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Ledges V1.0

A large arena surrounded by multilevel ledges. Lots of weapons, lots of ammo, and lots and lots of bobs... smaller groups will have trouble staying alive long enough to kill other humans, because the bobs will gang up on you. Larger groups should be okay, though...

Glenn Fitzpatrick
March 5, 1999
Marathon Infinity
Net Maps

Racetrack

It doesn't get much simpler than this. A big figure-8 racetrack, with lots of baddies, and lots of stuff to kill 'em. (And your friends, of course.) All starting positions are in a row, so you could play this one as a real race... first one across the finish line wins. (Mario Andretti never had to worry about being shotgunned from behind...)

Glenn Fitzpatrick
March 5, 1999
Marathon2 Durandal
Net Maps

Toastmonkey's Return v1.0

An interesting KOTH map, with a really raised hill (mostly) only accessible by slow platforms, giving folks plenty of time to pick you off. (In fact, unless you're quick-footed, it's a two step process to the hill... even more time.) This is the sort of pressure that forces secrets into the open... but in any case, defending the hill is no piece of cake either. The area is small, and semi-enclosed, meaning a well-placed pair of spnkr missiles from anyone on the outer ring is gonna toast you.

ToastMonkey Consortium
March 5, 1999
Marathon Infinity
Net Maps

Wild Thing's 5 Little Piggies

A 5-level Nethop, although I'm not sure what happens when 4 of the maps use standard evil physics, and the first one uses a custom model... In any case, these are really well-constructed levels.

Lars Jorgensen
March 4, 1999
Marathon:Evil
Net Maps

Infection

It's hard to know what to say about this one. It starts out slow, and there are lots of sloppy mistakes-spelling is atrocious, lots of untextured sides, baddies stuck in walls and ceilings...

Bruce Morrison
March 3, 1999
Marathon Infinity
Scenarios

M1 Map GIFs

A nicely done set of GIFs covering all the solo levels in M1. (Yes, it's been done before... but I don't think any of the originals are in the Archives... and these are pretty complete, with secret areas, save terms, and rechargers.) Worth a look if you're working your way through M1 again (or for the first time...)

Joseph Gardner
March 1, 1999
Instructions/Guides

Brotherhood of Harmonious Fists 1.0

A tiny arena, nice to look at, deadly to be in. In the words of the author, "a real all-punching instant death trip." No weapons, no baddies (well, except for the occasional fighter), and it's set with the Rebellion flag... so you're down to minimal health when you start. Designed for 4+ players (remember, it's tiny!). If you're lucky, you'll be near the center when the rare 2x canister or alien weapon appears. (Then the death rates really go up.)

ToastMonkey Consortium
February 28, 1999
Marathon2 Durandal
Net Maps

Gladiators 3 1.0

A huge circular arena, with several surrounding corridors. Elevators connect levels, and the odd jug or MOAH keep you busy if you're having trouble finding your friends in all this room. Lots of little alcoves to hide in and ambush folks from... but it's so big that if you pick too good a hiding place, you may never get the chance to actually ambush anyone. Plenty of ammo.

ToastMonkey Consortium
February 28, 1999
Marathon2 Durandal
Net Maps

Task-Sensitive Term Tutorial

A tutorial (with nifty pictures and an example map) showing how to allow multiple messages on a term without tying them to full level goals. That is, if you want to change the message on a term after a particular task is completed, but before all the level tasks are completed, this little guy will show you how. My wife says I wrote it because I was feeling like a cool technique we used a few years ago was unappreciated. I'd rather think it's useful info for the Marathon community.

Claude Errera
February 28, 1999
Instructions/Guides

ToastMonkey's Revenge 1.0

A large, convoluted map, with a central, raised hill surrounded by a lava moat, and lots and lots of side passages to play with. Tons of secrets... teleporters that take you to the hill (in a roundabout way), an invincibility, little things that'll keep you busy for a while. Beware: there's a switch that puts up barriers around the hill for over 30 seconds... the only way in is via teleporters (while the barriers are up), and the only way out is by dying. An ill-timed switch can really tip the balance in a KOTH game...

ToastMonkey Consortium
February 25, 1999
Marathon2 Durandal
Net Maps

CrackPark

Big, dark (mostly), multilevel, very nicely constructed. Great flow.

Lee Heida
February 23, 1999
Marathon Infinity
Net Maps

Klaatu Verati Nictu!

A simple arena, in principle... but play it for a little while, and you might change your mind. The hill is accessible via 5D passageways from the outer ring... and you come out on the far side from where you started. Big weapons are on the hill, everything else is in the pit surrounding it... and to make matters a bit more complicated, 3x canisters can be found in sort of hidden corners (we found ourselves shooting at them just out of principle... you never knew when someone would be in there). Adds up to serious carnage, with anything more than 2 players.

Aaron Sommer
February 23, 1999
Marathon Infinity
Net Maps

Evil-When You Dance

A small, tight map, with no open space other than corridors. One autogun to keep you on your toes... and be aware that most of the weapons/ammo are in the small rooms, not in the corridors. Interesting physics model.

KarBon
February 21, 1999
Marathon:Evil
Net Maps

Unsavory Tidbits (M1)

13 maps, various sizes. Most (all?) were released under the name Netmap13. Still good levels... a few have been redone in the Unsavory Tidbits (M2) version. Not new, by any stretch... just new to the site.

Sriranga Veeraraghavan
February 21, 1999
Marathon
Net Maps

Unsavory Tidbits (M2)

10 maps, all small, most quite nicely done. They're not new, just new to this site. Great for 2-3 person games. Simple, fast, clean... carnage in its pure form.

Sriranga Veeraraghavan
February 21, 1999
Marathon2 Durandal
Net Maps

WITE

A couple of levels, and a small shapes patch. The first level is seriously claustrophobic, and you'll be hitting your head on the stairs every time you go down. The fun part comes in with the small shapes patch...

Dr. Lex
February 21, 1999
Marathon Infinity
Scenarios

The Heap 777

4 map netpack for groups of 3 to 8 players. most of the maps support all game types... good construction but the gameplay could be a bit better in most of the maps.

Erkki Toukolehto
February 18, 1999
Marathon Infinity
Net Maps

Plaza

A small arena with a surrounding corridor, and a subterranean waterfilled network of access tunnels. Nice attention to detail, but there are two problems. The tunnels are pretty long, with no exits other than at the ends, which makes it easy to get trapped (I'm not really fond of underwater netmaps, anyway), and the weapons/ammo are really light. More than 2, and you're gonna be duking it out with bare fists.

Yoshi Murai
February 16, 1999
Marathon Infinity
Net Maps

The Cyborg Quadrille

A large, convoluted level with lots of staircases and chutes. A little too much use of the safety hazard texture, but other than that, a very nice map.

Justin Burns
February 16, 1999
Marathon
Net Maps

Guide to Using Unused Sounds Slots

Detailed information on reactivating (or activating, depending on your view) the unused slots available in the M2/Mi Sounds file. This is a great way to add new sounds, without losing what's already there. The doc mentions that you can see the technique being used in "M1->Mi Hunter conversion patch that this doc is bundled with"-while the patch does have these docs bundled, this version is just the docs. If you want the patch, you need to get it from the Alterations section.

Hamish Sanderson
February 14, 1999
Instructions/Guides

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