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Ed Fries, the once vice president of Microsoft's game publishing division – and the man who had his hand in signing Bungie Software as a Microsoft first-party developer – has returned to his old-school roots with a brand new game: Halo 2600 for the Atari 2600, which premiered at the Classic Gaming Expo in Las Vegas this weekend.
Fries no longer works for Microsoft, but he has a long history in gaming: he was responsible for programming several games for the Atari 800 computer system more than 20 years ago. Halo 2600 is his first attempt at creating a game for the Atari Video Computer System, a console released much earlier than the 800, and considered a beast to program for due to its heavy restrictions and limitations.
Halo 2600 is, obviously, not considered series canon, but the cartridge itself is quite the collectible and a cool homage to a fantastic series. The game can be played on any Atari 2600, and it's also been made available for online play at www.halo2600.com.
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