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Halo NVIDA promo

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The Halo NVIDIA promo was a short comedic trailer created by Bungie during the production of Halo: Combat Evolved. The trailer uses some early 2000-era Halo assets to promote the NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS graphics card. According to Matt Soell, the promo was originally created specifically for NVIDIA when they announced the graphics card for the press.[1] It was later shown to fans at the Bungie fanfest hosted in July 2000 at MacWorld 2000 in New York City, before being released online on halo.bungie.org in September.[2] The trailer was also included on the Halo: The Movies disc.

The trailer makes use of many of the same assets also featured in the E3 2000 trailer.

Transcript

The trailer opens with the Bungie logo and the Halo Theme plays. A Marine begins speaking as the camera shows a fireteam of Marines stranded on an island.

  • Marine 1: After our ship broke apart and we evacuated to the surface of Halo, I was worried we'd left all of our best hardware behind.

Camera cuts to a Pelican flying over the island.

  • Marine 1: No, I'm not talking about military hardware like jeeps, tanks, or dropships, I'm talking about graphics hardware!

Camera cuts to a an early variant of the Warthog firing its chaingun, then a trio of Elite Minors firing plasma rifles, then the Marine holding the graphics card.

  • Marine 1: Now that we're waging an epic guerilla war against the Covenant horde, I'm sure glad I'm packing an NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS!

A closeup shot of the Elites' shocked faces.

  • Elites (dialogue and subtitles): Oh no! Not the Ge-Force 2 GTS!!

A closeup shot of the Marine holding the GPU.

  • Marine 1: Aha!

The Marine uses the GPU to fire energy at the Elites, causing them to retreat.

  • Marine 2: Woah, nice frame rate!

Camera cuts to two Spartans inside a Forerunner structure, with flashlights on their weapons.

  • Marine 1: Thanks! With the power of the GeForce2 GTS shading rasteriser, plasma burns look more realistic than ever before!

Camera cuts to a Marine firing his MA5B assault rifle.

  • Marine 1: And with NVIDIA's second-generation geometry engine I never have to worry about a jumpy firefight.

Camera cuts to the inside of a Forerunner interior.

  • Marine 1: Plus, the GeForce2 GTS has support for eight textures at full speed-

Camera cuts to show a Spartan sniper.

  • Spartan: Not to mention cubic environment mapping.

Camera cuts to the Marine holding the GPU in front of a lifeboat.

  • Marine 1: Now that's one mean piece of alien-busting hardware-lovin'!

Camera cuts to a large battle raging on the island.

  • Marine 1: NVIDIA's GeForce2 GTS and Bungie's Halo!
  • All Marines: This is the future of gaming!

Camera cuts to a group of Covenant soldiers on a hill.

  • Grunt: Don't say we didn't warn you!

Gallery

  • The Marine and NVIDIA GPU were some of the assets recovered and restored by the Digsite project.[3]

    The Marine and NVIDIA GPU were some of the assets recovered and restored by the Digsite project.[3]

Sources

  1. ^ halo.bungie.org forums, Re: Question for Matt re: HW T&L and nVidia (Retrieved on Nov 8, 2025) [archive]
  2. ^ halo.bungie.org, Original nVidia promo movie available (Retrieved on Nov 8, 2025) [archive]
  3. ^ Halo Waypoint, Cutting Room Floor (Retrieved on Nov 8, 2025) [archive]

External links

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List of Halo game trailers
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