Halo 2 Midnight Madness (Goodbye...)

[@FordSVT1313]

I remember my dad taking me to the midnight release of halo 2 at our local blockbuster. I got to skip school the following day since my parents were divorced at the time and it was “his week” to have me. Played through campaign and got to hit online as well. I’ll never forget those memories. He passed in 2018 and the blockbuster was replaced by a FedEx office store, I still drive by it daily and it’s a memory I’ll always remember.

[@Looneyboy]

Sweet

[@brycecounts3168]

Very touching. My dad took me to halo 2 release as well, local gamestop. Cheers bro, i am remembering right along with you.

[@zeenemy10]

The golden age of gaming...i was 22 had no kids no responsibility....would give anything to live it all over again..

[@EnforcerX71]

Seeing what looks like a checkout running on Windows 2000 makes the feel oldness even worse...

[@zeenemy10]

I listen to POD radio on Pandora because it plays alot of music from 2001 - 2005, and it takes me back to those days. Just like this video.

[@NeverSaySandwich1]

Good thing you got Kids

[@bubsterjohnson7438]

Hope you and your family are doing good man I hope you show your kids halo one day we gotta finish the fight

[@tiddybagel]

I had just turned 12. Best time of my life and I didn't even know it.

[@UUwUU80]

Halo 2 was peak for me.

[@victorvaca7429]

your mom made me peak

[@fiercekrypton]

20 years ago. A perfect night.

[@xScrewston]

Grabbing this and seeing 100% of your friends list be on (even the ones who were MIA for yrs), and seeing past worlds collide was wild af..

[@ChoomOfDoom]

8:21 It’s thanks to this video that “You” will forever be associated with Halo 2 for me

[@zenith7316]

Bro,that old gamestop bag just hit me right in the heart.

[@thecomicman6890]

Please never delete this video. This is a time capsule of what Halo was and what it means to so many people. It also allows those too who never got to see the unforgettable hype of these games (including myself).

[@sleepforever8378]

This is just a time capsul of how fun life was back then

[@WestFlyz]

This has got to go down as one of the greatest midnight launches for a video game in history!!

[@Ludwig1970]

WestFlyz Halo 3 was bigger

[@generalss3461]

Halo 3 was better

[@damightybenstein]

And I'm ready for one final midnight launch for Halo Infinite. Let's send it out... with a bang.

[@Therealmoseslupai]

Halo 3 was the peak.

[@LonghornsLegend]

It was Halo 3 or MW3

[@viperabacillo3068]

How ridiculous... I'll never forget driving from gamestop at midnight after my cousin and I played in a midnight release halo tournament. He won his copy of Halo 2 and I bought mine and got a halo 2 lanyard that I still have lol... I distinctly remember holding up our games to each other in the window in separate cars as we drove down the road, both smiling huge, geeked out of our minds and ready for hours of LAN party action.

[@fascinatinglist9654]

those were simpler times

[@Ludwig1970]

Ace Greaser I know, back then I never shaved

[@MrArron4]

2020 here, 4 years ago was simpler times. I'd kill for 00s

[@at-cj2iy]

2050s: those were simpler times in 2020s

[@Therealmoseslupai]

I don’t think so. He’s right.

[@jessed0308]

@@at-cj2iy lol,true

[@EnforcerX71]

Damn, seeing 2004 again makes me feel old...

[@jessed0308]

same

[@JHNSN-sb8wl]

2004 i was 10. i remember christmas morning at my dads, opening the xbox then got halo 1 and 2

[@Psychokyuubi666]

@@JHNSN-sb8wlexcellent Memory :)

[@Dagger_323]

Halo 2 and 3 were my entire teenage years. Years I will forever cherish but will never get back. Halo, as well as my life, will never be the same again. I miss those times. Greatly.

[@jacobadams65355]

Life will never get better than it was than I could be wrong but maaaan those were good good good days miss them so dearly

[@fiercekrypton]

Switchfoot cd playing really solidifies this video as pure nostalgic bliss.

[@Albinoslug]

i’m so jealous of the people that got to experience this

[@FordSVT1313]

It was a lifetime experience, that’s for sure.

[@UUwUU80]

They were the golden age of gaming for sure.

[@beartackle]

Wow, back when GameStop was Electronics Boutique! I'm old, so one of my fondest memories was going to Electronics Boutique at a mall here close to Chicago to pick up The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. It was so cool because the people I waited with were gamers, so we had a fun chat while waiting. I miss those days.

[@jessed0308]

same

[@jcitymayne8773]

There was actually a Gamestop and EB Games in the same mall at the time. So there were two lines formed as well as an unspoken rivalry lol

[@JustMRR34P3R]

Dont say goodbye halo 2 is back memories are coming back

[@generalofg3377]

Damn that old flip phone with the date that says 11/08/2004 snif* sniff*

[@soleboy187]

I was 4 when halo 2 came out. I played split screen and campaign growing up but I never got into the multiplayer things because I was still too young to understand. Today I wish I could have taken advantage of those times and enjoyed my fair share of halo 2 multiplayer. Halo 2 was the pinnacle of modern gaming

[@Gonkers20XX]

You missed out on a lot of good things being a zoomer.

[@maplespartan6229]

I was 5 when halo 2 came out it was the first game I ever fully finished I’m a zoomer but at least I got to experience halo 3 and reach

[@inutyounuteveryonenuts]

Bitch that was the year I was born hell I'm actually older than Halo 2 by months

[@NeverSaySandwich1]

Why did your parents let you play a rated M game so young

[@d3luxy]

You should play multiplayer on Halo The master collection! Let the memories come flooding back

[@Italiandogs]

I was 14ish years old when I played this game (2005-2006 era). This was my first rated M game. I'll never forget those good times running to my friend's house to have Halo parties on several tv's and several xboxes all on one basement.

[@fiercekrypton]

Something magical about having to lug the og Xbox to a buddies house for Halo 1 Lans..

[@jessed0308]

im jealous

[@fiercekrypton]

17 years ago... I was 15 years old. My brother's and I bought the special edition of it at Radio Shack at midnight. We played the game split screen late into the night on a projector we borrowed from church. Still the best video game drop in history. Lockout, the sword, duel wielding, BXR glitch..... somehow they managed to never make a better halo. Maybe Infinite will bring the heat. Also... how the heck was 4 video games including 2 special editions 98 bucks? Crazy.

[@beartackle]

Oh wow, Radio Shack! I didn't realize they sold videogames. Anyways, thanks for sharing your experiences back in the day! These comments are getting me teary-eyed at the good-'ol days. :-)

[@jessed0308]

@@beartackle same

[@The_MAD_IT_LAD]

Miss these days. I remember playing this game launch night and my uncle getting this for me (I was 10) and skipping school to play this

[@33cltn]

I was young so i was 6 when reach came out and i skipped school to beat that game... simpler times

[@MarcoGarcia-lg5tl]

So cool for you uncle to buy you that. I remember when I was like 9 when COD BO came out and I asked him for that but he got me MW2 but it was still magical because I never owned a game like that

[@jessed0308]

kids should ALWAYS skip school to play video games

[@drunkhousecat]

No event or release will be this peaceful today. Thank you for the nostalgia.

[@jcitymayne8773]

My favorite line at 5:58 “Cell phones don’t lie!”

[@jessed0308]

lol

[@GavinPatrickMC]

I’m not sure gaming will ever be as fun as these times! Never forget! Time to make new memories

[@nike1337ib]

I cryd watching this takes me back to the days

[@jstasrcsticguy]

How about now?

[@fataliahellfire1865]

We are coming back, brothers.

[@NeverSaySandwich1]

Thots are temporary, Halo is Infinite

[@darthyodafarts4227]

I miss the early 2000s

[@icejawa1829]

I am still playing Halo 2 to this day

[@MrRedskins0021]

Halo 2 was what brought me back to gaming.

[@elmantishrimp1689]

I think this was one of the first games to have a midnight release because the hype was so big

[@TheRevenger117]

Bro put the Halo 2 games into a Midnight club 3 bag. Literally my childhood games 😂😂

[@fennkell]

Nowadays all you need is a SSD and a couple of terabytes and you’re good to go for launch 🚀.

[@koraegi]

Bro how fucking big is your halo 2 size

[@Nick_Harrell80]

I was 9 when halo 2 released I’ll never forget

[@notafortnitegamer]

Was 8, wish I was at least a teenager when it dropped

[@NOSTahlgia]

Thanks for sharing, brings back happy memories when time were simpler and less mind numbingly stupid

[@L0N3WOLF18]

I miss halo 2 :,(

[@shonenking1565]

2004 man no fuckin covid 19 no damn cancel culture no sjw's man I miss those times

[@liptonwitch]

Yeah, a post-911 America with Bush invading Iraq was pretty pog.

[@ODST0221]

Man, I'll never be able to experience this.... I WAS BORN IN THE WRONG YEAR

[@seanicho]

Amazing piece of history here. Good quality too for 2004.

[@Gonkers20XX]

I wonder where all these people are today.

[@Dukesparrow1999]

Probably watching this blast from the past, for all we know they might be in this very comment section who knows

[@jcitymayne8773]

Me and my brother are still playing MCC at least once a month. Always trying to recapture highs of this golden age of gaming.

[@jaypostromboli-jpgamertv-457]

@@jcitymayne8773 The legend lives on.

[@HaibaneRakka]

EB Games!!!

[@Scr1b3n3r12]

Hahaha! I love those random moments in this video where it's all slow-mo and the Godly Halo 2 music starts playing, but then it randomly cuts out XD

[@Jman79856]

Amazing quality for 2004

[@reynardniko91]

I love this game so much i still play it up to today on Xbox 360

[@IPlayWithFire135]

All the malls have gone under in my area. This is a time capsule in more ways than one.

[@sunfade]

I was only 5 when this cam out. First time I played Halo was Halo 3 in December 2007. I have a small fragment of this day because I bought a Halo 2 shirt from that event on eBay. Yes, a 10 year old shirt.

[@earthisgreat8958]

2020 people watching this during Quarantine

[@velvetsmoooth4980]

Earth Isgreat Halo Infinite release Old Xbox friends status: Online

[@jamesosullivan532]

What I wouldn't give to have been there with these guys.. I don't have many friends.. especially cuz this looked so fun ;w;

[@balimoon9617]

This was awesome not gonna lie. Miss these days

[@reynardniko91]

"Oh the memories of Halo 2, it will always be missed"

[@damightybenstein]

It's coming back today! #Insignia

[@STLCarGuy]

I wish I could have been born in the 90s and could have experienced a midnight launch. I was born in 2005 and my first and only midnight launch was borderlands 3 which honestly sucked because there was like 10 people there and there wasn’t even a line out the door and I really hope that the new Xbox series x will give me that midnight launch I’ve always wanted. Plus I love halo 1/2/3 and wish I could go to those midnight launches.

[@RubixCubin]

Same

[@STLCarGuy]

@True Renegade yeah well I thought I might get the experience with the Xbox series x but then COVID happened so that’s probably not gonna happen

[@fiercekrypton]

It really was amazing... glad I was there for it.... it went downhill though. There was only a few games that had memorable launches.

[@STLCarGuy]

@@fiercekrypton yeah, when you think of memorable launch’s you really only think of the Halos and CODs of that era.

[@codycigar6542]

Oof that sucks for you poor young zoomer. I can attest that this midnight launch was something special. Many of us in line exchanged gamertags and played ALL night together. It was an amazing time.

[@VideoScruub]

I still have my original halo 2 limited but now the box is all war torn haha.

[@fiercekrypton]

Same. I have the special edition.

[@DaveGamesRoom]

Gotta love EB Games, I remember when I first play Halo 2 on Xbox back in 2004 for over 12 hours straight with my mates, just got original Halo 2 for PC after sold my original Xbox couple years ago so good to play halo 2 again.

[@jmkproductions7292]

Dave Games Room eb games your an austrlain

[@nolanschotanus2769]

I was 5 in 2004 so I never had this experience. My older cousins all had ps2s. I'm always a little jealous when I see these videos.

[@bdawg4231]

Just starting senior year of HS... man what a time

[@Ridley1911]

Boyz in line for the best campaign of the series.

[@Zonda1996]

Can we just wind the clock back to 2004 and start again

[@fiercekrypton]

Sigh..... so many regrets.

[@A-halover2000]

I was only 4 at the time in 2004, I wish I could've experienced Halo 2 during it's prime and the same goes for Halo 3 in 2007.

[@A-halover2000]

But no I just recently got into these games only through the "Master Cheif Collection"

[@A-halover2000]

The only Halo game I grew up with was Halo Reach

[@EITY10]

@@A-halover2000 Same here, i'm 21 and reach was my first halo game i think i got it together with my first xbox back in 2011/12. Played it together with halo wars but never touched halo again until recently when it was released to the PC. I just fell in love with the lore and general atmosphere of the game although i suck ass on MP

[@scabash]

The age where someone could take a joke and not bitch about it, our society is so soft now. Halo used to really bring people together in real life and online! I miss the glory days of Gaming, of KZbin, of everything tbh. I’m sad that it might never be the same again but at least we know we were in the glory days if we do dearly miss them...

[@liptonwitch]

Lol, people were always upset over stupid shit.

[@scabash]

@@liptonwitch Yeah but they werent able to have as much of an effect as they do now

[@liptonwitch]

@@scabash Remember when the Bush administration arrested the dude behind 2girls1cup for "obscenity"? Or how musicians had a whiplash to their career after being blamed for columbine? Or when angry parents and politicians shifted the blame towards violent video games? Or when musicians were having their career threatened for speaking out against the Iraq War and George Bush? ...No? Okay then.

[@fraughtmonster8]

3:27 “greatest thing that ever happened to me!” 😂😂🤷‍♀️

[@fiercekrypton]

He's not wrong haha.

[@Jake-fy2ry]

Put the disc in and no install needed to jump into a PvP set up, with proximity voice. Cmon guys this was the best time to be alive.

[@BenDoverplz]

RIP Greatest multiplayer game EVER!!!!!!

[@damightybenstein]

Who's here after the Halo 2 servers are back online?

[@zackbogart2604]

I was 12 when this came out I miss the days of the midnight release madness

[@Jimer93]

This game made me get a Xbox nothing like it at the time I was 11 in 2004 good times

[@gdogg395]

man good times 2004 was the best year everrr i wish i was kid again man 6 years yungerr rip halo2

[@Xbox360Player2002]

I was only 2 when this came out. Eventually I bought the original halo 1 and 2 with the halo 2 map pack (which was on a disk) im only 12 and I feel proud to say I've played every single halo. Can't wait for MCC on my Xbox one! 5 hours left!!!!! :D

[@Dumpee]

I feel you

[@themadakh3229]

Woah this comment is 9 years old, your like 20 now

[@reynardniko91]

WHY WOULD THEY DARE TO TURN OFF ORIGINAL XBOX LIVE!!! WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!

[@apartida123]

I sad i'll never get to play REAL xbox live cuz I was born after this game came out... But I am grateful my parents deal with me asking for xbox live and going though with it.

[@DeathfireCaps]

@@apartida123 Same exact thing here. It made Halo 3 the place that I always spent my day with my friends.

[@damightybenstein]

So Insignia can turn it back on!

[@illuminose6494]

What a time capsule

[@seancoletrucking90]

So nostalgic .. was a legit 38 ran with modders to hit 40

[@IToxxicI]

I was there for Halo 2, and then I didn't get Halo 3 until April, 15th, 2010.

[@DjJugend]

I spent 10 grand on the limited edition Best Buy Translucent Blue Original Xbox recently just to have it always on in my room with the main menu of halo 2 always on display playing in the background

[@jobturkey7418]

I was at school. Man was I tired from playing all night

[@lostkaiser1995]

The midnight club 3 bag he put halo 2 in really hit me hard

[@FF-kc7fc]

Lostkaiser ME TOO MAN, ME TOO

[@lastbriteSon]

Midnight releases aren't big or exciting anymore as the popularity of online shopping, digital releases and internet personalities that already upload gameplay and stream makes it so you can't really be surprised anymore. Back then there was internet usage but it was mostly articles and forums to discuss not like modern era where you can just watch others play the whole game ruining the experience. Online shopping was also not prevalent as like now. At most many just bought and sold on ebay. Meaning someone still had to go buy games from a store. Word of mouth was also huge back then but now company's just sponsor "gamers" to hype a game. Or before that it was gaming websites but even then it wasn't as bad as most journalists were pretty transparent. Sorry for the long post

[@XxdartvaderxX]

i have tingles running through my vains

[@TDubsesbueno]

R.I.P. Halo 2.

[@damightybenstein]

Like a phoenix, it's about to rise from its ashes today!

[@jacobadams65355]

This video makes my heart hurt 😢

[@MegaNihilarian]

During this time, I was not allowed to play M rated games… after years of dreaming to play halo. My first game I bought that was M rated was Halo 3. Played it all night. Man, those times, where do they go?

[@Jakevoss96]

when games were good about to dump pc next to its dead

[@jomalii679]

This is such a beautiful video

[@ScrewAttackEurope]

@graciano1337 Ah, so as long as you're still in the server, it can't close? Wow, you really ought to be recording this dude, this is a part of history!

[@hyacinthvxi]

I wasn’t even alive when this video was made. Crazy to think about. I’m still a loyal halo fan though always have been❤️

[@flak4438]

what the hell, are you 10?

[@blakepuryear1274]

You were with us in spirit brother

[@TheArbiterOfTruth]

@@flak4438 he could be as old as 16. This game came out almost 17 years ago

[@xshadowxlegionx]

3:04 halo warthog theme intensifies

[@superswag9861]

0:06 They had Midnight Club 3 merch!?

[@ExploringWithSK]

I wish I could go back and stay in those times before all the gender wars and all the bullshit in the world now

[@TheArbiterOfTruth]

Same. So many things suck now. Thank god for the master chief collection.

[@hazama5824]

@@TheArbiterOfTruth literally all my thoughts in that sentence.

[@TamalesDeRajas]

Halo infinite midnight launch hype!!

[@gdogg395]

holly shit man 2004 was the best year ever i mean look at gamestop you se no 360 no wiis no ps3s just xbox ps2 man and no one was wearing skinnny jeans in 2004 damn i miss 2004 i was 9 years yung RIP 2004 AND HALO 2

[@RBFR01]

Make a good game and the players will come.

[@mechanicaltypewriteroperat9885]

Thanks for the memories Yo

[@Zapzap3132jarek]

They all so lucky

[@christopheryoung2874]

The Act Man made a video about midnight releases and used a little of your footage

[@jcitymayne8773]

Yes! I saw, that was me driving!

[@hyacinthvxi]

Hope infinite will be like this

[@nayru1855]

most likely not, halo isnt this hyped anymore and most people download straight from console now.

[@codycigar6542]

It won't. Sorry. You missed out, you'll never see this again.

[@hyacinthvxi]

@@codycigar6542 i have hope

[@MrVenom973]

No

[@EpRikjas56]

@graciano1337 ahh we have a southdale mall in minnesota too then!

[@alecjahn]

F'cking excellent.

[@loganyoung9244]

98.78 for four games and it cost me 64 for halo infinite steel book

[@JaySantana-so9zw]

Sad That Mall Is Now Shut Down , Soon There Will Be No Malls In America.

[@DeliaESymbols]

I was 7.

[@takumijimenez9644]

Now halo 3 is worth 60 cents

[@NeverSaySandwich1]

Halo solved Racism

[@hazama5824]

That's funny, the game with the most racial slurs said brought the most people together

[@NeverSaySandwich1]

@@hazama5824 Yes it did, it's like best friends who talk shit about each other all the time. You don't baby out get offended

[@austincarleton9613]

I'm amped!