UPDATE:
I’ve started to port Aleph One again from scratch at the end of April 2010, quite some work has been done, check the blog as I plan to post a work log there.
I’ve always been a Marathon fan, it was one of the first games I’ve played as a kid on my Macintosh LC III and I instantly fell in love with it!
Still today I think it is one of the few games that managed to blend so many great elements in such a seamless way creating a unique atmosphere.
Considering my emotional attachment I wanted to be able to play it everywhere, so porting it to the PSP seemed like a good idea.
It was. But it took far more time than I’ve expected because of my poor knowledge of the PSP kernel/system and of the AlephOne source code.
As a result the port I have done so far is much more of a beta even if it allows you to play Marathon 2 and Marathon Infinity from start to end without losing much of the original enjoyment (I tested it personally).
The biggest limitation is that this runs on Kernel 1.50 only (that is always more of a problem on today’s custom firmwares) but it has been reported to work with LEDA.
Originally a Kernel > 1.50 version was planed but given the cold response of the PSP community my motivation slowly faded away into other projects, but I deeply thank anyone that sent me words of appreciation for this project, it really means a lot to me.
NOTE:
Given the amount of time and efforts needed to keep on with the porting process, consider making a little donation, you would improve my mental health and this would reflect on my coding abilities, so it’s a real deal!
System Requirements
- PSP with custom firmware
- 1.50 kernel compatibility
NOTE: High resolution must be manually activated in the options or in-game (pressing L+R+TRIANGLE)
Download:
AlephOne PSP - Marathon 2 (1108)
AlephOne PSP Source Code (285)
Awsome i was trying to port it myself with sdl x.x not the easist thing to do. if you need any help what so ever feel free to email me ^_^ im a hudge marathon fan though im from a young genration who played it out of interest of retro games so i didnt become a fan till about 2002 lol and id love to see it on the psp. my email Afaryniak@gmail.com
so you never ported this to a kernal higher then 1.50? that sucks
dude, i’ll make a donation if you make me a eboot for the last 6.x firmawares… you make a price and i pay
please, for the sake of the marathon’s fans
Hey Bruce, I’ve never compiled the old AlephOne port for non-1.50 firmwares because I did that with the new port I’m working on (see my last blog post), but sadly the new port seems to require more work than I thought to be playable, so I think I may consider your offer.
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Hey man good luck with this port cause when it gets out to the psp hacking scene, its gonna be BIG.
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