HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED
DEVELOPER: BUNGIE RELEASE: 2001
■ Unless you really despise first-person shooters, Microsoft’s legendary system-seller absolutely needs a place in your precious collection. Halo had two years of exclusivity before being ported to PC and Mac, and Microsoft used that lengthy window to push it on Xbox owners the world over. Perhaps the greatest aspect of Bungie’s magnificent first-person shooter is that when you sell over 5 million units there are more than enough copies of the game to go around, meaning prices (for the most part) are extremely reasonable. If you fancy a gamble, you can order it from CEX for an absurdly low 50 pennies and hope it comes complete. Otherwise, prices start at a quid and top out at a fiver, with the Classics edition typically reaching that higher price point. An American copy is £3 to £8 without postage, while the Japanese version is the most expensive and starts at £9.