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Halo: Combat Evolved is a sci-fi first-person shooter created by Bungie Studios for Microsoft and released for the Xbox in 2001, then ported to Windows and Macintosh by GearBox in ...
Classic Mac Os Games
| Year | 2003 |
| Genre | Shooter |
| Rating | 93/100 based on 9 Editorial reviews. Add your vote |
| Publisher | Microsoft |
| Developer | Gearbox |
| OS supported | Win7 64 bit, Win8 64bit, Windows 10, MacOS 10.6+ |
| Updated | 25 May 2020 |
Game Review
Halo: Combat Evolved is a sci-fi first-person shooter created by Bungie Studios for Microsoft and released for the Xbox in 2001, then ported to Windows and Macintosh by GearBox in 2003.
We usually publish games that are at least 20 years old, but this time we made an exception. After so many requests, since the game is currently not available on GOG or Steam, we decided to make this gift for all the fans of GamesNostalgia. You can now play Halo, one of the best games ever created, the game made the Xbox a success.
The Windows version includes Patch 1.0.10; it supports modern video cards and all kind of screen resolutions. It works on Windows 7/10, and GameSpy support is removed (since it's not active anymore). Just run the setup and install the game. That's it.
But Mac owners will be happy too. The Mac version does not use emulators; it's the universal binary, perfectly working on Mac OSX Mojave. We also added the patch to update the game to version 2.0.4. Install the game, then install the patch and enter the serial. Alternatively, if the Universal Binary doesn't work for you, you can try HaloMD. It will allows to play Halo on your Mac in multiplayer mode, and install mods.
Time to become Master Chief and defeat the Covenants!
Note for Catalina users: MacOS Catalina removed support for 32bit apps. so Halo, like many other old games, won't work (nor the Universal or the HaloMD).
Review by: Manu
Published: 23 March 2019 8:45 am
The history of ClarisWorks
How to put multiple Mac operating systems on your Mac.
Classic Mac Resource Page
Apps that will run in 68000 Macs.
MacTreasures.com - find older hard to find and out of print software
Yet more shareware
Mac apps in Spanish
Internet Explorer for Mac and PC's
Eudora Lite 1.5.5 - This one works on a Plus under system 7 or up.
Eudora Lite 1.3.1 for system 6.
Fax Software
ValueFax, a shareware program that's small (2.5 MB RAM and 2 MB of disk space required). Also runs on 6.0.5 or higher on anything 'better' than a Plus.
HyperCard Games
Internet
Get Your Compact Mac On the Web!!
Here's everything you need to get that ole doorstop online
Yes, Virginia, you CAN get an old black and white Mac on the web. This Doc Maker application gives you all the juicy details. Mentioned in Mac Addict and MacUser magazines. Over 20,000 downloads so far.
- Get Your Compact Mac on the Web - HTML version (sorry, no pics. Maybe some day)
- Get Your Compact Mac on the Web (Doc Maker Application)
- Get Your Compact Mac on the Web (Text Version)
- Get Your Compact Mac On the Web! (HyperCard Version) Needs HyperCard Player or HyperCard 2.1 or up.
Other Classic Internet Software
Download AOL Instant Messenger for 68k Macs here
and here
ZTerm - From Polarnet's web site, popular terminal emulation program for Macs. Works on the 512 or up.
HyperCard stack of the above tutorial.
Wanna Be Text Only Web Browser - great little (490k!) browser for PowerMacs and 68k Macs. Needs 7.1 and the Drag Manager and Thread Manager or 7.5 or up to run. PPC Version uses 2.2 megs.
MacLynx - text only web browser
Matti Haveri's FAQ's - 68000 FAQ, Internet FAQ for older Macs, more
Spreadsheet
Try BiPlane. It's shareware ($29) and is MS Excel compatible. System 6.03 and up, needs 1 meg of ram!
Sum It - works on a Plus or up, needs sytem 7.
Mariner LE - another tiny spreadsheet with a tiny ram footprint.
Utilities
Tons of cool System 6 add onsSome great shareware folr older and new Macs.
Using Stuffit Expander and System 7.1 (it's not supposed to work)
More old Mac software, drivers, etc...
Upgrading 7.1 - add Apple's Drag and Drop features to System 7.1
Free Games For Mac Os X
Thread Manager - Give 7.1 another 7.5 featureCyberDog and OpenDoc - although disontinued and no longer supported by Apple, it's another alternative to bloatware browsers.
HTML Pro - great little WYSIWYG HTML authorware that works on a 020 or up.
Sticky Click - gives you sticky menus under System 7
Startup disk for the HD20 SCSi hard drive
Old Mac Games 90s
- use this if you are setting up the drive for the first time.DART - Converts disk images forl older Macs - you'll need this to open up the software below.
Apple Tape backup utility for the Apple 40 meg tape backup drive.
Home Automation Links (Mac Plus or up)
Stuffit Expander 3.5.1 - the latest version taht works on a Plus as far as I know.
CD Sunrise is a generic CD ROM driver (no audio support) that works on MOST mac SCSI cd rom drives.
Desktop Manager allows Apple CD ROM drive to work on an older Mac.
Very cool shareware utilities for older Macs.
Hacking Apple's Drive Setup to see non Apple drives
Compact Pro
is a great compression app for Macs including the Plus under system 6! Also runs on my iMac Rev B. Most software on my web site was stuffed with it.
Educational SharewarePainting, a great little PPC and 68k painting app.
Sounds you can use for HyperCard stacks and other uses.
More apps and utilities for system 6
AOL Mac archive - lots of cools stuff - get it while you can, I have a feeling this old stuff won't be up much longer.More System 6 utilities.
Mac Games free. download full Version
System 6 INITS and CdevsHow To Turn System 6 Into System 7 With freeware
Adobe Acrobat Reader 1.0 for System 6 Macs.
Using Kaleidescope on B&W Macs.Another page on using shareware and free software to beef up your old OS.
- Analyse+
- AutoBlack
- AutoBlack 2
- Bombs
- Camera
- canvas Da - must have a copy of canvas
- ChangeFont 1.03 - change your system font under system 6
- Choose ScrapBook+ - multiple scrapbook
- ChooseCDEV_
- Commander 2.0 - commands for modems
- Commands 1.0 - ommands for modems
- DeskZap 1.3
- DevTools 2.2
- DiskInfo 1.43
- Earthplot 3.0
- Immortality 0.93
- LockOUT v1.0
- MiniDraw
- Molasses
- Pyro!_ - screen saver
- Reverse Screen INIT
- Saviour
- SetFile
- ShutDownSound INIT
- Stuffit 1.13
- Stuffit v1.10
- Tab Expander DA
- Typer DA
- UnStuffIt 1.00
- Windows 2.0
- Area Code Find
- MacSpin.sit.hqx
Programming
REALBasic webring - todays HyperCard works on 68020 Macs and up.
REALBasic mailing lists
REALBAsic search engine
Rinaldi's HyperCard XCMD's for REALBasic
HyperCard officially dead?
Programming for System 6
Serf - a new alternative to HyperCard
SuperCard - an oldie but goodie alternative to HyperCard (new version just shipped).
MetaCard - runs on Intel, Unix and Mac, but expensive.
HyperStudio - Many schools use it, it is a little less powerful than HC or SC.
Apple's own free MPW
MOPS - a robust and powerful public-domain development system for the Macintosh.With Forth and Smalltalk parentage, Mops has extensive OOP capabilities including multiple inheritance, and a class library supporting the Macintosh interface
REALBasic - very cool HyperCard-Meets-Basic programming environment. Let's you make Windoze or Mac apps with ease.
MacInTouch's old software forum - lists many emails pertaining to old programs that have resurfaced as free. Very interesting reading.
Think Pascal 4.5 is now free.
TrueBasic - written by the original writers of Basic back in 1964.
Chipmunk Basic - Really cool freeware starter kit for novice programmers. Runs on the 512k to the new blue and white G3's.
MacZoop - Freeware C++ object oriented programming.
HyperCard - what can I say? Probably THE easiest programing language out there. This is where Visual Basic, Director, mTropolis, Myst, and thousands of home - made applications came from. Even the World Wide Web owes much of itself to Bill Atkinson's HyperCard. Highly highly recommended for beginner programmers as well as database admins, game makers, listserve moms, and kids of all ages.
Apple's MPW Pascal for 68k Macs.
http://s93768914.onlinehome.us/HyperCard Links
Wired article on HyperCard
History of the Apple logo
Alternatives to HyperCard (HC is not compatible with OS X)
Great HyperCard article from 1987
Univsersity of Michigan FTP site
Info-Mac FTP Site
Info-Mac Web Site
Apple's HC Community Page
Teach Yourself HC
HyperCard Resource Page
Jeanne's House 'O HyperCard
HyperCard 10th Anniversay Stack
HyperScan - A HyperCard stack that allows you to scan directly into HyperCard stacks.Music/Sound Software
MusicTime - works on a Classic or up (should work on a Plus or up too, it's the same chip.
Mac Freeware
Super Studio Session - Free MIDI software - Mac Plus or up.
Using older Macs for MIDI
More older Macs and MIDI
MacMusic
AudioMac
MIDI Tool for older Macs
Make your own Mac MIDI interface
A sampler for ancient Macs as well and G4's
MIDI Musician
VERY old MIDI app for Macs
Mac 68k Games site
and more - games
More old gamesPacman game - looks just like the original. Works on color Macs only.
MacMan game - just like Pacman, works on a Plus on up (even my iMac!)
Some Old Mac Network Games From Rick VanDerveer
Star Wars - cool vector graphics arcade game. Works on the Plus with sound.
bolo homepage: http://www.lgm.com/bolo/
bolo tracker: http://tracker.lgm.com:50001/
bolo ftp archive: ftp://ftp.lgm.com/bolo/
Hundreds of black and white games awaiting your arrival.
Kids Domain
Old Mac software
http://lightning.prohosting.com/~classicm/games.html
http://homepage.mac.com/giantmike13/old.html
http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/oldmac-ftp.html
http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/oldmac.html
ftp://ftp.torget.se/macgate/pub/old/
http://www.w42.de/crypt/
http://www.w42.de/despair/
http://www.liepins.de/offroading/index.shtml
http://home.hawaii.rr.com/m68kg/links.html#OGA
http://www.umich.edu/~archive/mac/game/space/System Software
Using shareware to turn 7.1 into 7.6
Good article on the history of the Mac OS.
All about the early Mac OS by Andy Mesa
Minimum requirements for Mac OS 7.1 - 7.6 including all about system enablers.
What's In the System Folder? - a brief tutorial for newbies.
Interesting comparison of Mac OS 1 and Mac OS 7.
Mac System software history form 1.0 to 8.6. Pretty interesting...
Installing Mac OS 7.5.3
Mas OS system enablers and the systems they go with.
What's a system enabler?
Upgrading 7.1 -add Apple's Drag and Drop features to System 7.1
Thread Manager - Give 7.1 another 7.5 feature
What Operating System should I use on my older Mac and where can I get it?
MODE32 - I can't believe I didn't put this up a long time ago... if you have a 32 bit 'dirty' Mac such as the II, IIx, IIfx, IIcx or SE/30 and you have more than 8 megs of ram, you'll need MODE 32. That's the simple explanation.
Make a Mac boot disc on a PC - previously impossible
Finder Heap Fix for system 7.5.5 - give the finder more memory (and fewer crashes)
Go to info.apple.com for System 6.x, 7.0 and 7.0.1.
Get OS 6.08 here.
Sign the Abandonware Petition to persuade the software companies to give away older apps for older Macs.
System 7.5.3 is now free! Update it to 7.5.5 for free too!
Where to download Mac OS - from system .97 to 7.5.5.
Memory requirements of all 68k compatible Mac operating systems.
Apple's Support For Older OS's (Apple TIL)
Apple's Software Updates Page
The really old Systems from the Mac 512 UG
Macintosh System Downloads from Low End Mac
McOrphan's System 6 Page
Apple HD SC Setup Patch - lets you format a non-Apple drive. (Runs on all 68k Macs, some PowerMacs).Drive
Mas OS system enablers and the systems they go with.
Using Kaleidescope on B&W Macs.
Another page on using shareware and free software to beef up your old OS.
System 6 tips and tricks and software.
Word ProcessorsNisus Compact - works under system 6 all the way up to 9.
TexEdit - works under system 6 all the way up to 9. Speaks text under system 7 with speech software
installed, opens picts.
BBEdit Lite - opens just about anything, works under system 6 thru 9.Drivers
Older Macintosh Driver Software From Bhavesh Patel
Old HP Drivers For Classic Macs
LIDO is a great Mac SCSI driver formatter.
Mac Ethernet Drivers
Daystar Drivers - not free
MicroMac Drivers Page
The Electronic Phoenix Project - saving old out of print software form extinction.
The Classic Mac Driver Museum Forum - find a long lost driver
More old Mac software, drivers, etc...- Apple 3.1
- CD Technology
- Chinon
- Metro Cd
- NEC
- PLI
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