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A Requiem for Soulblighter

Oh, the times we had together, my Soulblighter CD and me back in the halcyon days of 1998 and 1999, he with his shiny silvery surface and colorful Bungie label. Soulblighter's parents hadn't yet been purchased by the evil monopolistic overlords, and the future looked bright and shiny. After one exhausting evening of gameplay, Soulblighter even let slip some advanced information about a new edition coming to our Bungie family, an offspring so gloriously magnificent that it would change the world of Mac gaming. Of course, we know the rest of the sad story of Halo; I don't have to recite it here. As these things often go, Soulblighter and I drifted apart after that sad day in June of 2000.

So imagine my surprise when Soulblighter resurfaced into my life last weekend from a dusty CD spindle, and his news was spectacular. As much as I loved Soulblighter and his younger siblings, there has been a group of people toiling away for several years whom possess an even greater love of the Bungie children of Myth. This group of people is called Project Magma, and they have made it possible for all of us to re-unite with Soulbighter and his siblings natively in Mac OS X!

Oh, how I danced with joy and tears came to my eyes as Soulblighter once again entered my life. Oh 'Blight, how I've missed thee. Rejoice, rejoice, for thee runneth joyously on my MacBookPro.

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Dastardly Dan

Great post. Nice to see some truly original content on here once in a while.

May 24 2006 at 4:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
AJ Ballou

It's not really a "requiem," since that would be a eulogy for the dead. It's more like a "resurrection" or "rebirth" or something else that celebrates the living. However, I appreciate your tribute; let's hope that in ten years, some dedicated soul will have a mac os 9 emulated environment for Mac OS XII (12.4) that will let us run all of those old games that we loved. A DosBox for the future, if you will . . . then we can still revel in our classing gaming bliss.

May 16 2006 at 1:46 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mathmonkey

Good games, but no cheats. I want to be invincible. Challenging, no. Fun, yes.

May 16 2006 at 10:00 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Chuck

The group that is doing all this "hard work" is not at all what you'll remember from the Bungie team, I personally couldn't stand the group that trolls their game servers and quickly moved on. Fortunately you can still host your own games in Gameranger. Ww2 Recon anyone? :D

May 15 2006 at 11:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
superpixel

Damien Barrett you're my hero.

May 15 2006 at 10:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Michael Wren

While your checking reminiscing about Bungie's old games, go pick up the Marathon Tillogy: http://trilogyrelease.bungie.org/ and play it on Mac OS X using Aleph One: http://source.bungie.org/

May 15 2006 at 8:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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