<s>
Pathways	B-Operating_System
into	I-Operating_System
Darkness	I-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
adventure	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Bungie	O
in	O
1993	O
,	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
personal	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
assume	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
Special	B-Application
Forces	I-Application
soldier	O
who	O
must	O
stop	O
a	O
powerful	O
,	O
godlike	O
being	O
from	O
awakening	O
and	O
destroying	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pathways	O
began	O
as	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Bungie	O
's	O
Minotaur	B-Operating_System
:	I-Operating_System
The	I-Operating_System
Labyrinths	I-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
Crete	I-Operating_System
,	O
before	O
the	O
developers	O
created	O
an	O
original	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
three-dimensional	O
,	O
texture-mapped	O
graphics	O
and	O
stereo	O
sound	O
on	O
supported	O
Macintosh	B-Device
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pathways	B-Operating_System
into	I-Operating_System
Darkness	I-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
and	O
adventure	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
move	O
,	O
dodge	O
,	O
fire	O
,	O
and	O
use	O
weapons	O
and	O
items	O
using	O
the	O
computer	B-Device
keyboard	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pathways	O
casts	O
the	O
player	O
as	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
a	O
US	O
Army	O
Special	B-Application
Forces	I-Application
team	O
sent	O
on	O
a	O
mission	O
to	O
the	O
Yucatán	O
Peninsula	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
5	O
,	O
1994	O
,	O
a	O
diplomat	O
from	O
the	O
alien	O
race	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Jjaro	B-Application
appeared	O
to	O
the	O
President	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
informed	O
him	O
that	O
on	O
May	O
13	O
,	O
an	O
ancient	O
godlike	O
being	O
sleeping	O
beneath	O
a	O
pyramid	O
would	O
awaken	O
and	O
destroy	O
the	O
Earth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
eight-man	O
Special	B-Application
Forces	I-Application
team	O
carries	O
a	O
nuclear	O
weapon	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
entering	O
the	O
ancient	O
pyramid	O
,	O
descending	O
to	O
the	O
bottom	O
level	O
where	O
the	O
god	O
sleeps	O
,	O
and	O
activating	O
the	O
bomb	O
to	O
stun	O
the	O
god	O
and	O
bury	O
it	O
under	O
tons	O
of	O
rock	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pathways	O
was	O
Bungie	O
's	O
fourth	O
game	O
and	O
third	O
commercial	O
title	O
after	O
their	O
previous	O
game	O
,	O
Minotaur	B-Operating_System
:	I-Operating_System
The	I-Operating_System
Labyrinths	I-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
Crete	I-Operating_System
,	O
sold	O
around	O
2,500	O
copies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
1992	O
,	O
Jones	O
was	O
living	O
in	O
dorms	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Chicago	O
when	O
he	O
saw	O
Wolfenstein	B-Application
3D	I-Application
,	O
a	O
shooter	O
game	O
with	O
three-dimensional	O
(	O
3D	O
)	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inspired	O
,	O
Jones	O
created	O
a	O
rough	O
3D-graphics	O
engine	O
for	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
that	O
simulated	O
walls	O
with	O
trapezoids	O
and	O
rectangles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
,	O
Bungie	O
intended	O
Pathways	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
straightforward	O
3D	O
version	O
of	O
Minotaur	B-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
they	O
quickly	O
found	O
that	O
the	O
top-down	O
perspective	O
of	O
their	O
previous	O
game	O
did	O
not	O
mesh	O
with	O
the	O
new	O
3D	O
presentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
additional	O
consideration	O
was	O
that	O
the	O
developers	O
wanted	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
did	O
not	O
rely	O
on	O
then-rare	O
networks	O
and	O
modems	B-Application
,	O
an	O
issue	O
in	O
marketing	O
Minotaur	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whereas	O
Jones	O
had	O
single-handedly	O
coded	O
Minotaur	B-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
small	O
staff	O
for	O
Pathways	O
was	O
due	O
to	O
lack	O
of	O
money	O
for	O
a	O
large	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
the	O
final	O
drawings	O
were	O
complete	O
,	O
the	O
images	O
were	O
colorized	O
in	O
24-bit	O
color	O
using	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Photoshop	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
advanced	O
graphics	O
,	O
Pathways	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
any	O
Macintosh	B-Device
model	O
;	O
it	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
30applications	O
that	O
ran	O
natively	O
on	O
Apple	O
's	O
PowerMacs	B-Device
on	O
launch	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inside	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
Games	I-Application
reviewer	O
Jon	O
Blum	O
wrote	O
in	O
1993	O
that	O
Pathways	O
was	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
Macintosh	B-Device
games	O
I	O
've	O
ever	O
played	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
title	O
received	O
several	O
awards	O
,	O
including	O
Inside	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
Games	I-Application
 '	O
"	O
Adventure	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
and	O
Macworlds	O
"	O
Best	O
Role-Playing	O
Game	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
listed	O
on	O
the	O
MacUser	O
100	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
third	O
bestselling	O
Macintosh	B-Device
title	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
half	O
of	O
1994	O
after	O
Myst	B-Application
and	O
Sim	B-Application
City	I-Application
2000	I-Application
,	O
with	O
projected	O
seven-figure	O
sales	O
for	O
the	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
their	O
new	O
location	O
,	O
the	O
Bungie	O
team	O
expanded	O
and	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
another	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
,	O
Marathon	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interviewed	O
by	O
Inside	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
Games	I-Application
,	O
Jones	O
said	O
that	O
he	O
did	O
not	O
believe	O
that	O
there	O
would	O
ever	O
be	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Pathways	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pathways	O
would	O
later	O
be	O
bundled	O
in	O
a	O
box	O
set	O
with	O
the	O
Marathon	B-Application
series	I-Application
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
port	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
produced	O
by	O
Man	O
Up	O
Time	O
Studios	O
in	O
2013	O
,	O
members	O
of	O
whom	O
were	O
early	O
Bungie	O
fans	O
that	O
became	O
acquainted	O
with	O
the	O
company	O
through	O
Pathways	O
.	O
</s>
