First post, by Shadzilla
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Just one of those little personal achievements I thought I'd share. I finished Half-Life again today, only for the second time, but once again using an AMD K6-2 500 with a Voodoo Banshee and Windows 98. The same CPU, graphics card, and even motherboard I used in early 1999 when I played through it the first time. Not the best hardware of course, and certainly framerates were a struggle a few times, but on the whole very enjoyable at 640x480 on a CRT.
What a blast though. Firstly to be using the same kit again, that's really appealing. But the game is still every bit as good as it was back then. Enough time had passed for me to forget a lot of it too. It's really held up I think, it was just as enjoyable to play as it always was (possibly apart from the Xen levels, which felt like a bit of a chore).
I was spurred on by the recent 25th anniversary of course. If you haven't played it recently (or at all) it's well worth a look 😀