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    Halo: Reach

    Game » consists of 13 releases. Released Sep 14, 2010

    A prequel to Halo: Combat Evolved, chronicling one of the most cataclysmic events of the Halo Universe through the eyes of a squad of Spartan super-soldiers known as Noble Team. It is also the last game in the series developed by Bungie.

    Still got your Halo 1 CD Key? Step Inside

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    #1  Edited By RageGummy

    Over on Bungie.net, Urk pointed out that Sawnose had been talking in the forums about using the Halo 1 CD keys for something special in Reach. Now he has talked a little more about it, hears the post.  
     
      Yes, that was me in the podcast, and in fact we were discussing details at the office today. We should have the final feature ready for use in about a month.

    We're dealing with the keygen problem as best we can. For starters, I pulled a list of keys that had actually been used as of a month or two ago, and we'll probably validate against that list. So people won't be able to just get the keygen now and claim the... reward. (i.e., people who didn't even bother to pirate the game :-) It also means that buying one of the few remaining copies at retail won't help you anymore. 

    So yeah, we're on it. Start spreading the word on other sites that Halo PC users should check here a couple weeks before Reach launches for details on what to do with the key.

    edit - see my addendum at the end of the OP

    edit -

    To clarify, OLD keys work. If you ever used your key (technically, to enter the multiplayer game lobby, since that's what validates the key) at any time from 2003 until a couple months ago (May?), you should be ok. We won't be allowing NEW keys, because we'll assume they were keygenned.

    "Halo 1 for Mac" users are included in this.

    "Halo 2 for PC" is NOT included since Bungie wasn't involved in that port.

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    The reward is a small "visual flair", as was described during the last days of Halo 2 for players of that game. Not armor or anything in the Armory. We realize that some people have lost their keys or never played online to validate their key, and unfortunately we can't do anything about that. If that's you, you're not missing out on something like Recon or Flames, it's just a little indication that people have been part of a certain Halo community for a while, and we wanted to give them a nod.

    As others have noted, we have no way of telling if you've played the Xbox version, so that isn't included here.

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    Yes, you can continue to play the game without invalidating your key.

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    "Halo: Custom Edition" - YES
     
    And the precise cutoff date for CD Keys was May 26th, 2010. If your key was ever used online before then, it counts.   
     
     
    Check out the full post here:  
    http://www.bungie.net/News/Blog.aspx?mode=news#cid27512

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    #2  Edited By bed

    oh dammit. now only if i remember where my CD key was.. 

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    #3  Edited By sixghost

    This seems stupid. Why reward people who played Halo PC and not Halo CE on the xbox?

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    #4  Edited By RageGummy
    @sixghost said:
    " This seems stupid. Why reward people who played Halo PC and not Halo CE on the xbox? "
    Halo CE never had Live Support for Xbox, so there is no way to track who played and who did not. 
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    #5  Edited By Diamond

    So wait, you'll have to have your old Halo PC code now, and it has to have been used before May of this year?  People had this game cracked on PC before it was even released...  I don't have my Halo PC key anymore too :(

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    #6  Edited By Bionicicide

    I have my Halo 1 PC key that I bought at launch that allowed me to play for hundreds of hours in its prime. Halo lost me this gen, any offers?

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    #7  Edited By Diamond
    @Bionicicide:  Will follow you on Giant Bomb for at least 1 week!
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    #8  Edited By Fish_Face_McGee

    Glad to see that they're making good on their comments.

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    #9  Edited By WilliamRLBaker

    "
    As others have noted, we have no way of telling if you've played the Xbox version, so that isn't included here.""
     
    lol thats a complete and utter fud, they can easily tell I've played halo 1 or 2, if I put it in my 360 that information is kept. they can all so tell if I played online since their own stats servers keep that info.

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    #10  Edited By Bones8677

    Who the hell played Halo on PC?

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    #11  Edited By wefwefasdf
    @Bionicicide said:
    " I have my Halo 1 PC key that I bought at launch that allowed me to play for hundreds of hours in its prime. Halo lost me this gen, any offers? "
    What do you want? I'll do anything minus most things.
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    #12  Edited By Bionicicide
      
    Get hyped!
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    #13  Edited By Crixaliz
    @Bionicicide: OMG! Where did you get a red medicine ball? I can only find them in blue or purple
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    #14  Edited By toowalrus

    Sweet, I've got my copy sitting on the shelf over there, awesome.

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    #15  Edited By empfeix

    this is really obscure - but I'm down with the gesture

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    #16  Edited By patrick
    @WilliamRLBaker said:
    " " As others have noted, we have no way of telling if you've played the Xbox version, so that isn't included here.""  lol thats a complete and utter fud, they can easily tell I've played halo 1 or 2, if I put it in my 360 that information is kept.
    It's not.
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    #17  Edited By Warihay

    Sweet. Got my code on my shelf.

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    #18  Edited By ISuperGamerI
    @sixghost said:
    " This seems stupid. Why reward people who played Halo PC and not Halo CE on the xbox? "
    Exactly I bought Halo 1 on Xbox the first day it was released (which was the same day as the console) so why aren't we getting rewarded? Also, I heard about this on Joystiq a long time ago so I don't know why this is considered as news.
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    #19  Edited By ISuperGamerI
    @Bones8677 said:
    " Who the hell played Halo on PC? "
    I guess you never played Halo 1 on PC using LAN with your friends, good times.
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    #20  Edited By gamer_152  Moderator

    Hot damn! Looks like I'm getting me an exclusive extra in Reach.

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    #21  Edited By DG991
    @ISuperGamerI: cause PC gamers deserve EVERYTHING! 
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    #22  Edited By Bones8677
    @ISuperGamerI said:
    " @Bones8677 said:
    " Who the hell played Halo on PC? "
    I guess you never played Halo 1 on PC using LAN with your friends, good times. "
    No, but I played Halo 2 on X Box LAN. Now THOSE were good times! ^_^
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    #23  Edited By ISuperGamerI
    @DG991 said:
    " @ISuperGamerI: cause PC gamers deserve EVERYTHING!  "
    Nah PC gamers just need to stay out of our business and I'm also a PC gamer so just saying.
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    #24  Edited By ISuperGamerI
    @Bones8677 said:
    " @ISuperGamerI said:
    " @Bones8677 said:
    " Who the hell played Halo on PC? "
    I guess you never played Halo 1 on PC using LAN with your friends, good times. "
    No, but I played Halo 2 on X Box LAN. Now THOSE were good times! ^_^ "
    Oh yeah for sure man, Halo 2 was great, so much better than Halo 3 in my opinion.
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    #25  Edited By wrecks

    I knew saving hanging on to old pc games would pay off one day... I just knew it. Score.

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    #26  Edited By akskiller
    @Bones8677: The cool kids.
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    #27  Edited By adoggz

    yep, now I am reinstalling halo, I wonder if ppl are still playing it much.

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    #28  Edited By Seroth

    Nice. I bought Halo PC at a Blockbuster for like 10 dollars back in the day. I'm sure the CD key is somewhere in my apartment...

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    #29  Edited By Huecomundo21

    I knew buying that game for PC would help me out one day!

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    #30  Edited By Driadon

    I knew staffing that 2 years ago for .99 was a good idea!

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    #31  Edited By ch13696
    @RageGummy said:
    " @sixghost said:
    " This seems stupid. Why reward people who played Halo PC and not Halo CE on the xbox? "
    Halo CE never had Live Support for Xbox, so there is no way to track who played and who did not.  "
    The keys for Halo on PC are printed exactly like Xbox Live codes. Same with Fable on PC. So the code can be entered the same. I believe it would be easier to treat the PC players than the original Xbox players because they have no way to tell who used it and not. The first Halo was released on November 14th 2001 and Xbox Live didn't come out till November 15th 2002. So Halo on Xbox didn't have Xbox Live support. Therefore no usernames or emails went with the game. Neither did Halo on PC, but they at least have the genuine CD keys. That's why they brought up that they will crackdown on keygens.
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    #32  Edited By AxleBro

    i too have a key but wont be buying reach, any offers? :P

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    #33  Edited By GirnBlanston

    I stiil have my key and played online throughout 04-05, i believe. I'll have to find it.
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    #34  Edited By karneh

    Still have the case! Haven't played for many years though.

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    #35  Edited By fr0br0

    Visual flair? They should just have the low texture Halo 1 Master Chiefs running around.

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    #36  Edited By Lies
    @Axleisbored said:
    " i too have a key but wont be buying reach, any offers? :P "
    I wan it.
     
    I WAN IT.
     
    :(
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    #37  Edited By Brackynews
    @Bones8677 said:

    " Who the hell played Halo on PC? "

    Probably more people than did so on the Mac. :)
    And definitely everyone that made Halo machinima.
     

    @WilliamRLBaker said:

     lol thats a complete and utter fud, they can easily tell I've played halo 1 or 2, if I put it in my 360 that information is kept. they can all so tell if I played online since their own stats servers keep that info. "

    Don't suppose you could post a screenshot of your Bungie.net profile for Halo 1? (This conversation doesn't actually involve Halo 2.)
    Oh yeah... you can't.

    Wikipedia:
    As Halo was released before Xbox Live, online multi player games were not officially supported.

    Guess that's a bit of a problem.  And playing it on your 360 doesn't exactly count as being part of the original Halo community, does it?
    So yeah I'm gonna say that the dude wot works at Bungie isn't trying to pull the wool over anyone.
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    #38  Edited By Lies
    @Brackynews: Though Will was wrong about Bungie.net integration, the 360 dashboarrd DOES recognize that you'v been playing OG Xbox games, at least locally. They show up in your achievements list as something like: Halo: 0 of 0. That data's probably not really accessible to Bungie, but the 360 at least does recognize that you've played it.
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    #39  Edited By Seroth
    @Fr0Br0 said:
    " Visual flair? They should just have the low texture Halo 1 Master Chiefs running around. "
    This would be amazing.
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    #40  Edited By Halopower67

    I played Halo 1 on PC more than any other Halo game i ever played online combined. And i got the game case with the key right up there in my shelf. So awesome.

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    #41  Edited By ArbitraryWater

    Wha? People played the PC version of Halo? And bungie is rewarding those people? Madness. Tis madness I tell thee.

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    #42  Edited By Hashbrowns

    Wow, I've had my PC version of Halo sitting in my stack of PC game disks just an arm's length away from me for, what, going on seven years now?  Hold on... seven years?  Seven?  How appropriate.
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    Well, that's a bitch.
     
    I have one from a long time ago, but I never played online.

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    #44  Edited By WilliamRLBaker
    @patrick said:
    " @WilliamRLBaker said:
    " " As others have noted, we have no way of telling if you've played the Xbox version, so that isn't included here.""  lol thats a complete and utter fud, they can easily tell I've played halo 1 or 2, if I put it in my 360 that information is kept.
    It's not. "
    um...okay..
    you mean if I have in my achievement list a halo 1 entry and halo 2 entry dated...a year ago...its updated on xbox live then that info is not kept? righttt.
    and lets see..they are able to tell by halo 2 server stats that I was on it...so yes your wrong, they do keep that info.
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    #45  Edited By sjupp

    Sweet! Now where'd my game go..

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    #46  Edited By WilliamRLBaker

    ""@Brackynews said:

    " @Bones8677 said:

    " Who the hell played Halo on PC? "

    Probably more people than did so on the Mac. :)
    And definitely everyone that made Halo machinima.
     

    @WilliamRLBaker said:

     lol thats a complete and utter fud, they can easily tell I've played halo 1 or 2, if I put it in my 360 that information is kept. they can all so tell if I played online since their own stats servers keep that info. "

    Don't suppose you could post a screenshot of your Bungie.net profile for Halo 1? (This conversation doesn't actually involve Halo 2.)
    Oh yeah... you can't.

    Wikipedia:
    As Halo was released before Xbox Live, online multi player games were not officially supported.

    Guess that's a bit of a problem.  And playing it on your 360 doesn't exactly count as being part of the original Halo community, does it? So yeah I'm gonna say that the dude wot works at Bungie isn't trying to pull the wool over anyone. "
     
    wait...it doesn't involve halo 2...odd last i checked the op had this.
    "" Halo 2 for PC" is NOT included since Bungie wasn't involved in that port.""
     
    Looks to me like halo 2 is part of the conversation.
    1.  there is no logical reason for them not to give people whom had halo 2 an incentive. They can easily tell who has played halo 2, and give them an incentive for it in halo reach. I am talking of halo 2 xbox.
    2.Halo 1 and Halo 2 both appear in my games played list, Microsoft easily has access to that information.
     
    so yes Halo 2 is part of the conversation, and there is no logical reason for bungie to give halo pc users an incentive and not halo 2 pc users, or hell even halo 1 and halo 2 xbox users they can get access to said information easily.
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    #47  Edited By Djeffers03

    My first console game :(

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    #48  Edited By andrela

    Got my copy of Halo pc sitting on the shelf next to me. Got it for €8 new a few years ago ^^

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    #49  Edited By Shasam

    I should be able to join in with this, I think. I just have to find my PC copy of Halo...shouldn't be too hard.

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    #50  Edited By Pazy

    I own Halo on PC, I just hope I still have the CD Key. I mainly used it to play the Custom Edition but I need to find it! This is awesome, at least it is until I realise I cant find my key.

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