Remember the E3 2000 demo of Halo? You know, the demo that amazed pretty much everyone and made Microsoft sign an exclusive deal with Bungie? The demo that made 3DFX implement 32-bit color rendering in its GPUs. Well, that famous build has been leaked online.
For those unaware, Halo was a third-person game back in 2000. During that time, Bungie was planning to release it on Mac and PC. However, after its impressive E3 2000 trailer, MS decided to sign a deal so that they could get Halo exclusively on the first Xbox console.
Now the good news is that you can go ahead, download, and actually play it. Yes, we can finally play Halo the way it was showcased back in 2000.
For some of us, this is a huge deal. This was the game that made our jaw drop to the floor. This was the game we were drooling all over magazines. And man, a lot of us were cursing Bungie for giving PC gamers the finger. But hey, we were naive back then. We didn’t know anything about console exclusives and all the deals that happen behind closed doors.
Anyway, those interested can go ahead and download the leaked build from this link. At the end of the article, you can also find the famous E3 2000 trailer. The original version of that trailer is at 320p. Thus, I’ve decided to include an upscaled version of it.
It’s a shame that devs do not release these older builds of their games. Believe it or not, there are a lot of people that would love to play them.
Speaking of leaked PC builds of older games, I also suggest trying the one for Duke Nukem Forever. You can also play a leaked Wii build of Star Wars Battlefront 3. Or how about the unreleased PC builds of Pokemon Legends Arceus and Pokemon BDSP? Oh, and let’s not forget the 1995 prototype build for 3D Realms’ Prey.
Finally, I suggest downloading these builds while they are still available. For all we know, some of them may be taken down. So, download them before it’s too late.
Have fun!
John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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