As the topic suggests i need to know where i can buy a halo cd key online cause i lost mine and i had to reinstall the game...

do you still have it installed? CD Key finder utility

sadly no my computer crashed with a blue screen error and i had to reinstall windows which means i also had to reinstall halo. Cant do that till i either buy a key or buy the cd again

Purchase the Halo PC game:
http://www.google.com/products?q=Halo+Combat+Evolved+%2F+PC+&show=dd

I was sent this link

*link removed by admin - copyright violation

is this scam or real?
Edited by Dennis on Dec 26, 2012 at 10:53 AM

It's real, but Dennis will say no

If you want to be 100% legal, you will have to buy the whole package, not just the key.
Edited by SilentJacket on Dec 25, 2012 at 12:47 PM

Ok thanks ill jsut go out to the local game store and pick up another copy. they have like 50 in stock brand new.

Well,aren't you lucky!

Sarcasm?

Microsoft Does not sell or license Halo PC in any format other than the physical media. Anyone who says they are selling legitimate license keys is lying and using a key gen. It is a blatant copyright violation to use a Key Gen or to sell anything other than the physical media with the key imprinted on the case. People who believe otherwise are criminally misinformed or just plain stupid.


Edited by Dennis on Dec 26, 2012 at 11:02 AM

You're right on all but one aspect. He doesn't use a keygen - rather, he buys the game in batch, and sells the CD keys printed on the case, then discards the case and disk.

In order to be compliant with the copyright he MUST sell the physical media. When asked for it he will not supply it. What does that tell you?

Last time I heard Sean Aero had a whole bunch of copies for sale. Talk to him, i think they were only like 5 bucks.

That's exactly what we've just been talking about....

Tells me you never asked.

For the people that have asked, answer remains the same, yes I can if you're willing to pay the extra shipping fee for a non-english version of the Halo game.

Most criminally misinformed or just plain stupid people rather just have the Product Key as the English CE version is free to download.

How many do you have. I will purchase them all.

*edit:
You know what, never mind. I am not the arbiter of Microsoft's copyright. However I am responsible for this website so as long as you are not selling the media we will not allow a link on this website. Because without it is a direct violation of the copyright. If I decide to purchase CD's I will obtain them from a reliable source.
Edited by Dennis on Dec 26, 2012 at 03:13 PM

I allow people to buy 5 Halo Product Keys per purchase. This to provide a fair distribution among Product Keys per players. If you want to buy 5 Italian sealed/brand new copies of Halo Combat Evolved and have them shipped to you that can be arranged.
Just keep in mind that you'll have to cover for the shipping fee.

PS. Not sure what you're trying to proof here, but if you got the cash to have me ship it to you, be my guest.

EDIT: I got the message the first time I posted the link/url to the selling page and you edited the post. I respect your decisions it's your website.

Just saying that it has not been me who has been posting the URL but one of the 90 people who apparently had a good experience with their purchase, that is all.
I just came out due to the fact that you're making the wrong assumption about me not being able to send the physical box.
Again if you want the physical box of a non-English version and you have to extra money to pay for the shipping, be my guest.
Edited by Sean Aero on Dec 26, 2012 at 03:45 PM

Plenty of people have purchased keys from him and I haven't seen a single complaint posted so I'm not sure why you deem him to be unreliable, unless you're still under the assumption that he uses a keygen. Of course, that doesn't particularly make sense given that generated keys can't be used online and the ones readily available are pretty much all blacklisted.

HPC can be a very difficult and/or expensive game to get hold of, especially outside of the States given that it's no longer produced as far as anybody knows. It's good that we have somebody willing to bulk buy copies and sell them on for a reasonable price to the community because the alternative, already used by most of the community, is simply to pirate the game by downloading the 'portable' CE.
Edited by Btcc22 on Dec 26, 2012 at 04:43 PM

So...In other words copyright laws and license agreements be damned.

Not here.

Halo PC can be found in the bargain bin at most electronic stores.

Haven't seen a single copy of any Halo game at a bargain bin.
You sure are lucky,Scott.

Oh, here indeed. You've just drawn a rather arbitrary line in the sand.

Pray tell, please explain. I see nothing arbitrary or inconsistent with the website's policies since it was first established. Only your understanding of copyright laws appears "arbitrary" wishing to only follow them when it suits your economic desires. Cost or availability do not change the meaning of the statues.

Not entirely sure how my understanding is arbitrary or how I'm benefitting in any way from this.

This website hosts plenty of copyright/I.P. infringing and agreement breaking content by way of programs created by breaking licenses and maps using ripped models, sounds, textures - you name it.

I'm not implying that there's anything wrong with that per se but it's not me that's picking and choosing. Like I said, you've drawn a line and you've chosen to do it with key selling, which, likely doesn't break any actual law - at least not here. Yes, I know the site is in the U.S. so it's U.S. law that counts.
Edited by Btcc22 on Dec 26, 2012 at 10:41 PM

Btcc22, the thing is it's not just Dennis picking and choosing.

Microsoft picks and chooses. I highly doubt they care one bit about ripped tags. But they sure as hell care about pirating and well... selling their games incorrectly.

As I have said many times there are plenty of grey areas in copyright laws and I don't pretend to be an expert which is why I consulted my company's law firm before opening this website. Ripped models, extracted textures and user created content in general fall into one of the many grey areas of copyright laws such as the "fair use" doctrine and Microsoft's own Game Content Usage Rules, but the one thing that never becomes grey is when profit or money is involved. Re-distribution and sale of product in part or whole is pretty clear cut with plenty of legal precedent the vast majority in favor of the copyright holder. Because I looked into reselling the game through this website I know for a fact that you absolutely MUST sell the media to be compliant with the licensing and selling just the key does in fact violate the copyright laws.

I actually think that's a good idea, buy a lot of them cheap, raise the price by a few dollars, but to where it's still a good, reasonable price, and you're making money. And people who didn't own the game would be able to buy them right there.