


What happened between the crowd-wowing game reveal in 19 though, infuriated Steve Jobs. When Apple wanted to push the idea of the Mac as a gaming platform, it was no surprise they picked Bungie to showcase a great game at Macworld. So how did Halo start life as a Mac-exclusive and somehow, two years later, become one of the most successful Xbox titles? Bungie, the development house behind the game, made a name for themselves with solid Mac titles throughout the 1990s-like the popular Marathon franchise games, a set of three first person shooter games that were among the most popular Mac games around.
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In fact, it was such a big deal that Steve Jobs personally introduced the lead developer of Halo, Jason Jones at the 1999 Macworld Expo-seen in the screenshot here. macOS can’t run Windows-based games natively, and that means your copy of Halo 5 for the PC won’t run on a Mac no matter how hard you try. Yet, originally, Halo was destined to become a Mac exclusive. Back then, to find an Xbox owner without a copy of Halo was like finding a Nintendo fan without a Mario-themed game of some sort. At this point, the game name “Halo” immediately calls to mind the Xbox platform where the video game and its successors have been must-have games since the launch of the initial title in the fall of 2001.
