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Bungie specifically allowed this to happen with the old Myth franchise. They open-sourced their bungie net code when they shut it down. Since then, several fan

by abakker 12y ago

Bungie specifically allowed this to happen with the old Myth franchise. They open-sourced their bungie net code when they shut it down. Since then, several fan sites have kept the servers alive. The game was published in 1997.

Gracana 12y ago
Bungie released Marathon for free as well (including all assets and code).
- madsushi 12y ago
  There was also some work by Bungie earlier this year to keep Halo PC (11 years old) online after GameSpy shut down. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-05-12-bungie-to-update-halo-pc-with-server-fix http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-05-12-bungie-to-updat... (disclaimer: I work for Bungie, but not on that project)
  - joshmn 12y ago
    I believe it was actually the work of a member of the Halo PC community; one non-affiliated programmer aliased as "btcc22" who kept it alive. Soon after the GameSpy services shut down, he wrote an emulator to replace the official master server. Bungie then (shockingly) released v1.10 to point the game to the new server, and stepped in and ate the cost of the AWS services used to power the lobby. Source: I gave my life to that game for a very, very long time and still check in on the community every now and then. Fun fact: Eric Koger, the CEO of ModCloth.com, also spent quite a bit of time reloading his pistol and rifle.
    - Mandatum 12y ago
      He's still really active today and I can't find any reference to his real name. Bungie, hire him!
      - joshmn 12y ago
        I talk to him regularly. I'm sure Bungie has his info, but if anyone is reading this and wants to contact him directly, I can provide an intro.
- Argorak 12y ago
  There is a problem there: the release is Aleph 1.0 (the open source-continuation of the Marathon 2 engine) running Marathon 1,2 and Infinity. From a historic perspective, the untouched release version of all games would be very interesting. Not wanting to downplay the release, though, it's very kind.
  - klodolph 12y ago
    Bungie released the original binaries and assets for all three games (http://trilogyrelease.bungie.org/ http://trilogyrelease.bungie.org/). You can play these on vintage hardware, Aleph One just lets you play on modern hardware. While I say "original", these are different from the retail versions of the original games, which required serial numbers. Bungie's Jason Jones removed the serial number check himself, without the original source. http://forums.bungie.org/story/?noframes;read=59040 http://forums.bungie.org/story/?noframes;read=59040

by abakker 12y ago

Gracana 12y ago

Bungie released Marathon for free as well (including all assets and code).

madsushi 12y ago
There was also some work by Bungie earlier this year to keep Halo PC (11 years old) online after GameSpy shut down. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-05-12-bungie-to-update-halo-pc-with-server-fix http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-05-12-bungie-to-updat... (disclaimer: I work for Bungie, but not on that project)
- joshmn 12y ago
  I believe it was actually the work of a member of the Halo PC community; one non-affiliated programmer aliased as "btcc22" who kept it alive. Soon after the GameSpy services shut down, he wrote an emulator to replace the official master server. Bungie then (shockingly) released v1.10 to point the game to the new server, and stepped in and ate the cost of the AWS services used to power the lobby. Source: I gave my life to that game for a very, very long time and still check in on the community every now and then. Fun fact: Eric Koger, the CEO of ModCloth.com, also spent quite a bit of time reloading his pistol and rifle.
  - Mandatum 12y ago
    He's still really active today and I can't find any reference to his real name. Bungie, hire him!
    - joshmn 12y ago
      I talk to him regularly. I'm sure Bungie has his info, but if anyone is reading this and wants to contact him directly, I can provide an intro.
Argorak 12y ago
There is a problem there: the release is Aleph 1.0 (the open source-continuation of the Marathon 2 engine) running Marathon 1,2 and Infinity. From a historic perspective, the untouched release version of all games would be very interesting. Not wanting to downplay the release, though, it's very kind.
- klodolph 12y ago
  Bungie released the original binaries and assets for all three games (http://trilogyrelease.bungie.org/ http://trilogyrelease.bungie.org/). You can play these on vintage hardware, Aleph One just lets you play on modern hardware. While I say "original", these are different from the retail versions of the original games, which required serial numbers. Bungie's Jason Jones removed the serial number check himself, without the original source. http://forums.bungie.org/story/?noframes;read=59040 http://forums.bungie.org/story/?noframes;read=59040