This is that place where everything that doesn't go somewhere else goes. New to Halo, and wondering what this site talked about for 3 years? Browse around. Wondering where to find that cool Halo font, or where the link to the Halo Updates disappeared to, or wondering about what's been written about Halo in languages other than English? This is the place! Kick up your feet, browse around a bit...
Background |
| This is a collection of items that contain background information about Halo or its creation. If you want to dig a little deeper... look here. |
| 24 Results Found. |
| Resource |
Date |
Description |
| Microsoft Halo Information |
21 Sep 01 |
This is the text that was posted to the Official Microsoft Halo page some time ago, containing info on the game, backstory, and other tidbits. Due to a fear for the longevity of the page, it was copied and archived here. Also, additional information has been added after it was accidentally discovered in the form of hidden data on the site. |
| M60 .wav Recording |
22 Oct 01 |
A small high-quality .wav file of an M60 firing, gleaned from Microsoft's Halo Windows Theme. |
| Difficulty Levels in Halo |
24 Oct 01 |
A small page showing some television-captured screenshots of the "difficult badges" in Halo, plus the excerpted descriptions of the difficulty levels themselves. |
| Screen Captures from December 2001 OXM DVD |
26 Oct 01 |
Some random scren captures taken from the Halo clip in the December 2001 Official Xbox Magazine issue DVD, where it was listed as a featured movie. Captured by Chanan. |
| Microsoft Halo Timeline (2nd) |
13 Nov 01 |
This was posted to the Official Microsoft Halo page on November 14, 2001, and then pulled again soon after. It's an updated timeline (compare with the version posted on September 14) containing some changes and additions. |
| Voice Actors List |
17 Dec 01 |
A list, compiled by HBO personnel with the help of Bungie Audio Director Marty O'Donnell, placing all of the voice actors in Halo along with their in-game characters. |
| The Illusion of Intelligence: The Integration of AI and Level Design in Halo |
14 Apr 02 |
Jaime Griesemer (Halo level designer) and Chris Butcher (Halo AI programmer) presented this talk on gaming "intelligence" at the 2002 Game Developer's Conference. |
| Producing Audio For Halo |
15 Apr 02 |
Marty O'Donnell (Halo Audio Director) presented this talk on the production of the audio in Halo to the 2002 Game Developer's Conference. Touches on numerous issues involving the game's sounds, music, and audio technologies. |
| Weapons Respawn Times |
21 Aug 02 |
A table containing respawn times for weapons and powerups on the multiplayer maps. These are for the straight slayer gametype - when substitutions happen, respawn times seem to be linked to location, not weapon type. Hmm... that sounds confusing. Go read the page. |
| Random Stats |
20 Oct 02 |
Zachary Hahn armed himself with a stopwatch and a copy of Halo, and calculated a number of statistics about the Halo world. Check out his results. |
| Useful Halo Tidbits |
6 Nov 02 |
poena.dare #CP# created several graphic images to illustrate various facts about Halo. They can help you get your bearings far better than straight text will. |
| A Fan Letter |
17 Nov 02 |
We get plenty of mail here, but there aren't many notes like this one. We thought it was worth sharing. |
| Loony Sarge |
8 Dec 02 |
An interesting little clip, described by gd in this forum post, recorded for this post. Update, August 2003: This clip is now available both from our Dialogue Databank and Bungie's Dialogue Archive - both are better quality than this original. However, this was still the first we'd heard. |
| Brian Morden Fund |
19 Jan 03 |
Originally set up to give the HBO community a way to contribute to the Morden family for the expenses incurred by Brian's illness, it's become, after his death, a way for the community to contribute to a Brian Morden higher education scholarship, funding for Ewing's Sarcoma research, and contributions to patient care at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh. |
| Brian Morden Sound Clip |
15 Feb 03 |
A high-quality sound sample of Brian's single line in Halo: CE, provided by Marty O'Donnell. |
| Halo Babies Episode Guide |
3 Mar 03 |
The full 3-season episode guide for the children's show, sadly in limbo after its first season. |
| Reference Guide for Halo MP |
27 Apr 03 |
Reference Guide for Halo Multi-player Gametype Creation |
| E3 Trailer Impressions |
12 May 03 |
b.org staffer mnemesis got in early to see the press screening of the Halo 2 trailer at E3 - and wrote up his experience. |
| 'The X-Factor' Press Release |
15 Jun 03 |
Press release for the Discovery Channel special on the X-box, which heavily features Bungie and Halo/Halo2. |
| Halo Movie Starter Guide |
23 Jun 03 |
A how-to movie creation guide written up by c0ld vengeance. |
| Halo Movie Hosting Information |
26 Jul 03 |
An overview of the movie-hosting situation here at HBO, in an attempt to inform people who want to help. |
| Halo PC Dedicated Server v1.03 Readme |
9 Dec 03 |
Bungie's newest version of the Dedicated PC server readme. |
| Chiastic Style of Halo |
26 Dec 03 |
Dispatcher has written up an interesting analysis of the Halo storyline, with an eye to explaining some of the repetition in level design as intentional, rather than practical necessity. |
| Halo:CE | HEK Tutorial Mirrors |
6 May 04 |
The Halo Custom Edition and the Halo Editing Kit Mirrors Page. |
