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Subject: The MEG is in Halo PC...wonderrrfulll.
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Okay, so maybe this isin't totally deserving of it's own topic but it's good now and then to break the boring tech. help that so scars this forum. SO anyways ripe from my recent view of REX in the Maw I decided to see really how dedicated the people at Gearbox are when it comes to porting an "original" campaign, though i have to admit that IS the one thing they did perfectly, campaign is sure great..lag-free..fun.

Anyways as all Halo experts and connosieurs (sp.?) know in 2003 there was an exhaustive search for a easter egg that was hinted at by a girlfriend of Jaime Griesemer, Griesemer aka Flawless Cowboy was working on the Halo 1 project as a level designer and unbeknownst to most people at Bungie he inserted a very complicated set of triggers in order to open the door where the invincible marines came out of, if you triggered the marines and were are able to reach the door they came out of, on legendary, then you would be able to see down a hall a heart of blood with an "M" written in bullet holes, while anyways this was not MEANT for anyone to see except Jaime's girlfriend but some dedicated Halo fans went and found it... and here we are today in Halo PC and guess what i found...

while it seems other people have tried:
The "Megg" WAS meant to be a private message, so it makes sense not to have it on PC. I tried it, and was disappointed not to find it. Then the god-marines found me and shot me.
heh, heh sorry me15.

anyways i think it had to be on Legendary, then in the cryo bay u have to get on one of those two sets of barrels and run around in a circle on the barrel for a bit, then run around the cryo bay a few times, then proceed to the bridge, trigger the invincible marines and somehow hope the door they came out is open even if you can make it that far, though i DID have to go at it for about 20min. i finally got in, at first i tried to run in right when they come out but what stopped me almost all the time was the marines blocking my way and me getting killed, trust me this is HARD< the marines on Legendary can kill you in about 5sec. with constant AR fire. and about half the time the door wasen't even open, so finally i made it in, and the marines don't follow you in this huge long hallway, and here it is:

da MEG

one weird thing was that they actually threw a grenade at me! I've never seen the invincible marines throw a nade, i was in the MEG hallway and one of them was like "clear out" and they threw a nade in the corner! ha. I DID think it would be harder to find the MEG so maybe Gearbox took away all the triggers and just put that on the map? but then again the door only opens sometimes, even still i think I'm going to try and get it on a different difficulty.
As well in a pic. of the MEG it seems a guy needed to put a flashlight on it it see it, but in Halo PC the whole hallway is totally illuminated *shrugs*.

anyways good luck in finding it for yourself, though it does require some patience.

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  • 06.11.2005 9:43 AM PDT
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yeah, i saw a video of some guy doing it on the xbox. looks impossible

  • 06.11.2005 11:31 AM PDT
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not quite ;)

  • 06.11.2005 11:53 AM PDT
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I remember that search. I think I have the video of the steps somewhere...

  • 06.11.2005 11:58 AM PDT
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ya i decided to grab it, though i didn't have to do half of the steps people did in the Xbox version to get the MEG in Halo PC, though i think many peoplele have preoved the REAL steps are quite a bit simpler, i mean, i didn't even bother to get the AR, or did i skip the bridge cutscene at the beggining.

  • 06.11.2005 12:42 PM PDT
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...amazing...

*stares at screen in shock*

jman...I stand corrected.

  • 06.11.2005 1:40 PM PDT
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Posted by: jman571
while it seems other people have tried:
The "Megg" WAS meant to be a private message, so it makes sense not to have it on PC. I tried it, and was disappointed not to find it. Then the god-marines found me and shot me.
heh, heh sorry me15.


*grumble*

  • 06.11.2005 1:42 PM PDT
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Posted by: me15ter
Posted by: jman571
while it seems other people have tried:
The "Megg" WAS meant to be a private message, so it makes sense not to have it on PC. I tried it, and was disappointed not to find it. Then the god-marines found me and shot me.
heh, heh sorry me15.


*grumble*


ha, i remember you posting about trying to find the MEG a while back and i had to put SOMETHING in the middle of my post, so i thought a quote would be great, lol, all you have to do is trigger a checkpoint on the bridge so you can keep at it, and u have to keep on killing the captain and running to the door, half the time you won't even get to the door, and the other half it'll be close :) But good luck to you all, now that you know it's in the game. The way i did it i didn't bother getting the AR, but especially in a video i've seen the AR makes it super-easy to supress the marines, making it way easier than using just the pistol. Because when u shoot the invincible marines they can't shoot back until you stop shooting.

P.S i was able to get a video of the invin. marines throwing a nade, i was lucky, i got in the room on my first try! Unfortunately the mentioned grenade blew me to pieces, i'll try and post the vid.

oh 1 more thing, you're supposed to, and it makes it easier if u kill the captain then go under where the pilots are sitting, then you'll be on the floor of the glass window and you can wait a while until u go back up the ladder to reach the door, this way the marines are dispersed and makes it easier for you, also i believe this is 1 of the steps you have to do to insure the door opens.

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  • 06.11.2005 2:40 PM PDT
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Im not sure if this will mess up the steps for the Megg, but you can melee the marines till they all fall into that glass pit under the pilots chairs. They cant climb ladders.

  • 06.11.2005 7:44 PM PDT
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I guess it's possible, but not on Legendary, never on Legendary, hey you know what it'd be cool to play it on easy and get all the marines in there and throw a nade in! ha,.....oh wait by the time u get a nade on PoA you're already halfway through the level....damn...oh well, best laid plans, right ;)

  • 06.11.2005 8:49 PM PDT
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damn - can someone write this up in guide format?

  • 06.11.2005 9:21 PM PDT
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here's the guide: guide
the HBO Easter Egg section documented the MEG as well and provided this link. Though when i got it, at least on PC, I didn't do half of those steps.

  • 06.12.2005 8:22 AM PDT
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P.S i was able to get a video of the invin. marines throwing a nade, i was lucky, i got in the room on my first try! Unfortunately the mentioned grenade blew me to pieces, i'll try and post the vid.
ahhh finally I realised why the video wouldn't upload...it seems I forgot that Fraps records a huge-ass 100mb+ file...hmm anyways I uploaded the video of the invincible marines throwing a nade, and the file can be found here: vid. Sorry for the crap quality but i thought you would appreciate the small download. Trust me, it's not a virus. Also sorry for the sound quality because Fraps won't record sound from my speakers and I'm stuck with recording from my mic. I believe this is evident from the "HA" you hear at the end.

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  • 06.12.2005 5:26 PM PDT