Say Hello To Halo Sprites
The world of video games has its own complicated jargon - a mishmash of Japanese terms, hacker words and pop culture images. When you are trying to buy something for your video game obsessed friend or family member, it can be hard to figure out just what you are buying. One thing that is a hit with video game fans are sprites. If they are also a fan of the popular game series Halo, then they would love some Halo sprites.
What Are They?
Sprites are little computer images that can fit into an already existing game like Halo. They are a kind of fashion accessory for computer graphics. Halo sprites are these little graphics designed to fit in any of the Halo game series. Halo sprites can also be knows as Halo Blitter Objects (or BOBs), Halo Movable Object Block (MOB) and just plain Bob.
You have to be sure that your Halo sprite, or any other sprite, will run on the game system you run your video games on. There are sprites made specifically for Nintendo Game Boy or Super Nintendo. There are computer systems that don’t officially allow sprites, but you can still use them. These two are Apple II and Atari ST. They can’t handle sprite code, but can handle subroutines called bit blitting that take sprite code ands translate it into something the Apple II or Atari ST can understand.
Why Are They?
In one sense, if you buy a video game, you would think that everything you needed to enjoy the game was included. But if you play a game through once, then what? Are you still as interested in that game knowing that you can unlock all of its secrets? Halo sprites make the Halo games an added dimension of twists and challenges lacking in the original game.
Besides, Halo sprites engage the player’s creativity and make the player a more active participant in the kinds of games he or she like to play.
And not only can they play video games. They can make their own comic strips based on Halo sprites and scenes from Halo. Granted, these comic strips are generally funny to only Halo players, but they still exercise the creative part of the brain. Cartoonists who use computer graphics as their drawing board are called spriters.
Where Are They?
You can purchase and download Halo sprites from just about anywhere on the web, but the safest place is from the official Halo website.
