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[–] xXxBigJeffreyxXx@lemmy.world 97 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Grab the crowbar at the bottom and attack the enemies on the page

[–] tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 2 years ago

Even mobile version.... Cute

[–] Andi@feddit.uk 80 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If anyone happens to remember half-life.fortunecity.net , I was your floating admin (I literally floated around the Map during death matches)

At it's hayday, it was the 1st/2nd most popular server in the UK.

If I can remember, my little PC managed to handle 20 players, all on a 2mbit line, sneakily hosted in my server room at work in circa 2000...

Yeah, I'm that old.

[–] kryllic@programming.dev 55 points 2 years ago

We now consider this anniversary version of Half Life to be the definitive version, and the one we'll continue to support going forward. Therefore, we'll be reducing the visibility of Half Life: Source on the Steam Store. We know Half-Life: Source's assets are still being used by the Source engine community, so it'll remain available, but we'll be encouraging new Half-Life players to play this version instead.

Wow. Didn't think they'd ever acknowledge HL:S again but here we are. This is such a cool update.

[–] funnystuff97@lemmy.world 45 points 2 years ago (1 children)

tfw half life 1 gets an update before team fortress 2 does

In all seriousness, very excited to hop in and see what's new, I've never had the opportunity to play some of this content.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

tfw half life 1 gets an update before team fortress 2 does

Wouldn't be surprised if TF2 is currently getting a Source2 port.

[–] ExcursionInversion@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh nice. Anything concrete or just source 2 conspiracy like CS had forever?

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Anything concrete or just source 2 conspiracy like CS had forever?

I just said that I would not be surprised. That's it. Valve did not hint at anything, it's just me thinking that it would make sense that they don't want to maintain two completely different engines and rather unify everything on Source2.

[–] ExcursionInversion@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Wasn't trying to be a dick. Just curious if anything had leaked out like in csgo.

[–] themusicman@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I suspect Neon Prime will be the spiritual successor to TF2

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

HL was game changing. Look at these specs:

MINIMUM: 500 mhz processor, 96mb ram, 16mb video card, Windows XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection

RECOMMENDED: 800 mhz processor, 128mb ram, 32mb+ video card, Windows XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection

I didn't even have min specs and it rocked out. I think I had 400Mhz, 32mb RAM and an 8gb card? It won't run on a potato like Doom, but it was a shocking step back from the ever-increasing specs required at the time.

[–] gnuplusmatt@reddthat.com 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

500mhz must be updated for what ever they've done to it- I remember playing it in 1999 on a 133mhz pentium on Windows 98 (and I also remember testing in on NT4 and it actually worked!)

[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago

There's an old post here that gives the specs that I remember. If I can find the box, I'll compare them

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/43362-half-life/answers/58244-what-are-the-system-requirements-for-this-game

[–] FLP22012005@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Half life was released in 1998, Windows XP was releaaed in 2001.

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

It was running on a pretty old engine. It was based on the Quake 1 engine, but some features of the Quake 2 engine got tacked on along the way. There was some more eye candy added as well, but something with that basis isn't going to be as power hungry as Unreal.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

This time the clicking to get the free version actually worked for me. Even though I still got the invalid URL error, the game showed up in my library.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/70/HalfLife/

[–] ensignrick@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Thanks. I lost access to my original steam account from like 2005ish over a decade ago that had this... Awesome!

[–] Molotov@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago
[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm on my first play through of black mesa. Just grabed this, HL2 , HL2 ch1 & HL2 ch2 for less than 3 ducats. Can't go wrong there.

[–] 9715698@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Opposing Forces for HL1 is amazing as well. Worth grabbing.

[–] tegs_terry@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Blue shift is ok too, despite lacking a final boss.

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Am I the only person who mostly liked the Blue Shift models?

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It says it has new content-- anyone have any idea what that might entail?

[–] LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

New levels, better HUD scaling, old content that hasn't been released in bloody ages, new death match models and skins, and most importantly, you get to be Ivan the Space Biker in death match.

Also there's an option to turn off texture filtering, and thank GOODNESS for that.

[–] owiseedoubleyou@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It would be good if valve ported many of these changes like HUD scaling to their other GoldSrc games as well.

[–] PopShark@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

why turn off texture filtering?

[–] LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It makes everything look like it was smeared in crisco.

[–] Spacecraft@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Seeing Ivan the space biker, proto Barney, too much coffee man, and the skeleton models were a really hard hit of nostalgia I wasn't prepared for.

[–] rip_art_bell@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Cool. I remember a buddy showing it to me in his college dorm room. I was more interested in Unreal Tournament (which released a year later) at the time and probably couldn't afford to buy another game anyway. But I was positively obsessed with Half Life 2 a few years later...

[–] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wow. This update is a huge blessing for all 12 of us deathmatch players lol

[–] SnugZebras@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Servers looking pretty populated right now

[–] seathru@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh shoot! Is this to build up hype for HL3?

Confirmed?

[–] million@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Too late!

3! 3! 3!

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago
[–] tegs_terry@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago

Love stuff like this.

[–] curiousPJ@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Hmmm... Kind of surprised there isn't an ARG to go along with this.

[–] Muffi@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

Between this and the awesome Quake remaster, who needs new games?

[–] ShitOnABrick@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Honestly this is an awesome update shame they didn't implement real time shadows like nvidia did with quake 2 as that'll go hand in hand with the new steamdeck

[–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

nVidia did it to promote RTX cards. No other reason.