Halo video circa 1999

[Greatsaintlouis]

On a trip back to my parents' this weekend I was scrounging around looking for my old Mac Performa system disc to try and reimage a few Power Macs I had dragged out of the campus computing center's dumpster, and I came across an old issue of MacWorld from December 1999. It had a very slight mention of Halo, "a third-person space warfare game that takes place on a ring-shaped world and ships for Macintosh early next year." With a little more digging, I came across the companion CD-ROM for that month's issue, which boasted of a Halo preview. After wrestling with hardware and software (don't ask, don't tell), I managed to get the video to my PC. It is a ~14 MB Quicktime video that begins with Steve Jobs talking at what I guess is the MacWorld Expo of '99 about Bungie and Halo, has a brief introduction of the game by the (then?) project lead, and then goes into what looks to be little more than a tech demo that contains some early Master Chief and Covenant Elite designs, what look to be the finished models of the Warthog and Banshee, and oddly enough, a backing score that was totally unchanged in the final version of the game (I thought the music was redone on the move to XBox, but what did I know). I'm wondering if anyone would be at all interested in this little video, and if so, would anyone care to host it? I find it pretty neat, but maybe I'm the only one that really takes a whole lot of interest in Halo's excessively long development cycle that took it from what sounded like a third-person strategy game on the Mac to a FPS on XBox.

[Greatsaintlouis]

On a trip back to my parents' this weekend I was scrounging around looking for my old Mac Performa system disc to try and reimage a few Power Macs I had dragged out of the campus computing center's dumpster, and I came across an old issue of MacWorld from December 1999. It had a very slight mention of Halo, "a third-person space warfare game that takes place on a ring-shaped world and ships for Macintosh early next year." With a little more digging, I came across the companion CD-ROM for that month's issue, which boasted of a Halo preview. After wrestling with hardware and software (don't ask, don't tell), I managed to get the video to my PC. It is a ~14 MB Quicktime video that begins with Steve Jobs talking at what I guess is the MacWorld Expo of '99 about Bungie and Halo, has a brief introduction of the game by the (then?) project lead, and then goes into what looks to be little more than a tech demo that contains some early Master Chief and Covenant Elite designs, what look to be the finished models of the Warthog and Banshee, and oddly enough, a backing score that was totally unchanged in the final version of the game (I thought the music was redone on the move to XBox, but what did I know). I'm wondering if anyone would be at all interested in this little video, and if so, would anyone care to host it? I find it pretty neat, but maybe I'm the only one that really takes a whole lot of interest in Halo's excessively long development cycle that took it from what sounded like a third-person strategy game on the Mac to a FPS on XBox.

[Greatsaintlouis]

On a trip back to my parents' this weekend I was scrounging around looking for my old Mac Performa system disc to try and reimage a few Power Macs I had dragged out of the campus computing center's dumpster, and I came across an old issue of MacWorld from December 1999. It had a very slight mention of Halo, "a third-person space warfare game that takes place on a ring-shaped world and ships for Macintosh early next year." With a little more digging, I came across the companion CD-ROM for that month's issue, which boasted of a Halo preview. After wrestling with hardware and software (don't ask, don't tell), I managed to get the video to my PC. It is a ~14 MB Quicktime video that begins with Steve Jobs talking at what I guess is the MacWorld Expo of '99 about Bungie and Halo, has a brief introduction of the game by the (then?) project lead, and then goes into what looks to be little more than a tech demo that contains some early Master Chief and Covenant Elite designs, what look to be the finished models of the Warthog and Banshee, and oddly enough, a backing score that was totally unchanged in the final version of the game (I thought the music was redone on the move to XBox, but what did I know). I'm wondering if anyone would be at all interested in this little video, and if so, would anyone care to host it? I find it pretty neat, but maybe I'm the only one that really takes a whole lot of interest in Halo's excessively long development cycle that took it from what sounded like a third-person strategy game on the Mac to a FPS on XBox.

[Joen]

That sounds pretty cool Greatsaintlouis!
I would love to see it. I'll see if I can arrange a server to host it on :)

[Joen]

That sounds pretty cool Greatsaintlouis!
I would love to see it. I'll see if I can arrange a server to host it on :)

[Joen]

That sounds pretty cool Greatsaintlouis!
I would love to see it. I'll see if I can arrange a server to host it on :)

[LeGIt]

I cant host it - though I most definitely would like to see it!

[LeGIt]

I cant host it - though I most definitely would like to see it!

[LeGIt]

I cant host it - though I most definitely would like to see it!

[sonik]

I would like to see.
I have some old Halo Movies too. Kinda big Mpeg files. Anyone can host these files for us?

[sonik]

I would like to see.
I have some old Halo Movies too. Kinda big Mpeg files. Anyone can host these files for us?

[sonik]

I would like to see.
I have some old Halo Movies too. Kinda big Mpeg files. Anyone can host these files for us?

[Paulo]

I would like to see.
I have some old Halo Movies too. Kinda big Mpeg files. Anyone can host these files for us?

How big are all these files?

[Paulo]

I would like to see.
I have some old Halo Movies too. Kinda big Mpeg files. Anyone can host these files for us?

How big are all these files?

[Paulo]

I would like to see.
I have some old Halo Movies too. Kinda big Mpeg files. Anyone can host these files for us?

How big are all these files?

[sonik]

How big are all these files?
Halo Promotional Video from Nvida.
Halo movie from E3 2000.
Halo Movie from 2001, running in Prototype Xbox, show 3rd person view.

All 3 movies are about 350MB.

[sonik]

How big are all these files?
Halo Promotional Video from Nvida.
Halo movie from E3 2000.
Halo Movie from 2001, running in Prototype Xbox, show 3rd person view.

All 3 movies are about 350MB.

[sonik]

How big are all these files?
Halo Promotional Video from Nvida.
Halo movie from E3 2000.
Halo Movie from 2001, running in Prototype Xbox, show 3rd person view.

All 3 movies are about 350MB.

[ASSEMbler]

you can get the macworld one on fileplanet.com

[ASSEMbler]

you can get the macworld one on fileplanet.com

[ASSEMbler]

you can get the macworld one on fileplanet.com

[TRigga 007]

wasnt halo originaly in development for the DC? Im pretty much sure that i have a column in a magazine talking about the PC/DC game

[TRigga 007]

wasnt halo originaly in development for the DC? Im pretty much sure that i have a column in a magazine talking about the PC/DC game

[TRigga 007]

wasnt halo originaly in development for the DC? Im pretty much sure that i have a column in a magazine talking about the PC/DC game

[Greatsaintlouis]

you can get the macworld one on fileplanet.com

Well crap, I thought I had something cool... :lol:

And Trigga, I've never heard about the DC, but back before it was swallowed by the Bor - er, Microsoft, Bungie was a mostly Mac-exclusive developer, bringing titles such as Marathon and Myth to the Mac (Myth, as everyone knows, was quickly ported to PC). Halo was originally for the Mac as well, although it was to be a more third-person war simulation than a FPS. I am really interested in finding out all the changes that the game made between its conception and final release, and would LOVE to get my hands on one of the betas back for the Mac.

And Sonik, I hope you're able to find hosting for those vids you have, because I'd REALLY love to see them.

Edit: Actually, Sonik, nevermind. As assembler said, there is a decent collection of Halo vids to be found here: http://www.fileplanet.com/search.aspx?q=Halo, unless the ones you have are different.

[Greatsaintlouis]

you can get the macworld one on fileplanet.com

Well crap, I thought I had something cool... :lol:

And Trigga, I've never heard about the DC, but back before it was swallowed by the Bor - er, Microsoft, Bungie was a mostly Mac-exclusive developer, bringing titles such as Marathon and Myth to the Mac (Myth, as everyone knows, was quickly ported to PC). Halo was originally for the Mac as well, although it was to be a more third-person war simulation than a FPS. I am really interested in finding out all the changes that the game made between its conception and final release, and would LOVE to get my hands on one of the betas back for the Mac.

And Sonik, I hope you're able to find hosting for those vids you have, because I'd REALLY love to see them.

Edit: Actually, Sonik, nevermind. As assembler said, there is a decent collection of Halo vids to be found here: http://www.fileplanet.com/search.aspx?q=Halo, unless the ones you have are different.

[Greatsaintlouis]

you can get the macworld one on fileplanet.com

Well crap, I thought I had something cool... :lol:

And Trigga, I've never heard about the DC, but back before it was swallowed by the Bor - er, Microsoft, Bungie was a mostly Mac-exclusive developer, bringing titles such as Marathon and Myth to the Mac (Myth, as everyone knows, was quickly ported to PC). Halo was originally for the Mac as well, although it was to be a more third-person war simulation than a FPS. I am really interested in finding out all the changes that the game made between its conception and final release, and would LOVE to get my hands on one of the betas back for the Mac.

And Sonik, I hope you're able to find hosting for those vids you have, because I'd REALLY love to see them.

Edit: Actually, Sonik, nevermind. As assembler said, there is a decent collection of Halo vids to be found here: http://www.fileplanet.com/search.aspx?q=Halo, unless the ones you have are different.

[Taemos]

I'm borrowing a Halo "Special Tactics" (or somesuch) DVD from a friend, and it has a large amount of these early videos. It's quite interesting to see the entire Halo timeline, but also very sad... (I wish we could get a hold of one of these betas, they look fairly playable!)

[Taemos]

I'm borrowing a Halo "Special Tactics" (or somesuch) DVD from a friend, and it has a large amount of these early videos. It's quite interesting to see the entire Halo timeline, but also very sad... (I wish we could get a hold of one of these betas, they look fairly playable!)

[Taemos]

I'm borrowing a Halo "Special Tactics" (or somesuch) DVD from a friend, and it has a large amount of these early videos. It's quite interesting to see the entire Halo timeline, but also very sad... (I wish we could get a hold of one of these betas, they look fairly playable!)

[sonik]

Actually, Sonik, nevermind. As assembler said, there is a decent collection of Halo vids to be found here: http://www.fileplanet.com/search.aspx?q=Halo, unless the ones you have are different.
Yeah, I think I have the same files from fileplanet :(

[sonik]

Actually, Sonik, nevermind. As assembler said, there is a decent collection of Halo vids to be found here: http://www.fileplanet.com/search.aspx?q=Halo, unless the ones you have are different.
Yeah, I think I have the same files from fileplanet :(

[sonik]

Actually, Sonik, nevermind. As assembler said, there is a decent collection of Halo vids to be found here: http://www.fileplanet.com/search.aspx?q=Halo, unless the ones you have are different.
Yeah, I think I have the same files from fileplanet :(