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Half-Life - Sense of Smell AI
updated
On this 25th anniversary celebration, we go back to reveal the man who started it all: the great cyber-lumberjack himself, Ivan the Space Biker.
Music:
Half-Life (Kelly Bailey) - Vague Voices
Half-Life (Kelly Bailey) - Adrenaline Horror
Rest in Peace, Steve Harwell.
Full VOX announcer cover here: youtu.be/VbBA0TvMMcE
A complete walkthrough of Valve's forgotten text-based adventure game based in the Half-Life 2 universe, Half-Life 2: PHP, easily both the most forgotten and hardest Half-Life game around!
Play it in your browser today! http://web.archive.org/web/20040924091108/http://www.half-life2.com:80/hl2.php
For reference purposes: valvetime.co.uk/threads/hl2-php.39071
Music:
Half-Life 2 (Kelly Bailey) - Train Station 1
Half-Life 2 (Kelly Bailey) - Hazardous Environments
In today's episode, we gander at the automated mechanical quirks and workings of Half-Life's Turrets and Sentries.
Music:
Half-Life (Kelly Bailey) - Military Precision
In this installment of Half-Life minutia, we dive into Opposing Force to scrutinize the spikey-faced minions of Race X, the Pit Drones.
Read more about Race X at your local Combine OverWiki: combineoverwiki.net/wiki/Race_X
Music:
Half-Life: Opposing Force (Chris Jensen) - Orbit
Half-Life: Opposing Force (Chris Jensen) - Name
Half-Life: Opposing Force (Chris Jensen) - Storm
This is a full playthrough of the recently dumped Half-Life: Opposing Force Press Demo. Dated a few weeks before the final build, this demo contains a select handful of levels from three unconnected chapters of the full game (and a very brief Boot Camp sequence). While fairly close to release, there are still quite a few intriguing visual differences, audio changes, map edits, gameplay tweaks, and more. Can you spot them all?
Details and download here: hiddenpalace.org/Half-Life:_Opposing_Force_%28Oct_18,_1999_Press_Demo%29
archive.org/details/ofdemo-oct-18-1999
0:00 Half-Life menu
0:23 Opposing Force Press Demo menu
0:36 Boot Camp
2:02 Incoming
4:43 Welcome to Black Mesa
17:12 Friendly Fire
25:47 Foxtrot Uniform
28:05 Closing
After nearly two decades, I have finally put together the pieces to uncover one of the oldest unsolved Easter egg mysteries in the Half-Life series.
For reference purposes, check out Matt Armstrong's original website and these vintage reviews of his TFC maps:
web.archive.org/web/20010616205156/http://www.planetfortress.com/hellface
quakewiki.net/archives/jmcstfmapzone/tfcdarkness2.htm
quakewiki.net/archives/jmcstfmapzone/tfcbetrayed.htm
Music:
Half-Life (Kelly Bailey) - Nuclear Mission Jam
In today's Half-Life Fact Files episode, we learn that friendly fire... ain't.
Music:
Half-Life 2 (Kelly Bailey) - Particle Ghost
This educational film strip highlights some the more obscure details and pointless minutia of Opposing Force you may have overlooked.
Music:
Half-Life: Opposing Force (Chris Jensen) - Planet
Half-Life: Opposing Force (Chris Jensen) - Chamber
Half-Life: Opposing Force (Chris Jensen) - Lost in Thought
Half-Life: Opposing Force (Chris Jensen) - Name
Half-Life: Opposing Force (Chris Jensen) - Tunnel
Half-Life: Opposing Force (Chris Jensen) - Bust
Everything you wanted to know about Gus, the unsung hero of Half-Life, but were afraid to ask.
Read more about Gus at your local Combine OverWiki: combineoverwiki.net/wiki/Gus
Music:
Half-Life 2 (Kelly Bailey) - Apprehension and Evasion
Cribbed from Blahbalicious:
quakewiki.net/archives/blah
youtu.be/Y8nfOSreTVk
Today, we examine the map "randalpond" from the Half-Life 2 leak's WC map pack to check out its mostly functioning melon launcher.
My fixed map and VMF file may be downloaded here: drive.google.com/file/d/1KtCZu6y2BpKw3PgbJKLQyx6sAzHwSUrW/view?usp=sharing
Music:
Half-Life 2: Episode Two (Kelly Bailey) - Abandoned In Place
Half-Life 2: Episode Two (Kelly Bailey) - Vortal Combat
Modding and scripting by Barnz. Recording and editing by Marphy. Life of Black Tiger by whoever made Life of Black Tiger.
Today, we examine the bloody refreshments of Half-Life's picky alien drinkers, none of which is normally visible within the final game.
Music:
Half-Life (Kelly Bailey) - Electric Guitar Ambience
Today, we take a bite out of the Barnacle's chowing down behavior, spanning across the entire Half-Life series as it exists today!
Music:
Half-Life 2: Episode One (Kelly Bailey) - Guard Down
Half-Life 2: Episode One (Kelly Bailey) - Penultimatum
This entry takes a dive into some of the more obscure details and pointless minutia of Blue Shift you may have missed as well as shed light on a couple of the developers' tricks.
Music:
Half-Life (Kelly Bailey) - Nepal Monastery
Half-Life (Kelly Bailey) - Vague Voices
Half-Life (Kelly Bailey) - Drums & Riffs
On this fine day of April, join me as we embark on a magical journey 15 years in the making to hunt down the last melon.
Music:
Half-Life: Alyx (Mike Morasky) - Triumph
In this episode, we look behind the curtains to peer into the hidden entity names and gags that Gearbox's level designers tucked away into the maps.
Music:
Half-Life PlayStation 2 Port (Ben Houge) - Main Menu
Half-Life (Kelly Bailey) - Vague Voices
Half-Life (Kelly Bailey) - Space Ocean
Half-Life (Kelly Bailey) - Steam In The Pipes
Half-Life (Kelly Bailey) - Drums & Riffs
Half-Life (Kelly Bailey) - Diabolical Adrenaline Guitar
Half-Life (Kelly Bailey) - Dimensionless Deepness
Half-Life (Kelly Bailey) - Nuclear Mission Jam
Original video, if for some reason you didn't already know: youtu.be/VqB1uoDTdKM
In this speedy (you might even say "fast") episode, you are invited to feel the Fact Files of the lost Sega references from the cancelled Dreamcast port of Half-Life to brighten up your day.
Image sources:
eurogamer.net/articles/2012-09-14-gearbox-software-half-life-dreamcast-images
sonicnotes.info/1998/12/sonic-adventure.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sega-Dreamcast-VMU.jpg
Music:
Half-Life (Kelly Bailey) - Adrenaline Horror
This mini-minisode takes a look at the secrets hidden within the gibbing pool Barney in Decay's Domestic Violence mission.
In this edition, we once again blue ourselves to take a sneak peek into the hidden entity names and gags that Gearbox's level designers tucked away into the maps.
Music:
Half-Life: Opposing Force (Chris Jensen) - Tunnel
Half-Life (Kelly Bailey) - Vague Voices
Half-Life (Kelly Bailey) - Military Precision
Half-Life (Kelly Bailey) - Hard Technology Rock
Half-Life: Opposing Force (Chris Jensen) - Bust
Half-Life 2 (Kelly Bailey) - Tracking Device
Today, we blue ourselves into Blue Shift to take a look (or is that "listen"?) at the conversations you heard but couldn't hear.
Music:
Half-Life: Opposing Force (Chris Jensen) - Run
On this fine day of April, join me as we embark on a magical journey to discover every single melon that has appeared in the entirety of the Half-Life 2 series (through Episode Two).
Music:
Half-Life 2: Episode Two (Kelly Bailey) - Abandoned In Place
Half-Life 2: Episode Two (Kelly Bailey) - No One Rides For Free
This fun size episode covers the entirety of our understanding of the venerable psionic Xen bowling pin on legs, the Kingpin.
Music:
Half-Life (Kelly Bailey) - Alien Shock
Half-Life (Kelly Bailey) - Dimensionless Deepness
This short installment looks at the history of Half-Life's cut alien breeding and moss growth, a saga spanning over half a decade that still remains open to this very day.
Credit to Barnz for a majority of the research.
Sources:
valvetime.co.uk/threads/half-lifes-lost-feature-timeline.257828
web.archive.org/web/19990224021643/gamesmania.com/english/sneak/new/halflife/halflife3.htm
web.archive.org/web/19980526161341/http://www.unreal.org/features/ects_day2
web.archive.org/web/20020407191448/trepidation-software.net/interviews/2002-02-18-gabenewell.shtml
web.archive.org/web/20030616091523/trepid.net/interviews/2003-06-13-gabenewell.shtml
Music:
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Kelly Bailey) - Hazardous Environments Music Kit (main menu theme)
This edutainmentional Fact Files episode floats on over the cut Xen alien, the Flocking Floater aka the Bloater aka the Stingsail.
Music:
Half-Life (Kelly Bailey) - Sirens in the Distance
While most are familiar with the lead, explosive, and knife-based casualties in the series, did you know that Counter-Strike is a host to a number of unique and sometimes unlikely environmental hazards? This educational film reel highlights the most peculiar demises a hapless player can experience in CS's official maps, examining both the final retail levels and the cut beta levels.
Music:
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Deleted Scenes (Zak Belica) - Fastline Intro
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Deleted Scenes (Zak Belica) - Fastline Begin
On this day, Half-Life is now officially 20 years old. Yep.
Music: Instant Remedy - Druid 2 (http://www.remix64.com/track/instant-remedy/druid-2)
Many thanks to Jackathan, Slartibarty, Quadrazid, and the many others who've lent their assistance to these Half-Life videos over the years. And, of course, immense gratitude to you, the viewer, for coming along on the ride.
0:00 Beginning the GoldSrc Funk
0:10 WON main menu
0:20 Half-Life
0:22 Half-Life: Opposing Force
0:25 Half-Life: Blue Shift
0:28 Half-Life: Decay
0:30 Half-Life (reprise)
0:32 Half-Life: Opposing Force (reprise)
0:35 Half-Life: Blue Shift (reprise)
0:37 Half-Life: Decay (reprise)
0:40 Half-Life (return of the reprise)
0:42 Half-Life (Dreamcast port)
0:45 Half-Life: Uplink
0:47 Half-Life (return of the reprise redux)
0:50 Half-Life multiplayer (Stalkyard deathmatch)
0:52 Half-Life: Opposing Force multiplayer (Xen Dance deathmatch)
0:55 Half-Life: Opposing Force Capture The Flag (Paradox Park Control Point)
0:57 Half-Life multiplayer (Crossfire team deathmatch)
0:59 Hazardous Course 2
1:00 USS Darkstar
1:01 Half-Life: Echoes
1:02 Scientist Slaughterhouse
1:04 Snow-War
1:05 Residual Life
1:06 Azure Sheep/Point of View
1:07 Half-Quake
1:08 Half-Life: C.A.G.E.D.
1:10 Crack-Life
1:11 Wanted!
1:12 Existence
1:13 Vampire Slayer
1:15 Chemical Existence
1:16 They Hunger
1:17 Poke646
1:18 Battle Grounds
1:20 BrainBread
1:21 The Specialists
1:22 MasterSword: Continued
1:23 Tour of Duty
1:25 Science and Industry
1:26 Jaykin' Bacon: Source
1:27 Absolute Redemption
1:28 PARANOIA
1:30 International Online Soccer
1:31 Cry of Fear
1:32 Brutal Half-Life
1:33 Someplace Else
1:34 Hostile Intent
1:36 Sweet Half-Life
1:37 The Trenches
1:38 Afraid of Monsters: Director's Cut
1:39 Pirates, Vikings, and Knights
1:41 Zombie Panic!
1:42 Action Half-Life
1:43 Holy Wars
1:44 Gangsta Wars
1:46 Wizard Wars
1:47 Half-Life Rally
1:49 Counter-Strike Beta 1.0
1:51 Day of Defeat
1:54 Deathmatch Classic
1:57 Ricochet
1:59 Team Fortress Classic
2:04 Counter-Strike 1.6/Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
2:09 Heart of Evil
2:10 The Opera
2:12 Natural Selection
2:13 Kanonball
2:14 The Ship
2:15 Firearms
2:16 Underworld: Bloodline
2:18 Gladiator
2:19 Resident Evil: Cold Blood
2:20 Global Warfare
2:21 Half-Rats
2:23 Swiss Cheese Halloween
2:24 Monkeystrike
2:25 Half-Life: Zombie Edition
2:26 Bumper Cars
2:28 Gunman Chronicles
2:31 Sven Co-op
2:33 Half-Nuked/Year of the Dragon/Half-Payne
2:36 Big Lolly
2:39 The end of Funk
2:57 Half-Life Alpha
Download this map at the exciting release thread here:
doomworld.com/forum/topic/102914-revenant-bus-a-doom-2-simulation-map
This time around, we do battle with Father Time himself to catch a glimpse of perhaps the most obscure Headcrab in all of Half-Life.
Music:
Half-Life (Kelly Bailey) - Klaxon Beat
Half-Life (Kelly Bailey) - Dimensionless Deepness
Half-Life (Kelly Bailey) - Nuclear Mission Jam