Half-Life: Source
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Half-Life: Source is a port of the original Half-Life game, utilizing Half-Life 2's Source engine. It was included in the collector's edition of Half-Life 2 and is also sold separately on Steam.
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Half-Life: Source is a direct port to the Source engine as opposed to an actual remake. All of the same assets are used, more or less, and most of the differences are due to the fundamental features of the new engine (more detailed lighting and water effects, for example). Some additional optimizations have been made, however, such as increased quality textures, the replacement of drawn bitmap skies with 3D skyboxes, and the addition of new or improved atmospheric effects in some areas. The game's front-end user interface has also been overhauled to resemble that of Half-Life 2, with a chapter selection and dynamic menu backgrounds featuring scenes from the game.
