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| From: Vivendi Universal
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.95
Buy New: $25.00
You Save: $4.95 (17%)
New (1) Used (8) from $2.90
Avg. Customer Rating:  298 reviews
Sales Rank: 10893
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows 95
ESRB: Mature
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 8 x 2
Model: 71114
UPC: 020626714488
EAN: 0020626711142
ASIN: B00004TJCL
Release Date: November 14, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: CD STILL SEALED; SHIPS IMMEDIATELY WITH FREE TRACKING AND SHIPS WELL PROTECTED
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| Customer Reviews:
 Older Game Better Than Any Newer Game Out There! June 3, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Counter-strike! Oh yes, the pc game that seems like it was released 15 years ago is still the #1 online game in the world. Thousands of people can write reviews on this game, all having different opinions and views of the game. But shall we look at the obvious for a minute? After 5 years after the game was released, Counter-Strike is still the most played online game, withstanding the ultimate test, the test of time. What other test of greatness can Counter-Strike achieve? Millions of people still play this outdated game opposed to the newest, more advanced games. To me, that is a sign of perfection, an achivement worth reconizing. I am tired of people putting down Counter-Strike. "The Graphics are bad, the realism is overrated...ect." The game is older. Accept the game for what it is. It is still an awesome game that everyone should play and support.
So many times people simply look at the graphics of a game to make reviews or opinions on the game. What ever happened to the most important aspect of games, gameplay? Counter-strike has the best gameplay of any game ever made. Period. Newer games may hands down beat Counter-Strike in graphics but will never even come close to the gameplay that the original Counter-Stike has.
Its a truely incredible pc game. I've played the original Counter-Strike since its beta. Hours upon hours I have spent on this game and no other game will ever match the ultimate enjoyment of gaming than that of Counter-Strike. I still find myself, after all these years, in awe of the game. Trust me, I've played Counter-Strike Source, Doom III, Battlefield 1942, Call of Duty, and Half-Life 2, and I choose counter-strike 1.6 over all of them any day of the week.
king o' fps'! April 19, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
ahh cs, what would online games be without you... cs is an addicting, great, fun, addicting, freind-making, addicting, cool, popular, addicting and king of online shooters. oh did i mention its addicting? when i first saw this game, i thought, wow, i wanna play that!(but my dad said no young man, ur not old enough!!:() ever since then, ive dreamed about it every night.finnally, i got it! it was a long and hard time when i had to update steam, install hl, uninstall hl, find out that i could have just bought the goty edition of hl instead of platnium, (hint hint) and install all this other crap, and finnaly, i registered, played and played and played and played and played and played and played and played and played and played and played and played and played and played and played and played and ... yea you get my point right? you might be thinking, o this game is sooooooo old and it has archaic graphics and theres hackerrs and blah blah blah blah. trust me its worth it (unless u hav 56k modem... god, it really can scar you for life....) and it has so many people playing and so many people to meet... its really a good community of gamers but sometimes annoying people pop outa nowere... *cough*hackers*cough* and also...THERES SO MANY MAPS AND WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT AND STUFF!!!!(for rpg players, it also has an rpg twist to it. u pick weapons, armor, get ranks, etc) its a great experience(sorry for repeating myself over, and over again) so buy or live as a hermit to the gaming world.
It really is the best game ever made April 18, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In the April 2005 PC Gamer magazine, it showed the top 50 computer games of all time. Half-Life was #1. This is basically a sequel to that game. VERY fun, except when you're in a server with hackers in it. Just make sure to never give your CD key out and to go to steampowered.com and download steam to play it (For version 1.6). Then go to Browse games and register your CD key. Once you do that, you won't be getting as much sleep as you had the past few years.
 I Think It's Time We Move On, People February 12, 2005
9 out of 14 found this review helpful
First, let me say that I whole-hearedly agree with the review by Tiberius. Back in the glory days of Counter-Strike (2001-2002), this game was the be-all end-all for 1) Online video games, 2) First-Person Shooters, 3) PC Games, and 4) Any video game basically. It had real-life weapons, the graphics were superb at the time, the maps were extremely well-made, the system requirements are still obscenely low, and damnit it was fun. Then, inevitabely, the hands of time began to take their ruthless, indiscriminate toll. Video cards supported better graphics, new (and yes, better!) games came out (Battlefield 1942, Unreal Tournament 2004), hacking became the unmistakable poison of Counter-Strike, and a lot of the cool, casual gamers grew up or moved on. From 2000 to 2004, Counter-Strike went from an utter joy to a sensation to a fading diamond to a nuisance. By 2004 to present day, it has become a problem. Great games and great game developers are losing tons of money because people are still playing this game after five years on their mom's worn-out 640 Megahertz Pentium III PCs running Windows 98. Counter-Strike is still one of the most popular games of all-time, with a ridiculous number of people playing it on average a day, because people just don't seem to have enough self-control to give up their hopeless addiction.
Today, server admins are, for the most part, humorless dictators, and will not stand for anything that deviates from this game's undeniable, monotonous drone. People are still playing the same maps from the 1.0 release, that have completely lost all their zest and initial potential. It always feels as if I've played the same round a thousand times before, and I probably have. Even the custom maps are sickening in their monotony. fy_iceworld is fun for 3 consecutive seconds. Many other popular custom maps in heavy server rotation are the same way, and all look disguisting. I've played on probably over 500 servers, and downloaded probably over the same amount of *quality* custom maps, and not more than 3 have I ever seen a server run in its rotation, or voted on by the players. Furthermore, people are still playing the game using dial-up, and CS veterans are always complaining about camping, even if its a tactic used to complete the objective. As far as the objectives are concerned, Counter-Strike has basically become a deathmatch game. No one will listen to anyone's plan (on the rare occasion there is one), no one tries to rescue the hostages, and everyone always calls someone a "p***y" or "nub" if you use the auto shotgun or AWP. And to top it all off, Valve cancelled the outstanding won.net and replaced it with this Steam garbage, a utility soaking wet with incompetence.
L337 Speak has also gained mass popularity to the jaded Counter-Strike culture, and has become its own incessant frustration. But I won't even get into that. If you're new to CS, don't bother, veterans of this game are far from friendly, and you'll probably get called a bunch of names involving lots of zeroes and threes if you're a beginner. For now, if you want to indulge yourself in a great online game, check out World of Warcraft, Battlefield 1942, Sven Co-Op, or even Team Fortress Classic (a dated game with an *awesome* community that has yet to lose its initial charm).
Extreamly Overrated and Overhyped February 10, 2005
2 out of 12 found this review helpful
I'll make this short and sweet for you. I went to a cyber cafe so I can play this "gem" and see what all the fuss is about on this game. OVERRATED. I have no idea how people prais this as "THE BEST GAME IN THE WORLD!!"...How silly, This game is just plain average.. If you wanna play a nice Game from Valve..I don't need to tell you but I'll give you a hint....H***f L*fe...This game is just pure garbage and the Online is boring...And I don't need your flaming or bashing just cause One mans opinion differs from yours..
The good
Visuals are good I guess
Bad
Very Mediocer
Plain boring combat...Nothing new
Online isn't that great
Extreamly Overrated...TRUST ME..
Gets boring after awhile
And yes I played this out for more then an 1hour...2 bucks I'll never get back
2.1 out of 5 stars.... Extreamly Overrated, Not worth my 2 bucks, and that's all I got to say....
Peace
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