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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...
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HBO Prime |
| These are items that are unique to HBO - or whose presentation is unique. They're things we feel all people interested in Halo would enjoy perusing. |
| Resource |
Date |
Description |
| Alex Seropian Interview, April 26, 2004 |
26 Apr 04 |
Miguel Chavez had a chance to chat with Alex this morning about where Wideload is, and where it might be going... if the idea of a new game based on the Halo engine does anything for you... |
| AutoMagic 117 Stripz |
1 Apr 04 |
BOLL created an app for making stuntmutt's One One Se7en strips yourself. |
| Bungie Research Center Photo Archives |
25 May 01 |
A collection of the pictures gathered by the mysterious Bungie Research Center, depicting enigmatic scenes from Halo production. |
| Cold Plasma Still Sticks |
18 Feb 04 |
CYBRFRK wrote up a different kind of reminiscence about the Offensive Tetraboxing lanfest. New (gigantic) pictures... but the meat is in the text. Take a look - this is what HBO is all about. |
| Dialogue Databank |
7 Jul 03 |
A collection of Halo dialogue snippets in MP3 and WAV format. They are organized by speaker, and the database is fully searchable. |
| Enkidu |
26 Apr 04 |
Read the complete Enkidu saga that entertained HBO for its entire run. |
| Flood Anatomy |
16 Jan 02 |
Descriptions and detailed anatomical breakdown of the in-depth mechanics of the Flood. Contains story spoilers. |
| Frankie's Halo 2 Updates |
26 Jan 04 |
During the latter stages of Halo 2's production, Bungie PR representative Frank O'Connor began sending out weekly updates on the progress of the game to a number of Halo fansites. Here they are archived, in an easy-to-read format. |
| Going Nowhere Fast |
26 Apr 04 |
Halo Xbox on Legendary Speedrun competition |
| Halo Launch Party Coverage |
10 Nov 01 |
The repository for the collected reports and pictures from the attendees of the Halo Launch Party in 2001, in Chicago. |
| HBO Early Archives |
10 Jun 03 |
Archive of the front pages of blam.bungie.org, the forerunner to HBO. |
| HBO Elite Namelizer |
10 Feb 04 |
Stuntmutt's vision, and BOLL's work bring you an app to give you your own Elite name. |
| HBO XBL Gamertag list |
28 Dec 02 |
Tarrsk began the daunting task of maintaining a list of HBO forumgoers, and the Xbox Live Gamertags they used. After it moved to HBO, it became user-managed; visitors can edit their own content, including the games they play, and users of the list can find specific people, or people who play specific games. |
| HBO's Great Halo Scavenger Hunt writeup |
6 Nov 03 |
HBO held a Scavenger Hunt - and a lot of people came. This is the post-mortem. |
| HEK Tutorial |
4 May 04 |
The HEK (Halo Editing Kit) Tutorial, presented in an easy to read format. Also available on a white background, which some find easier to read... or you can grab a zipped copy for easy downloading. |
Art |
| No, not some guy - it's artwork that doesn't fit into other niches around the site. Scans of flyers distributed at events, model collections (too big for a single Miscellaneous Art submission), icons... just art. |
| Resource |
Date |
Description |
| ASCII Halo Marine |
29 Oct 01 |
A large-scale Halo Marine, done entirely in ASCII art. Created by [SE]X-Com. |
| ASCII Halo Marine, redux |
30 Oct 01 |
An extremely detailed, very large, colored ASCII depiction of the Halo Marine, done again by [SE]X-Com. |
| E3 Flyer Scans - Inside |
28 May 00 |
Scan of a press flyer (inside cover) taken from a Bungie E3 presentation movie; shows the Master Chief and contains a brief summary of the Halo backstory. .jpg format. |
| E3 Flyer Scans - Outside |
28 May 00 |
Scan of a press flyer (outside cover) taken from a Bungie E3 presentation movie; shows the Master Chief and contains a brief summary of the Halo backstory. .jpg format. |
| Gun Models by Ian McConville |
13 Apr 00 |
Ian McConville (artist of the online comic Mac Hall) took the time here to speculate on the appearance of several of Halo's guns, by modeling them in 3d. A nice gallery of the work. |
| Halo 2 Photo Story slides |
10 Jan 03 |
In early January, 2003, Microsoft released a WMP9-only slideshow. Thanks to some kind readers, we can present to you the individual slides, for all those people without access to a WMP9 player. |
| Halo Box Image Change |
18 Oct 01 |
A page showing something odd - a side-by-side comparison between the ordinary Halo DVD box, and the thumbnail of the box that was displayed at the online store Futureshop.ca. For whatever reason, Futureshop used a different, completely unknown image. |
| Halo Desktop Icons |
1 Mar 02 |
An assortment of Halo-themed desktop icons for your personal computing needs, in both .gif and .ico format and created by Djoey.154. |
| Halo Difficulty Badges |
5 Nov 02 |
Dave Candland sent along high-res versions of the badges that show when you pick your difficulty level in Halo. This is also available as a layered Photoshop file (499k zipped) for anyone who wants to use it in fan-created artwork. |
| Japanese Halo Site Goodies |
19 Mar 02 |
A package of some music, sounds, and screens, lifted from the Official Japanse Halo site by Alan Wu, for the sake of the non-Japanese-speaking. |
| Multiplayer Color Image |
22 Jun 03 |
High resolution TIFF file with all 18 multiplayer colors, 689K. |
| Official Bungie Halo Flyer (E3) |
21 May 00 |
A high-resolution scan of the Bungie's official Halo flyer from E3 2000. |
| Old Halo Marine Icon |
5 May 01 |
A charming little .gif image for use as a system icon, in the shape of the head of the old Halo marine. Downloadable as a miniscule Mac folder. Created by arcarsenal. |
| OSX Halo Icons |
2 Mar 02 |
An assortment of Mac OSX-ready icon images, made up of various graphics from the Halo universe. Created by Malagigi. You can preview them here, as well. |
| Paper Model of Master Chief |
21 Mar 03 |
A paper model to build and place on your desk. (Originally on the site playmore.com, now local because it's vanished from there.) |
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. |
| Resource |
Date |
Description |
| '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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 Movie Starter Guide |
23 Jun 03 |
A how-to movie creation guide written up by c0ld vengeance. |
| Halo PC Dedicated Server v1.03 Readme |
9 Dec 03 |
Bungie's newest version of the Dedicated PC server readme. |
| Halo:CE | HEK Tutorial Mirrors |
6 May 04 |
The Halo Custom Edition and the Halo Editing Kit Mirrors Page. |
| 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. |
| M60 .wav Recording |
22 Oct 01 |
A small high-quality .wav file of an M60 firing, gleaned from Microsoft's Halo Windows Theme. |
| 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. |
Fan Creations |
| Stuff created by you, the fans. Models, Winamp skins, descriptions of insane feats... whatever. If it's in here, a fan made it. |
| Resource |
Date |
Description |
| 343 Guilty Stick |
21 Nov 03 |
A series of Flash animations made by Glatiaterrr3000. |
| 3D Halo 2 logo |
3 Feb 03 |
This is a spinning 3D model of a potential Halo 2 logo, created by DovBer Friedman; 1 mb. |
| 3D Screenshot |
30 May 04 |
Bungie created a 3D screenshot, and BOLL created this version for people without quicktime. |
| 5-Hour Fragfest Relics |
15 Jun 02 |
Page containing a morsel Halo video created by David Driggs, gleaned from several hours of Halo LAN tournament action. Fairly small, in .mov format, and slightly Myth-themed. Also here are pictures of some "trophies" that David created for the tournament. |
| Active Camo MC from Joyride |
19 Feb 04 |
Danny Kolacz spent an hour getting a promo Active Camo MC into a regular Joyride container. |
| Analysis of Halo: Combat Evolved using Game Design Patterns |
30 Mar 04 |
BOLL wrote an interesting paper for school. He uses a methodology developed last year by three Scandinavian researchers to break down gameplay in Halo, and determine how well the game would work without the patterns found. |
| Anasplatyrhynchosplatica |
24 Sep 02 |
A pretty cool find in the archives of the UNSC Intelligence Corps... again, something that SHOULD have made the Miscellaneous Art section at some point, but never did. |
| Another Halo mini-game |
6 Aug 02 |
Lion and Drew built this mini-game - PC-only, 733k. Click on grunts and elites for points - stay away from the Master Chiefs. |
| Battlefield: 1942 Halo mod |
16 Nov 02 |
Information and models from an in-progress mod for Battlefield: 1942. Volunteers are needed - read for details. |
| Be the Master Chief |
23 Oct 02 |
Another cool Flash creation from BOLL - this one will use your attached webcam to put your own face behind the Master Chief's visor. Three pose options. |
| Beginner's Guide to Halo PC Hacking |
4 Mar 04 |
XLNC has posted a rather extensive guide to Halo PC Hacking for beginners. Many usefully tips in this one. |
| Biomonky's Haloween grunt |
4 Jan 04 |
Biomonky dropped off a photo of his Halloween (Haloween) Grunt hat and plasma pistol, made with acrylic paint, a cardboard box, newspaper, tape, and glue. |
| Blood Gulch, a story of Bravery and Servival. |
3 Mar 04 |
Michael Frank and some others wrote a Flash animation; it's a 4 mb story of Bravery and Survival (yeah, their words) in our favorite canyon. |
| Building Master Chief |
24 Nov 03 |
Master Chief being built (flash animation) by ASPMaster. |
| Calvin and Halo |
8 Mar 03 |
A resurrection of one of the best comic strips of all times, by Warbow. Additional strips are added periodically. |
Fan Music |
| The Halo score is impressive enough that it's begun to inspire tributes all by itself. Here you can find music based to some degree on themes found within Halo. |
| Resource |
Date |
Description |
| Atom's Halo Tribute |
25 Dec 02 |
An audio tribute to Halo. The influence is subtle... |
| Belly of the Beast (Remix) |
31 Dec 02 |
A powerful piece of Halo fan music, originally posted at Xboxworld.nl. The author was kind enough to write up some comments. |
| Costly Exfiltration (Sam Says Goodbye) |
4 Aug 02 |
A beautiful piece of music from dogsounds, created as a tribute to Halo. Read the author's comments here. |
| Edgen HALO 2 Theme |
11 Nov 02 |
Another great piece of fan-created music (inspired by Marty O'Donnell's Halo 2 theme). Read the author's thoughts here. |
| Edgen's Version of Halo's Main Theme |
28 Sep 02 |
A fantastic piece of fan-created music (inspired by Marty O'Donnell's Halo theme). Read the author's thoughts here. Also available on Edgen's server. |
| Get Up (Halo Mix) |
22 Jan 03 |
An electronica Halo-sample song created by D.J. Cliché; 5.6 mb. |
| Griffon's E3 Remix |
24 Nov 00 |
Absolutely the earliest fan-created musical creation we've seen. 3.3 mb, 3:32 long, created by Griffon, of HCC. |
| Hail to 117 |
5 Feb 04 |
A musical creation by Mothergoat (2 minutes, 1.8mb). |
| Hail to 117 Anthem |
9 Feb 04 |
Mothergoat's full version of Hail to 117 (just over 5 minutes long, 4.7 mb). |
| Halo 2 Hip Hop |
18 Nov 03 |
chaostheory has mixed a bit of music from the Halo 2 trailer with some other samples for a new Hip Hop sound (2:13 long, just under 2 mb). |
| Halo Electronica |
28 Oct 02 |
Another SilverBrin offering, this time with both Halo and Oni influences. Read the author's comments here. |
| Halo Master and Chief |
15 Dec 03 |
The sweet radar of the familar opening choral chant to HALO sparked Justin Durban's inspiration to do this track. Read the author's comments here. |
| Mahdrigalo |
11 Aug 02 |
SilverBrin's first offering to the Fan Music scene, a reworking of Marty O'Donnell's 'Siege of Madrigal'. Read the author's comments here. |
| Mahdrigalo 2 |
19 Nov 02 |
Another piece from Silverbrin. Started out as a reworking of his original 'Mahdrigalo', turned into something more. Read the author's thoughts here. |
| Mombasa |
17 Sep 03 |
Another Silverbrin piece - read the author's comments here. |
Fun |
| Bizarre Halo-related stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else (but is too good to simply toss out). |
| Resource |
Date |
Description |
| Bungie Dream Team |
31 Aug 02 |
Picture of the Bungie Dream Team, beaten soundly at the Halo National Championship Finals in LA |
| Bungie Fanfest 2003 T-shirts |
26 May 03 |
Some pictures of the myriad of Bungie-related T-shirts available at E3 2003 (not all were PUBLICLY available, but all were obtained at E3). |
| E3 Fanfest - Closing Up Shop |
27 May 02 |
Picture taken at the end of the 2002 Bungie Fanfest in Santa Monica, showing most of the attendees. Numerous Bungie employees, Bungie fans, and general troublemakers. Snapped by Miguel Chavez. |
| Grunt-O-Lantern |
31 Oct 02 |
A Bungie webcam shot showing a Dave Candland Halloween creation. Thanks to mnemesis for saving this while HBO HQ staff was trick-or-treating. |
| HBO HaloPC Fanstock Writeup |
16 Aug 03 |
A recounting of an event at Gearbox headquarters in Texas, just before release of Halo PC, aimed at fansite maintainers. |
| Keyes Exploration |
29 Jul 03 |
c0ld vengeance uses his modded Xbox and a lot of patience to give Keyes what he always wanted... a tour of his ship. |
| Limited-Edition E3 Master Chief figures |
29 May 03 |
Photos by Warbow of the mini-Master Chief action figure distributed to Fanfest-goers at the E3 2003 Fanfest. Very cool little guy... |
| Picture of the Xbox eBay auction |
20 Nov 01 |
A page archived from a wonderful eBay listing, where one happy fellow was auctioning off a "picture of the BRAND NEW XBOX". Bids reached upwards of 300 dollars. Page archived by bungie.org's Doughnut. |
| Red vs Blue in the Wall Street Journal |
10 Apr 04 |
Scans of an article in the Wall Street Journal about the Red vs Blue team. |
| Team HBO Halo 50k |
3 Jun 03 |
Halo 50k pictures and writeup from Team HBO |
| Xbox Halloween costume |
3 Nov 03 |
Chris Macias dressed up as an Xbox for candy. Life-size! |
| Xbox.com April Fools Site |
31 Mar 02 |
An archive of Xbox.com's 2002 April Fools homepage. Contains all sorts of... interesting content. |
History |
| Here you'll find pages or collections of stuff that once had meaning - but has now been superceded. A browse through here is a walk down Halo's Memory Lane. |
| Resource |
Date |
Description |
| bTV Day 2 Halo Backstory Summary |
7 Jan 00 |
From Day 2 of bTV coverage in May 2000, this audio clip consists of a full and detailed summary of the Halo backstory, as it existed then. |
| bTV Day 4 Screen Captures |
13 Jan 00 |
Screen captures of the 2000 bTV webcast, featuring some early Halo characters and weapons. Taken by Harry Al-Shakarchi. |
| bTV Screen Captures |
6 Jan 00 |
Justin Garcia's screen captures from Day One of Bungie's webcasted bTV live video stream. |
| Bungie Acquisition FAQ |
29 May 03 |
When Bungie was bought by Microsoft, they released a Frequently-Asked Questions document covering some of the basics of the transaction. It's long gone off of Bungie's site, but we've dredged a copy up and archived it here for the sake of history. |
| Camera Screenshot Speculation |
16 Nov 99 |
Analysis of a 1999 Incite gameXpress screenshot of Halo, featuring the old Halo Marine, and some blurry text in the corner about cameras. Included here is the community's speculation as to the meaning of those words. |
| Covenant Jeep Turret |
1 Jul 00 |
Small page explaining the controversy over a feature of the red Covenant "Jeep" that was removed from the final game. |
| F*ck That Movie Clip |
18 Jan 00 |
This is the well-known piece of Miguel Chavez's video interview with Jason Jones, in which Jason expresses his opinions on Body Count (or deathmatch-style play) in Halo. |
| Halo "Volcano" Comparison |
11 Nov 99 |
Small page debunking visually the speculation that a particular early Halo screenshot showed a volcano erupting on the Halo. |
| Halo 2 LE Press Release |
11 May 04 |
Here's the Limited Edition Halo 2 press release sent to websites just before E3 2004. |
| Halo 2 Pre-Release Playable Game On Ebay |
31 May 04 |
A Halo 2 Pre-Release Playable Game Ebay auction (an obvious fake). Only one working link, the bids page (so you can see the insanity). |
| Halo Logo Lookalikes |
10 Nov 99 |
A list of some examples, collected by the community, of logos, symbols, and insignias outside the Halo universe that bear a resemblance to it. |
| Halo SETI Marines |
2 Nov 99 |
General data and resources from the Halo SETI Marines, the SETI@Home team comprised of Halo fans. |
| Halo System Diagram |
27 Jul 99 |
Back in the heyday of rampant Halo speculation, Tom Pargeter created this lovely visual diagram depicting (as he saw it) the layout of the Halo system - including the position of Halo, its orbited planet, and the moon. |
| Halo Theories Archive |
2 Aug 99 |
The old HBO Theories section, featuring dozens of fan-submitted theories about various aspects of the game, before much was known for certain. Now discontinued, due to the game's release. |
| HaloPC Worldwide Championship Finals Press Release. |
13 Feb 04 |
HaloPC Worldwide Championship Finals 04 Press Release. |
Transcripts and Translations |
| Often, when large movies were released, or non-English articles on Halo were written, we'd post a transcription (or translation) of the item. You'll find our collection here. |
| Resource |
Date |
Description |
| CPL Chat Transcript |
29 Oct 03 |
Transcript of an IRC chat with Gearbox, Bungie and Microsoft hosted by the Cyberathlete Professional League. |
| E3 2001 Movie Transcript |
20 Mar 01 |
Transcript of the dialogue from the E3 2001 Halo trailer. |
| E3 2003 Fanfest Q&A Transcript |
26 May 03 |
A transcript of the Q&A Bungie held at the E3 2003 Fanfest - boatloads of good info on Bungie games, past, present, and future. |
| E3 2003 Halo 2 Trailer Transcript |
12 May 03 |
What it sounds like - a transcript of the E3 2003 Halo 2 Demo Trailer. It's been updated and corrected several times since the original post date; it's now got Bungie's seal of approval for accuracy. |
| GameReactor interview alternate translation |
10 Jul 02 |
A second translation, this time by Christian Hølberg, of the GameReactor (Denmark) interview with Jaime Griesemer, Halo 2 Lead Designer. |
| GameReactor interview translation |
9 Jul 02 |
A translation, by Johannes Petersson, of the GameReactor (Denmark) interview with Jaime Griesemer, Halo 2 Lead Designer. |
| Gamestock Halo Transcript |
11 Jul 00 |
Transcript of Joe Staten's narration from the 2001 Gamestock Halo presentation. |
| Halo 2 Trailer Transcript |
4 Sep 02 |
Full transcript of the Halo 2 trailer, compiled from forum posts and input from Bungie employees. |
| Incite PC 2000 Movie Transcript |
3 Dec 99 |
Transcript from Halo movie from Incite PC's January 2000 cover CD. Featuring Doug Zartman and game explanations. |
| Summary of Czech BonusWeb Halo Review |
22 Feb 00 |
Summary of Czechoslovakian BonusWeb's Halo review by Jiri Cermak. |
| Translation - GameCaptain's Halo Preview |
13 Dec 99 |
Translation by Harry Al-Shakarchi of Game Captain's German preview of the original PC/Mac Halo. |
| Translation - GameStar Halo Preview |
23 Jan 00 |
Translation by Harry Al-Shakarchi of GameStar's January 2000 German Halo preview of the original PC/Mac Halo. |
| Translation - GameStar Halo Preview |
3 Apr 00 |
Translation by Harry Al-Shakarchi of GameStar's April 2000 German Halo preview of the original PC/Mac Halo. |
| Translation - Gamez.de's Halo Preview |
13 Dec 99 |
Translation by Harry Al-Shakarchi of Gamez.de's 2000 German Halo preview of the original PC/Mac Halo. |
| Translation - MacNews Halo Preview |
14 Mar 00 |
Translation by Mikkel Eriksen of MacNews's 2000 Danish Halo preview of the original PC/Mac Halo. |
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