Run Faster In Marathon

Learn How to Play Marathon

In this game, not too surprisingly, you have to run as fast as you can. Well, it is a marathon after all. Running is not too difficult and you use the right and left mouse keys to move ahead. The more pressure you put on the keys, the faster you will run. With the Q key on the keyboard, you can toggle the quality. There are three games to choose from: 100 meter dash, 150 meter sprint, 1000 meter marathon.

Start With the 100 Meter Dash

I started with the 100 meter dash (which is basically the first and easiest level) as I had never been any good at running in school, so what made me think I would be any good at it now?! Well, obviously this is different as it is only virtual running! At first I had some trouble - it took me a while to move at all because I was moving only one arrow key (I tried right and then left) and nothing happened. I soon worked out that to get anywhere at all I had to move both right and left keys at once. Then I started really moving.

Enjoy the reality of Marathon

What I really liked about Marathon was the reality of the cool graphics. You know when you watch a Marathon on TV (or run one yourself, something I have never done but am now thinking of maybe training for one as this really got my adrenalin going), you see all the advert banners? Well, this is exactly the same on this game. There are all sorts of different companies advertising on banners as you run. Not that I could make out which companies were advertising as you go so fast! Perhaps that also has something to do with the game not being able to use different companies without contacting them, I am not sure.

Go Real Fast

Just the first time I played Marathon I was going at a speed of 84.40! You have a bar at the bottom of the screen which tells you your speed, the distance and the time it has taken you. It is definitely a fun game with tremendous graphics (probably because of the cool flash software used) and there is a lot going on while you are running so you have a lot to focus on at one time. Marathon is for sure a game to stimulate the senses.