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The same ring, different ways in. Choose the implementation first: file formats, controls and multiplayer belong to that project.

Play in a browser

Bring the game data required by the specific build. HCEMobile adds its own mobile setup path.

A Warthog drives through Blood Gulch in Mitchell Hynes’s Halo browser build.

Mitchell Hynes Web gameplay, from the creator’s launch demonstration at approximately 1:52. Gameplay area cropped from the published video.

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Halo’s Xbox campaign and invite-based multiplayer, with your own disc image.

Original files requiredPlay
A rocket launcher aims at a Banshee over a canyon in Halo multiplayer. Original-game reference.

Halo: Combat Evolved multiplayer publisher screenshot from the Anniversary store listing. Original-game reference; not an HCEMobile capture.

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A phone-focused Halo client with local disc import and home-screen installation.

Original files requiredPlay

Native and source projects

These alternatives need local setup or a build. A source repository is not a browser launch.

Halo’s ring stretches above a rocky valley in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. Remastered-game reference.

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary publisher screenshot. Reference image of the remastered edition; not a capture of this project.

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Install / setup

The Halo CE decompilation brought to modern native platforms.

Original files requiredSetup
Halo’s ring stretches above a rocky valley in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. Remastered-game reference.

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary publisher screenshot. Reference image of the remastered edition; not a capture of this project.

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Build required

A build-your-own Halo client for iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Original files requiredProject
Halo’s ring stretches above a rocky valley in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. Remastered-game reference.

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary publisher screenshot. Reference image of the remastered edition; not a capture of this project.

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Build required

Reconstruct Halo CE build 2342 from the matching PAL debug executable.

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Halo: Combat EvolvedMitchell Hynes WebBrowser

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Halo: Combat EvolvedHCEMobileBrowser

Your own game files

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Halo: Combat EvolvedOpenCEInstall / setup

Your own game files

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Halo: Combat EvolvedHaloPadBuild required

Your own game files

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Halo: Combat EvolvedHalo decompilationBuild required

Your own game files

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