4th February 2003, 10:40 PM
What very few people know is that Halo came out 4 years ago on MAC under a different name from Bungie. Microsoft bought Bungie from MAC under a timed contract, desperately trying to find a killer app for their new toy. (Mac owners were pissed)
Presently, Halo is about to hit PC's and MAC's under the HALO name. However, Bungie will be selling the code to other devs who in turn will release Halo inspired games under different names. To the point of actually slapping some different art work on and calling it something other than Halo.
Now you know why Halo looks like ass compared to anything else on the XBox. All they did was take a 4 year old game and add some special effects here and there. I'll be playing the original MAC-made 'halo' this week so I can see what it's all about, i'll let you guys know how close it is to Halo (which is a rip off of PD).
Presently, Halo is about to hit PC's and MAC's under the HALO name. However, Bungie will be selling the code to other devs who in turn will release Halo inspired games under different names. To the point of actually slapping some different art work on and calling it something other than Halo.
Now you know why Halo looks like ass compared to anything else on the XBox. All they did was take a 4 year old game and add some special effects here and there. I'll be playing the original MAC-made 'halo' this week so I can see what it's all about, i'll let you guys know how close it is to Halo (which is a rip off of PD).