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| {{Ratings}}{{era|H1}} | | {{Title|''Halo Custom Edition''}} |
| [[Image:Halocustomedition.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The logo for Halo: Custom Edition.]]
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| [[Image:ce1.png|frame|right|Screenshot of ''Halo 2: New Mombasa'', a user-created map based on the ''[[Halo 2]]'' E3 trailer.]]
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| '''''Halo Custom Edition''''', sometimes abbreviated '''''Halo CE''''' (which is not generally accepted as an abbreviation for ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''), is a free expansion that requires a key code of ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' by [[Bungie Studios]], which was ported to the [[PC (realworld)|PC]] by [[Gearbox Software]]. ''Halo CE'' was released by Gearbox as an unsupported version of the original game. However, users do not need to pay to play it, as it is downloadable from selected websites.
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| == Features ==
| | [[File:Custom edition menu.jpg|250px|thumb|Main menu of ''Halo Custom Edition'']] |
| | '''''Halo Custom Edition''''', commonly abbreviated '''''Halo CE''''', is a standalone, multiplayer-only, expansion for the [[Halo: Combat Evolved (PC port)|PC version of ''Halo: Combat Evolved'']]. The expansion was released on [[2004 (real world)|May 5, 2004]] by [[Gearbox Software]] as an unsupported version of the original game. Similar to its PC version, the expansion requires a key-code during installation. |
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| ''Halo Custom Edition'' has the ability to load and play user-created content and maps created with the ''Halo Editing Kit''. Many custom levels have been created by dedicated members of the modding community and have been posted for download at a large number of websites. | | ==Features== |
| | [[File:Halo Custom Edition User created map.png|thumb|200px|Screenshot of Halo 2: New Mombasa, a user-created map based on the [[Halo 2 E3 Demo|''Halo 2'' E3 trailer]].]] |
| | {{Main|Modding|Halo Editing Kit|Developer mode}} |
| | ''Halo Custom Edition'' allows players to browse and play user-created content and maps created with modding kits. Modders would use the Halo Editing Kit to incorporate custom models, images, physics, and data into an easily distributed .MAP file, which is compressed and uploaded. The amount of custom content varies widely but is limited by the game engine's capabilities. A few examples of user-created content may include custom character models that uses an Elite biped instead of the default Spartan biped, a Call of Duty-inspired level or even special animations and effects for weapons, melee and reloading. Most of these user-created content and maps are available in dedicated modding community websites such as Modacity and [[halomaps.org]]. |
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| Custom maps may contain entirely new content. Including: | | Two small features were added to the game such as the ability to display the specific for the gametype currently being played in the server (by pressing F2), and the ability to display the name of all players in the same team above their respective green arrows (by pressing F3). Additionally, an arguably better net-code was put into ''Halo: Custom Edition'' as well. The game has noticeably reduced latency issues compared to ''Halo PC''. |
| * Level geometry
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| * Bitmaps
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| * [[Weapons]]
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| * [[Vehicles]]
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| * Player Character
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| * Sounds
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| * Game Interfaces
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| * Level Scripts and Interactivity
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| * Objects
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| * Special Effects
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| * Animations
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| * [[HUD]]s
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| * Single Player Modifications
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| An arguably better net-code was put into Halo: Custom Edition, as well. It has noticeably reduced lagging for some, but for others it made it worse. Also, a Rules feature can be viewed by pressing the F2 button by default. It displays all of the specifics for the game-type currently being played in the server.
| | ==Community== |
| | Several modding communities have emerged since the advent of ''Halo Custom Edition''. One of the most prominent modding community website is halomaps.org which has the most updated multiplayer custom maps. Members of the modding community often discuss about user-created content and explores the need of "room for improvement", with several others providing tutorials to guide new members to modding and to share their findings of tinkering with the Halo engine with the rest of the members. The modding community contribute their custom content in various projects, ranging from a production of [[machinima]] to development a single-player campaign and recreation of multiplayer maps from newer ''Halo'' titles and from other entertainment titles. |
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| With the Halo Editing Kit, AI characters can also be added in a map. This has allowed some map makers to create their own [[mods]] that can be played like a campaign mission with checkpoints and objectives. People can also make "teams" of AI that will fight each other. The player can fight alongside [[Elites]] and [[Grunts]] against [[Marines]], or vice-versa.
| | ==External links== |
| | *[http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=410 '''Halomaps.org''': ''Halo: Custom Edition'' download link] |
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| == Community ==
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| Several modding communities have emerged since the advent of ''Halo CE''. One of the most prominent communities is [[Halomaps.org]] which has the most updated multiplayer custom maps. Modders use the ''Halo Editing Kit'' to incorporate custom models, images, physics, and data into an easily distributed .MAP file, which is compressed and uploaded. In the game, many clans establish themselves to fight one another on custom maps. They train intensely on some maps. This extends and steepens the learning curve for many players. These clans will sometimes make maps of their own.
| | [[Category:Modding]] |
| | | [[Category:Halo: Combat Evolved (PC)]] |
| == ''Halo'' Editing Kit ==
| | [[Category:Bungie games]] |
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| Available for download from any Halo Community Website, the [[Halo Editing Kit]], commonly referred to by its acronym, '''HEK''', is a repackaging of the development tools that Bungie created and used in the development process of ''Halo''. The ''Halo'' Editing Kit was released for the creation of custom content for ''Halo Custom Edition''. It is a free, unsupported add-on released by Gearbox Software.
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| This editing kit includes, ''Guerrilla'', a game resource and tag editor, in addition to ''Sapien'', a mapping and object placement editor, and ''Tool'', a map resource compiler. Most original content must first be modelled in 3ds max (or Gmax) and then converted to a HEK friendly format using the ''Blitzkrieg'' exporter and ''Tool'' to be edited or added to a custom map. This allows users and players to created completely original and barely similar maps.
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| A third party program, called the Halo Editing Kit Plus, is able to rip everything from a map, including the BSP. This allows users to mod maps entirely. A very often modded map is Blood Gulch, with more changes than other maps. However, some mappers use the HEK+ to protect their maps to prevent users from ripping anything from the map.
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| == Developer Mode ==
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| {{main|Developer Mode}}
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| There are also 'cheats' for Halo CE, called [[Developer Mode]] (commonly called devmode). It is used by map designers to test out maps they make. It can also be used to cheat in single-player maps that can be downloaded. However they can only be used in single-player maps because when devmode is activated, the host can only start a server through LAN. The only way for it to work in multiplayer is to download a small application which allows you to enable or disable devmode without restarting the game, thus allowing you to enable it within a multiplayer game, and disable it when the game is over, or the game will crash. Even then most of the [[cheats]] can only be used by the host. However, clients may not be able to fully see the effects of the cheats.
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| == Related Links ==
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| *[[Halomaps.org]]
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| *[[Halo Editing Kit]]
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| *[[Halo Map Tools]]
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| *[[Halo Cache Editor]]
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| == External Links ==
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| *[http://www.fileplanet.com/files/140000/140271.shtml Download Halo: Custom Edition]
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| *[http://www.gearboxsoftware.com/index.php?p=games&game=halo ''Halo'' PC at Gearbox Software]
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| *[http://www.bungie.net/ Bungie Studios]
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| *[http://halomaps.org/ Halomaps.org]
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| [[Category:Multiplayer]]
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| == Top 100 Lists of Halomaps.org ==
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| Lists of July 30, 2008
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| *Most played on Servers
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| 1. bloodgulch
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| 2. SideWinder
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| 3. dangercanyon
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| 4. coldsnap
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| 5. HangEmHigh
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| 6. timberland
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| 7. icefields
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| 8. Yoyorast_Island
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| 9. ratrace
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| 10. hugeass
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| 11. carousel
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| 12. chillout
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| 13. infinity
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| 14. deathisland
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| 15. damnation
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| 16. gephyrophobia
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| 17. beavercreek
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| 18. H2_zanzibar
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| 19. ChaosGulch
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| 20. no_remorse
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| 21. wizard
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| 22. CMT_snow_grove
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| 23. prisoner
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| 24. siege
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| 25. H2_New_Mombasa
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| 26. putput
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| 27. Chronopolis_C3_Public_Beta0
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| 28. boardingaction
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| 29. H2_Blood_Gulch
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| 30. longest
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| 31. extinction
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| 32. H2 Coagulation
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| 33. grove_final
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| 34. portent
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| 35. Camtrack-Arena-FX
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| 36. cliffhanger
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| 37. snowtorn_cove
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| 38. H2_Warlock
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| 39. H2_Beaver_Creek
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| 40. H2_Momentum
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| 41. CMT_tensity
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| 42. helix_canyon
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| 43. fissurefall
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| 44. h2-relic
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| 45. immure
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| 46. z_sanctuary_h2_pb2
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| 47. nightcamp_ce
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| 48. downflow
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| 49. bang'em'high
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| 50. LostCove
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| 51. Red_Feather_Ranch
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| 52. decoy
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| 53. H2_Backwoods
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| 54. OUTPOST_RIO_CLASSIC
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| 55. quagmire
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| 56. New_Mombasa_Classic
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| 57. CamtrackArena
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| 58. launch_bay_x
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| 59. broadsword
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| 60. h2-ascension
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| 61. h2-foundation
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| 62. immure2
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| 63. concealed
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| 64. mystic
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| 65. bloodislands
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| 66. hydrolysis
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| 67. New_Mombasa_Race
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| 68. deltaruins
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| 69. Sneak
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| 70. CMT_coagulation_ce
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| 71. wartorncov3
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| 72. h2-lockout_final
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| 73. corrupted
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| 74. h2_headlong
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| 75. the_halo_hq
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| 76. Solitude
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| 77. Windisland
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| 78. Freezing_Point
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| 79. wpitest1_race
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| 80. beryl
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| 81. municipality
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| 82. runway
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| 83. highlow
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| 84. the_narrows
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| 85. x2_mudslide
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| 86. ewok
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| 87. casualty_isle
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| 88. Bacons_race_track_v2
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| 89. ambush
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| 90. anxiety
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| 91. hyrulefield
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| 92. haloball
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| 93. needleosity
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| 94. launch bay
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| 95. pipedream
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| 96. fragment_v2
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| 97. tlsstronghold
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| 98. TLS_Devils_Drop
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| 99. falujah_1
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| 100. ministunt
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| *Most Downloaded Files
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| 1. Halo Custom Edition Game
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| 2. Hugeass
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| 3. (HEK) Halo Editing Kit for Halo (CE) Custom Edition
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| 4. Coldsnap
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| 5. Halo Custom Edition (CE) Hot-Fix v1.07
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| 6. Yoyorast Island
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| 7. Extinction
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| 8. Halo 2 CE Zanzibar
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| 9. ChaosGulch
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| 10. Chronopolis C3 Public Beta v0.2
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| 11. H2 Coagulation
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| 12. Area 53
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| 13. The Pillar of Autumn Space
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| 14. Hyrule Field - Pre-ALPHA
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| 15. Development Trainer V2.11beta
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| 16. Mini-Stunt
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| 17. Halo 2 CE New Mombasa
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| 18. Halo CE Developer Mode
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| 19. CMT Snow Grove
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| 20. CMT Version - Single Player A10 Level - The Pillar of Autum
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| 21. Area 54
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| 22. Pipe Dream
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| 23. H2 Zanzibar Updated
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| 24. Hydrolysis
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| 25. z Sanctuary H2 pb2
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| 26. No Remorse
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| 27. Halo FlyCam
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| 28. Haloball
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| 29. Rainbow Road
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| 30. House 2
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| 31. Sonic Gulch
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| 32. Mystic
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| 33. Hotzone
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| 34. CMT Version - Single Player A30 Level - Halo
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| 35. Downflow
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| 36. D40 Custom UI (User Interface) Map file replacement
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| 37. Sniper Training
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| 38. Apocalypse Hugeass V2
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| 39. Zanzibar For Halo CE
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| 40. Area 52
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| 41. H2 Blood Gulch
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| 42. Gulch 2
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| 43. Full Dev Mode Commands List V0.1 - PDF & Word DOC
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| 44. CMT Tensity
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| 45. CMT Version - Single Player B30 Level - The Silent Cartographer
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| 46. Grunt Attack 2
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| 47. Bang'em'high
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| 48. Island Hop
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| 49. Immure
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| 50. CMT Version - Single Player B40 Level - Assault on the Control Room
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| 51. CMT Coagulation CE
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| 52. CMT Version - Single Player A50 Level - Truth and Reconciliation
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| 53. H2 Coagulation Movie Edition
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| 54. Siege
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| 55. Library UI (User Interface) Map file replacement
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| 56. Supertoy gulch
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| 57. Portent
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| 58. Runway
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| 59. S-M-E beta V11
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| 60. Reach City
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| 61. Halo CE Trainer 3
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| 62. The Floods
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| 63. H2 Lockout final
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| 64. The Floods part 2
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| 65. H2 Ascension
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| 66. Custom Single Player Level - Bio Halo v1.1a
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| 67. Area 55
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| 68. Hopeless War beta v0.6
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| 69. Coldgulch
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| 70. Halo Third Person Fov
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| 71. CMT Version - Single Player D40 Level - The Maw
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| 72. CS beta version 2
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| 73. H2 Relic
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| 74. Watorn Cove 4 - H2 improvements
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| 75. H2 Headlong
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| 76. Covenant Vs Marines FINAL
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| 77. A Bridge To Far
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| 78. Halo CD Key Recovery Tool
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| 79. Dev Mode Commands Tutorial (PDF)
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| 80. Urban Warfare beta
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| 81. Development Trainer for CE
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| 82. Beach Assault Mod (Fixed AI)
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| 83. Teletubbies
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| 84. Tallon IV
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| 85. Wing Zero
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| 86. Blood Islands
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| 87. CMT Version - Single Player C10 Level - 343 Guilty Spark
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| 88. CMT Version - Single Player C40 Level - Two Betrayals
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| 89. Bombbomb Battlefield
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| 90. Ambush
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| 91. Castle 2 Castle Medieval Map
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| 92. Halo Map Tools v3.0
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| 93. Church
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| 94. Super Stunt Track
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| 95. Halo Editing Kit Plus as of 12-17-06 - (HEK+)
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| 96. H2 Ascension
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| 97. H2 New Mombasa updated
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| 98. Resurrection
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| 99. Immure2
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| 100. Halo Custom Edition (CE) Dedicated Server Hot-Fix v1.07
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| *Highest Rated Maps
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| 1. Frozen Tunnels(9.5)
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| 2. B40 modified v4(9.3)
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| 3. Hypo v0.3(9.2)
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| 4. Mystic(9.2)
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| 5. Extinction(9.2)
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| 6. House 2(9.2)
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| 7. z Sanctuary H2 pb2(9.2)
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| 8. Z Coagulation H2 pb2(9.2)
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| 9. Snowtorn Cove(9.2)
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| 10. Mystic Classic(9.2)
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| 11. Headlong PB2(9.2)
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| 12. H2 Coagulation Movie Edition(9.2)
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| 13. Tactics(9.2)
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| 14. H2 Warlock(9.2)
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| 15. Launch Bay(9.2)
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| 16. Chronopolis c3 public beta v0.3(9.2)
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| 17. Tallon IV Overworld RC1(9.2)
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| 18. H2 Ascension(9.2)
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| 19. Halo SP Level - Multiplayer Play as an Elite(9.2)
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| 20. WW Battlefield(9.2)
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| 21. Yoyorast Island(9.2)
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| 22. Sniper Training(9.2)
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| 23. Zanzibar Classic(9.2)
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| 24. The mummy 4(9.1)
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| 25. The Floods part 2(9.1)
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| 26. Hopeless War beta v0.6(9.1)
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| 27. Chronopolis C3 Public Beta v0.2(9.1)
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| 28. Sniper Canyon(9.1)
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| 29. Ciffrun(9.1)
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| 30. Soli Deo Gloria(9.1)
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| 31. CMT Snow Grove(9.1)
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| 32. Z Coagulation H2 PB1(9.1)
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| 33. Kokiri Forest(9.1)
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| 34. Hyrule Field - Pre-ALPHA(9.1)
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| 35. Mudslide Final(9.1)
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| 36. Covenieye(9.1)
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| 37. artillery_zone.zip(9.1)
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| 38. CMT Fragment V2(9.1)
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| 39. Launch Bay X(9.1)
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| 40. BGi01(9.1)
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| 41. Helix Stronghold(9.1)
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| 42. Beach Assault Mod (Fixed AI)(9.1)
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| 43. Frozen Final(9.1)
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| 44. Storm Assault(9.1)
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| 45. Chop Chop(9.1)
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| 46. Portent(9.1)
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| 47. CS beta version 2(9.1)
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| 48. Single Player D40 Level - The Maw(9.1)
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| 49. PH Canyon(9.1)
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| 50. Cliffedge(9.1)
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| 51. Star Gate 2(9.1)
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| 52. Hugeass(9.1)
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| 53. Coldsnap(9.1)
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| 54. Augery(9.1)
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| 55. H2 New Mombasa updated(9.1)
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| 56. Autumn Slay(9.1)
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| 57. Cove-Island(9.1)
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| 58. Covenant War v1.0(9.1)
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| 59. Halo 2 CE Zanzibar(9.1)
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| 60. Flood Land(9.1)
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| 61. Hydrolysis(9.1)
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| 62. Halo 2 CE New Mombasa(9.1)
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| 63. Snipewinder(9.1)
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| 64. Rainbow Road(9.1)
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| 65. The Bridge(9.1)
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| 66. CMT fragment(9.1)
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| 67. Tower Gulch XL(9.1)
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| 68. Single Player C10 Level - 343 Guilty Spark(9.1)
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| 69. Hanger(9.1)
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| 70. Outpostdn(9.1)
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| 71. Aftermath(9.1)
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| 72. CMT Fragment - Public beta 3(9.1)
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| 73. Stinger V2(9.1)
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| 74. MASK INSANE(9.1)
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| 75. Ice Frost(9.1)
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| 76. Snakes Room final(9.1)
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| 77. Excavation(9.1)
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| 78. Haloball(9.1)
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| 79. Fox Island(9.1)
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| 80. Infection(9.1)
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| 81. H2 Zanzibar Updated(9.0)
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| 82. Covenant Vs Marines FINAL(9.0)
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| 83. Vertimad(9.0)
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| 84. Apocalypse Hugeass V2(9.0)
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| 85. Gate(9.0)
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| 86. Deathisland ME(9.0)
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| 87. Hypothermia v0.2(9.0)
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| 88. Saber Arena(9.0)
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| 89. Below Zero AI(9.0)
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| 90. Apocalypsehugeass V3(9.0)
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| 91. Blood Creek Duke Nukem edition!!!(9.0)
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| 92. Single Player C20 Level - The Library(9.0)
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| 93. Fox Island Insane(9.0)
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| 94. Olympus Mons(9.0)
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| 95. P Canyon(9.0)
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| 96. Contemplation beta(9.0)
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| 97. HGK Snowhold(9.0)
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| 98. Ice Track(9.0)
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| 99. Grunt Attack 2(9.0)
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| 100. TLS Devils Drop(9.0)
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