I'm Sorry, Dave

I'm Sorry, Dave

Halo: The Master Chief Collection

I'm Sorry, Dave is an achievement in Halo: The Master Chief Collection. It is awarded by finding the hidden binary signature, also known as the DAVE Easter egg, in Halo: Reach. The achievement can be unlocked on any level and difficulty in the Campaign as well as in Multiplayer or Firefight.

The binary signature appears in the hud when the player aims down sights with the following weapons:

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The achievement's name is a reference to the quote "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.", said by HAL 9000 in the Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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Achievements in Halo: The Master Chief Collection (list)

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Campaign completion	We're Just Getting Started • Protocol Dictates Action • I Need A Weapon • To War • You Flew Pretty Good • Into The Howling Dark • Dust And Echoes • This Is Not Your Grave • Send Me Out... With A Bang • Welcome to Reach • The Soldier We Need You To Be • Folks Need Heroes... • Gods Must Be Strong • A Monument To All Your Sins

Campaign time	Winter Urgency • Just Like Storming a Castle • Now Just You Gúta Minute • Generous Tipper • Sabre Metrics • Quicker Than Reading the Book • One For the Record Books • Speedy Delivery • Wait, How'd the Ship Get Down Here? • Fast Fall

Campaign score	Ice In Your Veins • Still Sharp • Moon's Out, Goons Out • Bake That Cake • Insomnia • Parting the Sea • Nine Lives Are a Myth • How Did I Lose All My Fingers? • Precious Cargo • We'll Be Back • Left Behind • One Final Firefight

Collectibles	Hey, You Dropped This • Read Halsey's Journal • Meeting of the (Artificial) Minds • Rampant Speculation • Minority Report • Info Dump • Paper Trail • Terminal Conditions • Digital Destinies • Clear and Present Danger • Unreliable Narrator • What Does It All Mean? • Unsolved Mysteries • Meddling and Madness • The Answer is Simple • Of Patience and Partiality • Curious Composition • Silent Shepherds • Assembled the Majority • Yes No You Decide • Canonical Conundrum

Easter eggs	Forza in the Fall • HBOrg Special • Play Us a Sad Song, Claude • We're Gonna Need a Bigger Ship • Front Page News • The Humble Beginnings of Wiljax Brantley • Did You Major in Marine Bio? • Fly, You Fools! • This is Not the Greatest Lab in the World… • Jorge Can't Have All the Big Guns • I'm Sorry, Dave • Collection Eligibility Confirmed • Mind the Skill Gap • Easy to Overlook • New Ways to Save a Quid • Confused Callouts • No Picnic • What About Bob?

Miscellaneous	T'vaoan Terminator • Chol Von's Not Gonna Like This • Keep It Clean • They've Always Been Faster • Wake Up Buttercup • Two Corpses In One Grave • Your Heresy Will Stay Your Feet • I Didn't Train To Be A Pilot • Tank Beats Everything • Swift and Shallow • Why Do This To Yourself? • Reach Has Been Good to Me • Who Needs Red Flag? • Remember Reach • Keep Your Foot on the Pedrogas • Enemies Everywhere! • Negative, Ghostrider • Skunked • Workers' Compensation • Capacious Cartography • Requiescat in Pace • Run and Gunned • Game Breaker • Because It Wasn't Hard Enough • Classic Completion

For a complete list, check out our Master Chief Collection achievements category.

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