Yes. This ring...it's Forerunner.

July 7, 2006 11:10 AM

Halo Zero. The Fall of Reach, old-school style. Some plucky French coders have borrowed a page from Codename: Gordon, the side-scrolling homage to Half-Life. As a result, Master Chief and his cohorts are now fighting the Covenant in 16-bit, 2D graphics. PC download only - though Mac owners at least have Boot Camp to avoid waiting for an OS X port. via Aeropause
posted by Smart Dalek (9 comments total)

At least the sprites look better than the real ones from Marathon :)
posted by -harlequin- at 11:37 AM on July 7, 2006

Hehe. Reminds me of Doom: The Roguelike, which goes a step further and does the thing in ascii.
posted by bardic at 11:54 AM on July 7, 2006

Bardic, that has got to be more fun than the FPS boardgame.
posted by absalom at 11:59 AM on July 7, 2006

Well, the Pac-man boardgame wasn't so hot either.
posted by bardic at 12:14 PM on July 7, 2006

Heh, Doom actually is a boardgame these days. It's basically a boardgame simulation of the computer game - right down to the med packs and ammo pickups :-)
I have a set, but I've never played it, so can't answer as to the fun factor :)
posted by -harlequin- at 12:27 PM on July 7, 2006

I remember playing the Pac-man boardgame for many many hours.
posted by hugecranium at 12:31 PM on July 7, 2006

I snuck this onto the build for all the office PCs in my group earlier this year. Easter egg!
posted by Busithoth at 1:12 PM on July 7, 2006

Mac owners at least have Boot Camp to avoid waiting for an OS X port.

*waves goodbye to the Mac games industry.*
posted by Space Coyote at 1:38 PM on July 7, 2006

*waves goodbye to the Mac games industry.*

I'll bet you believe in the Easter Bunny too.
posted by lekvar at 6:22 PM on July 7, 2006