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===Marathon===
===Marathon===
The [[Marathon]] series began and ended before Oni's release, and was the major source of most new Bungie fans in the ten years before Bungie released Halo.
====Marathon symbol====
====Marathon symbol====
The first Oni trailer featured [[wikipedia:Marathon (video game)|Marathon]] symbols on the crates (yes, it also took place in a warehouse full of crates :-). In-game, the Marathon symbol can be seen on the hull of the [[TCTF]] computer [[Damocles]] in [[{{C6}}]] and [[{{C13}}]] (see texture TXMPTC_SHCOMP2 as well as [[:Image:Genesis Level8 11.jpg|this concept art]]). Fans certainly did not miss this, so Harry brought it up in [http://oni.bungie.org/special/part1/alex.html his interview with Alex Okita]:
The first Oni trailer featured [[wikipedia:Marathon (video game)|Marathon]] symbols on the crates (yes, it also took place in a warehouse full of crates :-). In-game, the Marathon symbol can be seen on the hull of the [[TCTF]] computer [[Damocles]] in [[{{C6}}]] and [[{{C13}}]] (see texture TXMPTC_SHCOMP2 as well as [[:Image:Genesis Level8 11.jpg|this concept art]]). Fans certainly did not miss this, so Harry brought it up in [http://oni.bungie.org/special/part1/alex.html his interview with Alex Okita]:
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===Myth===
===Myth===
The second [[Myth]] game was Bungie's most recent release before Oni in 2001, and about as popular as the Marathon series.
====Balor====
====Balor====
Forklifts in the Warehouse are labeled "BALOR", and Balor is the name of a [[wikipedia:Balor|Celtic god]], but it is also the name taken by the incarnation of "the Leveler" in Myth.
Forklifts in the Warehouse are labeled "BALOR", and Balor is the name of a [[wikipedia:Balor|Celtic god]], but it is also the name taken by the incarnation of "the Leveler" in Myth.
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====Soundtrack====
====Soundtrack====
A number of ambient themes from '''Myth: The Fallen Lords''' and '''Myth II:Soulblighter''' were reprised in Oni:
A number of ambient themes from '''Myth: The Fallen Lords''' and '''Myth II: Soulblighter''' were reprised in Oni:
*'''Heart of the Stone''' (from Myth, reprised in Myth II as '''Gonen's Bridge''')
*'''Heart of the Stone''' (from Myth, reprised in Myth II as '''Gonen's Bridge''')
*'''Smiths of Muirthemne''' (from Myth)
*'''Smiths of Muirthemne''' (from Myth)