Halo 3 - Error while starting game

Discus and support Halo 3 - Error while starting game in XBoX Games and Apps to solve the problem; Have recently picked up a second hand Xbox 360 to play an old classic (Halo 3) but I am struggling to get it to work. I originally picked up a digital... Discussion in 'XBoX Games and Apps' started by toonshorty-756B994F-5FB7-4D8A-AA1C-69765F46DAE0, Jan 2, 2014.

  1. toonshorty-756B994F-5FB7-4D8A-AA1C-69765F46DAE0
    toonshorty-756B994F-5FB7-4D8A-AA1C-69765F46DAE0 Guest

    Halo 3 - Error while starting game


    Have recently picked up a second hand Xbox 360 to play an old classic (Halo 3) but I am struggling to get it to work.

    I originally picked up a digital download from Games for Gold but when I started the game I can only get as far as the menu. If I try to start a custom game when the screen goes black to start the game I get an error message that says 'Disk Read Error'.
    I don't even have a disk at this point so that doesn't make much sense. After clearing the console cache a few times, re-downloading the game, doing a licence transfer etc I still couldn't get it to work.

    I then picked up a physical disk copy of the game, formatted the hard drive and then for good measure removed the drive entirely. This essentially gives me a blank console, no profiles, no cache, nothing. I boot the game, try to load a map and I'm greeted
    with the same error from the disk.

    I can play any other game (MW2/Halo CE) without any issues at all, so it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. If anyone has any suggestions on where to go from here that would be great.

    :)
     
    toonshorty-756B994F-5FB7-4D8A-AA1C-69765F46DAE0, Jan 2, 2014
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  2. Jasana666
    Jasana666 Guest
    Halo 3 coop Game Prep

    Been a while since I played Halo.. yeah yeah, I've been running Mass Effect... anyway, any insomniacs up for starting a co-op Halo 3 game right now? Halo 3 - Error while starting game :) Toss me a message GT
     
    Jasana666, Jan 2, 2014
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  3. PickaxeMaster96
    PickaxeMaster96 Guest
    Error while starting Minecraft

    So me and my friend were just playing together then he gets the bright idea to make a loop command block that summons TNT. Then my game crashes. I relaunch and then I get an error saying, "Give it another try: If you keep seeing this, turn off your Xbox
    by pressing and holding the power button for 10 seconds. Then turn it back on and try your action again. (0x80040200)." So I did that and I retried. Still doesn't work. I pulled the power plug then restarted it. Still doesn't work. I tried switching users.
    Still doesn't work. There are two options: Close and Report a Problem. How should I deal with this?
     
    PickaxeMaster96, Jan 2, 2014
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  4. EcIipse Win User

    0x87de0017 code problem . please help i cant access fifa 16 and other games

    I'm getting the exact same issue. Started tonight. I've update my Xbox to the most latest update, tried hard resetting and still no luck. I only have 3 games on my Xbox One, all digital copies. Halo 5, Battlefront, and Destiny. All of them will start up
    but then kick me out after about 10 seconds with an error code saying: "Try again in a while. We're having trouble connecting to Xbox. (0x87de0017)"
  5. S Club 7 Win User

    Which Halo Should I play?

    I say go and get Halo anniversary it's pretty good it's the very first Halo game where it all started. Then get the other Halo games if you like the first one then get Halo 2 ( Xbox 1 game ), Halo 3, Halo 3:ODST, Halo Reach and Halo 4 this November 6 2012!
  6. Stroppy Imp Win User

    what was your first xbox live game played and when did you play it last

    First online game was Halo 3, haven't played it for quite a while though.
  7. wikkiwild Win User

    Disc wont read worked yesterday...

    Only way I can get Halo 4 to load is to remove the HDD while xbox is off. Once I turn it on, I don't sign in it will load. I tried to start game with HDD installed and not signing in but I get same error.

    My conclusion is that it is not the game disc, or DVD drive, or the HDD. I even deleted the game from my HDD and tried to start Halo 4, but I still get the disc unreadable error.

    The pop up also states to clean the disc, (I did that) and also to restart my console. This did not work. Any ideas?
  8. Effervesced Win User

    What elements of Halo Multiplayer games would you like to see in Halo 4?

    Again, I'd like to reiterate some of the things that other people said earlier. IMHO, Halo: Reach lost that "Halo" feel to it. When I started playing it, I thought that it was pretty entertaining but then I started
    to feel that it was way different than all of the special features/aspects that Halo 3 delivered. So hopefully, 343i will manage to come up with a revamped, polished version of a Halo 3 feel to Halo 4 and make it that game that literally owned the charts whatsoever.
    =3=

    * In short, Halo 3 > Halo: Reach.
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