<s>
Halo	B-Application
2600	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2010	O
action-adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Ed	O
Fries	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
AtariAge	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
console	O
released	O
in	O
1977	O
that	O
ended	O
production	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Halo	B-Application
2600	I-Application
was	O
written	O
by	O
Ed	O
Fries	O
,	O
former	O
vice	O
president	O
of	O
game	O
publishing	O
at	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
involved	O
in	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Halo	O
developers	O
Bungie	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Halo	B-Application
2600	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
with	O
gameplay	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
Atari	O
titles	O
Adventure	B-Application
and	O
Berzerk	B-Application
;	O
it	O
plays	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
demake	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
Halo	O
video	O
games	O
as	O
if	O
they	O
were	O
created	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
uses	O
the	O
joystick	B-Device
to	O
control	O
the	O
character	O
of	O
Master	O
Chief	O
,	O
the	O
protagonist	O
of	O
the	O
Halo	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
as	O
he	O
makes	O
his	O
way	O
through	O
64	O
screens	O
,	O
divided	O
into	O
four	O
zones	O
:	O
outdoors	O
,	O
Covenant	O
base	O
,	O
ice	O
world	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
final	O
boss	O
area	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ed	O
Fries	O
got	O
a	O
taste	O
of	O
game	O
development	O
in	O
his	O
teenage	O
years	O
,	O
developing	O
Atari	B-Device
800	I-Device
games	O
at	O
home	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
,	O
he	O
was	O
head	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
Game	O
Studios	O
,	O
trying	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
launch	O
lineup	O
for	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
unproven	O
Xbox	B-Protocol
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
being	O
contacted	O
by	O
developer	O
Bungie	O
's	O
vice	O
president	O
about	O
a	O
possible	O
acquisition	O
,	O
Fries	O
shepherded	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
purchase	O
of	O
Bungie	O
and	O
their	O
developing	O
project	O
,	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
would	O
become	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Protocol
's	O
killer	O
app	O
,	O
Halo	O
:	O
Combat	O
Evolved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fries	O
read	O
the	O
book	O
Racing	O
the	O
Beam	O
:	O
The	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
Video	I-General_Concept
Computer	I-General_Concept
System	I-General_Concept
by	O
Ian	O
Bogost	O
and	O
Nick	O
Montfort	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
about	O
programming	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
was	O
inspired	O
to	O
create	O
his	O
own	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
aided	O
by	O
an	O
extensive	O
community	O
of	O
homebrew	B-Application
enthusiasts	O
,	O
where	O
he	O
found	O
emulators	O
,	O
example	O
code	O
,	O
and	O
documentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
having	O
been	O
released	O
in	O
1977	O
and	O
ending	O
production	O
in	O
1992	O
,	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
retained	O
a	O
dedicated	O
hobbyist	O
industry	O
who	O
still	O
bought	O
and	O
played	O
classic	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fries	O
found	O
the	O
challenge	O
of	O
Halo	B-Application
2600	I-Application
one	O
of	O
adapting	O
to	O
constraints	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
has	O
millions	O
of	O
times	O
less	O
space	O
and	O
memory	O
than	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
Halo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
only	O
128	O
bytes	B-Application
of	O
RAM	O
,	O
drawing	O
Master	O
Chief	O
was	O
difficult	O
,	O
and	O
creating	O
a	O
game	O
with	O
other	O
characters	O
even	O
more	O
so	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
four	O
new	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
titles	O
released	O
by	O
AtariAge	B-Application
at	O
the	O
2010	O
Classic	O
Gaming	O
Expo	O
in	O
Las	O
Vegas	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Duck	O
Attack	O
!,	O
K.O.	O
</s>
<s>
Cruiser	O
(	O
a	O
boxing	O
game	O
)	O
and	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
Sega	O
's	O
1981	O
arcade	O
game	O
Turbo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Halo	B-Application
2600	I-Application
was	O
generally	O
well	O
received	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cartridge	O
version	O
was	O
rereleased	O
through	O
AtariAge	B-Application
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
the	O
Smithsonian	O
American	O
Art	O
Museum	O
added	O
Halo	B-Application
2600	I-Application
to	O
its	O
"	O
The	O
Art	O
of	O
Video	O
Games	O
"	O
exhibition	O
.	O
</s>
