During the development of Halo: Combat Evolved there was numerous cut and unused content from the title. Below is all available information on that content.
Vehicles
Forerunner Tank
The Forerunner Tank was a proposed vehicle. It was concepted by Marcus Lehto as a heavy vehicle intended for use by the Forerunners.[1] Whether the vehicle progressed beyond the concept phase or reached any active development is unknown.
Forerunner tank concept.
Covenant bomber
Designed by Shi Kai Wang and Paul Russel. The Covenant bomber was a Covenant unit.[2]
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Aft view of the bomber.
Fore view of the bomber.
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Fore and aft views of the bomber.
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Hummer
The "Hummer" (officially designated in the RTS build as "scoutcar") was an early version of the Warthog, designed and discarded by Bungie. It was used in an early 100 polygon build of Halo: Combat Evolved based on their previous game Myth.[3] It was based on the real world Humvee/HMMWV and featured a pair of roof-mounted machine guns.
Hummer concept.
Weapons
Gravity rifle
The gravity rifle is an unused weapon. The model is still in the game's code, though it does not feature a proper texture, first- person model, or projectile. It is possible to use the gravity rifle in Halo: Custom Edition on certain maps using the devmode command cheat_all_weapons. There is no animation for it being fired, but it will create a bright flash when shot. The weapon produces flames on its target. Despite having no reticule or scope, the weapon is extremely accurate. Also, it has unlimited ammunition, due to it not having a coded magazine.
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Developer Mode Screenshot from Halo PC on Battle Creek
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Another image of the gravity rifle
Gravity wrench
The gravity wrench was a deleted Covenant weapon intended for an early version of 'the game. It may have also inspired the plasma pistol, as the weapon must first be charged, and then will fire a strong ball of energy. In addition to that, it appears to act like an early version of the flamethrower, or other support weapons.
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Gravity Wrench
Pattern-2 Composite Sword
The Pattern-2 Composite Sword,[4] more commonly known as the machete, was a melee weapon that was originally planned to be included in Halo: Combat Evolved. It was deleted before the final game was released; the final product has no melee-specific weaponry, the player can perform a 'pistol whip' or 'buttstroke' attack with any weapon.
The machete shown on the Normal, Heroic, and Legendary difficulty icons for the Halo games appears to have been modeled after the Pattern-2 Composite Sword.
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The machete being wielded by the Master Chief in a pre-Xbox build of Halo.
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Pattern-2 Composite Sword.
Early concept art of John-117, featuring the Pre-Xbox Halo machete.
The crossed machetes on the Heroic difficulty icon for Halo: Reach.
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Ambient life
Blind wolf
Doberman gator
Threeleg
Thorax
Thorn beast
Vulpard
Enemies
Sharquoi
Keelbug
Tankbeast
Items
Skulls
Misc
Medals
Pre-Xbox Halo
Troop deployment pod
Sources
- ^ Medium: The Making of Halo: How Combat Evolved from Blam!— Part 1
- ^ Paul Russel, Twitter, May 8th, 2014
- ^ Halo 2 Limited Collector's Edition Disc, Halo Origins
- ^ Twitter: Marcus Lehto @game_fabricator ("Here's an old one. Early Halo build. Did you know that the hilt on the back was originally a retractable sword?")