Apple iPhone users could have had access to Xbox-exclusive games on their devices in the past.
Yes, you read that right. Macs, which no hardcore gamer would associate with mainstream gaming these days, were supposed to run the first "Halo" game.
This is mainly due to original "Halo" developer Bungie being known as the premier game developer for Macs back in the late 90s, according to Polygon. Furthermore, the first-ever footage of the game was actually shared by none other than Steve Jobs during Macworld 1999.
Here is the video of the reveal:
It was such a big deal back then that when Microsoft bought Bungie soon after, Steve Jobs apparently made an "angry" phone call to then-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
According to AppleInsider, it was bad enough that Ballmer wanted to "placate" Jobs by promising that other big-name games will still come to Macs. As a result, "Halo: Combat Evolved" did come to Apple systems, two years after its initial Xbox debut in 2001.
The gaming industry would have been very different if that deal fell through.
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Written by RJ Pierce
