Half-Life

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Half-Life

Half-Life NTSC Cover
Game general and emulation properties:
ESRB rating: M (Blood and Gore, Violence)
PEGI rating: 16+
Game supports USB keyboard
Game supports USB mouse
Widescreen supported natively
Widescreen patch available
Supports up to two local players
Languages supported:
English: SLES-50504 & SLUS-20066
German: SLES-50505
French: SLES-50507
Spanish: SLES-50509
Italian: SLES-50508
Region NTSC-U:
Serial numbers: SLUS-20066
Release date: November 11, 2001
CRCs: A880AE9B
Windows Status: Playable
Linux Status: ?
Mac Status: ?
Region PAL:
Serial numbers: SLES-50504
SLES-50505
SLES-50506
SLES-50507
SLES-50508
SLES-50509
Release date: November 30, 2001
CRCs: F9E3CF90
Windows Status: Playable
Linux Status: ?
Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): Gearbox Software
Publisher(s): Sierra Entertainment (US, EU), Vivendi Universal Games (EU)
Genre: Action, Shooter, Arcade
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: IGN9.1/10, Metacritic87/100
Game description: Deep in the bowels of the Black Mesa Federal Research Facility, a decommissioned missile base, a top-secret experiment goes terribly wrong. As aliens come through the walls and a military death squad shoots everything in sight, young research associate Gordon Freeman must scramble to stay alive. Find your way through the monster-ridden areas of Black Mesa using your wits, limited security clearance, and a variety of weapons, ranging from a crowbar and pistols to a rocket launcher and grenades. With split-screen deathmatch and its exclusive "Decay" single-player and multiplayer cooperative modes, Half-Life is an action experience like no other.
Play as Gordon Freeman, a scientist at Black Mesa, as you try to escape the facility which has been overrun by alien lifeforms.


Test configurations on Windows:


Environment Configurations Comments Tester
Region OS CPU/GPU Revision Graphics Sound/Pad
PAL ?
  • Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2160 (2.4GHz)
  • Geforce 9600GT
0.9.8 GSDX r4455
  • SPU2-X 1.4.0
  • Lilypad 0.10.0
BIOS: USA v02.00, HACKS: Hacks: INTC, Wait Idle loop, mVU Flag hack, 50/50FPS Machina
NTSC-U Windows
  • Intel Core i7 @ 3.4Ghz
  • Nvidia GTX 285 768MB
1.1.0 r5452 GSdx 5442 SSE41
  • SPU2-X 2.0.0
  • LilyPad 0.11.0
Runs at 200-300% speed.
NTSC-U Windows
  • Intel Core i5 @ 3.0Ghz
  • Nvidia GeForce 210 512MB
1.2.1 [2-02-14] GSdx 5875
  • SPU2-X 5830 2.0.0
  • LilyPad 5822 0.11.0
Runs at 60FPS at any time during the game, it works great.


Test configurations on Linux:

Environment Configurations Comments Tester
Region OS CPU/GPU Revision Graphics Sound/Pad
PAL Xubuntu 17.04
  • Intel Core i5 3350P @ 3.5 GHz
  • AMD Radeon RX 480
1.5.0-dev-2175 GSdx 2017-08-16
  • SPU2-X 2017-08-16
  • OnePad 2.0.0
The game is having slowdown tendencies on any resolution, despite the speed being at constant ~100%. Mostly acceptable when playing single-player, but co-op (Decay) can start "slide-showing" at what visibly seems to be around 10 FPS during more intense moments. Some minor graphical glitches (mostly lighting) are also present, but otherwise the game is quite playable.


Trivia

  • Widescreen crops the top and bottom of the 4:3 image, meaning less visible viewing area than when played in 4:3.


The gallery

Public compatibility forum links