{"id":12351,"date":"2022-08-15T14:43:34","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T14:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/15\/halo-system-link-still-holds-up-more-than-20-years-later\/"},"modified":"2022-08-15T14:43:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T14:43:35","slug":"halo-system-link-still-holds-up-more-than-20-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/15\/halo-system-link-still-holds-up-more-than-20-years-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Halo system link still holds up more than 20 years later"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/14\/23303392\/halo-combat-evolved-system-link-xbox-multiplayer-still-holds-up<\/a>
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Moments after booting up Halo: Combat Evolved<\/em> with some friends, stepping onto the legendary Blood Gulch map, and dying nearly instantly from a few well-placed pistol shots, I remembered exactly why wires are good. <\/p>\n

When my friends brought two original Xbox consoles along for a beach weekend, I expected that there would be some hassle getting them to work for our planned six-player matches. The game and consoles are more than 20 years old, likely predating even the dusty flat-screen TVs we were playing on. But to my surprise, just a few minutes after we had set up the consoles and connected them for system link play, we plugged in some controllers, made a Halo<\/em> lobby, and began trash talking each other across the entire house. <\/p>\n

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