The Lost Halo Game HAS FINALLY BEEN FOUND... (And it's PLAYABLE!)

After 20 years, one of the most iconic long lost versions of Halo that was thought to be locked away forever IS NO LONGER! Thanks to the mod team, Digsite, a version of the iconic 1999 Macworld Halo announcement, the world's first ever look at Halo, has been recreated using the bones of that very build and many more, and today, we're going to play it...

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:47 - Crash Site
20:21 - Even MORE Cut Content
28:27 - Thoughts

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[HiddenXperia]

There are those that said this day would never come. What are they to say now?

[Aether-Entropy]

Bravo to the digsite team, and props to 343 for actually releasing this stuff. Can't wait to play this

[FireClaw]

From a buggy mess with missing content, to the definitive Halo experience with restored content, It's crazy how far the MCC has come since 2014

[Nerdvanna]

If 343I is fully supporting this mod team then I hope they'll port it to the Xbox. We've now gone full circle with Halo getting more love on the PC then consoles.

[shaheer]

The ”harpoon gun” as you say is called the spear gun. Meant for underwater combat. Its projectile sticks with someone and then explodes.
After it was cut the plasma grenade was made from its functionality

[AttakusZakus]

Apparently the Alien Snipers ARE made out of Lekgolo worms and are just another form!

I’d call them Scouters. With their actual name being “Matlho”, Tswana for “Eyes”. Since I’d imagine that due to Lekgolo bonding these two Snipers somehow share a field of vision.

[ItBeKyo]

So glad to see this game finally popping back up after all these years

[LovleyLemonade]

I remember learning about this early build back when I was a kid and it was known as "The Halo Before Halo". It was more mysterious than the actual Halo games we got.

Seeing it being played rather than viewing a gathering of clips and photos is surreal.

[bander]

I'm actually glad the Digsite devs had you keep the end a mystery, I'm 1000% downloading this mod and I'm especially excited for when they get to H2 and H3's cut content!

[paragonrobbie]

I've said it before and I'll say it again; The division of 343 that was left with the MCC is utilizing all the resources at their disposal with the Halo franchise and doing so with love and care.

[kamargo]

U really can tell when a team is focused on making the game fun

[Dyxzan]

It would be amazing if they fully port it into MCC instead of just through mods

I think it would work even better if the game was in 3rd person to resemble the mac game more too MAYBE even with it's old HUD

What would complete it for me personally is a type of command system like H5 has, but in the form of an RTS unit control to send marines to parts of the map, to almost play like a hybrid between the RTS and 3rd person version of CE

[centenk]

Learned a ton of Halo lore from you from years ago and still watch you, much love

[exilestudios]

its pathetic how there is more biome variety in this 1999 tech demo than the 500 million dollar halo infinite

[tTaseric]

21:52 I reckon they could very easily fit in with the Banished as another of the species they found on Zeta Halo. They really don't look too far from the Harbinger or the Skimmers if you just give them some red armour.

I could also easily picture the big guys wearing heavy, red Banished plate-armour escorting a Wraith like those Elden Ring troll carts.

[doesntmatter]

I WANT TO SEE MORE. They need to create more levels. I would honestly play this and I don't play Halo anymore.

[Kratos]

Woah woah woah... You mean to tell me that SPV3's Assault Rifle was a faithful recreation of the prototype Halo version? Never even knew that was a thing. And spartan teams? How cool would it have been to have allies that didn't just keel over from the slightest breeze? Or to face off against an early iteration of flood spartans with regenerating shields like the flood elites from Halo 2? It would be nice to see someone make a mash up of this version's assets with Halo 1's maps along the lines of SPV3 with a few extra maps to facilitate the extra stuff.

On a side note: it would be nice to have the machete be an alternative melee attack that can be activated once found, like a temporary upgrade for that map only similar to DOOM's berserker pack.

[jonwallace]

Fun fact: the pelican absolutely was meant to be driven… just not by the player. All the vehicles and NPCs in cutscenes are playing back possession by the devs, so they had to be drivable to record those.

[HaloMillennium]

I swear to god this actually looks like something I saw as a kid (I was like 5-6 when this would've been out). Like, that opening alone with the cutscene and ascending up that hill definitely feels like something I saw briefly when I was little. I remember even saying to whoever was playing, "you gotta save your friends!"
I don't remember if it was my dad or if we were at his friend's place or what, but I swear I've definitely seen this. Even growing up after becoming a Halo fan and later seeing the old Halo teasers from the Macworld announcement, I always remembered seeing that old version of Chief. This is definitely blowing my mind right now, I honestly dunno if I'm just crazy or what but I definitely have a vivid memory of the opening sequence alone.

[tripledundee]

This is like a dream come true, I remember watching the developers playing around with these early versions and wanting to play it. I always liked the idea of a fan made halo game using the 1999 assets for everything with a large map, I am so glad that they did this. Good job digsite, you have my respect