# Halo: Combat Evolved

> Halo: Combat Evolved is Bungie's 2001 Xbox launch first-person shooter, in which the Master Chief fights the Covenant on a mysterious ring world.

Web page: https://emulationking.com/microsoft/xbox/games/halocombatevolved/
Page updated: 2026-10-05

- Console: Xbox
- Released: 2001
- Developer: Bungie

Halo: Combat Evolved is a first-person shooter developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft for the Xbox in 2001, as a launch title for the console. The Master Chief, a cybernetically enhanced supersoldier, and the AI Cortana crash-land on Halo, an ancient ring world, while fleeing the alien Covenant.

It popularised regenerating shields, a two-weapon limit and dedicated grenade and melee buttons on console shooters, and its levels mix on-foot fighting with vehicles such as the Warthog. System link let up to 16 players play together over several consoles.

A port of a decompilation of the Xbox game runs it natively on Linux, Windows and Android.

## Halo: Combat Evolved PC Ports

- [OpenCE](https://emulationking.com/microsoft/xbox/games/halocombatevolved/ports/opence/index.md): OpenCE is a native Linux, Windows and Android port of a decompilation of Halo: Combat Evolved for the Xbox, with system link play over the internet.