Key conclusions
- Halo content creator Mister Monopoli has found a new glitch in Combat Evolved 23 years after release that allows players to pilot Pelicans and play as Elites without mods.
- This is thanks to a glitch called Arbitrary Unit Possession, which was first discovered by Mr. Monopoli in 2019.
- Using Halo: Combat Evolved's memory research tool, Mr. Monopoly was able to adapt his AUP crash and replicate it in Combat Evolved.
Halo: Combat Evolved is one of the most iconic games the Xbox has ever released, and it surprisingly still holds up pretty well today, despite all the advancements made in FPS. That's why it still has a pretty active fan base, and many content creators are still making new videos about the game and series after all these years.
One such player is YouTuber Mr. Monopoly, and he recently made history by becoming the first person to pilot a Pelican in Halo: Combat Evolved without the use of mods. This is thanks to a series of new glitches that have been discovered by Mr. Monopoly a whopping 23 years after the game was first released, and he's been making some pretty interesting videos about them.
A Halo: Combat Evolved fan found a new glitch that lets you play as an Elite
Mr. Monopoly begins by making every gamer's dream come true by showing off his new ability to play as a Camo Elite. In a video he shared on Twitter (which can also be viewed on YouTube), we see Halo: Combat Evolved being played in split-screen with the other player being Camo Elite. The two players then meet to reveal that it is in fact the Elite we know from the growling of the unseen being.
A day later, Mister Monopoli returns with another video, this time making my personal childhood dream come true. I'm pretty sure every Halo player has wanted to get behind the wheel of a Pelican while playing Combat Evolved, and Mister Monopoli has made it possible by showing it off in a very edgy yet entertaining video (which you can watch above).
If you're sitting there now wondering how Mr. Monopoly manages this, it's thanks to a technique called Arbitrary Unit Ownership (AUP). This is a glitch that was discovered in Halo 2 by Mr. Monopoly back in 2019, and it allows players to control almost any character or enemy in the game, as well as vehicles.
AUP was thought to only be possible in Halo 2, but Mr. Monopoly explained that he was able to create a tool with a modder called Amadeus to take a closer look at Halo: Combat Evolved's memory. This allowed Mr. Monopoli to use his experience with Halo 2 to make AUP possible in Combat Evolved.
If you've lost it all (don't worry, I did too), fear not. Mr. Monopoli explained that he'll have instructions on how to do this for yourself soon, but you should know that this will only work on the OG Xbox version of the game. We'll have to wait a little longer to see our dreams come true in the Master Chief collection.
