Aleph One/SDL is a 3D first-person shooter game that is inspired by Bungie's Marathon series.
Aleph One is a fantastic Open Source 3D first-person shooter game that is based on the popular game Marathon 2 by Bungie Software. The game was initially designed for Mac-only users, but there is now a cross-platform version based on the Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) library, which should run on all systems supported by SDL (Linux, BeOS, Windows, Mac OS, Solaris, IRIX, *BSD, and others). The port is complete and playable with only a few minor things left to fix.
The installation process is straightforward and can be achieved in two ways: through a binary package or by compiling from the source. For Unix users, if you are running Linux/i386 with XFree86 4.0 and OpenGL, you can download and install the binary RPM. Otherwise, you have to compile Aleph One/SDL from the source. Note that SDL>=1.2.0 has to be installed to complete the process. If you encounter an error message while installing the RPM, try installing again with the --nodeps option.
Compiling from the source requires you to have the SDL library installed: Aleph One requires at least SDL 1.2.0. After installing SDL, you can download the Aleph One/SDL source tarball, or get the source via CVS. Installation on Unix is done by running "$ ./configure", "$ make [become root],” and "# make install." If you are a BeOS user, run "$ make -f Makefile.BeOS install." To play Aleph One, you need to install Marathon scenario data files, and this can be done by downloading and installing at least one of the AlephOne-M1A1, AlephOne-Marathon2, or AlephOne-Infinity RPM packages. Alternatively, download one of the AlephOne-M1A1-1.0.tar.gz, AlephOne-Marathon2-1.0.tar.gz, or AlephOne-Infinity-1.0.tar.gz tarballs and unexpand it to "/usr/local/share/AlephOne/".
Now you can start playing Aleph One by typing "$ alephone-m1a1" for M1A1, or "$ alephone-marathon2" for Marathon 2, or "$ alephone-infinity" for Marathon Infinity to start the game; remember to read the README file that comes with Aleph One/SDL. This will give you an incredibly amazing gaming experience on your system. The latest version of Aleph One comes with upgraded Internet gaming, Lua scripting support, and many bug fixes for improved gameplay.
The installation process is straightforward and can be achieved in two ways: through a binary package or by compiling from the source. For Unix users, if you are running Linux/i386 with XFree86 4.0 and OpenGL, you can download and install the binary RPM. Otherwise, you have to compile Aleph One/SDL from the source. Note that SDL>=1.2.0 has to be installed to complete the process. If you encounter an error message while installing the RPM, try installing again with the --nodeps option.
Compiling from the source requires you to have the SDL library installed: Aleph One requires at least SDL 1.2.0. After installing SDL, you can download the Aleph One/SDL source tarball, or get the source via CVS. Installation on Unix is done by running "$ ./configure", "$ make [become root],” and "# make install." If you are a BeOS user, run "$ make -f Makefile.BeOS install." To play Aleph One, you need to install Marathon scenario data files, and this can be done by downloading and installing at least one of the AlephOne-M1A1, AlephOne-Marathon2, or AlephOne-Infinity RPM packages. Alternatively, download one of the AlephOne-M1A1-1.0.tar.gz, AlephOne-Marathon2-1.0.tar.gz, or AlephOne-Infinity-1.0.tar.gz tarballs and unexpand it to "/usr/local/share/AlephOne/".
Now you can start playing Aleph One by typing "$ alephone-m1a1" for M1A1, or "$ alephone-marathon2" for Marathon 2, or "$ alephone-infinity" for Marathon Infinity to start the game; remember to read the README file that comes with Aleph One/SDL. This will give you an incredibly amazing gaming experience on your system. The latest version of Aleph One comes with upgraded Internet gaming, Lua scripting support, and many bug fixes for improved gameplay.
What's New
Version 20051119: N/A