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Valve's Original Half-Life Now Available on Steam for Mac
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If you still have your CD-Key, you simply need to activate your game on Steam and boom, they'll show up in your library: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5414-TFBN-1352.
I've just done it on my Mac with my CD-Key for Half-Life: Adrenaline Pack that I bought about 15 years ago for my Windows PC and all the games included in the CD showed up in my library.
Right now, only Half-Life and Counter-Strike (which show up as "Half-Life (Beta)" and "Counter-Strike (Beta)" on my Mac) are installable though.
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Maybe you're playing with the "High Definition pack" that was included with the expansion Half-Life: Blue Shift turned on.
Too little, too late.
I have the windows version and I see it in my mac library now, but the game is completely outdated to be enjoyed today, especially with Black Mesa mod out.
I don't see why anyone may give 10$ for that game today, only if it is bundle with other valve games it worth getting it, just for nostalgia.
I have the windows version and I see it in my mac library now, but the game is completely outdated to be enjoyed today, especially with Black Mesa mod out.
I don't see why anyone may give 10$ for that game today, only if it is bundle with other valve games it worth getting it, just for nostalgia.
OMG THIS IS GREAT NEWS! 
As an all-time Counter Strike 1.6 player, this opens up for 1.6 on the Mac!! Have been missing this for a long time, and it's the ONLY reason I have Windows installed via Boot Camp.
Hope Valve will port 1.6 too - it shouldn't be so difficult as it's just a mod for HL1
As an all-time Counter Strike 1.6 player, this opens up for 1.6 on the Mac!! Have been missing this for a long time, and it's the ONLY reason I have Windows installed via Boot Camp.
Hope Valve will port 1.6 too - it shouldn't be so difficult as it's just a mod for HL1
I don't know how excited I would get over that. When I downloaded the Portal and Portal 2 bundle a few weeks ago, it included the Level Editor.
Problem? It doesn't work in Mountain Lion.
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Valve, unlike a lot of game developers, is squarely on the side of gamers. For example, I was able to pick up two incredible games - Portal and Portal 2 - for $6 as a bundle!! Who does that?? EA? Nope? Blizzard? Nope. They're in it for those who enjoy their games, fantastic as they are. Left 4 Dead 2? I so got sucked into it, 32 hours logged before I knew what the Hell happened! "Best coop game ever" doesn't do it justice!
Am I the only one who was hoping we'd see the OS 9 (Mac Classic OS ) version released? Even just for fun?
Let me see if I can find my PPC 6100 or my Lombard.
I think my PB 520c can only run 8.1.
Well, sort of...some companies care about money to the exclusion of everything else and will do nothing without running the numbers and trying to maximize everything, whereas some companies will do something because they think it's nice to do but doesn't necessarily have any immediate tangible effect on the bottom line. Valve is run in a highly non-standard way, though it sounds like it would be an interesting place to work.
--Eric
Amen. And The Specialists 3.0
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Non-source judging by the screenshots.
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Yeah.. it's awesome.
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No, different stories. But the graphics difference was amazing. I remember playing HL: Source and it was... "Wow... " back when it first came out.
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OMG THIS IS GREAT NEWS!
As an all-time Counter Strike 1.6 player, this opens up for 1.6 on the Mac!! Have been missing this for a long time, and it's the ONLY reason I have Windows installed via Boot Camp.
Hope Valve will port 1.6 too - it shouldn't be so difficult as it's just a mod for HL1
You still play 1.6? I would log on every once in a while...but I thought 1.6 was taken over by aimbots and walls. Unless... you are one of those aforementioned people?
No, same story. Half-Life: Source is just Half-Life ported to the Source engine, nothing more.
--Eric
HL: Source actually uses the original character models, not the HD pack that came with Blue Shift. Though they could always be rectifying that in this version.
Sure, why not? It's a game known today as a modern classic, a landmark title in the history of video games, and one that us Mac gamers (and us Dreamcast gamers ) were literally cheated out of - a nearly-complete version was created, but never shipped. Now we will have a chance to play it on our platform of choice. I'm looking forward to giving it a try, though I'll personally hold off buying until there's an official announcement from Valve - from the problems some folks are having, it's sounding like maybe this is a late beta that sneaked out to the public before it was ready or something like that.
I can't get this to launch it just sits at the Half-Life screen (the one with Gordon and his big gun) and for some reason keeps on invoking my screensaver.
it just sits at the Half-Life screen (the one with Gordon and his big gun) and for some reason keeps on invoking my screensaver. 
On my 2006 Macbook (2ghz, 2Gb ram, gma950), I'm getting an error on launch.
Fatal error :
Error initializing Main frame buffer.
I only get this error in full screen mode.
I can get the game to work using windowed mode....
I've looked the error on Google, and several Linux users are reporting the error.
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/894
Let's hope for the best.
Fatal error :
Error initializing Main frame buffer.
I only get this error in full screen mode.
I can get the game to work using windowed mode....
I've looked the error on Google, and several Linux users are reporting the error.
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/894
Let's hope for the best.
Anyone know how to disable the HD weapons? Don't like them or the new sound effects.
The HD models are fine, just the weapons suck compared to the originals.
The HD models are fine, just the weapons suck compared to the originals.
I can't get this to launch
Well, the version I have in my steam library clearly says (Beta) on it. I bought it ages ago in the Orange Box. Never said that till now.
The bad news is that the game is literally older than my 7 year old 1,1.
The good news is that its a game my 1,1 can really render well.
The good news is that its a game my 1,1 can really render well.
Half Life...say hello to my little friend, Mr. 4870. heh heh heh. This baby didnt come cheap but, then again, x2 anti aliasing and 25 FPS never does.
Yep. Some companies recognize that providing a product or service that makes your customers happy has a tendency to result in profits. As a result, they make happy customers priority one, and profits are simply a side-effect of achieving that.