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Pretty self explanatory.

1,966 downloads, 2 reviews, 0 screenshots, 4.5 rating

Gigapixel AI upscaled graphics for Marathon 1, 2, and Infinity.

3,251 downloads, 2 reviews, 15 screenshots, 3.5 rating

The entire Marathon OST meticulously restored with new instruments and better production value.

Unlike most M1 music replacers, this one does NOT try to heavily alter the original composition nor is it simply a sound font swap. I remixed everything inside of FL Studio 20 with high quality VST instruments and (occasionally) real hardware synths and sounds. My goal was to create a faithful reinterpretation of the OST with mostly appropriate sounds (nothing more modern than 1990's electronic instruments, etc) but with a better overall balance and less cheap sound. I'm extremely proud of the outcome, and I think fans of the original game and its score will really appreciate it too!

This download contains a FLAC and OGG version, to replace the in game music, simply drop the OGG files into the "Music" folder in your Marathon directory.

If Aleph One is ever updated to allow gapless looping of music, I will create a loopable mix.

(if you enjoyed this music, check out fragileforms.bandcamp.com , where I post my original music as MetaMorphosys)

Notes for version 1.4:

Corrected typographical errors in the tags

4,633 downloads, 2 reviews, 1 screenshot, 4.5 rating

This 360° wrap-around starscape replacement shows the stars as they would appear in the Tau Ceti system on July 3, 2794 at 0839 UTC, as well as a few local objects likely to be visible.

The stars, colony, and positions of planets have been rendered by Celestia, the open-source universe explorer. Using data on the planets known to be orbiting Tau Ceti, I made a few tweaks within real parameters to make things more comfy for our Martian colonists.

Remember the pink-brown planet from the Pfhor chapter screen? It's now an ice giant around which the colony orbits. Or is it a water giant? Celestia says it's 40F up there. Whatever, it's like Uranus, execpt smaller, warmer, and not sideways.

The huge blue planet is the colony moon, 1300 km below. I tried to put the Marathon in as high an orbit as possible while still being close enough to be an easily reached space station.

You can easily find Sol in the screen shot from G4 Sunbathing. It's just above and to the left of the right gantryway, or just below and to the right of Arcturus, slightly brighter than the surrounding stars.

On Marathon levels, your point of view will be from the Marathon's surface. The Scoutship will be part of the backdrop, while the scenery item is replaced by the unused slave transport sprite. On Pfhor levels, you view from an alien ship surface, and the Marathon sprite has been enhanced.

Software used: 1 - Gravitation to find a stable orbit for the moon, 2 - Celestia to produce renders, 3 -Hugin to stitch them together into a panorama, 4 - GIMP for postprocessing and Marathon's surface texturing.

To install, please drop the zip file into your appropriate plugins folder. Also, make sure that in Preferences > Graphics > Rendering Options, that "Replacement Texture Quality" for Landscapes is set to "Unlimited."

Notes for version 3.0:

-New landscape for Pfhor levels -Corrected star orientation on Pfhor levels -Removed floating Marathon logo -Restored & enhanced Marathon sprite -Shortened plugin UI name -Fixed Windows compatibility (I hope)

4,210 downloads, 2 reviews, 3 screenshots, 4.5 rating

A replacement of the Bob shapes with a female version that I did long ago.

2,930 downloads, 2 reviews, 1 screenshot, 2.5 rating

Now you can hear the Original Marathon Soundtrack in the modern MIDI Instruments for Quicktime! Me sad though, no plugin, no MML script, just replace your Tracks folder with the new one... :'-(

Notes for version Bonus Edition:

It may not be a plugin, and it may not replace on its own, but it has some cool extra stuff, things for newcomers and things for Born on Boards!

4,393 downloads, 2 reviews, 1 screenshot, 4.5 rating

Back when items were strictly 2D sprites, there was little reason to care about their facing angle. We now have plugins that replace items with 3D models, yet in nearly all existing maps all weapons and ammo face the same direction.

This plugin addresses this cosmetic oddity by making all items slowly rotate (yaw), as seen in other shooters like Quake and Unreal. The 2D sprites were easy to identify because you could see them in profile from any angle. This animation restores that property, and the movement also makes them stand out more. Unfortunately, because the script physically manipulates the items in the environment, it's only expected to work in single player.

I've been using this for myself ever since thedoctor45 released his excellent 3D items plugin in February 2012. However, it's very simple and should work with any 3D items, for any scenario. Anyone making a "3D items" or similar plugin is welcome to bundle this into their work; one look at the lua and you'll see how simple the effect is to create.

3,710 downloads, 2 reviews, 1 screenshot, 5.0 rating

This is a modification of Hopper's amazing XBLA HUD for Marathon 2 and Infinity, this time designed for Marathon Phoenix.

Note: Secret skull information is displayed when you take out your fists.

Notes for version 1.0:

Initial release. Includes support for secret skulls and keycards.

4,726 downloads, 2 reviews, 5 screenshots, 4.0 rating

This plugin replaces all Pfhor textures with a combination of the Marathon 2 and Infinity versions into single textures. The result maintains Marathon 2's bright colors, and adds many details from the Infinity textures.

The plugin will work with either Marathon 2 or Marathon Infinity Shapes (or any scenario that leaves the Pfhor texture set unmodified).

Questions, comments, bugs? Post on the Pfhorums.
http://www.pfhorums.com/index.php?showtopic=10009

Notes for version 2.0:

Version 1.0: Initial Release

Version 2.0: Plugin expanded to replace the entire Pfhor texture set, various improvements throughout the pre-existing textures.

4,084 downloads, 2 reviews, 0 screenshots, 4.5 rating

This is a plugin which replaces the Pfhor texture set with new 512x512 DDS textures.

Notes for version 1.0:

1.0 First Release

4,845 downloads, 2 reviews, 3 screenshots, 5.0 rating

An evil hack of the Basic M1 HUD (as included with most A1 releases), but it has transparency, and is decorated slightly, so it's awesome.

Does Basic HUD's opaqueness get in your way? Do you like Enhanced HUD, but just can't get past the lack of the inventory panel? Then this might just be for you! Comes with tiny little weapons displays that just seem to morph into other shapes inexplicably. The UESC is crazy!

No refunds.

Get it for Marathon 2/Marathon Infinity!

Alternatively, get it on the Workshop!

Notes for version 1.2-alpha2:

• Brought to parity with the Marathon 2/Infinity versions code-wise kind of sort of.
• The rocket launcher rockets aren't as bunched up to the weapon itself anymore.

1,796 downloads, 1 review, 3 screenshots, 4.0 rating

CFP is a complete set of high definition textures for Marathon Infinity and Durandal. Based on the original Freeverse Marathon 2 Durandal XBLA textures, these have been further enhanced by the Alephone community with glowmaps and made to support Marathon Infinity.

Contributors:

Freeverse, Hopper, Treellama, TheDoc45, General Tacticus, J2k, Spurious Interrupt, Tfear7

This is the monsters portion of the plugin.

Installation: The downloaded file must be decompressed before moving to the plugin folder or the load time on every level will be about 5 minutes.

Other CFP Packages:

CFP Scenery - http://simplici7y.com/items/community-freeverse-plugin-scenery

CFP Weapons Inf - http://simplici7y.com/items/community-freeverse-plugin-weapons

CFP Weapons M2 - http://simplici7y.com/items/community-freeverse-plugin-weapons-m2

CFP Walls M2 - http://simplici7y.com/items/community-freeverse-plugin-walls-m2

CFP Walls MInf - https://simplici7y.com/items/communityfreeverse-walls-minf/

Masters of textures for CFP can be found here: https://github.com/JoshuaPettus/Marathon-Community-Freeverse-Textures.git

Notes for version 2.17:

• Made major compiler jewel yellow as it was in the origional

9,645 downloads, 1 review, 5 screenshots, 5.0 rating

ULTRA HD Weapons for Marathon Infinity. These ULTRA HD Weapons are based off the original HD versions by Freeverse.

The original HD versions were further enhanced 4 times the originals. These ULTRA HD versions have correct color preservation & have been reformatted after enhancement to be compatible with Aleph One.

INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS: To install, follow the instructions found in the "ReadMe" file located in the "ULTRA_HD_Weapons_M3" folder.

IMPORTANT: This Plugin is not backwards compatible with Marathon 2: Durandal. Only use with Marathon Infinity running latest Aleph One build. Should work with older Aleph One builds, but has not been tested.

COMPATIBILITY: This Plugin is fully compatible with main scenario (M3) & any custom maps/scenarios that do not feature custom weapon textures.

For a Marathon 2: Durandal compatible version of this ULTRA HD Plugin please use this link here: https://simplici7y.com/items/ultra-hd-weapons-m2/

894 downloads, 1 review, 14 screenshots, 5.0 rating

[2025-09-23] NEW MEGA-SCENARIO RELEASED! Introducing Marathon: Extraction Shooter (You Snost, You Lost). In this fully soundtracked and terminaled 256-level hub-based NEFX scenario for Bungie Software's Marathon/Aleph One, grab as many items as possible and survive as long as possible in a series of deathscapes.

Released on 09/23/25, the original planned release date for Bungie’s official new (extraction shooter) Marathon game before it got delayed. Sorry Bungie, you snost, you lost!

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UPLOAD INTRODUCTION AND UPDATE TIMELINE BELOW

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NEFX loves you.

NEFX has been prolifically producing great Marathon/Aleph One inventions since 2017 (around 2.5 years after being founded) and uploading them to Simplici7y, in an increasing number of different upload pages that NEFX then frequently updates. This has occasionally lead to crowding of Simplici7y's front page with several different NEFX uploads, sometimes over a relatively short period. Understandably, some have objected to this as unfairly outcrowding and burying the wonderful contributions of our fellow travelers. We hear them. Therefore, to better serve the community as well as our Total Carnage Comrades, NEFX is now consolidating all additions and updates to its Marathon and Aleph One-related inventions on Simplici7y here on this one upload page, with a datemarked update timeline you can view below. Henceforth, all Marathon/Aleph One scenarios, campaigns, maps, mods, etc, and any updates to them, will be posted here. Of course, the webpage link connects to NEFX's Internet Archive homepage, where you can find all inventions by titled category. This includes:

NEFX Marathon Mods (i.e. physics files and Lua scripts for netplay)

NEFX Marathon Infinity Netmaps

NEFX Marathon Solomaps for others' scenarios, including the soundtracked 50-level pack for Aleph One: Wheels!

NEFX Marathon Mapmaking Templates for Weland

NEFX Marathon: Machina -- The Alien Machine Mind

NEFX Marathon: Keyfinder -- The Doomed Myth of Destiny's Halo

NEFX Marathon: Sucks

NEFX Marathon: Rules -- The Infinite Recombinations to the Way

NEFX Marathon: Pathsifter -- The Facing of the Legion Within

NEFX Marathon: Underrealm -- The Confronting of the Forgetting

NEFX Marathon: Colorguard -- The Grimmest Myriad Mirror

NEFX Marathon: Colorwash -- The Wresting of the Tides

NEFX Marathon: Ultramega Extreme Golfmaster Dinosaur Egg Championship Super Bowl 5000 3D -- The Quest

NEFX Marathon: BOBJam -- The Tranquil Chaos of Crowded Escape

NEFX Marathon: Revelation -- The Brutal Path to Knowing

NEFX Marathon: Nampa

NEFX Marathon: Encyclopedia -- The Rise of Bad Take Jake

NEFX Marathon: Corn Maze -- The Forced Wisdom of the Walls

NEFX Marathon: Shadervoid -- The Labywraths of Growth

NEFX Marathon: Green (You Snooze, You Lose)

NEFX Marathon: 52 Pickup

Thanks, everyone. We are glad to share this space with you.

Happy Carnage,

-xXOIOXx

Update timeline:

[2025-09-23] NEW MEGA-SCENARIO RELEASED! Introducing Marathon: Extraction Shooter (You Snost, You Lost). In this fully soundtracked and terminaled 256-level hub-based NEFX scenario for Bungie Software's Marathon/Aleph One, grab as many items as possible and survive as long as possible in a series of deathscapes.

Released on 09/23/25, the original planned release date for Bungie’s official new (extraction shooter) Marathon game before it got delayed. Sorry Bungie, you snost, you lost!

[2025-03-20] A new Marathon: Keyfinder map was added, "NEFX - Elegance Emerging Through Application of Bases". This can be downloaded individually or with other files in the Marathon: Keyfinder section at the link.

Notes for version 2025-09-23:

2025-09-23: NEW MEGA-SCENARIO RELEASED! Introducing Marathon: Extraction Shooter (You Snost, You Lost). In this fully soundtracked and terminaled 256-level hub-based NEFX scenario for Bungie Software's Marathon/Aleph One, grab as many items as possible and survive as long as possible in a series of deathscapes.

Released on 09/23/25, the original planned release date for Bungie’s official new (extraction shooter) Marathon game before it got delayed. Sorry Bungie, you snost, you lost!

4,900 downloads, 1 review, 1 screenshot, 1.0 rating

CFP is a complete set of high definition textures for Marathon Infinity and Durandal. Based on the original Freeverse Marathon 2 Durandal XBLA textures, these have been further enhanced by the Alephone community with glowmaps and made to support Marathon Infinity.

Contributors:

Freeverse, Hopper, Treellama, TheDoc45, General Tacticus, J2k, Spurious Interrupt, Tfear7

This is the weapons/items portion of the plugin and can only be used for Marathon Infinity. A Marathon 2 version is available.

Other CFP Packages

CFP Monsters - http://simplici7y.com/items/community-freeverse-plugin-monsters

CFP Scenery - http://simplici7y.com/items/community-freeverse-plugin-scenery

CFP Weapons M2 - http://simplici7y.com/items/community-freeverse-plugin-weapons-m2

CFP Walls M2 - http://simplici7y.com/items/community-freeverse-plugin-walls-m2

CFP Walls MInf - https://simplici7y.com/items/communityfreeverse-walls-minf/

Masters of textures for CFP can be found here: https://github.com/JoshuaPettus/Marathon-Community-Freeverse-Textures.git

Notes for version 2.5:

• Even more cleaning of weapons and item edges

7,401 downloads, 1 review, 2 screenshots, 2.0 rating

This is just the raw MML from M2 Pepperscapes by W'rkncacnter (not the uploader of this), without any of its actual landscapes. What it does is stretch landscapes across the entire screen, thus preventing any repetition/cut-off points. It looks a little goofy, but for high-FOV users, it may be preferable to the standard, small landscape size. It will work with Marathon 2, Infinity, and regular scenario landscapes (e.g. Phoenix's original landscapes). It will NOT affect modern HD landscapes, such as Phoenix's built-in HD landscapes plugin or Rubicon X's.

3,294 downloads, 1 review, 3 screenshots, 5.0 rating

This is a superplugin for AlephOne 1.0+ that lets you easily enable all the hi-res sprites and textures from the XBLA version of Marathon: Durandal with one single click.

All required graphics are inlcuded. In addition to that, some glow- and bumpmap textures have also been included to improve visual experience and take advantage of AOs shader features. No custom shapes files are required for this to work.

This plugin includes the high-res enemy sprites found by Hippieman with some improvements made by herecomethej2000 as well as the hi-res VacBob sprites provided by General Tacticus and the HD wall texture replacement graphics created by Goran Svensson along with a few fixes and some glow/ bumpmaps.

Notes for version 1.0:

• Added XBLA HD sprites found by hippieman.
• Fixed white outlines on some of the sprites.
• Added glowmaps for HD sprites.
• Added AI upscaled S'pht compiler sprites.
• Added HD Player sprites.
• Added Goran Svenssons HD wall textures.
• Added General Tacticus' HD Vac-Bob sprites.
• Added Jjaro Bumpmap textures.

2,452 downloads, 1 review, 8 screenshots, 5.0 rating

This is a Collection of Texture upscales for Marathon, all textures have been upscaled by a factor of 4 with the intention to keep as much detail as possible.

This is a little weekend project that ended up taking a few more days than planned, please be aware that some textures still need some work but in general im happy with the current quality of most textures.

Enjoy!

Notes for version 0.5:

Initial release

2,444 downloads, 1 review, 3 screenshots, 5.0 rating

This is a slightly modified version of Hopper's M1A1 HUD. It moves the HUD to the lower left corner of the screen and allows for fullscreen mode without any black bar. This should work for any Aleph One scenario, including M1.

I also made a few small edits to the HUD itself for aesthetics and transparency.

Thanks to wrkncacnter for the additional scripting.

Notes for version 1.1:

Fixed margins so the lua console can be viewed. Thanks to Terin in the Marathon Discord for fixing this!

4,150 downloads, 1 review, 4 screenshots, 5.0 rating

I (Aaron / The Man) have repackaged Goran Svensson’s Marathon Infinity textures, which were released as five separate plugins, as a single plugin, mostly for the sake of reducing clutter and clicking in our Infinity plugin menus (i.e., if you want to enable one of these, you’ll probably want to enable them all).

In my book, these are by far the best Marathon Infinity texture replacements available (unless you’re using MaraToon; then you should use MaraToon for everything), and they’re certainly the most faithful.

I used Goran’s most recent releases of the Water, Lava, Jjaro, and Pfhor sets; I used kaosof’s edit of the Sewage set with added bump maps. See the included readme for additional information; each set also includes its original documentation within its respective folder.

Screenshots coming when I feel like it.

Enjoy!

Notes for version 1.0:

First release.

2,902 downloads, 1 review, 0 screenshots, 5.0 rating