game I had played at that time. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_(video_game)

sevensor 10y ago
My freshman dorm had a computer lab. One third of the computers were macs, and two thirds were PCs. The macs were for Marathon, and the PCs were for people doing homework. Except for the month when all of the computers were for watching "The Spirit of Christmas" over and over. While I'm dating myself, let me add that we could print for free on the dot matrix printer, but the laser charged against our print quotas.
- watersb 10y ago
  For you young folk: "The Spirit of Christmas" was an animated short that led to "South Park". Was commissioned by an advertising executive as a holiday gift to industry pals, distributed on video tape. Friend of mine transcoded it to QuickTime MOV format -- a technical challenge at the time -- and once digital, it spread like wildfire. QuickTime was a Mac-only video format at the time.
  - sevensor 10y ago
    That friend of yours -- he's a hero to my entire generation.
- memco 10y ago
  Our lab had free printing from the macs because they didn't have software available to track and charge people. Using a PC came with a printing tax. Good reason to use Macs back then.