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Counter-strike for the original Half Life

r4dr3zr4dr3z Registered User regular
edited July 2007 in Games and Technology
Where can I go to download the Counter-strike mod for the original Half Life? Do I need to use Steam to play it? Do people still play the original Counter-strike?

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  • AHH!AHH! Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    download Counter-Strike 1.6 on steam

    you need steam

    people still play it

    case closed

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  • ProspicienceProspicience The Raven King DenvemoloradoRegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    1.6 is quite terrible though. But if you want it you do need steam, yes.

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Does 1.6 still have the Riot Shield? I liked that, too damn fun.

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  • ProspicienceProspicience The Raven King DenvemoloradoRegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    it does, however most servers turned them off. So in a way, no.

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  • thorgotthorgot there is special providence in the fall of a sparrowRegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    You can still play the original CS without steam, but the WON servers are down, so I don't think anybody plays it any more.

    But if you have a legal copy of Half-Life, you can enter the CD key into Steam. You get CS and DoD in your account if you do, so no need to purchase anything else.

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  • KungFuKungFu Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    CS 1.6 (the HL1 mod) makes up for about 50% of all Steam users and servers amazingly. Check out the Stats page on the Steam website. Usually at least 200k CS 1.6 players

    edit: I take that back, it is more like 75%

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2007
    thorgot wrote: »
    You can still play the original CS without steam, but the WON servers are down, so I don't think anybody plays it any more.

    But if you have a legal copy of Half-Life, you can enter the CD key into Steam. You get CS and DoD in your account if you do, so no need to purchase anything else.

    Really? It didn't for me. You have to buy it separately.

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  • thorgotthorgot there is special providence in the fall of a sparrowRegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Orikaeshigitae wrote: »
    thorgot wrote: »
    You can still play the original CS without steam, but the WON servers are down, so I don't think anybody plays it any more.

    But if you have a legal copy of Half-Life, you can enter the CD key into Steam. You get CS and DoD in your account if you do, so no need to purchase anything else.

    Really? It didn't for me. You have to buy it separately.

    Huh. Maybe they don't do that any more. I know when I entered my HLCD Key a few years ago, all the mods and expansions were activated, but maybe now that they're selling them, the free mods are gone.

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  • KungFuKungFu Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    You should still be able to create a steam account (which is free) and then go to Active a Product and put in your CS Retail / Half-Life CD Key and it will activate your account for those games.

    If it is HL it should allow you to play CS 1.6

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2007
    KungFu wrote: »
    You should still be able to create a steam account (which is free) and then go to Active a Product and put in your CS Retail / Half-Life CD Key and it will activate your account for those games.

    If it is HL it should allow you to play CS 1.6

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  • Ethan SmithEthan Smith Origin name: Beart4to Arlington, VARegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    More like

    THE SPECIALISTS

    Am I right?

    But seriously, the Specialists is...it's just straight up amazing.

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Ethan Smith wrote: »
    More like

    THE SPECIALISTS

    Am I right?

    But seriously, the Specialists is...it's just straight up amazing.

    I stopped playing that when they ruined my glorious combat knives. Slow-mo diving knife throw headshots FTW.

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  • areaarea Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Ethan Smith wrote: »
    More like

    THE SPECIALISTS

    Am I right?

    But seriously, the Specialists is...it's just straight up amazing.

    They've just released a new version; that should be catalyst enough to get some PA games going for a little while.

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  • carbon13carbon13 Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Be warned, the 1.6 players are fucking hardcore. You will die. Lots.

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