Marathon: Durandal

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Hats off to 819

Hats off to 819

Read every single terminal in the game.

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How to unlock the Hats off to 819 achievement in Marathon: Durandal - Definitive Guide

You have to find every single terminal in the game. (In numbers they are 81). That may sound hard, but if you have maps with terminal-locations or a list where the terminals are it´s very easy. If you wanna do it seriously, you can explore the whole maps, but three terminals are hidden well.
You can get guides on:

Map locations:
http://www.fantasiadomain.com/marathon/marathon.html

Terminal list:
http://www.achieve360points.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5311...

It appears that the list is not complete. I, for my part, found every terminal with that list and got the achievement w/o problems. (Which is why I created this solution). But as suggested by Durango55, here is an official list by Bungie:

Durango55:

Here's terminal locations from Bungie's site:

http://marathon.bungie.org/spoiler/m2/index.shtml

as well as the text of the terminals:

http://marathon.bungie.org/story/contents.html
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10 Feb 2009 17:58

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Also, terminal progress is only saved when you exit to the game menu. If you quit to dashboard or turn off the console, terminals are not saved. This is because it is saved to your profile, not the game saves.
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By Tarvu on 24 Jun 2009 23:40
Do the terminals have to be activated while connected to Live? I played twice offline.
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By slayersremix on 04 Sep 2010 13:43
@slayersremix:
I don't think so.
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By Thund3RChild on 26 May 2011 12:45
Dude, that website is missing 10 terminals.
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By Lord Agrius on 08 Dec 2011 13:20
@Lord Goblinboy:
Dude, totally not. I found it with that solution, perhaps the website was changed in the course of the years. My solution is almost 3 years old.
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By Thund3RChild on 08 Dec 2011 16:21
It's definitely missing some, i went through the game with that guide and didn't get it, went back with a video guide and there's a lot of missing ones from that guide. Not your fault obviously but maybe you should make a note saying there's some missing.
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By Lord Agrius on 10 Dec 2011 01:36
Haven't playee this yet, but if there are 81 terminals in the game, there are only 71 listed on the website, so Lord's comment might be correct...
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By Durango55 on 28 Mar 2013 17:00
Here's terminal locattions from Bungie's site:

http://marathon.bungie.org/spoiler/m2/index.shtml

as well as the text of the terminals:

http://marathon.bungie.org/story/contents.html
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By Durango55 on 28 Mar 2013 17:06
Just incase this catches anyone else out, the level Curiouser and Curiouser. Go straight to the objective terminal before doing anything else. This was the one that caught me out and had to do a partial replay as once you start doing the level you cannot select it.
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By Jezza69 on 20 Jan 2024 17:45
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The links above are a great help. However in the last mission "All roads lead to Sol" the secret terminal is pretty hard to get to. The terminal map guide doesn't have a map and the written description isn't much help either. So I just recorded my own attempt at the two terminals of that level and the last ones you need for the achievement. Hope that helps you guys.
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03 Oct 2010 04:09

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Helpful video, thanks! I'd like to note that the teleport annotation is a little off though; it's not "don't stay too long on the platform", it's "MOVE IMMEDIATELY!" I thought I had time to get my bearings but you really don't; it teleports you again in less than a second if you don't hold the stick in any direction as you teleport.
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By DROGTURIST on 13 Jul 2013 21:51
Ok, will fix it to reflect that. Thanks!
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By Niterace on 13 Jul 2013 23:32
There is quite a lot of confusion around this achievement and I thought I'd share the things I found out:

- The Bungie link that is famously posted everywhere is incomplete! Do not use it.
- The most complete guide is: http://www.fantasiadomain.com/marathon/marathon.html
- The fantasiadomain guide has one omission: #1 is missing from the map on level 3. It's in the same cluster of terminals as #2 and #4.
- Never dashboard out of the game. Quit to main menu and then quit the game from there, in order to make sure your terminal progress saves. It does save which terminals you've found so if you missed one on level 3, for example, you can just play there and get that one.
- Most important thing that I haven't seen any other guide for this game mention: you need to read all messages! The achievement is not for simply finding all terminals! In the guide above, you'll see them labeled as U and F. U is the first time you see the terminal, F is if you backtrack to that terminal after completing all the level objectives, and the terminal will then have a different message. I'm 90% certain that this is why most people seem to fail this achievement and why the ratio is so high.

Here's exactly which terminals I read in which levels:

01. Waterloo Park - ALL
02. The Slings & Arrows of Outrageous Fortune - NOT F
03. Charon Doesn't Make Change - ALL
04. What About Bob? - NOT F
05. Come and Take Your Medicine - NOT F
06. We're Everywhere - NOT F
07. Ex Cathedra - ALL
08. Nuke and Pave - ALL
09. Curiouser and Curiouser... - NOT F
10. Eat It, Vid Boi! - ALL (NOT U ON FINAL TERMINAL)
11. The Hard Stuff Rules... - ALL
12. Bob's Big Date - ALL (NOT U ON FINAL TERMINAL)
13. Six Thousands Feet Under - ALL
14. If I Had a Rocket Launcher, I'd Make Somebody Pay - ALL
15. Sorry Don't Make It So - ALL
16. For Carnage, Apply Within - ALL
17. Begging For Mercy Makes Me Angry! - ALL
18. The Big House - NONE
19. This Side Toward Enemy - ALL
20. God Will Sort The Dead... - ALL
21. My Own Private Thermopylae - NOT U
22. Kill Your Television - ALL
23. Where the Twist Flops - ALL
24. Beware of Abandoned Rental Trucks - ALL
25. Requiem For a Cyborg - ALL
26. Fatum Iustum Stultorum - ALL
27. Feel the Noise - ALL
28. All Roads Lead To Sol... - ALL

"ALL" means I read both U and F versions, "NOT F" means that I didn't backtrack to read the terminals again when the level was done and "NOT U" means that I missed reading a terminal before completing the level. As you can see, I didn't think to backtrack on the first 9 levels and I have never done so on this save file.

However, I did play through this game once many years ago when it came out, so I can't guarantee that I didn't read the U/F versions of the terminal back then. To be safe, make sure you read all versions and if your achievement didn't pop, that's probably why.
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14 Jul 2013 12:48

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Had some trouble getting the achievement. Got it now. Some doubts and tips:

A) There are some identical terminals, for instance on 'Beware of Abandoned Rental Trucks', all 5 terminal locations show the same message. Do you need to read each terminal location? I did, but I don't know if it mattered. Note, there's three such terminals that can't be reached:
- Terminal 2F on [What About Bob?]
- Terminal 1U on [Curiouser and Curiouser...]
- Terminal 2U on [Eat It, Vid Boi!].
It's pretty cool, those terminal texts break the fourth wall ("You're cheating!").

B) Do you need to read each terminal location, or do you need to read each terminal text? Some terminals change when you progress through the level, so you can return and read them again for another message.

C) The terminal location maps on the fantasiadomain.com page are much better than the maps on the marathon.bungie.org page. But then marathon.bungie.org page also shows Save Terminals, Shield Regenerators and Oxygen Panels.

D) As far as I'm aware, the fantasiadomain.com maps lacks two terminals:
- Terminal 1 on [Charon doesn't make Change], in the same alcove with 3 other terminals (yellow to the left, yellow in front, red to the right).
- Terminal 0 on [The Hard Stuff Rules...], there is an identical terminal to the right side of the map. You'll walk into it when you enter that part of the map from the central part.

I agree that it is vital to save your progress and exit to main menu normally.
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By SPARTAN089 Ace on 12 Jul 2018 17:31
This site worked really well for me! Some of the maps are a little bit useless for map objectives or when flors overlap but I’m glad this guide was complete and I was able to get my achievement. Thank you for sharing! Even years later, this guide is very useful.
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By magmashark20 on 03 Mar 2021 23:53

This may sound hard but you have to read every single terminal in the single player game. These level overviews will help you out nicely. This doesn't have to be done in one playthrough. You can play multiple times and try to find ones you missed. Note that the progress is saved to your profile, not to a specific game file. This means that you need to quit out of your game before exiting to the dashboard or turning off your console. If you just exit directly from your game, you'll lose all the progress that you've made on the terminals. This also means that you can playthrough the game multiple times in single player or co-op if you miss one or two and the achievement will unlock as soon as you access the last terminal that you missed.

You can cross reference between the terminal lists HERE and HERE as you go through the game to make sure that you don't miss any of them.

The following videos may also prove to be helpful. Thanks to Shadows Demise for the video walkthrough.

YouTube - Waterloo Waterpark fv


YouTube - The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune terminal guide


YouTube - Charon Doesn't make change terminal guide


YouTube - What about bob terminal guide


YouTube - Come and take your medicine terminal guide


YouTube - We're everywhere terminal guide


YouTube - Ex cathedra terminal guide


YouTube - Nuke and pave terminal guide


YouTube - Curious and Curiouser terminal guide


YouTube - Eat it vid boi terminal guide


YouTube - The hard stuff rules terminal guide


YouTube - Bobs big date terminal guide


YouTube - Marathon durandal 6000 feet under terminal guide


YouTube - If I had a rocket launcher, I'd make someone pay terminal guide


YouTube - Sorry Don't make it so terminal guide


YouTube - For carnage apply within terminal guide


YouTube - Begging for mercy makes me angry terminal guide


YouTube - Big house Terminal guide


YouTube - This side toward enemy terminal guide


YouTube - God will sort the dead terminal guide


YouTube - My Own Private Thermopylae Terminal guide


YouTube - Kill your television terminal guide


YouTube - Where the twist flops terminal guide


YouTube - Beware of abandoned rental trucks terminal guide


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp745yJh74w


YouTube - Fatum Iustum Stultorum Terminal Guide


YouTube - Feel the noise terminal guide


YouTube - All Roads lead to Sol

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