The human vehicles probably changed the most between these shots and the shipping game. This is most probably the Stealth Tank, which was very wide and low; as you see here, the crouching marine barely fits under the muzzle of the tank's cannon. The Stealth Tank did not make it into the shipping version of Halo 1.
An early Master Chief model fires on approaching Elites in a tunnel environment that looks like it's from the MacWorld 1999 announcement trailer. The game at this time had no AI; all events were scripted.
Each of Bungie's early screenshots featured a vehicle. Here, we see not just the Warthog that appeared in the first shot, but also two Banshees that appear to be very close to the final design. However, the grass textures are quite different, somewhat reminiscent of Halo's heritage in Bungie's Myth series. The background, as well as the look of the rocket launcher, are also quite different from the Halo we know today.
The first known screenshot of Halo. The Warthog, while recognizable, is still quite different from the final version. This original version of the Master Chief is completely different from what shipped in the game, and the scenery is also very different. Like many shots around this time, the spartan (no pun intended) but beautiful surroundings led some to speculate that Halo's entire territory might be traversable with vehicles, with terrain automatically generated by an algorithm, and designers adding detail to special areas.
[image:3962,left] Gearbox has added another new screenshot of PC Halo. This one shows off the aerial combat that's been added to multiplayer as two banshees duel over Death Island. We've added it to our PC Halo Gallery.
The CobaltNova Halo League (CPL) has announced that the $30,000 Winter Event will be a 5x5 CTF event. The group expects the release of Halo for the PC in September, which should give players some time to practice before the event when the CNHL starts up in October.
Wraith has managed, using the recently revealed hacking techniques, to pilot the Covenant dropship. Louis Wu, at HBO, managed to re-encode this into QuickTime at about 5% of the original file's size-- so, naturally, we're mirroring that one; so Piloting the Covenant Dropship by Wraith is now in our Halo Movies section.
c0ld vengeance, with help from BOLL and RunningRiot, have managed to pilot the Pelican. We're hosting a mirror of Pelican.mov here in our movie section and on RHL.
The forum post that firestorm225 wrote about his trip to Fanstock has been upgraded into an IGN article entitled Infiltrating Gearbox Studios, complete with photos. We've added it to our list of Fanstock Articles.
Thanks to Louis Wu for noticing.
The Junkyard has put up a spotlight on Matt 'mrsmiley' Dunn, one of the guys responsible for creating the Halo Babies comic, based on original artwork by Lorraine "Mehve" McLees. Thanks to Ryan 'Mhaddy' Matthews for the tipoff.
We've included the lately-released screenshots of PC Halo, including new hires shots of the new levels and the new Rockethog, in our PC Halo Gallery. The screenshots were provided courtesey of Louis Wu at HBO.
