Half-Life 1 for $0.98 on Steam - celebrating 10 years of Half-Life

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/70/

Get it done if you've never played!

[qdave]

thats nice for those who dont have it. coul dbe free just as well.

[lalalawawawa]

Is this serious? (Checking......)

Cool. :woot: Thanks for the info. I was planning on getting the HL1 Anthology, but I'll take this for now (HL1 Anthology postponed for next weekend).

[sanctified Veteran]

10 years of the FPS that reinvented the genere.

[Denis W. Veteran]

I already have HL:Source, but thanks anyways.

[Nicholas-c Veteran]

why 98cents ? :p not that much but still could be free!

[Rigby]

I've had it since it came out in 1998 but it's still nice for those who haven't played it yet. I don't know why they didn't just make it free for a short time though. Why hassle people with Paypal or credit cards over 98 cents?

Edit: I just now realized the 1998, 98 cents connection. :laugh:

Edited November 20, 2008 by TRC

[Buttus]

wow, that's cool... i still have it from way back when tho...

[Mercellus]

I remember playing Half-Life and Counter Strike way back in early high school, we'd install it on every computer in the lab and the teacher would have a fit over it... and then wound up playing it with us a few times. :laugh:

[Kushan]

Shame it's not HL: Source, it's the only thing missing from my collection and I don't really feel like paying $10 for what is essentially a quick port from HL1 to Source.

[sundayx Veteran]

Go for authenticity and not source.

/brings back memories

[Kushan]

I've got HL1, I got it when I realised that my ORIGINAL HL key got me the valve classic pack a few years back.

[Max Veteran]

98c is great. They're probably not making too much money from it anymore so they might as well scrape it in - they've probably made 1000's already.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Valve should offer Half-Life: Source for $1.98 on STEAM. I'd buy it right away!

[sanctified Veteran]

Valve should offer Half-Life: Source for $1.98 on STEAM. I'd buy it right away!

Just wait for Black Mesa Source :)

[remix17]

Just wait for Black Mesa Source :)

From the looks of it, we'll be waiting a long time.

[Smigit]

best FPS ever IMHO. Prefer it to the sequel even.

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

I got HL1 and HL:S* a while ago, it's a great game and everybody should get it at that price.

* Source for updated engine and features, original for the original feeling and HL1 mods

[Xerxes]

I got HL1 and HL:S* a while ago, it's a great game and everybody should get it at that price.

* Source for updated engine and features, original for the original feeling and HL1 mods

Quick question, HL:S is just normal HL with an updated physics engine isn't it?

[qdave]

Just wait for Black Mesa Source :)

that project is taking forever, i guess we cant expect anythng differently from people who do it as their hobby.

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

Quick question, HL:S is just normal HL with an updated physics engine isn't it?

It's Half-Life running on the Source engine, so it gains Havok physics (ragdolls, etc.), but also support for all the new shaders and such (There's a port of the HD pack, with normal maps and such)

[Andre S. Veteran]

Back when I entered high school we would play Half-Life multiplayer every lunch time. Later I got my hands on the game and did the single-player, what an immersive experience.

Coming back to it today, however, it seems primitive and frustrating. All those stupid jumping puzzles, climbing up and down ladders, pressing switches... Yes, I am spoiled by Half-Life 2 and the episodes. :laugh:

[Rigby]

Shame it's not HL: Source, it's the only thing missing from my collection and I don't really feel like paying $10 for what is essentially a quick port from HL1 to Source.

You're not missing anything, I tried it on a friend's computer and it's a ripoff. It looks exactly the same except for the water, and crude ragdoll physics. I don't know why they even bothered, but they should have just replaced the regular Half-Life with it on Steam and made it the same price.

There is a group doing a complete rewrite of Half-Life on the source engine though and it looks incredible.

http://www.blackmesasource.com/

[Coldgunner]

got HL:S, I prefer it because of its native support for FAA and AF without forcing it via the control panel.

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

You're not missing anything, I tried it on a friend's computer and it's a ripoff. It looks exactly the same except for the water, and crude ragdoll physics. I don't know why they even bothered, but they should have just replaced the regular Half-Life with it on Steam and made it the same price.

There is a group doing a complete rewrite of Half-Life on the source engine though and it looks incredible.

http://www.blackmesasource.com/

HL:Source was made for mod groups, it was showing how easy it was to convert a "GoldSrc" game to run on the Source engine.