You read that right! Ed Fries, ex-vice president of Microsoft’s game publishing division and the man who had a very heavy hand in having Bungie Software signed onto Microsoft as a first-party developer, recently debuted a brand new (old) game at the recent “Classic Gaming Expo”. Possessing a whopping 4 Kilobytes of memory, Halo 2600 (pictured above) contains Master Chief’s first foray onto the Atari console.
Featuring 64 “rooms” to explore, you guide Master Chief in a mission to find his missing weapon, destroy enemies and take on a final “boss battle” hidden somewhere in the world. The game was supposed to feature a functioning Warthog vehicle in which to traverse the world, but sadly the addition would have pushed the game far beyond it’s 4KB limitation (like 5KB). Fries only made 100 or so of the completely original cartridges, so those of you wanting to play this undeniable landmark of game graphics history are out of luck…. Or are you? In addition to making the 100 collectible cartridges, the game has also published on the web for everyone to enjoy at www.Halo2600.com
