Halo: Combat Evolved for Macintosh

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This article is about the port of Halo: Combat Evolved for Macintosh. For the Windows PC port, see Halo: Combat Evolved (PC port).

Halo: Combat Evolved for Macintosh
Developer(s):	Developed by Bungie Studios Extra maps, weapons and vehicles by Gearbox Software Ported to Mac by Westlake Interactive
Publisher(s):	Microsoft Game Studios Destineer Studios/MacSoft
Engine:	Blam engine
Platform(s):	Macintosh
Release date(s):	December 14, 2003
Genre(s):	First-person shooter
Mode(s):	Campaign, multiplayer
Rating(s):	ESRB: Mature (M) for Blood, Gore, and Violence PEGI: 16+ (Europe only)

Halo: Combat Evolved for Macintosh is a port of Halo: Combat Evolved for Apple Macintosh computers. It features all of the additional weapons, vehicles and maps included in the Windows PC port of Halo: Combat Evolved.

System requirements

Minimum CPU: Macintosh computer with 800 MHz G4/G5 or faster processor Operating system: Mac OS X 10.2.8 or higher RAM: 256MB RAM GPU: 32MB Video Card (GeForce 2MX/ATI 7500 or better) HDD: 1.4GB hard disk space

Recommended CPU: 1GHz G4/G5 or faster processor Operating system: Mac OS X 10.3 or higher RAM: 512MB RAM GPU: 64MB Video Card (GeForce 4ti-ATI 9000 or better) HDD: 1.4GB hard disk space

Note: Halo will run normally on Intel-based Macs. However, due to having to run in the Rosetta PPC emulator, there is an impact on performance.

Trivia

• Halo was originally for the Mac, until Microsoft's acquisition of Bungie, which prompted the Xbox, and later, PC version. The game was intended for use on PowerPC Macs, and will crash if used on a newer Intel Mac. Bungie and MacSoft have since released a patch allowing for universal use of the game.
• With macOS Catalina and newer releases, 32bit apps like Combat Evolved are no longer supported.