Some people have gotten early copies. If anyone wants to kill some time with the original Halo here are some easter eggs you can find in the game:

[The pistol]
There are two symbols on the pistol:
One is either the Chinese or Japanese symbol for "power", and the other is the
Chinese symbol for the number seven (a 7 with a dash through it). The first one
is on the bottom of the handle, and the other is on the top, in the dark grey
section.

[.fortune]
Create a new profile and name it ".fortune". At the top of the screen, one of
the following quotes will appear:
I like beans.
Your luck is about to change.
Never wear your best pants when fighting for freedom.
Everything lies in silence.
All your hard work will pay off.
If anything just cannot go wrong, it will anyway.
Nature always sides with the hidden flaw.
Smile when your ready.
You cannot fall off the floor.
Rest is good, but idleness is its brother.

[Hidden Music]
In AotCR, during "If I had a Super Weapon", grab a banshee by sniping its driver
before he gets in. Now, head over to the pyramid structure and you should see
three ledges heading directly up above the actual pyramid. Head to the middle
ledge, and carefully park your banshee on it, get out and walk over to the right
side. Stand still on the right side of the ledge to hear the Siege of Madrigal
play.

[Hippo]
You need a shotgun and a sniper rifle. Fire the shotgun once, then look for its
shell casing with the sniper rifle. If you find it, zoom in 10x and you should
see a smiling hippo on the casing.

[Rex]
In The Maw, they'll be a jump that you're told to make, but you'll actually just
end up falling about ten stories and landing on a platform. This platform leads
to another, smaller jump, but don't do that quite yet. Back the Warthog up to
the edge of the platform and get out. Stand on the gun, and jump, jump crouch,
or whatever you need to do to get to the top. Once there, go to the side (if
you're not there already) and they'll be a small hallway. Turn on your
flashlight and to find "Rex" written in blood on the wall. This refers to one of
Halo's level designers, whose nickname is "Ferrex", which here is shortened to
just "Rex".

[Food Nipple Grunt]
In The Maw, after Foehammer crashes, continue on until you find the first path
to the right. Take this path, then get out and go down the hallway halfway down
the hallway you're in (so the first two rights you find). At the end of this
hallway is a single spec-ops grunt. He will not attack you, but he will say to
you:
"Good thing that food nipple's wait'n for me back at the starship, cuz man, I've
worked up a big grunty thirst!"

[The Megg]
Background: Put into the game by a programmer (Jamie) for his girlfriend, Meg
(Meg+egg=Megg).

How to see it: Select the PoA on Legendary. When you gain control of MC, head to
the back of the cryo bay and you should see a stack of crates, with the top one
being yellow. Jump, then crouch to get on top of the first crates, then again to
get on top of the yellow crate. Stand here for at least ten seconds. Now, head
towards the bridge as you normally would until you find the marine that wants
you to follow him. Jump over his head and continue on. Meet Cpt. Keyes and skip
the cutscene. Go out, pick up and reload the assault rifle, then kill a crew
member to trigger the invincible marines. Go into hiding until the marines
disperse a bit. You know when you're exiting the bridge, there's a hallway to
the right and left, but the one on the right has a locked door? Well, now that
door will open for you. Head that way, go through the door and run down the
hallway to the end of the room and look up. You'll see a heart made of blood
surrounding an "M" made of pistol bullet holes in the ceiling.

[Keyes' pipe]
In the level Keyes, when you find the Captain, his pipe is hidden on one of the
growths coming out of his body. Go to the right of the platform (don't be on the
platform) and look toward the ramp. You should see a growth hanging over the
edge. Zoom in 10x with a sniper rifle to see Keyes' pipe hanging on the end of
this growth.

[Keyes' nametag]
In the level T&R, after you rescue the captain, take out a sniper rifle and zoom
in 10x on his chest. If he isn't blocking it with his needler, you'll be able to
read his nametag, which says:

Hello, my name
Keyes

[Marcus Lehto]
Marcus Lehto is/was Halo's art director. His birthday, March 5, 1969 is written
on the Scorpion, and his initials are on the bottom of MC's boot.

 

I have done so far the one with the hidden music. Its easier if you get the rocket launcher and hit the covenent before he gets on the banshee without getting too close to the banshee as it will flip over and fall down the side.

 

Got my copy saved for me at SamGoody. Can't wait for next week.

 

I reserved 3, one for me, one for the wife and one for my cousin. I will be picking it up at midnight since all the local gamestores are going to be open. I took the whole week off work so Ill have enough quality time with MC.

 

i dont have a x-box

but ive been playing GTA:SA to take up my time

 

I got GTA:SA. Kick *** game I must say.

 

definately, theres sooo much to do. you go skydiving yet?

 

GTA is a good game to play by yourself. Halo is more of a sport. I think thats why I can play longer times with Halo than I can GTA.

 

Not yet. I think I am almost to the last city though. I stopped tonight on the mission where you race the monster truck.

 

Thats the last level. If you play it in legendary it has an alternate ending. I have all 3 medals, you have to play in the normal,heroic and legendary to get it. I just came from a Halo lan party at my friends house we had 9 people on 4 TVs. We played for about 5 hours and I think Im all warmed up for Halo 2.

 

I will be getting my copy at 12:00

I hope you are ready for some LIVE Bob and Venom. Post your gamertags here so I can add you to my friends list and we can get a game started sometime.

Gamertag : FlatDatA

 

I still need to pick up Xbox Live so I don't have a tag yet. I always play at my buddy's house with the online games, so I never really needed it before. I'll let you know my tag when I make one. I'm on level 11 of Halo 2 btw. Playing it on Heroic.

 

Heroic is better practice than normal for online play.Send me a Friend invite MR ASSCLOWN there is a space in the tag after MR . We had around 10 people in out party and had 16 playing on Live.

 

I got you on my list Venom. When I see you online I will send you a message so we can play.