Halo: Combat Evolved (Sega Genesis)
CONTROLS:
Game plays best on... you guessed it a Genesis Gamepad!
Movement: WASD, Arrow Keys / Gamepad D-Pad
Shoot: J / Genesis Gamepad A / Xbox Controller B
Reload: I /Genesis Gamepad X / Xbox Controller Y
Switch Weapon: O / Genesis Gamepad Y /Xbox Controller X
Lock Rotation (For Strafe): K / Genesis Gamepad B / Xbox Controller A
Start: Enter / Gamepad Start
ABOUT THE PROJECT
I've often wondered what it would be like to have my favorite games back when I was a little. The glorious, sugar-infused 90's would were perfect, but could a game like Halo on the ol' Genesis make it even better?
This game was an experiment to see what's even possible.
We started out to make a REAL Genesis ROM, but because of time, decided to swap to Godot. The first half of the week was spent trying to figure out how many colors and sprites were possible. What kind of music and sounds could we have? The great part about that is we ended up with a product that looks and feels very genuine, although admittedly there are things with Godot that you can fudge a lot easier than building a real ROM and we may have taken advantage of that, haha.
Of course with any jam, you wish there could be more. Limiting the scope of such a great game series is a challenge in itself.
We really wanted to be able to drive a Warthog or a ghost. It'd be awesome to throw grenades. A melee system would be sweet! But time is always a factor. We ended up with a very playable and enjoyable version of the most basic Halo mechanics... poppin aliens with the assault rifle and the trusty pistol.
I hope this little taste of the first experience landing on the ring brings you some joy!
100% of the art, music, and code was made in 7 Days DURING the Retro Jam.
CODE/SOUND FX: Lopar
PIXEL ART: CaseyScreamsBack
MUSIC: j71S8
Comments
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this is super cool! I love the top down perspective and the graphics. I had a lot of fun playing through this and considering your design choices. That’s because I’m developing a similar project for the Game Boy Color. We made a lot of the same sacrifices - a melee, grenades - for a streamlined pistol + AR experience. My project is a real GBC rom and I even got the warthog working! Check it out and hopefully you have as much fun playing it as I did this.
https://sofaswordsman.itch.io/halo-combat-devolved
Love the game and im a halo fan thank you for making this.
ALL SPARTANS AND VETERANS LIKE MY SELF ARE GONNA BEAT THIS GAME FIRST TRY.
Veterans are that played all of the halos like me.
Spartans are who just started playing halo.
I liked the game, it's just a little difficult but very good, I give it a 9/10
add more stuff also love this game
Are you gonna update it. You should i love it
What did you use for the music
Download link?
I LOVE this game.
Edit: also, the pistol needs a buff. not as powerful as the original
THIS GAME IS SUPER COOL
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Dear caseyscreamsback, lopar.
We are interested in publish your game if you wish to support and let the world to know your art.
You can write to this account : segazone2020@gmail.com
Best regards,
Sega Zone Team
BRO GOT SEGA
A Download so we can Play this if we have have no Internet?
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This is amazing, always been a halo fan. The grunts are too op though, I'd work on that
O MY GOD. AMAZING!
Got stuck on one spot on the left side of the map but really enjoyed the game. I love top down shooters so was a lot of fun.
to bad this aint a real sega genesis game
Was a lot of fun, loved the concept and art style! Only critique I had was either gun damage or enemy health felt a bit high, so it felt like you had to face tank a bunch of damage to fight. I think maybe seeing more enemies that were a bit easier to kill would improve it a lot for me!
this is HARD but I love it. I never had a genesis back when I was a kid, we were a nintendo house, this is rad AF
You guys had some cool stuff going on. One thing I liked a lot was how the guns actually felt. Especially the assault rifle.