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+The '''Maptacular Pack''' is the third [[downloadable content]] package for ''[[Halo 2]]''. It was initially intended to release alongside the ''[[Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack]]'' on June 28, 2005{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=4764|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Weekly What's What Update}}, before eventually being released for download on July 5, 2005 for $11.99{{Ref/Site|URL=https://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=5727|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Multiplayer Map Pack Released!|D=06|M=10|Y=2020}}{{Ref/Site|URL=https://majornelson.com/2005/07/05/halo-2-maptacular-pack-now-available/|Site=Major Nelson|Page=Halo 2 Maptacular Pack now available|D=28|M=4|Y=2021}} and was made permanently free on August 30, 2005. Once the pack was made free, this download was required in order to play ''Halo 2'' Matchmaking over [[Xbox Live]]. The Maptacular maps were included in the later releases of the ''[[Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack]]'', the [[Halo 2 (Windows Vista)|''Halo 2'' PC port]] and ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]''.
-'''Maptacular Pack''' is a downloadable content package for ''[[Halo 2]]''. It was released on July 5, 2005 for $11.99 and was made permanently free on August 30, 2005. This download is required in order to play ''Halo 2'' Matchmaking over [[Xbox Live]]. Maptacular Pack is the largest downloadable content package for ''Halo 2''.
-Maptacular Pack added the following content to Halo 2:
+The Maptacular Pack was originally the final piece of DLC intended for ''Halo 2'', though a fourth - the [[Blastacular Pack]] - was later released in early [[2007]].
-*New multiplayer map - [[Backwash]]
+==Maps==
-*New multiplayer map - [[Elongation]]
+===Backwash===
-*New multiplayer map - [[Gemini]]
+{{Main|Backwash}}
-*New multiplayer map - [[Relic]]
+Backwash is a small symmetrical map set in the swamps of [[Installation 05]]. The map is designed for [[Slayer]] and [[Capture the Flag]].
-*New multiplayer map - [[Terminal]]
+<gallery>
+File:H2 Backwash 1.jpg|Backwash.
+</gallery>
-==Trivia==
+===Elongation===
-*The Maptacular Pack content is also included in ''[[Multiplayer Map Pack|Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack]]'' and the [[Halo 2 Vista|PC version of ''Halo 2'']].
+{{Main|Elongation}}
-*The Maptacular Pack takes up 222 MB on the Xbox 360's hard drive.
+Set on the {{UNSCShip|Onan}}, a [[freighter]] in orbit of [[Earth]], Elongation is a remake of the ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' map [[Longest]]. The map is small and symmetrical.
-*The Maptacular Pack is currently the largest Halo DLC yet in terms of maps, how ever both the Heroic Map Pack and the Legendary Map Pack are larger then it in terms of memory used.
+<gallery>
+File:H2 Elongation Blue.png|Elongation.
+</gallery>
-[[Category:Halo 2]]
+===Gemini===
-[[Category:Games]]
+{{Main|Gemini}}
-[[Category:Multiplayer Map Packs]]
+Gemini is a remake of the ''[[Marathon]]'' level "Duality", set in the [[Garden of Reverent Contemplation]] on [[High Charity]].
+<gallery>
+File:H2 Gemini Central.png|Gemini.
+</gallery>
+===Relic===
+{{Main|Relic}}
+Relic is a large map set on an island on Installation 05. The map marks the first appearance of the [[D96-TCE Albatross|Albatross]] dropship, and is suited for large scale gameplay.
+<gallery>File:H2 Relic.jpg|Relic.</gallery>
+===Terminal===
+{{Main|Terminal (map)}}
+Terminal is a large map set in [[New Mombasa]], based in the [[Liwitoni Station|Liwitoni terminal]]. The map is asymmetrical.
+<gallery>File:H2 mp terminal3.jpg|Terminal.</gallery>
+==Sources==
+{{Ref/Sources}}
+{{Map pack}}
+[[Category:Halo 2 DLC]]
+[[Category:Multiplayer map packs]]
+[[Category:Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack]]
+[[Category:Maptacular Pack| ]]