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What Halo-related media is available?
Disclaimer: The Halo engine has gone through several rewrites, and the game's content has been changed a great deal, since the game was initially announced. The media gathered here covers the entire history of Halo, across all versions of the game. As a r esult, they may not look consistent, or even much like each other. The chronologically newest screenshots are a good way to see what the game looks like right now, the rest are kept around for historical value.Screenshots: A relatively small number (for a big-time game) of Halo screenshots are available around the Net. Official screenshots are available from Halo's official site. Other screenshots gathered from various places can be found here.
The MWNY Demo: Halo was revealed to the world at Macworld New York 1999, with a stunning cinematic demo accompanied by the music of Total Audio. It is available in many versions, at various levels of compression, from our Movies page.
The Incite Movie: On the CD included with the January 2000 issue of Incite PC Magazine there was a 50MB movie featuring an interview with several of the Bungie guys, and lots of exclusive gameplay footage. Some time after publication of that issue, Incite gave permission for the movie to be distributed on the Internet. It was available from their website, but with the unfortunate end of Incite, the movie has been taken down.
The PC Action Movie: The German publication PC Action attended a presentation given by Bungie and videotaped the whole thing. This movie appeared on their magazine CD the next month without Bungie's permissions, and was quickly pulled when they found out about it. Most of its once-unique content has been duplicated elsewhere, except for a short sequence in which a marine does a handstand, and another scene where a marine performs a dramatic gun salute (perhaps a multiplayer gesture).
The BTV Movies: At Macworld SF 2000, Bungie kicked off Bungie TV, live streaming video from the Bungie Booth on the show floor. On the third and fourth of the 4 broadcasts, Bungie showed off some never-before-seen Halo content, featuring the first detailed look at the game's interface, footage of many of the vehicles in action, and a new type of alien. The full movies have vanished in the recent overhaul of Bungie.com, but the Halo parts were spliced out and can be downloaded her e.
The Gamestar Movie: The May 2000 issue of the German magazine Gamestar has a six-minute Halo video on its CD. It features a chase scene between a trio of marines in a jep and a squad of Covenant riding their scooters, includi ng plenty of driving action and gunfire (although no one gets hit). A short teaser is available from their site, and the whole movie, in Microsoft's ASF format, is available from HBO's Movies page.
The E3 Demo: At E3 2000, Bungie showed another scripted demo of Halo, but one that claimed to represent the game being played, running off a DVD. It features several new vehicles, indoor action, sound effects, and some interesting dialog between characters. (The sound was added in post-production, but Bungie has stated that that is what Halo will eventually sound like). The video was narrated by Derek Procell (yes, this is a Frequently Asked Question...).
The full trailer was released in July. A list of mirrors for the 158-meg full version can be found here. Bungie had once promised to release to the public a higher-quality version on DVD with the full Dolby-surround sound track, but that turned out to be unfeasable at this time. The high-quality version was spotted only once afterwards, at the MWNY 2000 Fanfest.
The GeForce 2 GTS Demo: Bungie made a short Halo movie to promote/show off nVidia's Geforce 2 GTS graphics chipset. It was shown at the Macworld NY 2000 Fanfest. It shows a quick glimpse of the Orange Alien, as well as a nice flam e effect and some great dialogue. It is available here, and at Stomped.
The Halo Wazzup Movie: When Bungie was developing the tools used to choreograph the cinematic sequences shown in other trailers, they made a parody of the famous Budweiser commercial as a test. It was shown only once to the public, at the MWNY 2000 Fanfest. However shortly afterwards the real video appeared on the Net from an anonymous source. It is available here (There is also a list of mirrors on HBO's Movies page). Note that soon after the leak occurred someone noticed that the Soffish's web page had been taken down. When questioned, Bungie personnel insisted that The Only W ater Stuff Item had been "lost in the move".
The Gamestock Demo: A fully playable version of Halo was finally shown at Microsoft's Gamestock 2001 event, running on a prototype X-box. A video was released of Bungie's presentation, featuring nearly 10 minutes of Joseph Staten playing a planned demo. (To clarify: The game was not scripted in any way, but what Joe would do in the game had been decided in advance). Large and small versions of the movie are available from Bungie's Halo site.
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