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Promise you'll play Halo 2600 (that's a covenant we can get behind)

by Ben Gilbert on Aug 1st 2010 7:30PM

Have you ever wondered what Master Chief's intergalactic adventures would look like if rendered by an Atari 2600? Neither have we -- and now that the folks over at Extra Guy have shared their find of "Halo 2600," we don't have to. Bizarrely, ex-Microsoft VP of game publishing Ed Fries is credited on the game's cover as the creator (as seen on the game's Facebook page).

Halo 2600 was playable at the Classic Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, which came to an end today. Sure, it's playable online right now, but apparently we missed out on 500 real-life Atari 2600 cartridges containing the game (check out a photo of them all lined up). How's that for a limited edition?

[Thanks, Anthony!]

Via: Extra Guy
Source: Code Mystics

Tags: atari-2600, classic-gaming-expo, code-mystics, ed-fries, halo, halo-2600, Halo-Reach, microsoft, xbox

Reader Comments (35)

It won't work for me. Help?

@covertpetersen Have you tried pressing "Game Reset"?

@SomeoneGNU

yeah like he said press game reset. another useful tip is that you move upscreen to get the gun, i was half way into it when i realized that there should be somekind of gun

@covertpetersen Not working for me either. Pressed "Reset", nothing happened.

Love the bit music!

@wardob
second

That's cool. I had to click on the Game Reset button first, then clicked on the game window. Arrows moved ya, and when you find the gun, spacebar shoots

A Covenant is a promise to refrain from doing something.
Not just another word for promise.

@Teh Rei You a tad wrong. A covenant is "An agreement to do or not do a particular thing."

So in this case we're making a covenant to play the game.

@Teh Rei

Sir, I don't think that's true at all.

@Teh Rei

Covenant
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A covenant is a solemn promise to engage in or refrain from a specified action.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covenant

"engage in... a specified action"

Sounds like correct usage by Joystiq to me...

@Italian Stallion Meh.
I was wrong.

Forgive me?
Or does it not work on the internets?

Anyhow, Halo for Atari would've been a classic.

@Teh Rei
So what about that whole "Ark of the Covenant" thing? Sure, some of the commandments are "thou shalt not", but others are "thou shalt" (e.g. honor thy family). There's quite a bit more if you care to read it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covenant_(biblical)

Not sure where you got your definition.

Actually you're all wrong, Covenant is a fictional theocratic military alliance of alien races who serve as the main antagonists in the Halo science fiction series.

@Teh Rei i just downvoted you cuz everyone else was.

and yes, if everyone was jumping off a bridge, i'd probably do it too.

Absolutely fantastic!

Eddie Fries coded the game, hence he is the "creator"

@Osnaz
*Ed

Not bad, I liked the funky colors at the end. Memories!

Chief looks like an escaped convict leprechaun. Also, very cool!

I dont even like Halo and this was awesome. VERY well done!

How did they get to manufacture those 500 cartridges?

@Shadowbender

It's actually pretty easy to flash those old carts. Indie devs for 2600 games do it all the time. Check out atariage.com for example ;).