Marathon Recompiled

This product is unreleased but remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.

Not to be confused with Marathon.

Marathon Recompiled

Developers
Original	Sonic Team
	sonicnext-dev
Publishers
Original	Sega
Engines
	SoX
	Sega NN Graphics Library
Release dates
Windows	TBA
macOS (OS X)	TBA
Linux	TBA
Reception
Metacritic	46
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Adventure, Platform
Vehicles	Automobile, Flight, Motorcycle, Naval/watercraft
Art styles	Cartoon
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Sonic the Hedgehog unofficial ports, Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog unofficial ports
Subseries of Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog (mobile decompilation)	2021
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (mobile decompilation)	2021
Unleashed Recompiled	2025
Sonic Advance 2	EA
Marathon Recompiled	TBA

Marathon Recompiled is an unofficial PC port of the Xbox 360 version of Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), a platform game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. The name of the port is derived from the internal codename of Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), "Marathon".

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website

Monetization

Type	Notes
DLC	Additional episodes and mission packs.
One-time game purchase	An original copy of the game is required. Dumping the game's files is also required.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	None.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Additional Episode "Sonic Boss Attack"	Play Consecutive Boss Battle Mode for Sonic. [sic]
Additional Episode "Shadow Boss Attack"	You can play Consecutive Boss Battle Mode for Shadow. [sic]
Additional Episode "Silver Boss Attack"	You can play Consecutive Boss Battle Mode for Silver. [sic]
Additional Episode "Team Attack Amigo"	You can play additional missions for Team Attack Amigo. [sic]
Additional Mission Pack "Sonic/Very Hard"	Play a new set of Very Hard missions for Sonic. [sic]
Additional Mission Pack "Shadow/Very Hard"	Play a new set of Very Hard missions for Shadow. [sic]
Additional Mission Pack "Silver/Very Hard"	Play a new set of Very Hard missions for Silver. [sic]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\MarathonRecomp\config.toml
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/MarathonRecomp/config.toml
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/MarathonRecomp/config.toml

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\MarathonRecomp\save\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/MarathonRecomp/save/
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/MarathonRecomp/save/

Save data from the Xbox 360 version can be imported from the console and extracted by wxPirs for use with Marathon Recompiled.

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Cutscene Aspect Ratio can be locked to 16:9 (Original) or unlocked. Visual oddities may occur when unlocking the aspect ratio during cutscenes, as the game was not designed for wider formats.[citation needed] UI Alignment Mode can be adjusted to Center (16:9) or Edge (unlocked aspect ratio).
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		16x by default, but can be changed via config.toml.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Frame generation		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Frame rates higher than 60 FPS may cause visual glitches or game-breaking bugs.[citation needed]
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Keyboard preset only, but can be changed via config.toml.
Mouse sensitivity		Keyboard or controller input during gameplay only.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus		Installer wizard only.
Keyboard and mouse prompts		Installer wizard only.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Xbox 360 prompts only.
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers
Directinput button prompts

Nintendo controllers		Nintendo Switch Pro Controller
Nintendo button prompts		Xbox 360 prompts only.
Face button layout support		Face button prompts will be based on Xbox layout.
Motion sensors support
Connection modes	Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth)

Other controller(s)
Peripheral devices support
Additional button prompts		Xbox prompts by default.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio		The game features a licensed remix from Akon during the credits for Sonic's episode.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2	Co-op, Versus
Online play		See the Local play glossary page for potential workarounds.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12	Shader Model 6.0 required.[citation needed]
Metal
Vulkan	1.2	To change the graphics API from Direct3D 12 to Vulkan on Windows, set GraphicsAPI to Vulkan in config.toml.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	ARM	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok Physics, Kynapse	Havok 3.3.0-b2
Audio	Criware, XMA, SDL	CRI Audio Ver.2.02.11 Xbox Media Audio 2.0.3529.0 SDL 2.32.8
Interface	CSD, Dear ImGui	Dear ImGui v1.91.0
Input	SDL	SDL 2.32.8
Cutscenes	Acroarts, WMV	Acroarts Ver20060209 R1 Windows Media Video 9

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	TBD
Processor (CPU)	TBD
System memory (RAM)	TBD
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	TBD
Video card (GPU)	TBD DirectX 12 compatible Shader model 6.0 support

A 64-bit operating system is required.

A CPU with support for the AVX instruction set is required.^{[citation needed]}

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	TBD
Processor (CPU)	TBD
System memory (RAM)	TBD
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	TBD
Video card (GPU)	TBD

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	TBD
Processor (CPU)	TBD
System memory (RAM)	TBD
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	TBD
Video card (GPU)	TBD

A 64-bit operating system is required.

A CPU with support for the AVX instruction set is required.^{[citation needed]}