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Half-Life

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PC1.9 GB1998
B 15961492

Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.

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Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.

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Installation Guide

Step-by-step setup process

1
Game is pre-installed / portable, therefore you do not need to install the game.
2
Just extract the rar / zip file.
3
Simply launch the game from hl.exe inside the game folder.

Important Notes

Please review these important details before installation

Install necessary apps from Redist or _CommonRedist to ensure game launches without any problems.

Keep your antivirus on. If it quarantines a file and the game will not start, do not exclude the folder or switch protection off. Compare the archive's SHA-256 with the hash listed for the download, where there is one, then follow our Safety & Verification page to report it. If you decide to restore a file, restore that one file only.

Run the game as administrator only if it will not start or cannot save without it.

For a detailed guide, read the Installation Guide on our website.

Installation GuideSafety & Verification

System Requirements

Minimum specifications needed

OS
Windows XP
Processor
800 mhz processor
Memory
128 MB
Graphics
32 MB+ video card
Storage
600 MB available space

About this build

Matches Steam
Version
Build 15961492
Compared with Steam
The same build Steam has now. Checked Nov 14, 2026.

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Fresh off the press

4 months ago 5.0/5

Look for it at the top of the stream.

Kostia
Kostia 4 months agoEdited New Challenger 4 5.0/5

Not virus and i really like this game

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floppa

floppa

please help me i tried to change game to opposing force and blue force but it didn't work and when i turn off my fire wall , exclusion the game file and it still didn't work , the normal game works perfectly fine , thank you


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Wisdom

Wisdom

1998 is wild

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cratos20203

cratos20203

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For me it downloaded perfectly fine, i launched the game and when i decided to change games it didnt work, for some reason the expansions ( blueshift and opposingforce ) dont work, i even tried using -game gearbox ( or bshift ) in a shortcut of hl.exe but it didnt work, maybe you can fix it? and btw half life and uplink work perfectly fine, just the expansions, i guessed you put an old legacy version of the expansions with the latest build of half life? and the .dll's just didnt work?

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peter

peter

bro after extracing file its asking xinput1_4.dll is missing even after downloading this file from internet its not working.
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Youraverageanon

Youraverageanon

Download link is broken
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peter

peter

Download link is broken
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