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Halo 2600 (2010)

Ed Fries

Atari 2600

3.00 from 6 ratings

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Halo 2600 is an action-adventure video game developed for the Atari 2600 video game console, inspired by the Halo series of video games. Halo 2600 was written by Ed Fries, former vice president of game publishing at Microsoft, who was involved in Microsoft's acquisition of Halo developers Bungie Studios. Fries decided to create a version of Halo for the Atari … Read more
Halo 2600 is an action-adventure video game developed for the Atari 2600 video game console, inspired by the Halo series of video games. Halo 2600 was written by Ed Fries, former vice president of game publishing at Microsoft, who was involved in Microsoft's acquisition of Halo developers Bungie Studios. Fries decided to create a version of Halo for the Atari 2600 after being inspired by a book called Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System by Ian Bogost and Nick Montfort. The Atari 2600 had such limited RAM, only 128 bytes, that drawing Master Chief was difficult, and creating a game with other characters was even more so. Fries later stated that making the game taught him that constraint is sometimes a fuel for creativity. Read less
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Details

Developers
Ed Fries
Publishers
AtariAge
Genres
Adventure, Shooter
Themes
Action, Science fiction

Release dates

  • Jul 08, 2010 (Worldwide) Atari 2600
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Yungbeck

Review Yungbeck 3/5 · Sep 7, 2022

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Ok so this happened. Some guys name Ed Fries and Mike Mika decided that the 2600 surely needed a Halo, and even put it on cartridges. I love fan projects like this that show creativity and passion while respecting the source material. After hearing the classic Halo theme in its lovely 2600 rendition - you need to find a gun. …

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Ok so this happened. Some guys name Ed Fries and Mike Mika decided that the 2600 surely needed a Halo, and even put it on cartridges. I love fan projects like this that show creativity and passion while respecting the source material. After hearing the classic Halo theme in its lovely 2600 rendition - you need to find a gun. Then you simply collect keys and explore your surroundings, taking out classic enemies and even a few environmental hazards. Very difficult however and I died many many times, but it's a charming little home-brew.

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