- "Some of you may be wondering - "What's up with this unhealthy obsession with the number 7?" This page offers some insights."
- — Luke Smith, linking to this very page[1]
- "Cause that's the best number. It's like rock. Nothing beats rock or 7."
- — Michael Wu
Bungie Studios has long enjoyed using the number Seven (7) in its games in many ways.[2] Ensemble Studios and authors also have many seven references in their works about Halo. Therefore, in many of their games, this eccentric idea has caused a wild hunt for as many references to the number as possible. While almost anything can be made into a reference to something with effort or construed accidentally through pareidolia, the following attempts to list the intentional references Bungie placed into Halo for the fans to find. As such, not all of these references may be fully accurate, and many of them may be proven to be false at any time.
Halo Series
Halo: The Fall of Reach
Halo: Combat Evolved (and Halo: The Flood)
Halo: First Strike
Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
Halo 2
Halo 3
Cortana Letters and Transmissions
I Love Bees
Halo: Contact Harvest
Halo: The Cole Protocol
Halo Wars
Halo 3: ODST
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Marathon
- In Marathon Infinity there was a hidden multiplayer map called Hats Off to 819 (named after fan Hamish Sinclair, H=8, S=19) 819 divided by 7 is 117. (Marathon 2: Durandal has an achievement by the same name.)
- The music for Marathon 2: Durandal and Marathon Infinity was composed and produced by an external music group called 'Power of Seven'. (Similarly, Marathon 2: Durandal also has an achievement with the same name.)
- Two weapons in Marathon carry the 7 enigma: the MA-75B rifle, and the TOZT-7.
- In the original Marathon, the barrels all have a backwards 7 in the serial number.
117 Trivia
- In Halo 3, the game won't let you input the I.D. tag "I (upper-case i)-17", "l (lower-case L)-17", or "T-17" saying that these numbers are already reserved by the UNSC.
- In Halo: The Flood, Yayap tells 'Zamamee that Master Chief must go through corridor E-117.
Sources
Links
Internal
External
- The Septionary is a fan-created list every seven letter word in the english language.
- The relevant Bungie.Net forum topic is here.
- List of "Three" References in Halo - Parody of this list at Gruntipedia.