Halo Done As if it Were on the Atari 2600
Halo, VERY old school.
Modern computer technology has allowed video games to take on a new sort of complexity that just wasn't possible during the early years of gaming.
Ever wonder what sort of game Halo would have been if it weren't for the Intel Celeron-based CPU and Nvidia GeForce-based GPU of the original Xbox? Ed Fries has transplanted the Halo universe into the Atari 2600, and this is what it looks like.
Remarkably, it retains some of the game's memorable score using the Atari 2600 sound hardware. Perhaps the best of all is that you can play it emulated, online, right here.
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God bless my 4870....
That...was...AWESOME!
Thank you Tom's. 15 minutes of life successfully wasted.
how do you shoot?
This is one of the games for which Intel's graphics solutions don't seem to be weak!
HaHa..
That was fun..
That actually looks very similar to how I remembered Berzerk on the 2600
I forgot how crude these games used to look.
Good find..
Anyone want to make a 70's TEXT version of Crysis?
HaHa..That was fun..That actually looks very similar to how I remembered Berzerk on the 2600 I forgot how crude these games used to look.Good find..Anyone want to make a 70's TEXT version of Crysis?
After I read that, I bit my hand so my roomies wouldn't wake up to me laughing...
But, really, anyone up for it?
how do you shoot?
You need to get a gun first (move up to the next screen) then it seems to be the space bar.
I feel like there could have been some attempt to make it first person and somewhat more like HALO. Still pretty cool though. The music was awesome.
Where is the Intellivision ver????
You need to get a gun first (move up to the next screen) then it seems to be the space bar.
No. It's - you get a real gun (move up to the tv screen) and then squeeze the trigger!
Ever wonder what sort of game Halo
would have been if it weren't for the Intel Celeron-based CPU
Actually, the CPU was more closely related to the Pentium 3's, because it had a 133FSB, but smaller cache. Celeron's of the era had 66MHz FSB's. Celeron CPU's didn't get a 100MHz FSB until the coppermine core was released on an 800MHz version. 133MHz FSB's wern't seen in Celeron's until the Tualatin core was released.
Because knowing is half the battle! G.I. JOE!
"After I read that, I bit my hand so my roomies wouldn't wake up to me laughing...
But, really, anyone up for it?"
>NUKE
You nuke the entire village. Rocks appear out of nowhere and rain down.
had to check the article date to make sure i was still living in 2010.
Awesome, now I can actually play halo instead of being overwhelmed by an FPS! win!
This is way better than any other halo game, which is kinda funny.
This is one of the games for which Intel's graphics solutions don't seem to be weak!
You just hit the spot right there,man!...lol
Guys be careful what you say about Halo maybe some fanboyz are lurking around forums ...
btw Halo sucks
Actually, the CPU was more closely related to the Pentium 3's, because it had a 133FSB, but smaller cache. Celeron's of the era had 66MHz FSB's. Celeron CPU's didn't get a 100MHz FSB until the coppermine core was released on an 800MHz version. 133MHz FSB's wern't seen in Celeron's until the Tualatin core was released. Because knowing is half the battle! G.I. JOE!
Nice try, but Tualatin Celerons had 100 MHz bus, all the way up to 1.4 GHz, which was their final one.
Can they translate Crysis to Atari 2600 format? Finally it will become playable!!! LOL!!!!
Thank you Tom's. 15 minutes of life successfully wasted.
Wow if you stayed on this page for 15 minutes your life is sad.
dang you can't shoot again until the previous bullet is gone??
Text based Counterstrike:
http://www.xkcd.com/91/
Nice try, but Tualatin Celerons had 100 MHz bus, all the way up to 1.4 GHz, which was their final one.
Uh oh, i hate to throw it back in your face like this, but...
http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=31827
A 733 Celeron, with 133FSB. And yes, it's a mobile part, but still a Tualatin core.
That looks like total 8 or 2 bit crap.
I'm pretty sure it was a Pentium III not a celeron.....
fukin difficult!
)
Don't know how to shoot, just run away
Uh oh, i hate to throw it back in your face like this, but...http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=31827A 733 Celeron, with 133FSB. And yes, it's a mobile part, but still a Tualatin core.
So what you really wanted to say was it was a Mobile Celeron, not a Celeron.
Wow if you stayed on this page for 15 minutes your life is sad.
Those 15 minutes weren't spent on this page. They were spent on the game.
P.S. I just LOST THE GAME.
That looks like total 8 or 2 bit crap.
Then you sir clearly do not understand the finer points of vintage gaming. This would've been state-of-the-art before the NES hit the shelves.
Then you sir clearly do not understand the finer points of vintage gaming. This would've been state-of-the-art before the NES hit the shelves.
Nah he's just mad he can't stand there like in normal halo and take shot after shot like a battle ship shrugging off rocks being peltrd at it.
That looks like total 8 or 2 bit crap.
8 bit gaming was the progenitor of what we have today.
Back in the late 1970s my mother was an engineer for Atari and needless to say I was the most popular kid on the block. Back then people got just as hyped over new releases as they do with todays consoles. If they hadn't it would have been a dead end industry.