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With its fluorescent characters and ASCII text, Marathon is a masterclass in 90s nostalgia

International EN 11 Mar 2026, 17:00 Source: The Guardian

The revival of this 90s favourite is a retro-futuristic fever dream that is first incomprehensible, then thrillingly evocative. Plus, Donald Glover’s Yoshi debutBack in the mid-1990s, when I was a staff writer for Edge magazine, Marathon was our multiplayer shooter of choice. We...

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