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0WN4G30WN4G3 Join Date: 2003-08-30 Member: 20398Members
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I was calling around the Local Video game stores, and non of them had Half-Life, so I called London Drugs, and I was questioned with 2 types of games, non being the original Half-Life, these were the Game names:

Blue Shift
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Opposing Force
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Can anyone of these patch with Natural Selection? Or do I need the original Half-Life.
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  • VolmistVolmist Join Date: 2003-08-10 Member: 19330Members
    you need either half life or the retail version of counter strike to play ns.

    opposing force will not work, and blue shift is just a mod for half life.
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  • 0WN4G30WN4G3 Join Date: 2003-08-30 Member: 20398Members
    So I can just buy Counter Strike retail? and I won't need to buy Half-Life?
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  • VolmistVolmist Join Date: 2003-08-10 Member: 19330Members
    yep, u can use cs retail just fine
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  • 0WN4G30WN4G3 Join Date: 2003-08-30 Member: 20398Members
    edited August 2003
    Wait.... Dont I originally Need Half-Life on my computer to install counter strike?
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  • 0WN4G30WN4G3 Join Date: 2003-08-30 Member: 20398Members
    Hello? Sorry For Double Post, but I need to know before I go out and buy.
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  • MrMoFoMrMoFo Join Date: 2003-05-10 Member: 16193Members
    no cs retail is its own game you dont need half life for it
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  • 0WN4G30WN4G3 Join Date: 2003-08-30 Member: 20398Members
    Ok, thank you, greatly appreciated!
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  • VolmistVolmist Join Date: 2003-08-10 Member: 19330Members
    heh, that would be funny, they make you buy a retail version of a mod, and then make you spend another $50 or so on the real version of the game, heh....oh wait....thats wat blue shift is <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • BlueNovemberBlueNovember hax Join Date: 2003-02-28 Member: 14137Members, Constellation
    edited August 2003
    Just to clear things up:
    CS Retail is a <i>stand alone</i> game which cant be used to play NS
    CS the mod is an add-on for Half life. If you have Half life you can play the mod and NS

    HL is Half Life, (of course,) and is AKA
    -->Half Life (Orange box)
    -->HL Gamer's Edtion (Blue box? Contians Blueshift, Opposing force, +the usual. 4cd case)
    -->HL GOTY Edition (Orange also I think. Contains more maps and bits n bobs.)

    You can buy the normal-orriginal-no-frills Half Life <a href='http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3043820497&category=11047' target='_blank'>here</a>.

    EDIT: Oh yeah. For 99p. It is an eBay auction.
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  • JowerJower Join Date: 2003-02-12 Member: 13448Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--BlueNovember+Aug 31 2003, 03:03 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BlueNovember @ Aug 31 2003, 03:03 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> CS Retail is a <i>stand alone</i> game which cant be used to play NS <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I believe you mean CAN be used to play NS
    Just to avoid confusion =)
    DOD retail is also supposed to work with NS I think but I dunno if it does yet

    Or have I just been away for so long that evil gnomes have taken over the world and NS dosen't work on anything except quake 3 nowadays ?
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  • BlueNovemberBlueNovember hax Join Date: 2003-02-28 Member: 14137Members, Constellation
    I was under the impression that CS Retail was just that. Ah well. I suppose somebody has probably modded it to run NS even if it couldn't in the process.

    Can someone comfirm that?
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  • JowerJower Join Date: 2003-02-12 Member: 13448Members
    I'm pretty sure CS and DOD retail can play mods
    Though as I said I might have been away for to long and have made up stuff to myself
    hehe
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  • J_D_WJ_D_W Join Date: 2003-05-22 Member: 16598Members
    Half Life - £8. PLAYS ALL MODS
    Counterstrike\Day of defeat retail - £15 STAND ALONE NOT ALL MODS
    OpFor £8 NEEDS HALF LIFE
    Blueshift £8 STAND ALONE WITH HIGH DEFINITION MODELS FOR OP FORCE HL AND BLUE SHIFT
    Cs\dod modification - free, 1 hour down load.
    What do you think is better?
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  • 0WN4G30WN4G3 Join Date: 2003-08-30 Member: 20398Members
    I just did a check on the faq, and ima buy Counterstrike, because all my local stores, just have the platinum pack which costs 58$ and contains every Half-Life add-on.
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  • TestamentTestament Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4037Members
    1 hour DL for CS/DOD? Try 5 minutes.
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  • 0WN4G30WN4G3 Join Date: 2003-08-30 Member: 20398Members
    XD, I know I get it at 930kpbs a second

    But im not dling it, because I tried to once, and then I found out, I needed half-life.
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  • BlueNovemberBlueNovember hax Join Date: 2003-02-28 Member: 14137Members, Constellation
    ...but you can download them for free?
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  • BlueNovemberBlueNovember hax Join Date: 2003-02-28 Member: 14137Members, Constellation
    Oh right, sorry.

    I didn't see page 2. Hee hee. Now I feel like a n00b...
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  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    Let's clear this up for you, 0WN4G3.

    Half-Life is the original game. Counterstrike, Day of Defeat, Blue Shift, Opposing Force, Natural Selection, Team Fortress Class, Science and Industry, The Opera, The Specialists etc. etc. are all modifications of Half-Life (or "mods"). Opposing Force and Blue Shift are "official expansion packs", and all the rest are made by groups of people who just wanted to make cool games. Except for OpFor and Blue Shift, you can download ANY Half-Life mod for free, and they'll work with the original game.

    However, when Valve realised how insanely popular CS is they decided to take it under their wing and sell it as a product in itself. Same thing with Day of Defeat now. To be perfectly frank, you'd be getting ripped off to buy these (well, maybe they cost less than Half-Life itself, I don't know). You can download CS, DoD, NS and any other third party mod for free, and play them with original Half-Life. I strongly suggest you get a hold of Half-Life itself, and not retail DoD or CS. That way you get singleplayer Half-Life itself, as well as getting all the rest for free.

    By the way, any box which says "also includes Team Fortress Classic!" is just a marketing ploy. Included with the latest version of Half-Life are Team Fortress Classic, Ricochet, and Deathmatch Classic, for free. They're all mods made by Valve, and everyone who has Half-Life automatically has them, since the latest patches install them.
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  • BlueNovemberBlueNovember hax Join Date: 2003-02-28 Member: 14137Members, Constellation
    ...and none of them are as good as NS IMHO.

    However, slicing some heads in Richochet can be quite relaxing after being pumped full of LMG ammo by that lucky marine who caught you on an off day.
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