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*[[Captain Keyes]] - He has the Marathon logo on his [[:Image:Captain Keyes.jpg|uniform]]. | *[[Captain Keyes]] - He has the Marathon logo on his [[:Image:Captain Keyes.jpg|uniform]]. | ||
*Captain Keyes - His [[:Image:Pipe.jpg|pipe]] has the Marathon logo on it. | *Captain Keyes - His [[:Image:Pipe.jpg|pipe]] has the Marathon logo on it. | ||
*[[Control Room]] - The Control Room main chamber, when [[ | *[[Control Room]] - The Control Room main chamber, when [[Image:Control Room2.jpg|thumb|viewed from the top, is shaped like the logo]] | ||
*[[Cortana]] - The Marathon AI Durandal, is named after a mythical [[wikipedia:Durindana|sword]]. [[wikipedia:Curtana|Cortana]] is a sword which bears the inscription: ''My name is Cortana, of the same steel and temper as [[wikipedia:Joyeuse|Joyeuse]] and Durendal''. | *[[Cortana]] - The Marathon AI Durandal, is named after a mythical [[wikipedia:Durindana|sword]]. [[wikipedia:Curtana|Cortana]] is a sword which bears the inscription: ''My name is Cortana, of the same steel and temper as [[wikipedia:Joyeuse|Joyeuse]] and Durendal''. | ||
*Dialogue - Sometimes Grunts or Marines will shout "They're everywhere!", similar to the [[Marathon#BOBs|BOBs]] of Marathon. | *Dialogue - Sometimes Grunts or Marines will shout "They're everywhere!", similar to the [[Marathon#BOBs|BOBs]] of Marathon. | ||
*Difficulty selection screen - The Marathon logo appears on the [[Easy]] [[:Image:Easy Shield.png|shield]]. | *Difficulty selection screen - The Marathon logo appears on the [[Easy]] [[:Image:Easy Shield.png|shield]]. | ||
*[[Foehammer]] - A level in ''Marathon: Infinity'' is called "Foe Hammer". | *[[Foehammer]] - A level in ''Marathon: Infinity'' is called "Foe Hammer". | ||
[[Image:Halo1 logo.jpg|thumb|In between the A and the L in the is the Marathon logo]] | |||
*Level title - Marathon has a level "If I Had a Rocket Launcher, I'd Make Somebody Pay", Halo has a part "If I Had a Super Weapon..." | *Level title - Marathon has a level "If I Had a Rocket Launcher, I'd Make Somebody Pay", Halo has a part "If I Had a Super Weapon..." | ||
*Light markers - The Covenant light markers in [[Two Betrayals]] bear a resemblance to Pfhor staffs. | *Light markers - The Covenant light markers in [[Two Betrayals]] bear a resemblance to Pfhor staffs. | ||
*[[MJOLNIR]] - There are Mjolnir Mark IV cyborgs in Marathon, there is Mjolnir Mark V battle armor in Halo. | *[[MJOLNIR]] - There are Mjolnir Mark IV cyborgs in Marathon, there is Mjolnir Mark V battle armor in Halo. | ||
[[Image:Tangent.jpg|thumb|The eye of the [[Monitor]] is the shape of the logo.]] | |||
*[[Pillar of Autumn]] - The Marathon logo can be seen on the [[:Image:PoA.jpg|side of the ship]]. | *[[Pillar of Autumn]] - The Marathon logo can be seen on the [[:Image:PoA.jpg|side of the ship]]. | ||
*[[Rampancy]] - If the player kills Captain Keyes in the [[Pillar of Autumn Level|first level]], Cortana says, "The Master Chief has gone rampant." | *[[Rampancy]] - If the player kills Captain Keyes in the [[Pillar of Autumn Level|first level]], Cortana says, "The Master Chief has gone rampant." | ||
Revision as of 08:28, August 13, 2006
Summary
This is a list of all the references to Marathon that Bungie put in the Halo games. Mostly sightings of the Marathon logo, seen in the image right.
Halo: Combat Evolved
- Captain Keyes - He has the Marathon logo on his uniform.
- Captain Keyes - His pipe has the Marathon logo on it.
- Control Room - The Control Room main chamber, when
- Cortana - The Marathon AI Durandal, is named after a mythical sword. Cortana is a sword which bears the inscription: My name is Cortana, of the same steel and temper as Joyeuse and Durendal.
- Dialogue - Sometimes Grunts or Marines will shout "They're everywhere!", similar to the BOBs of Marathon.
- Difficulty selection screen - The Marathon logo appears on the Easy shield.
- Foehammer - A level in Marathon: Infinity is called "Foe Hammer".
File:Halo1 logo.jpg
In between the A and the L in the is the Marathon logo
- Level title - Marathon has a level "If I Had a Rocket Launcher, I'd Make Somebody Pay", Halo has a part "If I Had a Super Weapon..."
- Light markers - The Covenant light markers in Two Betrayals bear a resemblance to Pfhor staffs.
- MJOLNIR - There are Mjolnir Mark IV cyborgs in Marathon, there is Mjolnir Mark V battle armor in Halo.
File:Tangent.jpg
The eye of the Monitor is the shape of the logo.
- Pillar of Autumn - The Marathon logo can be seen on the side of the ship.
- Rampancy - If the player kills Captain Keyes in the first level, Cortana says, "The Master Chief has gone rampant."
- Silent Cartographer (Level) - The center of the island is shaped like the Marathon logo.
- Halo PC Loading Screen - If you brighten the gamma on Halo PC a lot, you can see what looks like the Marathon symbol etched in the background of the first loading screen.
- The MA5B Assault rifle is similar to the MA-75B assault rifle in term of ammo and name
- On the back of halo, on the start screen there is what looks like the Marathon logo
- The flamethrower in Halo PC has a similar name to the flamethrower found in Marathon : 7057 = TOZT
Halo 2
- UESC - Lord Hood says, "United Earth Space Corps," Marathon features the Unified Earth Space Council.
- The marathon symbol is also used in the Halo 2 Multiplayer online as a gamer tag symbol.
- Doors - The doors on the level "Regret" in Halo 2
- If you get outside the level Burial Mounds, look at the rubble by the "ribs" a large piece of debris is engraved with it
Misc.
- Cortana Letters - These messages are riddled with references.
- Drinol - Similarity with Drinniol, a Marathon foe.
- Hunter - Similarity with Marathon foe of the same name.
- Marathon-class - A class of ship mentioned in Halo: The Fall of Reach.
- Multiplayer - The multiplayer game "Oddball" is derived from Marathon's "Kill The Man With The Ball", which had the same objective.
