Halo 2600: play Master Chief on the Atari!

If our Halo: Reach first play got you itching for more space combat, you don’t have to wait until next month to get your fix. You can play Halo 2600, a clever Atari 2600 demake of the Halo games online or download it to play on your Atari emulator of choice. Read on for more on this retro gaming triumph…

Created by Ed Fries, former VP of Xbox game publishing, Halo 2600 puts you in control of a pixellated Master Chief, navigating him through four regions and gunning down Covenant forces along the way. It’s pretty tricky, you only get two lives and a single shot from the blocky bad guys will take you out unless you grab a shield power up which’ll let you take two shots before perish.

Fries programmed Halo 2600 to use just 4k of space. You can read his explanation of how he created the game over at the Atari Age forums where you can also grab the ROM if you’ve got a Atari emulator to play it on. If not, you can play a Flash version of the Halo 2600 at the link below.

When you’re done enjoying the retro gaming glory, further feed your Halo cravings by feasting on the rest of our Halo: Reach coverage.

We think Fries has done a pretty impressive job squeezing the essence of Halo into a neat Atari sized package but what other modern games would you like to see demaked? Hit the comments and let us know…

Out now | £free | Halo 260o (via Bogost)

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