Some of the first mods I ever created were video game mods, made with my old Macintosh Performa 640CD DOS Compatible and my Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White).  I used to love creating new levels, sound effects, and graphics, especially for games like Wolfenstein 3D and Bungie's Marathon series.  I even publicly released a mod called ALenstein 3D, which added "Weird Al" Yankovic sound effects and a new title screen to the classic Wolfenstein.  That was 8 years ago, in 2001.

Imagine my surprise when I discovered that someone had created a Wolfenstein mod for Marathon... in 2009!  Read on for more details.

Those who follow @MacMod on Twitter may remember that I tweeted about this back in July.  Well, I finally got around to trying it out, and I have to say I like what the modder has done.  Zott820 recreated the entire first level of the Mac version of Wolfenstein 3D for the Marathon/Aleph One engine.

For those who don't know, I suppose I should back up and briefly explain that Wolf3D was one of the original first-person shooter games, a precursor to games like DOOM, Quake, etc.  Bungie's Marathon games, in particular Durandal and Infinity, were in my opinion among the best games available for the Mac, and I used to love playing them.  Marathon Infinity was intended to be Bungie's final chapter in the series, but they left it open to user-generated content by providing their own editing tools for creating new scenarios.  Later, Bungie open-sourced the engine and released the original game files to the public for free.  Amazingly, the engine (known as Aleph One) is still under active development today.

You can check out Zott's Wolfenstein to Marathon mod and find links to download it here:
http://biasedvideogamerblog.wikidot.com/blog:wolfenstein-3d-mac-to-marathon-mini-mod

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