Omegamatrix Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Just a small bump to say... the title screen to Halo is still my favourite 2600 title screen of all time. I love how the ring came out. Well done Mr. Fries!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Fries Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Thanks Omegamatrix. You helped me understand the early hmove so you contributed to the program too! On the title screen, it's funny how things work out. The ring was just something random I tried and it worked almost immediately and much better than I expected. The stars on the other hand (which should have been easy) were a source of constant grief for weeks. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArceePrime Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Hi Ed. I heard of Halo 2600 and want to try this game out. Are you okay with anyone downloading the ROM from here for this game? I know emulation has been questioned whether or not it is legal, especialy when it comes to illegal roms of games distributed by illegal torrent sites that we don't legally own a copy of. I don't want to get into any legal trouble for illegally downloading the ROM if you are not okay with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHoboInYourRoom Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Hi Ed. I heard of Halo 2600 and want to try this game out. Are you okay with anyone downloading the ROM from here for this game? I know emulation has been questioned whether or not it is legal, especialy when it comes to illegal roms of games distributed by illegal torrent sites that we don't legally own a copy of. I don't want to get into any legal trouble for illegally downloading the ROM if you are not okay with it. It's been okay to download it for almost eight years. He even released the source code for the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Fries Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Just to confirm, it's okay for anyone to use the ROM for non-commercial use. -Ed Fries 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 I've got a CIB version!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArceePrime Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Okay. Thank you for clearing this up. I am looking forward to playing this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArceePrime Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 It's been okay to download it for almost eight years. He even released the source code for the game. Just to confirm, it's okay for anyone to use the ROM for non-commercial use. -Ed Fries Okay. Thank you for clearing this up for me and for future players. I am looking foward to playing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 I was personally pleasantly surprised by this game. I've never played Halo and don't like FPS games, so that tie-in wasn't a draw for me. It's just a fun game in its own right that stands well on its own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArceePrime Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 I have tried the game out Ed and beat it a few times already. I must say it is very impressive how you and your dev team have designed this game. I never had an actual Atari 2600 or other Atari consoles before, though I do have a Atari Flashback with 20 built in games. Unfortinatly it cannot play real cartriage games like the rest of the Atari Flashbacks. I need to save up money to get a Atari 2600 if I want to buy this game, but once I do this will be the first homebrew game I'll get. I want to buy a real copy because you deserve the support and my money. Good job Ed and to the rest of you dev team for an outstanding game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 We'll be featuring Halo 2600 LIVE on tomorrow's (Wednesday) ZeroPage Homebrew stream on Twitch at 11AM PT | 2PM ET | 6PM GMT! Hope everyone can watch!Twitch Stream: https://www.twitch.t...ropagehomebrew/Games: - Halo 2600 (2010) by Ed Fries- Space Game (2019 Homebrew Tournament Round #3) by Karl Garrison and Maggie Vogel aka Karl G and mvo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 HALO goodness: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevKelley Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 This is one game I have been meaning to buy. I just love the story of why it was made. This is why I would love to see some of the big name companies out there throw a few bucks towards some programmers to release some Atari games for the heck of it. I know it won't happen but it would be neat. Gimmicky maybe but neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 We'll be featuring Halo 2600 LIVE on tomorrow's (Wednesday) ZeroPage Homebrew stream on Twitch at 11AM PT | 2PM ET | 6PM GMT! Hope everyone can watch! Twitch Stream: https://www.twitch.t...ropagehomebrew/ Games: - Halo 2600 (2010) by Ed Fries - Space Game (2019 Homebrew Tournament Round #3) by Karl Garrison and Maggie Vogel aka Karl G and mvo 20190522-Let's Play.jpg Just watched todays livestream on Twitch (replay). Congrats on beating Halo James. Oh and Aerlan is right...everything is better in space! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 STELLA-THON 12 HOUR TWITCH ZEROPAGE HOMEBREW AUCTION & GAMING MARATHON FUNDRAISER TOMORROW! Auction includes A CIB SIGNED COPY OF HALO 2600 SIGNED BY ED FRIES Donated by Albert Yarusso of AtariAge!! CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS ON ALL THE AUCTION ITEMS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArceePrime Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Hi, Ed. I know it is about three months and a half late to say this as July 31st, 2020 already passed by, but I do want to say this before the end of the year. I want to say happy 10th anniversary to Halo 2600. I've enjoyed this game when I have first discovered it two years ago and still play to this day. This game is what got me into the Halo series, in which I've played Halo: Combat Evolved next. Thank you for such a wonderful demake of Halo: Combat Evolved. Here's to 10 more years of this game and counting and more great Atari home brews to come. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydro Thunder Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 2 hours ago, ArceePrime said: Hi, Ed. I know it is about three months and a half late to say this as July 31st, 2020 already passed by, but I do want to say this before the end of the year. I want to say happy 10th anniversary to Halo 2600. I've enjoyed this game when I have first discovered it two years ago and still play to this day. This game is what got me into the Halo series, in which I've played Halo: Combat Evolved next. Thank you for such a wonderful demake of Halo: Combat Evolved. Here's to 10 more years of this game and counting and more great Atari home brews to come. Seconding the sentiments in this post. Thank you so much Ed!! I attended the CGE in Vegas, my first retro game con, as I was just getting re-hooked on Atari from my childhood (thanks to GameRoom on XBLA!). I knew sort of what homebrews were, but hadn't really jumped in with both feet. I was pretty early in line for this, and I was (I believe) the first "general admission" person to set eyes and hands on the majesty of Halo 2600. Just such a rush, as a person who followed Bungie in their whole development of this, from the RTS origin (coming full circle in Halo Wars lol) to the Xbox. Got to attend pre-launch Xbox stuff as I managed an EB Games back in the day, still have Xbox / Halo dog tags around somewhere and the Halo: Combat Evolved lanyard. And still have my original copy of Halo for 2600 by AtariAge. (and no that's not me in the pic, not sure who it is, he was there before they let us commonfolk in ) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Fries Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Thank you for all the kind comments. I can't believe it's been more than 10 years. Best regards! -EdF 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 6 hours ago, Ed Fries said: Thank you for all the kind comments. I can't believe it's been more than 10 years. Best regards! -EdF Wow 10 yrs! Congratulations on the anniversary. Thank you for signing my copy of Halo 2600 at PRGE 2017 and more importantly, thank you for signing two more copies for my sons at the Houston Area Arcade Expo. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Any chance of finishing up Rally-X? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Back from 2010 CGE heh... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 You can see the top of my head in that picture. Right behind the poster. Mitch 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, Mitch said: You can see the top of my head in that picture. Right behind the poster. Mitch ? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaks43 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Hey, all! I'm new here and just wanted to check out the game, but when I go to download it, Chrome blocks it and claims it is dangerous and contains a virus. Is this just Chrome being extra safe and not wanting me to download untrusted files, or is there actually a risk here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 13 hours ago, Jaks43 said: Hey, all! I'm new here and just wanted to check out the game, but when I go to download it, Chrome blocks it and claims it is dangerous and contains a virus. Is this just Chrome being extra safe and not wanting me to download untrusted files, or is there actually a risk here? Yes, the file is safe, it seems Chrome and Firefox are now making any files ending with a .bin extension as having a virus or malware, which is patently ridiculous, since none of those files here fall into those categories, yet these browsers are stating emphatically that the files are dangerous and contain a virus or malware. They really should be taken to task for this, especially as it appears they are just blanket labeling all such files as dangerous. I'm sure there are other extensions they are targeting as well. ..Al 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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