The original Halo was released in 2001, making it old enough that some people might consider the game worthy of old-school honors. It has nothing on the Atari 2600, which fought the Mattel Intellivision and Manavox Odyssey 2 in the first console ꩵwar, circa 1980. Those two worlds collided last weekend with the release of Halo 2600, ahomebrewgame that tookthe Halo franchise and rewound the clock over three decades, sendingthe playerto an era where the Atari name stood for cutting-edge gaming hardware.

Unfortunately the limited production run of 500 real H𒀰alo 2600 cartridges was sold only at thein Las Vegasthis past weekend. But don’t fret – you can still enjoy this classic gaming goodness by heading over toand playing the flash version. There is also a 4KB binary available atthat you can download and drop into an Atari 2600 emulator or on🎀to a flash-able 2600 cartridge, should you happen to haveoneof thosejust laying aroundyour nerdcave.

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Aug 02, 2010