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Warthog Launch is a Flash game developed by Andreas "BOLL" Aronsson that was released on halo.bungie.org on February 24, 2004.[1][2][3]
Overview
Gameplay
The objective of the game is to kill all of the Engineers floating in the air with one Warthog launch. There are three sliders on the bottom of the screen that control the placement of the Warthog, the placement of the grenade pile underneath the Warthog, and the number of grenades in that pile.
There are 40 levels total in Warthog Launch, with a bonus level that BOLL deemed "impossible".[3]
Production
Warthog Launch was first conceived when BOLL watched one of Randall Glass's Warthog jumping videos prior to Halo: Combat Evolved's release in Europe.
The Engineers that are used as targets are based on their cut Combat Evolved models that remained in the game. BOLL utilised a hex editor and a list of memory addresses linked to textures and models to spawn the cut Covenant species in the game.[3]
The game's art style is derived from the Halo fan comic One One Se7en by Stuntmutt, down to featuring his portrayal of the Master Chief in the main menu.
Release
Warthog Launch was submitted to halo.bungie.org on February 24, 2004, where it became so popular that HBO would deal with slowdowns, and the game would be unofficially mirrored on other websites such as Ebaumsworld and Albino Blacksheep without BOLL's permission nor credit.[4]
The game was ported to the Xbox 360 with the release of the Limited and Legendary Editions of Halo 3 on September 25, 2007. Film Oasis, the company that assembled these editions' bonus DVD, received Warthog Launch's source code from BOLL, and he was compensated with Xbox merchandise, including an Xbox 360 Elite and the Halo 3 Legendary Edition, with the helmet signed by members of Bungie.[3]
Incidentally, Warthog Launch was the first, albeit unofficial, appearance of Engineers in an Xbox Halo release, about a year before the release of Halo 3: ODST.
Gallery
The Xbox main menu of Warthog Launch.
The Xbox exit screen.
Sources
- ^ halo.bungie.org, BOLL's Warthog Launch (Retrieved on Jan 27, 2026) [archive]
- ^ Halo 3, Halo 3 Limited Edition credits
- ^ a b c d YouTube - MitchMakesGames, I Remastered A Forgotten Halo Game and the Creator Roasted It (Retrieved on Jan 27, 2026)
- ^ halo.bungie.org, Of Warthogs, and Launches (Retrieved on Jan 27, 2026) [archive]
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