Xbox

Halo: Combat Evolved

Also known as Halo, Halo 1, Halo CE

Variants (11)

First print: First print — 0901 box, no Game of the Year star (North America)

Print	Variant	Region	Edition	Product code	Rarity	Status
First print	First print — 0901 box, no Game of the Year star FP-000307	North America	Standard release	X08-54526	—	Unverified
—	Not for Resale — launch box, 0901 FP-000316	North America	Not for Resale	X08-55798	—	Unverified
—	Game of the Year, Not for Resale — 0903 box FP-000317	North America	Not for Resale	X10-16810	—	Unverified
Print 2	Later launch-box print — Brutus insert, 1201 manual FP-000308	North America	Standard release	X08-54526	—	Unverified
Print 3	Game of the Year — foil cover, 0302 box FP-000309	North America	Game of the Year!	X08-76726	—	Unverified
Print 4	Game of the Year — 0403 box, Manning insert FP-000310	North America	Game of the Year!	X09-51369	—	Unverified
Print 5	Game of the Year — no "Only on Xbox", right-Warthog disc FP-000311	North America	Game of the Year!	X10-17293	—	Unverified
Print 6	Game of the Year — 0204 box, Made in Mexico FP-000312	North America	Game of the Year!	X10-43982	—	Unverified
Print 7	Game of the Year — 0804 box FP-000313	North America	Game of the Year!	X10-87006	—	Unverified
Print 8	Platinum Hits — 0105 box FP-000314	North America	Platinum Hits	X11-04643	—	Unverified
Print 9	Best of Platinum Hits — 0507 box FP-000315	North America	Best of Platinum Hits	X13-78858	—	Unverified

About

Halo reached North America on 15 November 2001, the day the Xbox did. It then won 2002 Game of the Year from IGN, EGM, OXM and the AIAS, and Microsoft put the star on the box — which is the luckiest thing that can happen to a first print. The launch cover is the one with nothing on it.

Better still, Microsoft dated its boxes. The part number low on the back opens with four digits giving the month and year the box was printed, so this game's prints line up in order: 0901 → 0302 → 0403 → 0903 → 0204 → 0804 → 0105 → 0507. The launch box reads 0901 — September 2001, two months before release.

Nine retail printings are recorded here, and the cover changes three times along the way: the gold star arrives, the foil and the yellow "Only on Xbox" line arrive with it and then leave, and the Warthog on the disc label moves from left to right. The disc revisions do not match the printed disc numbers, so a loose disc cannot be placed.

Print details reported by Brandon Green, from VGCollect, Redump, Halopedia, Wikipedia and PriceCharting, October 2026.