About this game

Half-Life is the first game in the series, and was the debut game of Valve Software,

released in November 1998. Players assume the role of Gordon Freeman, a scientist who must find his way out

of the Black Mesa research facility after an experiment goes wrong. The core gameplay consists of fighting

alien and human enemies with a variety of weapons, and solving puzzles. Unlike many other games at the time,

the player has almost complete uninterrupted control of Freeman, and the story is told mostly through

scripted sequences seen through his eyes. The game was originally published by Sierra Studios and released

for Windows, although Gearbox Software would later port the game to PlayStation 2 in 2001. Valve themselves

later converted the game to use their Source engine. Half-Life received critical acclaim upon release,

critics hailing its overall presentation and numerous scripted sequences. The game won over 50 Game of the

Year awards and its gameplay has influenced first-person shooters for years to come. Half-Life has since

been regarded as one of the greatest games of all time.

Single-player

Defend yourself and the Human race against hostile aliens and other enemies following

an experiment gone wrong. In the process, you become an almost legendary resistance hero, and eventually end

up as one of the leaders of an uprising against the alien occupiers and the military forces.

Multi-player

Half-Life features a deathmatch mode, and a team deathmatch mode, with the support of

up to 32 players. Join an already existing server, or host a server on your Classic device, and challenge

friends and enemies all over the world!

Parabot

Artificial human-like players, also known as bots, designed for Deathmatch and

Team Deathmatch, comes in the form of Parabot. Host a server on your Classic device and get some frags!