Unless of course you want to use MIDI generation as your prime source HAH. You'd be surprised how many complete, or how many songs use partially artificial sounds, including sampled (pre-recorded and manipulated by computer software) to generate music on games. Very few soundtracks use 100% acoustic orchestral sounds. Even movie themes are at least 20% non-live recordings or more... like Pirates.
Numbers: Checker Players > Halo Players
Checkers Age and replayability > Halo Age and replayability
Therefore, Checkers > Halo
So, Checkers is a better game than Halo.