My friends and i used to set up big halo parties with Halo 1 before 2 ever came out....we would have 3 or 4 xboxs in a house.....it was actually pretty fun....but when halo 2 came out we never really system linked anymore because of xbox live, and i do think halo 2 has better multiplayer (except for modders, bridgers, super-jumpers,noob-combo-ers,and stand-byers)