Halo 2600 - TTLG Forums

ZylonBane on 2/8/2010 at 15:14

Ed Fries, former vice president of game publishing at Microsoft, has programmed an actual, playable, officially sanctioned port of Halo for the Atari 2600. And it's only a 4K ROM! He even made cartridges of it, which were sold at this year's Classic Gaming Expo.

Inline Image:

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs269.snc4/39793_138090649558850_137474846287097_224201_3596729_n.jpg

(http://www.facebook.com/pages/Halo-2600/137474846287097?v=wall) Facebook page. Check out the photo album.

(http://www.codemystics.com/halo2600/) Online playable emulation. Arrow keys to move, space bar to shoot (must find gun first).

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bARky7XSFKI#t=25s) Gameplay video.

(http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/166916-halo-for-the-2600-released-at-cge-download-the-game-here/) ROM download and discussion thread.

henke on 2/8/2010 at 16:49

Aaaagh, I got to the second door but couldn't find the key for it.

Enchantermon on 2/8/2010 at 20:10

This is pretty sweet. Addictive, too, but then again I've found most of the Atari games that I've played to be addictive.

Aerothorn on 2/8/2010 at 23:16

My mom actually ran into Ed Fries while showing his wife's garden to someone recently. Sounds like a nice guy.

And yeah, this is awesome.

Jason Moyer on 3/8/2010 at 05:24

It's a neat idea and I'm impressed with the time he spent putting it together, but I can't say I really find the game all that fun. It reminds me of a much shittier Berzerk.

Harvester on 3/8/2010 at 21:14

It amazes me how people can cram that much game into 4K bytes. I mean, it's not a complex game, but 4096 bytes? Damn, that's some very efficient programming, I have no idea how to even do the title screen + music within 4K...

I got to the part where you encounter stationary turrets that shoot at you very fast and then I died, didn't feel like starting all over again. Maybe on an emulator with save states I would've played further, but that's cheating of course.