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It has been suggested that this article be split into articles entitled Myth: The Fallen Lords, Myth II: Soulblighter, Myth III: The Wolf Age and Myth series. (Discuss)

This article is about a tactical series Myth, created by Bungie Studios. For the Commodore 64 game by System 3, see Myth: History in the Making.

Box art for Myth II: Soulblighter.

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• Myth: The Fallen Lords
• Myth II: Soulblighter
• Myth III: The Wolf Age

The first two games were developed and self-published by Bungie Software, now a division of Microsoft under the name Bungie Studios. Upon Bungie's sale to Microsoft in 2000, Bungie lost the rights to the Myth franchise to Take 2 Interactive. Take 2 quickly released Myth II: Worlds, a compilation of fan-created content and Green Berets: Powered by Myth II, a total conversion made by the online community. Myth III was developed by Mumbo Jumbo Software and published by Take 2 Interactive. Myth II is by far the most popular game in the series (though Myth had better sales during its launch and first few years of life). Most players believe Myth III to be inferior, as the release was rushed and none of the original developers were involved (despite respected map-makers from the Myth Community being part of Mumbo Jumbo). Microsoft is one of few companies engaging itself in the console wars Where they are up against sony, nintendo, and of course sharps new console which may cause a threat. ... Bungie Studios is an American video game developer founded in 1991 under the name Bungie Software Products Corporation (more popularly shortened to just Bungie Software) by two undergraduate students at the University of Chicago, Alex Seropian and Jason Jones. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. ... Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. ...

These games represented a departure from old standards such as Warcraft in that resource retrieval and unit construction were removed in favor of squad-level and single-creature-level tactics. They were also remarkable for depth of free multiplayer support, intense and continuing fan activity on the web (including a wide range of fan-created mods), and simultaneous Macintosh and Windows PC development and release. Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is a real-time strategy computer game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment in 1994. ... The first Macintosh computer, introduced in 1984, upgraded to a 512K Fat Mac. The Macintosh or Mac, is a line of personal computers designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed by Apple Computer. ... Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of proprietary software operating systems by Microsoft. ...

Release dates

• Myth: The Fallen Lords - approx. November 5, 1997
• Myth II: Soulblighter - December 31, 1998
• Myth II: Chimera - 1999
• Myth: The Total Codex - 1999
• Myth II: Worlds - 2001
• Green Berets - Powered by Myth II - 2001
• Myth III: The Wolf Age - December 2001

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Gameplay

General

Players control small armies made up of diverse units, each with their own strengths, weaknesses, and abilities. If deployed correctly and micromanaged, a weak force can defeat a much more powerful force, and can even accomplish this with few or no casualties, a contrast to the "meat grinder" style of some strategy games. This is because, in general, artillery units strongly counter melee units, melee units strongly counter ranged units, and ranged units strongly counter artillery -- though there are exceptions. For other meanings of the term, see melée (disambiguation). ...

Formations are important as well. In order for an army to be effective, it has to be facing the right direction. Ranged units must have a clear line of sight in order to fire, and so must be in front of the army, but they must also have a way to retreat and be protected by melee units if rushed. Flanking maneuvers can be highly damaging, as the enemy will have to reorient while under fire in order to fight effectively. Because healing is a rare ability, units do not regenerate health, and there is no way to construct new units, hit and run skirmishes are effective and unit conservation is essential. In light of this, each point of damage can be significant. This article is about the military unit. ... Hit and run is the act of hitting an object with a vehicle and leaving the location of the incident. ...

Terrain and environmental factors are also important. Rain or standing water will put out some explosive attacks. Archers on the high ground will have an advantage, because they can shoot further than those on level ground. Archers will also be less effective in a strong wind. Unusual for a strategy game, most units will flinch when damaged, interrupting movement and attack. This has many strategic implications; for example, if two or three melee units gang up to attack one enemy melee unit, that unit might be eliminated without dealing any significant damage, because it will be too busy flinching.

Each unit has a name and gains individual experience for each kill it makes or battle it survives. Experience may increase attack rate and accuracy, and decrease damage received in combat. All else being equal, an experienced army will destroy a comparable force of fresh units. A cap of 5 experience per unit has recently been added to Myth II.

Myth employs an unusually realistic physics engine, which affects gameplay. Unlike in Warcraft, when an archer fires an arrow, the arrow is a distinct, independent object that arcs through the air and only deals damage if it strikes a unit -- this allows projectiles to be dodged mid-flight by the skilled player. There is no protection from friendly fire; firing arrows into a melee is just as likely to hurt you as the enemy, and units with explosive attacks are especially perilous if mishandled. A physics engine is a computer program that simulates Newtonian physics models, using variables such as mass, velocity, friction and wind resistance. ...

Limbs and heads of dead units can bounce around the terrain, fly into the air from explosives, and roll down hills trailing blood. Weapons also fall from dead units' hands. Although most units cannot pick up new weapons, objects can go flying from explosions further damaging units they strike. Although a flying sword will not do terrible damage, if propelled by an explosion it can be a deadly object. Blood permanently stains the terrain and bodies do not decay, giving battles in Myth a gritty, unsanitized feel. The events of battles can be deduced from battlefield detritus, which is important in multiplayer free-for-all games and some single-player missions. Detritus may refer to: In geology, detritus is the name for loose fragments of rock that have been worn away by erosion. ...

Multiplayer

In multiplayer, the player starts with an army and may usually customize it by trading units, using point values that approximate the value of the units. Games generally are either "free-for-all" or FFA, where each player has his own army and competes with everyone else, or "Team," where a group of players under the leadership of a captain control different forces within a very large army. There are many different kinds of multiplayer games, ranging from simple "Body Count" to more complicated games involving flags, balls, or animals.

The number and variety of multiplayer game types are one reason why Myth has remained so popular online. For each game type, different strategies are employed.

• Body Count: The player or team that deals the most points of damage within the time limit wins.
• Capture the Flag: Each player or team has a flag at their starting location. If the flag is ever lost, even for a second, the player is eliminated.
• Last Man on the Hill: A flag is in the middle of the map. The winner is the player who controls the flag when time runs out. If multiple players contest the flag, the game goes into sudden death, and the first player to get uncontested control of the flag for five seconds wins.
• King of the Hill: A flag is in the middle of the map. The player is credited for every second that he controls or contests the flag. The winner is the one with the most time when the game ends.
• Territories: Several flags are scattered across the map. The winner is the one who controls the most flags when time runs out. If any flag is contested, the game goes into sudden death.
• Flag Rally: Several flags are scattered across the map. The winner is the one who tags all the flags first (where "tagging" means taking uncontested control.)
• Steal the Bacon: A ball is in the center of the map. Any unit can move the ball by running into it, and clicking directly on the ball will cause the unit to follow it and bump it roughly in the direction the unit is running. The ball can also be blasted around with explosives. The winner is the player who controls the ball when time runs out. If the ball is contested, the game goes into sudden death.
• Captures: Like Territories, but with balls instead of flags.
• Scavenger Hunt: Like Flag Rally, but with balls instead of flags.
• Balls On Parade: Like Capture the Flag, but with a ball instead of a flag.
• Assassin: Each player gets an assassin target, usually a helpless Baron but sometimes more powerful units. If the assassin target dies, the player is eliminated.
• Stampede: Each team has one or more flags and a herd of animals or peasants. For each animal that reaches an enemy flag, the animal is teleported away and a point is gained. The winner is the team with the most points when all the animals are dead or safe, or when time runs out.
• Hunting: Dozens of computer-controlled wildlife units such as deer and hawks are placed on the map. For each animal killed, a point is scored. The winner is the one with the most points when time runs out.

Multiplayer allowed use of units from both Light and Dark.

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Solo

In single player, the player starts with an army and must use it to accomplish specific goals, such as reaching a distant location, defending a hill or other strategic position, escorting an important unit through the mission, evading a superior force, destroying a bridge or breaching a wall, or anything that the story may require. Rarely, the player may control a small squad of heroes, powerful variants of standard units. Single-player missions can be played cooperatively over the internet or on a LAN. In each level you are given a new set of units, usually including experienced survivors from the previous scenario.

Units

What follows is a listing of unit types, divided into Light or Dark based on their nature. Light units get shields next to their name to denote kills, while Dark units get skulls. Light and Dark does not necessarily denote their alignment; sometimes in the campaign the player will control Dark units or face off against Light units. In multiplayer, this distinction is irrelevant, and a player almost always controls mixed armies of both types of units. "Light" and "Dark" have another meaning in multiplayer: Most maps have "Light" and "Dark" variants, where the Dark variant allows control of very powerful units. The difference in gameplay between the two is so great that many players were often termed "dark mappers" or "light mappers" based on which unit types they worked best with. A shield is a protective device, meant to intercept attacks. ... It has been suggested that temporal fenestra be merged into this article or section. ...

The number in parenthesis below is the multiplayer point cost, which gives an idea of the relative value of the unit. For the sake of brevity, some uncommon units are not listed.

The Light

• Warriors (2 points) Basic ground units, warriors are moderately fast and tough, and fight with sword and shield. They have a chance to block melee attacks with their shields.

• Archers (3 points) Basic ranged units, archers are slower and weaker than warriors, but may attack from afar. In Myth II, archers were given the ability to fire one flaming arrow each.

• Berserks (3 points) Kilt-wearing barbarians with huge Claymores, berserks are faster in both movement and attack than warriors, but
  

  

  Game art for the Dwarf unit.
  wear no armor. When experienced, a group of them are amongst the most effective Light units in both Myth and Myth II.

• Dwarves (6 points) and Dwarven Mortars (8 points, Myth II only) Diminutive explosive-lobbers, dwarves are favored units for their ability to single-handedly demolish whole armies with molotov cocktails in spectacular explosions -- if they aren't extinguished by rain, standing water, or bad luck. Their special ability is to lay explosive satchel charges. Dwarves are slow, weak, and helpless in a melee, with a minimum range for throwing cocktails. In Myth II, Dwarven explosive technology advances in the form of the Mortar, a unit that lobs ballistic rounds over a much longer range, but with a correspondingly greater minimum range. Mortar rounds explode even underwater, and the units do not carry satchel charges.

• Journeymen (6 points) Tough healer units. Each journeyman carries only a shovel, and wears a thick fur coat and heavy gold plates which provide great protection. They carry six mandrake roots, each of which may be used to heal a living unit almost to full health, or to completely destroy an undead unit. They are immune to the paralyzing effects of wights, though they are still damaged by the explosion.

• Heron Guard (3 points, Myth II only) The Heron Guard are the Journeymen reborn. Swift movement, rapid attacks, and effective armor make them powerful assets of the Light. Each one carries a single mandrake root for healing. Like Journeymen, they are immune to wight paralysis while still vulnerable to the explosion itself.

• Forest Giants (24 points, Myth: TFL only) 12-foot behemoths capable of taking extreme damage and killing most units in one deadly swat. They can only be healed to half health.

• Avatara The only Avatara used in either Myth or Myth II is Alric, and he is not available in standard multiplayer because he is too powerful for game balance. Sorcerer-warriors, Avatara are very good melee fighters and have high resistance to elemental attacks. Alric's special attack is the Dispersal Dream, which he can use three times and which causes a chain of explosions to ripple through enemy troops, usually killing all of them. The Dispersal Dream does not differentiate between friend and foe. At one point in Myth II, Alric wields the lightning sword Balmung, which imbues his normal attack with spectacular power and enables him to single-handedly take on obscene numbers of enemy forces.

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The Dark

• Thrall (1 point) Mindless animated corpses with axes. Thrall are cannon fodder, too slow to really do much good on the battlefield, but reasonably effective in a melee if they manage to avoid getting blown up before they reach the line. Thrall can go underwater, which allows them to lay in wait and ambush opponents.

• Spiders (1 point) The weakest units in the game; they are also among the fastest. Capable of traversing any terrain except deep water. Extremely effective against ranged and artillery units in numbers.

• Brigands (2 points, Myth II only) and Dark Archers (3 points, Myth II only) Like warriors and archers, but evil, and slightly slower.

• Ghôls (2 points) The apelike Ghôls are weak, but fast melee units that are excellent at raiding lines of archers or running down dwarves. Ghôls may pick up and throw most items on the battlefield -- including dwarven satchel charges, unexploded cocktails and mortar shells, and the explosive body parts of wights.

• Wolves (3 points, Myth II only) Wolves are reasonably fast with a decent attack, but very low health. They appear only once in the single-player game, and sporadically appear in multiplayer.

• Stygian Knights (3 points, Myth II only) Magically animated suits of armor, Stygian Knights are tough melee fighters. They are completely immune to fire and missile attacks, but take double damage from explosives. Though not alive, they cannot go underwater.

• Soulless (3 points) Basic ranged unit of the undead, the Soulless is a ghostly floating torso that lobs throwing spears. Soulless can traverse any terrain, even steep cliffs and deep water. Flanking a soulless line can be very effective, as missiles will go right through them, each dealing full damage to multiple soulless.

• Myrmidons (2 points, Myth: TFL only) Somewhat stronger than warriors, they run and attack quickly with curved metal blades. They are not technically undead, only tricked by Balor into a hellish eternal life.

• Wights (3 points) and Ghasts (1 point, Myth II only) Wights are bloated, infested, gas-filled corpses that explode upon death, dealing heavy damage and stunning friend and foe alike in a large area. Their only attack is to stab themselves with a dagger and blow up. Wights die very easily, and are very slow, but they can hide underwater. They frequently hide in the deep water next to a shallow water crossing, and wait for unsuspecting enemies to attempt to ford the stream. Wights which have not yet fully "ripened" are called Ghasts. They move relatively quickly and do not explode, but have a paralyzing attack. Ghasts appear only in the first two levels of the game and rarely in multiplayer.

Trow Iron Warriors from Myth III: The Wolf Age.

• Bre'Unor (4 points, Myth II only) Fast, weak, bone-wielding primitives. Their high multiplayer cost is because they have both an effective ranged attack and an effective melee attack, making them unique in that aspect. Bre'Unor are rarely used in multiplayer, and appear only once in the single-player game.

• Myrkridia (4 points, Myth II only) and Myrkridian Giants (36 points, Myth II only) Vicious, wolf like creatures that tear enemies to pieces. Myrkridia run and attack very fast. They are one of the most powerful standard melee units in Myth II. Their only real weakness is that they go berserk when badly wounded, attacking the unit closest to them, friend or foe. In multiplayer, you actually lose control of them when their health gets too low. Myrkridian Giants are enormous, very strong variants with the special ability to lob handfuls of explosive heads. Giants do not go berserk, attack quickly, and do considerable damage per strike.

• Mauls (4 points, Myth II only) Pig-like beasts with average speed that can take and dish out a lot of damage. A Maul's attack cannot be blocked by a Warrior's shield, and Mauls do not easily flinch.

• Fetch (6 points) Alien priestesses inhabiting the skins of their victims, the dangerous Fetch fire bolts of lighting that do area damage. Their range is greater than that of a dwarf, but less than that of an archer. Their attack helps defend them, as it deflects any incoming projectiles. Their health is very low and they move and attack rather slowly. Fetch are highly resistant to lightning and cannot hurt each other very much.

• Warlocks (8 points, Myth II only) Black-robed sorcerers, Warlocks open their robes to project a guided fireball, or to summon a ring of fire from the ground for protection. Warlocks may damage underwater units with their fireballs. Warlock attacks are all powered by mana bars, and when out of mana, a Warlock is defenseless. Throughout most of Myth II, Warlocks fight on the side of the Light, but they are considered Dark units.

• Trow (24 points) Hulking, loincloth-clad giants, Trow wade into the melee, kicking to pieces smaller units that get in their way, and punching other large units. They are the fastest usable unit in the game. They are resistant to elemental damage. Significantly, they are the only melee unit (very nearly) invulnerable to wights. Trow turn to stone at low health and can only be healed to about 60% health. Like the Warlock, these Dark units have converted to the Light for Myth II. In Myth III, they are clad in iron armor and equipped with large war hammers.

• Shades (16 points) Shades are undead Avatara, and only appear in the single-player game and some custom maps because of their immense power. They cannot cross water. Shades are also armed with 3 Dispersal Dreams, which they drop when slain. Though undead, they are not slain by healing.

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Storyline

Main article: Story of Myth

The Myth series is set in a fantasy world that was inspired in many ways by Glen Cook's Black Company novels, as it is narrated via a common soldier's journal that tells the tale of life itself coming under attack by an undead horde and its masters, the Fallen Lords. Certain Lovecraftian themes also appear throughout, and there are numerous borrowings from Celtic mythology[1]. Main article: Myth (computer game) The Story of Myth is an elaborate narrative set in a detailed fantasy world. ... Fantasy is a genre of art that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. ... Glen Cook at Demicon 15 in 2004 Glen Cook (July 9, 1944—) is a contemporary American science fiction and fantasy author, best known for his fantasy series, The Black Company. ... Cover of the first novel in the series, The Black Company. The Black Company is a series of novels by author Glen Cook. ... H. P. Lovecraft Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890–March 15, 1937) was an American author of fantasy and horror fiction, noted for giving horror stories a science fiction framework. ... Celtic mythology is the mythology of Celtic polytheism, apparently the religion of the Iron Age Celts. ...

The actual gameplay tends to remain on the edges of the main story, instead focusing on small-unit engagements apart from what the main body of the Legion, the alliance of 'good' races against the Fallen Lords, is currently doing. In a strange approach for a computer game, there is little sense of accomplishment in the game's plot- it begins with a sense of futility (owing to a prolonged war), and ends in a rather bittersweet victory.

The Myth community

The Myth community encompasses the fanbase of the Myth series of games. Members of this community are especially notable for performing extensive volunteer software development to update and maintain a commercial game over seven years after its initial release.[2] Since 2002, the game servers have also been donated.

The Myth series of games (collectively: Myth: The Fallen Lords, Myth II: Soulblighter, and Myth III: The Wolf Age) are renowned for their open-ended and extensible gaming engines. As the latter two titles shipped with functioning editors, and the original was quickly reverse-engineered by third-party hackers, these games allowed fans to easily develop maps and scenarios for the game. During the years 1998-2001, widely considered the franchise's zenith, literally thousands of third-party creations were released on community-maintained sites. In addition, many tournaments were organized, most notable the annual Myth World Cup organised by various figures within the community.

Myth development history

The Myth games have a long and twisting history. Created by one company, bought by another, and finally supported and enhanced by the user community, the story of its 8 year development history is an anomaly in an environment where the shelf life of most games is measured in months. The Myth video game series has had a development history unlike any other. ...

The last official releases by Bungie Software for Myth: The Fallen Lords and Myth II: Soulblighter were in 2001. After Myth II was released, Take2 bought the rights to the Myth franchise from Bungie. Take2 released several Myth related titles including Myth Worlds (including 2 CDs of fan-created add-ons), Green Berets (conversion from medieval setting to a Vietnam era setting), and Myth 3: The Wolf Age.

Myth 3: The Wolf Age was widely seen as an incomplete product rushed to market. This perception was supported by Take2's firing of the development team who created the game (MumboJumbo) before the game was officially released. The last official release was v1.0, though MumboJumbo released 2 patches to fix outstanding problems, the final one being v1.0.2. After Myth III was rushed into going gold, Take2 stopped all development and support for all three Myth games.

A group of Myth fans who called themselves "Myth Developers" acquired permission from Take2 to support the Myth series of games. This group, and successor groups under other names, have continued to support and develop all three games without compensation. These groups have updated the software for the latest operating systems, fixed various bugs, and added various enhancements to both the games themselves and the mapmaking tools. These include combining the core software libraries of all three games, allowing Myth II to emulate Myth I.

Third-party projects for Myth II

A battle scene from Myth II: Soulblighter, taken from the Blue and Grey mod.

Due to the robust (and free) mapmaking tools released to the public by Bungie and additional tools created by fans - new maps, units, 3d objects, and other plugins were created for Myth II by the thousands. These projects converted Myth II from the medieval fantasy world of Myth to one of Feudal Japan, to a Lego world, to the US Civil War, to World War II, to various sci-fi inspired worlds, to the American Wild West, to a Tolkien inspired world, to one where giant mechanized robots battled, and many other projects Image File history File links Myth_screenshot. ... Image File history File links Myth_screenshot. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ...

Tournaments and servers

Main article: Myth World Cup

Main article: Myth II: Soulblighter Tournaments

Myth II servers allow players to compete online. Bungie.net was the original Myth series server. The Myth: The Fallen Lords server closed in November 2001, and Myth II: Soulblighter's server closed in March 2002. Bungie.net supported all versions of the first 2 Myth games. Third-party servers have stepped up to fill the void: // Myth World Cup An online Myth II tournament. ... Bungie. ...

• PlayMyth.net is currently the largest third-party server.
• MariusNet is also supports Marathon.
• GameRanger technically supports Myth II, but lacks features and is rarely used.

While players on multiple servers and fine details make counting community size hard, some details are available. A good way of measuring size change is tournaments. Myth World Cup most recently fielded 32 teams, down from a historic high of 96. Marathon is the first title in the Marathon series of science fiction first-person shooter computer games from Bungie Software, the same company who created the Halo series. ...

Community hubs

The Mill was a huge site that primarily hosted maps and plugins for all three Myth games. It is now gone. Project Magma's forums are now the most popular community gathering site for map-makers and MariusNet users. The The Galleria Mythica is a collection of photos and profiles of over 300 former and current Myth players. The PlayMyth.net gaming server and its forums are now the largest Myth hub. During tournament season, the Myth World Cup forums are also a popular place (for latest MWC see Myth World Cup 2006). Unfortunatly, Playmyth.net is pety and a glee club which requires you to ask how high when one of their admins says jump. The owners quote says " There is no freedom of speech here" Which seems to follow playmyth.net where ever it goes.

Post-Bungie Myth

Development of the Myth Series was halted by Bungie, but fan groups have been given access to the source code and have taken it upon themselves to keep the series up to date. Also, after a long period of slow decline in membership, Bungie.net shut down its Myth servers. Bungie.net went down in 2001, and Bungie.net II in February 2002. Fortunately for players, multiplayer for the game was continued through such fan-based public servers as MariusNet and Playmyth.net. Such servers are maintained by volunteers and funded by donations from the players. Players should visit the links below to get updates and demos of the games for Windows, Mac OS and Mac OS X. Myth II was ported to Linux by Loki Studios, but only to update 1.3.1, and is not compatible with current versions of Myth II. Fandom (from the noun fan and the affix -dom, as in kingdom, dukedom, etc. ... Source code (commonly just source or code) is any series of statements written in some human-readable computer programming language. ... Bungie. ...

• Myth: The Fallen Lords Patch 1.5 (Project Magma)
• Myth II: Soulblighter Patch 1.6.0 (Project Magma)
• Myth III: The Wolf Age Patch 1.3.1 (Flying Flip Studios)

Awards

The first of the Myth series, The Fallen Lords was very acclaimed for its time, Myth II followed with larger sale success and popularity.

Myth: The Fallen Lords, 1997

• PC Gamer Best Real Time Strategy Game of the Year
• Computer Gaming World Strategy Game of the Year
• Computer Games Strategy Plus Game of the Year
• Macworld Magazine Game of the Year
• GameSpot have included the Myth series in the "Greatest Games of All Time" hall of fame.
• Myth I was listed in the Best of 1997 and Myth II in 98 at Games Revolution.com

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Myth World Cup

Main article: Myth World Cup

Myth World Cup is an annual online, double-elimination, 2-team tournament. "TFL98: Myth World Cup" was the first incarnation, played on Myth TFL. All MWCs since have been played on Myth II. A large community rallying point, MWC tournaments gather the most teams, have the most active forums, and are known for their funny articles and reviews. // Myth World Cup An online Myth II tournament. ... A tournament is an organized competition in which many participants play each other in individual games. ...

Myth II installer bug

The original version of the Myth II: Soulblighter game contained a serious bug which reached customers who had pre-ordered the game. The bug was that the CD contained an uninstaller which would remove Myth from a computer by deleting the directory in which it had been installed. If the user had overridden the default and installed Myth to the root level of his hard drive, the uninstaller would delete the entire contents of the user's hard drive.

This bug was caught after Myth II CDs had been sent out and also duplicated and boxed to ship to stores. Bungie employees went to the factory, tore open the boxes, and replaced the faulty CDs with new CDs on which the uninstaller bug had been fixed. They also mailed out new CDs to those users who had pre-ordered from the company and had received their (buggy) CD free of charge. It is said that the costs incurred from this were roughly equal to the profits the game earned. [3]

Penny-Arcade Comic - this was one of the more widespread cultural references to Myth. Unlike most others it went beyond the Bungie community (which was firmly rooted in Myth community itself to begin with).

Graphics rendering

Myth: The Fallen Lords originally supported both software rendering and 3Dfx Glide hardware-acceleration upon its release. A final v1.3 upgrade patch added support for RRedline, the native rendering API of the Rendition Verite line of graphic cards. Thanks to volunteers, an unofficial v1.5 patch has been created which adds OpenGL support, thus allowing modern GPUs to run the game in hardware-mode. 3dfx Interactive was a company which specialized in the manufacturing of cutting-edge 3D graphics processing units and, later, graphics cards. ... Glide was a proprietary 3D graphics API developed by 3dfx used on their Voodoo graphics cards. ... RRedline is the name of a proprietary Windows application programming interface for graphics cards made by Rendition. ... API may refer to: In computing, application programming interface In petroleum industry, American Petroleum Institute In education, Academic Performance Index This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Rendition was a maker of 3D graphics chipsets in the mid- to late-90s. ... OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a standard specification defining a cross-language cross-platform API for writing applications that produce 3D computer graphics (and 2D computer graphics as well). ... VPU redirects here. ...

External links

• Bungie Studios- Original creators of Myth series.
• Playmyth.net - free online multiplayer server for Myth: The Fallen Lords, Myth II and Myth III
• Mariusnet - free online multiplayer server for Myth: The Fallen Lords, Myth II and Myth III
• Flying Flip - Created Ballistic, a new version of the Vengeance program for making maps on Myth III, as well as maintainers of Myth III. Currently developing a new version of Myth III (v1.4).
• Myth series at MobyGames
• ProjectMagma - Myth modding group, as well as being the current maintainers of Myth: The Fallen Lords and Myth II.
• Myth@Bungie.org - Contains level guides, background information, and many other resources and articles about the first two Myth games. Home of The Asylum forums and MythMaster Central.
• The Wargamer's Myth III site - old promotional Myth III site, only place really to detail the Mumbo Jumbo version of the game.
• The Myth Dictionary
• TheTain.net - The Tain.net, file host for many Myth game resources
• Onyx Warlords - A Myth game development group
• hl.udogs.net - A Myth file host with beta versions of maps within individual map-maker folders