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Posted by satchmo on Mon Aug 8th at 7:31pm 2005

I've missed out on the original Half-Life when it was released. Now I am finding it very difficult to buy the game.

Most stores only sell the Game of the Year edition or the Platinum Edition, but I don't want those. I only want the original Half-Life.

I've searched Amazon and various other sources, but I couldn't buy a new copy of it anywhere I looked.

Any ideas? I would get Half-Life: Source if it's available alone. I already own Half-Life 2. I didn't get the Silver edition, as I should've done before.




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Posted by Campaignjunkie on Mon Aug 8th at 7:40pm 2005

The Game of the Year editions and Platinum Editions have the same version of Half-Life, but TFC / Opposing Force / Blue Shift / CS are bundled with them depending on the package. Maybe one version is patched a little farther than the other, but that's all.

A few years ago I bought the GOTY edition - it's probably all that's left, anyway.




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Posted by Nickelplate on Mon Aug 8th at 7:41pm 2005

I'll sell you my copy!

Probably E-bay is the best bet for old software still in the box. I found a copy of Kings Quest III in the plastic on there.




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Posted by ReNo on Mon Aug 8th at 7:55pm 2005

Can't you buy HL:S by going to "browse games" in source, clicking the "individual games" tab, and choosing it? I wouldn't know if you can do anything from that menu as I bought silver so have access to them all free, but worth checking if you haven't already.




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Posted by Crono on Mon Aug 8th at 9:46pm 2005

To be honest, the first half-life just isn't the same with the fancy water and physics (It'd be a different story if the rest of the game looked like hl2, but it doesn't)


Blame it on Microsoft, God does.



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Posted by Myrk- on Mon Aug 8th at 10:22pm 2005

I'd sell you my copy, but our HL1 CD has lost the pak file?! When you instal it doesn't instal the pak file, which is really bizarre...


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Posted by satchmo on Mon Aug 8th at 10:34pm 2005

Hmm, the forum has gone b0rk for the past few hours. It's finally back online for me. My last post is lost though.

I think I'll take ReNo's recommendation and try to install Half-Life via Steam. This way, I won't have to worry about the previous owner's registration intefering with my ownership of the game on Steam.

I have a friend who wants to give me his copy of Half-Life, but he has already registered the game many years ago. Would this pose a problem for Steam?




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Posted by Pegs on Mon Aug 8th at 10:34pm 2005

you could just walk into game and buy it, supprised they still sell it actualy, or *http://www.shop.game.net*




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Posted by ReNo on Mon Aug 8th at 10:56pm 2005

Satchmo is from America pegs, not really ideal to be ordering games from a UK shop <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">




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Posted by Cash Car Star on Mon Aug 8th at 11:16pm 2005

? quoting satchmo
I have a friend who wants to give me his copy of Half-Life, but he has already registered the game many years ago. Would this pose a problem for Steam?
Registration used to be a simple algorithm that would check to see if you had a valid CD key from somewhere. Nothing got sent to Valve or came back. World Opponent Network (WON) would allow one user per CD key to play HL online. It was great for letting lots of people play on a LAN with one copy - half my college freshman class played off the same CD key. Anyway, so my point is that if he never installed Steam, it seems likely there should be no problem.



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Posted by satchmo on Mon Aug 8th at 11:35pm 2005

Thanks. I might just install his copy then.


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Posted by Mephs on Tue Aug 9th at 12:43am 2005

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I'd sell you my copy, but our HL1 CD has lost the pak file?! When you instal it doesn't instal the pak file, which is really bizarre...

It was the PAK file on my original that messed up too, myrk. However mine just died after about 10 mins of installation. (Thanks again to Fishy for the replacement) <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">




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Posted by jake on Tue Aug 9th at 12:58am 2005

I bought HL1 in April for ?9.99 on the recommendation of my cousin. It was the first (and as yet) only fps game I've played - I subsequently bought a "bargain" cd with Doom I, II and III on the strength that it was related in some way to Half Life but binned it when I discovered that the game consisted of running across a lawn and being killed by 2-dimensional marines (in profile) flickering back and forth while I prodded the keyboard.

Then I found out you could MAKE YOUR OWN MAPS!!

I haven't looked back since and I am consistently producing quality cubes populated by smaller cubes with the occasional arch, spike or prefab.
The trouble is, though, I think it's becoming a problem - I can't walk into a room without mentally mapping it, or manipulating the vertices of every object within it and I wake up thinking of entity combinations and rendermodes and suchlike.
I will be upgrading my computer soon so I will be able to have a go at HL2, but I'm not so sure it would be a good idea. Physics? Fog?? Displacement maps??? Oh dear.



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Posted by NameWithHeld on Tue Aug 9th at 3:45am 2005

While on the subject of new maps, I need some help with my new MP map, as I know almost nothing about the HL1 map editor, all I can do so far is make a room and some sandbags. Please help



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Posted by wil5on on Tue Aug 9th at 9:41am 2005

Dont get a copy of HL off someone. Most of the keys in the world have either been copied or randomly generated by people trying to get free stuff via steam, including mine <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/sad.gif">


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Posted by Crono on Tue Aug 9th at 9:55am 2005

I actually found a used copy of HL1, original version too, for $2.50. I bought it for a friend, and thankfully, the key wasn't being used on steam.


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Posted by keved on Tue Aug 9th at 12:39pm 2005

? quoting ReNo
Can't you buy HL:S by going to "browse games" in source, clicking the "individual games" tab, and choosing it? I wouldn't know if you can do anything from that menu as I bought silver so have access to them all free, but worth checking if you haven't already.

Sadly not - this is what people who bought the retail (ie bronze package) HL2 are bitching about. When trying to purchase one of the extras that weren't included in the bronze package, we just get a "thank you! you have already purchased halflife2 blah blah" message. There aren't any purchase options at all to select. The only way is to log out and purchase the entire silver package for $60 as a different username. :/





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Posted by satchmo on Tue Aug 9th at 2:22pm 2005

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There aren't any purchase options at all to select. The only way is to log out and purchase the entire silver package for $60 as a different username.


That's just complete bulls**t. What's up with Valve and the obtuse Steam? Don't they want business from someone like me? I ain't going to pay for something that I already have (Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike:Source). What a rip-off.



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Posted by Junkyard God on Tue Aug 9th at 9:49pm 2005

it's in most shops round here, just hl generations pack and sometimes even just hl stand alone


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Posted by Crono on Tue Aug 9th at 9:52pm 2005

Well, satch, you can just buy the "premire pack" on steam, which is $20. That has hl1 and all it's mods except CS:CZ. But, if you bought hl2, it'd be cheaper just to buy the silver package.

I think their purchasing options will change by september, since, by the end of August (I think) all new retail copies of anything hl related (game wise) have to be pulled off the shelves, since valve won that suit against Vivendi.

Also, I think purchasing options will become better after DoD:S has come out. I'm sure, they'll have a way to purchase that seperatly.


Blame it on Microsoft, God does.




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