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Marathon: Durandal port should come with Dramamine photo

Bungie's classic Mac first-person shooter Marathon: Durandal is now available for download on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. A mere 800 points nabs you this Freeverse-made remake, souped up in high-definition. It's just too bad that they didn't include a barf bag in the bundle.

That's not to say that Marathon: Durandal isn't fun. It's actually a great retro blast for the few minutes before the head-splitting dizzyness and lunch-tossing queasiness sets in. Gamers are complaining of motion sickness, and the game's ultra-fluid frame rate of 60 frames per second probably has something to do with it. The folks at NeoGAF are even running a forum poll to see how many members are tossing their cookies due to the dizzying gameplay.

This blogger's experience is similar to other reports - it makes me sick. Demoing it on a 60" LCD had me clutching my stomach within minutes. I tried moving the system to a 42" and even 24" screen, all with similar results. Fudging with the sensitivity settings did help a bit, but when quick turning corners and corridors came up, the motion sickness came right back.

Let us know your experiences with the title. Download it and give it a test run, and then come back here to tell us how your stomach and head held up.

[Thanks, TheGoldenDonut] 


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bearded_gamer's Avatar
bearded_gamer at 08/02/2007 10:23
I never get motion sickness from games, but this one had me tasting my Cheeseburger Hot Pocket for the second time within minutes.
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mikew3st at 08/02/2007 10:24
Wanted to puke after a few minutes and I rarely if every get sick like this.
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-D- at 08/02/2007 10:29
No problem here. Only problem I've noticed is that I've been playing a lot of FPSs lately
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BahamutZero at 08/02/2007 10:30
oh god this reminds me of descent 3, I almost puked playing that game. sometimes we don't need 360 degrees of freedom
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BahamutZero at 08/02/2007 10:30
bearded gamer I think a cheeseburger hotpocket would make anyone puke
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bearded_gamer at 08/02/2007 10:34
...puke with joy.
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DrBob at 08/02/2007 10:37
I agree with BahamutZero about the cheeseburger hotpocket. But anyways the game never made me sick. Never been sick while playing a game.
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Aerox at 08/02/2007 10:37
Wow, I'm glad I didn't pick this up the second it came out like I was planning on doing.
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savagesaladin at 08/02/2007 10:43
Whoa, no way, you get dizzy from this game too? I have NEVER had it happen to me while playing ANY other game. Also, I simply don't get motion sickness. I've never even been sea-sick. I don't know what is with this game. I didn't get sick while playing, just dizzy. But I only played the super short demo.

Although, the game is kind of fun. Its not really worth $10.
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savagesaladin at 08/02/2007 10:44
Also, cheese burger hot pockets kick ass.
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Altair78 at 08/02/2007 10:46
Wow, I never heard of people getting sick off a videogame except for really REALLY motion sick type of peeps. Too bad I don't have a 360 or I would surely be up for the challange.
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Altair78 at 08/02/2007 10:47
Also, cheeseburger hot pockets FTW.

...also, cocks...

...wait, that came out wrong...
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Kryptinite at 08/02/2007 10:47
wow really? I played it but I was sick from how boring it was. So I stopped playing it in time it looks like.
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rabidkeebler at 08/02/2007 10:48
I got sick playing Decent one time, but no I have this game for the 360 and Aleph One and neither version has made me sick.
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BahamutZero at 08/02/2007 10:52
Cheeburga cockpockets!
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BahamutZero at 08/02/2007 10:53
whatryagonna pick? COCK POCKETS! portable masturbation food. I think I've found a winning invention
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BahamutZero at 08/02/2007 10:55
I just puked thinking about it.
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Lord_Satorious at 08/02/2007 10:57
Marathon has always had funny motion physics. And yes, I was definitely getting a little sick playing it. More than that though, does anyone else think that the game has really choppy animations? In HD, it looks good, but the character animations are not even as smooth as in DOOM. Dunno, just seems that way to me.
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Snaileb at 08/02/2007 11:03
only game that made me spaz was Guitar Hero (on the 360) and it gave me a seizure. This, I downloaded, but didn't get to play it yet.
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HarassmentPanda at 08/02/2007 11:07
I downloaded the demo yesterday instead of buying this straight-off, like I had planned, because my brother called and told me he and all of his friends were getting sick playing it.
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SourGr8pes at 08/02/2007 11:12
I'm curious to download this, just to see if I puke.

Cheeseburger is the king of Hot Pockets
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TheBrain at 08/02/2007 11:17
Only FPS to make me motion sick are Goldeneye and 007 Agend Under Fire. Marathon doesn't have James Bond in it, so maybe I'll be ok.
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Justin Villasenor at 08/02/2007 11:22
I tried the demo on my SDTV and while I felt that the game controls and movement felt a little awkward I never felt sick.
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savagesaladin at 08/02/2007 11:27
@BahumutZero

Everybody knows you can't have sex with hot pockets. They're either frozen or tongue-burning hot.
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brainderailment at 08/02/2007 11:28
That's what happens when you port a Mac game over to a M$ platform, shit hits the fan.
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Professor Pew at 08/02/2007 11:30
Watch some Kokoro Scan on acid to balance out the effects!
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BahamutZero at 08/02/2007 11:32
sounds like my gf
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zomB Eter at 08/02/2007 11:44
nothin doin played it for like two hours last night, maybe when i get off work today i'll run home and turn around a bunch real fast maybe i missed something hmm. maybe i need to eat a cheeseburger hot pocket first and then play. no I'll do one better and eat a lean pocket then a breakfast pocket then a cheeseburger hot pocket then play sitting upside down on my couch yeah that'll get the juices flowing for sure
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HappyMachete at 08/02/2007 11:45
I played for about 10 minutes and no problems. Until I finished playing anyway. Now I feel like I'm turning my head really fast whenever I look somewhere.

Played on a 9 inch SDTV about 3 feet away.
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Topher Cantler at 08/02/2007 11:48
I played for about 15 minutes and I wanted to puke.

But that was because the game sucked. I don't get motion sickness.
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TheMadLeper at 08/02/2007 11:53
I was totally excited to download and play this. Then it made me dizzy and i turned it off.

My little brother tried it out. According to him, no game has ever made him dizzy or nauseous until this. So yeah. There is something wrong here.
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BahamutZero at 08/02/2007 11:54
@zomB - I do believe thats a method of capitol punishment in some countries
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Shadow502t at 08/02/2007 12:02
I have never gotten motion sickness from a game before, and I've played FPS and racing games for over 15 years. This game made me brutally sick to my stomach in just a few minutes. Yes, there is a problem.

I read somewhere that putting camera bob on will make the effects a lot less. I have yet to try that though.
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Malleus at 08/02/2007 12:10
I used to get sick playing the old FPS like DOOM but this has been OK for me(still get a slight nausea if I run around really fast down some really tight corridors so I just try to avoid that). I found that one of the reasons I got sick was because I was playing really close to a PC monitor so I think that is a big factor. If you arent so close and can see the rest of your room around you then it helps with the motion sickness. Don't play in total darkness either turn on a light so you can see your surroundings. Also I found the camera bob feature did help.
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lostalaska at 08/02/2007 12:20

NOW WITH 50% MORE Vomit inducing visuals!


I'd love to see a game with that sticker on the cover.

You guys sold me on this game, I played the series on a Mac IIvx back in the day, but there was no way it ran any faster than about 15 - 18 fps in a small 320x240 window.

I've never gotten motion sickness from playing a game, so I'm super excited to try this game out. If for a measly $10 I too could have a projectile vomiting good time I'm in!!
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topgeargorilla at 08/02/2007 12:29
apparently the japabese get really sick of of FPSs. maybe the game turns you japanese while playing?
RICHARD BLOCKER's Avatar
RICHARD BLOCKER at 08/02/2007 12:34


Cheeseburger pocket
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EternalDarkWing at 08/02/2007 12:35
^ Everyone is up there is a wuss. Lulz.

I played it for 20 hours straight until I beat it. No motion sickness or anything. Hurf durf.
Trevor McGee's Avatar
Trevor McGee at 08/02/2007 12:38
A crappy first person shooter from Bungie? No way! </sarcasm>
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PwnDaddy at 08/02/2007 12:45
Same here. the only thing that made me sick was an 8 player Flamethrower only match. That noise you make when you burn? Oh yeah, that's going on the lsit of Most Annoying Video Game Sounds, and bumbs the PS 2 startup noise down to 5th.
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Zanch at 08/02/2007 12:46
WTF is wrong with everybody? Does everyone suddenly have the intestinal fortitude of a 6 year old girl? Played it for several hours straight with not even a hint of sickness.
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RICHARD BLOCKER at 08/02/2007 12:51
Don't Japanese people get motion sickness very easily? Have we cross referenced the instances of motion sickness due to playing Marathon with instances of the subject being of Asian Decent?
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Doomtrain at 08/02/2007 14:07
I've never had motion sickness from any games, and this isn't any exception. It didn't kind of mess up my aim, though. I'm used to plaything this game on the junky old iBook I lug around when I go on trips, not at a perfect 60fps with HD and all.

I do know a few friends that got kind of queasy watching me play, though, and they're not sissy-girly-men. Dif'ent strokes for dif'ent folks.
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PetiePal at 08/02/2007 14:18
I've never had that happen so it's hard for me to understand how people get motion sickness from games. The only time I ever had that happen was the first time I ever played Super Mario 64, when it was released that Christmas long ago. My brother-in-law got the N64 and I played that Christmas day at my sister's house for like 5 hours straight. I was dizzy and had "vertigo" for like 3 days afterwards. Basically it's like when you spin around really fast and then stop and everything keeps turning in your vision since your equilibrium is all messed up. Other than that, DOOM, Half-Life, Halo etc I've never gotten motion sickness. Maybe I'll give Marathon a go.
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keener at 08/02/2007 14:28
gave me a headache.
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Daddygerplex at 08/02/2007 14:42
I was all like "whiny pussy bastards i wont get motion sick!" so i downloaded the demo. "ughh man i dont feel so good" quite honestly the first time a game has made me feel funky like that ever. Dont know if it was psychological but something was definitely wrong.
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dgenerate at 08/02/2007 14:59
Same thing happened to me when I tried to play Hexen on the N64.
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kawitchate at 08/02/2007 15:10
head. ache. haven't felt this bad playing a game since Condemned... ugh.
Spilt Milk's Avatar
Spilt Milk at 08/02/2007 15:29
This is how god weeds out those with weak genes.
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Roryzilla at 08/02/2007 17:13
throw up achieved.
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