Marathon Man

Marathon Man is a Halo 3 Achievement. It is awarded for accessing all the Terminals in Campaign mode.

The achievement awards the player 40 Gamerpoints.

It is represented by a yellow circle with a person whose head has a Marathon symbol on it, and with seven yellow stars (representing the seven Terminals) above him.

The achievement can be completed on any difficulty.

It is similar to the Marathon: Durandal achievement, Hats off to 819.

The award itself is a reference to Marathon (video game series) as you could access Terminals in game to gather information on the Marathon universe. Details:
 * After you access the terminal, you need to wait for the screen to go red and a fragment from a Forerunner message to show up to get the achievement.


 * To access the terminal you must "flip" through the terminal until it redirects you then you flip through the last pages then leave.


 * For some players, the achievement will only be unlocked if the seventh terminal is accessed last.


 * A player must access seven terminals, another seven reference. (There is an eighth one on Cortana (Level), but this isn't necessary for the achievement.)

Related Links

 * Halo 3 Achievements
 * Terminals

Trivia

 * Marathon is the name of an earlier series of Bungie games (Marathon, Marathon 2: Durandal, & Marathon Infinity)
 * Marathon Man was a movie made in 1976.
 * On the 6th terminal on the first two pages it shows 343 Guilty Spark trying to hack into the terminal.
 * There are seven stars on the Achievement picture, a reference to the number 7, Bungie's favorite number.
 * Marathon is probably also referring to the way you keep going on like a marathon.
 * The person on the medal has a Marathon logo for a head.
 * Many magazines and people stated that you had to be in the meta game to get the achievement which is untrue.
 * The 7 stars may also represent the seven Halos in the Halo universe.
 * If you read the terminals it discusses the war between the forerunners and the flood.


 * The teminals also contain conversations between Didact and Librarian,the only known forunners.