1997 (real world)

This article is about the real world year. For the in-universe year, see 1997.

1997 is the year Halo started development.

Events

Prior to September 24

• Halo started development under the initial codename "Armor".

September

September 24

• The trademark for Halo's first codename "Armor" was filed.

After September 24

• Bungie worried that "Armor" was boring and changed Halo's codename to "Monkey Nuts", knowing it had to be changed later.