Aleph One - Marathon Trilogy for Android

About

A port of the AlephOne engine to Android, letting you play the Marathon saga on an Android phone, including online play. A separate APK is offered for each chapter, and all three chapters are built from the repository.

How it differs from the original

It supports Bluetooth keyboards and joysticks as well as touch controls with adjustable dead zones and virtual stick size, and can play other scenarios.

Getting started

Download the APK of the chapter you want from the releases page and install it; the phone may warn about the APK's signature, which you can ignore. To play a scenario, put AlephOneScenario.txt in the phone's storage root with the scenario's folder path on its first line, and grant the app storage access. Putting a # before the path disables the scenario.

Known issues & limitations

• Scenarios on an SD card will probably not work because the app lacks write access to the card.

What you need to run it

Features

• The port lets you play the Marathon saga on an Android phone.
• Online play is available.
• Touch controls are available, with options to adjust dead zones and virtual stick size.

How to install

1. On your phone, download the APK for the desired chapter from the releases page and install it.

Controls

• Touch controls are available, but there are no on-screen controls.

Additional notes

Build note

Building is best done with Android NDK 18b or lower, because newer versions cause the game to crash on startup unless patched.

FAQ

What is Aleph One - Marathon Trilogy for Android?

Aleph One - Marathon Trilogy for Android is an open-source port of Marathon, Marathon 2 and Marathon Infinity. An existing game or its source code brought to another platform. The original game ran on Android.