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 enlarge | From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $30.75
New (4) Used (3) from $26.48
Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 5005
Format: Cd
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows Xp
ESRB: Mature
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 1.5
MPN: 9841
Model: 71608
UPC: 014633098419
EAN: 0014633098419
ASIN: B000AOE4BM
Release Date: September 26, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Brand New. Factory sealed. Mint condition.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Steam July 7, 2006
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Why is everyone getting mad at steam. Valve had many pirecy problems with its products..... Steam proves that you will not install the game on evryone computer or make copies... Steam works perfectly on my pc. They bad multiplayer is Gamespy which I saw copying the websites and passwords i types in and sending them to god knows where.
 Hopelessly out of date June 14, 2006
0 out of 35 found this review helpful
After playing the excellent Half Life 2 and it's sequel Episode One. I decided to blindly purchase this earlier Anthalogy. What a mistake. This game feels like it belongs on an Atari 2600 as the graphics and sound are an embarrassment to behold. Either remake this game or send it out to pasture. What a relic.
Great game. May 9, 2006
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
The way I see it, Steam is fine if you have the correct specs. Although, even though I'm all for anti-piracy, Steam does take it a tad far.
Although, it's a good package overall. Some things I might want to point out though... if you have a dial-up connection or no internet connection at all, I do not recommend this package. Steam requires an internet connection, and updates can take a very long time on dial-up. Your best bet is probably an older copy, most likely the Platinum edition. That contains everything in this package, plus Counter-Strike.
Now, about this being a 'downgrade' from the previous Platinum edition... it's not, really. As far as I know, the version included in Platinum is 1.5, and the current version is 1.6. Plus, 1.5 can be downloaded for free legally, I think. But it shouldn't really matter, either version works.
But the game is superb... even after it being released for quite a while. Good for me though, HL2 doesn't even run on my graphics card... heh... but all the expansions are great, very fun.
So, if you haven't already.. get this. If you have bad internet or anything I said above, or don't have Counter-Strike already, or don't like Steam, or etc., get Platinum. But either way, both great buys.
 This box isn't that bad. December 21, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I just bought this game yesterday, and when I got online and looked at some of the reviews I was a little worried about how well it would play, due to the Steam game engine. The fact that it only comes with one cd-rom disc for 4 games also had me a little concerned.
However, once everything was installed, there's been no problems. Despite what some reviews might say, you CAN PLAY THIS GAME OFFLINE.
Once you've installed the game, and set up your Steam account, put in the cd key, etc. you can simply click the game icon and the steam account will try to start up, but once it realises you're not online it'll give you the option of playing in offline mode.
My computer didn't suffer any lags or gameplay problems, so aside from the fact that setting up the Steam account and downloading the updates will take almost 3 hours on a 56k.
For the price, it's a good deal. just don't be surprised when you can't play it right out of the box.
 WARNING: DO NOT BUY THIS PACKAGE! December 16, 2005
8 out of 18 found this review helpful
Okay, I'm not actually a kid, just too lazy to create an account. Now, the important stuff:
Half Life is a fun game, etc, etc. However, DO NOT, under any circumstances, buy it in this package. There are several reasons for this:
a) This isn't the original. It's the Steam version. You MUST install Steam, connect to the Net, and all this other stuff just to play the games. The games are stored in some special "steam" format that has no exe files or anything. YOU CAN ONLY RUN THE GAMES THROUGH STEAM because of this. This means Steam must always be open and connected to the Net to play any of these games, even the single player, offline ones like Half Life's single player missions.
b) Steam is really bad. I bought this package, and I can't even play the games using it. Steam tries to launch any of them and then the whole computer just freezes up- and my computer is WAAAY above the system requirements for Half Life (it is rather old, after all).
Overall, Half Life is fun and enjoyable, but this package is unplayable. Try to get your hands on an older version of Half Life before it was neutered into this hideous Steam version... even if you can't get Half Life anywhere else and you're desperate to play it, don't buy this package. You'll pay for it... I sure did.
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