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posted by martyb on Thursday January 23 2020, @02:27AM   Printer-friendly
from the how-many-half-lifes-does-it-take-to-get-a-full-life? dept.

Every Classic Half-Life Game is now Free on Steam:

As Valve gears up for the launch of its first official Half-Life game in 13 years, the developer has given fans a big freebie to tide them over while they wait for March 2020: every previous official Half-Life game for free.

On Tuesday, Valve announced that both Half-Life and Half-Life 2, and each expansion pack and episode published directly by the game maker, would be free for all Steam users for a limited time.

As of press time, this offer appears to be a temporary unlock of the games until the VR-only adventure game Half-Life Alyx launches in roughly two months; the games' free availability will likely expire after HL:A launches.

[...] Since the games, and their connected expansions, have been available for so long, this promotion may be moot for many Steam users. Valve has frequently discounted the ever-living dickens out of its most classic series, with each of the series' disparate releases plummeting to $1 each during various sales.

[...] This giveaway is also a reminder that Valve can't claim to be the most generous game-download marketplace of the past year. The rise of Epic Games Store as a launcher and marketplace throughout 2019 hinged in no small part on Epic's weekly giveaways of free, well-reviewed video games.


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  • (Score: 2) by kazzie on Thursday January 23 2020, @02:15PM (1 child)

    by kazzie (5309) Subscriber Badge on Thursday January 23 2020, @02:15PM (#947387)

    I can believe it, because the first time I played it, my PC was a 486 (Am5x86). Installation took a while, and it stuttered endlessly through the opening introduction. At the end I found the introduction was an in-level intro, as opposed to a separate video, and quickly realised the game was unplayable on my machine...

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  • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday January 23 2020, @07:14PM

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Thursday January 23 2020, @07:14PM (#947568)

    Mine may have been a Pentium II. I don't remember that clearly, but maybe 233 MHZ with 64 MB of RAM.