Counter-Strike

“	The best multiplayer game of 2000, bar none.	”
	— Game Revolution

Counter-Strike
Developer	Valve Corporation
Publisher	Sierra Entertainment (PC)
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release Date	June 19, 1999 (mod) November 8, 2000 (retail)
Genre	FPS (First-person shooter)
Mode(s)	Multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Mature ELSPA: 15+ OFLC: MA15+

Overview

Counter-Strike (originally marketed as Half-Life: Counter-Strike) is a multiplayer first-person shooter initially created by Minh Le and Jess Cliffe as a mod for Half-Life. By the fourth beta, Valve Corporation began assisting the two developers and ultimately offered them jobs. Both of them accepted, and the rights for the game were acquired by Valve. After over a year of public beta testing, the retail version of Counter-Strike was published by Sierra Entertainment on November 8, 2000 for Microsoft Windows. Since the creation of the franchise, various sequels and spinoffs have been created such as Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, Counter-Strike: Source, and the latest in the series, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

Blurb

Play the world's number 1 online action game. Engage in an incredibly realistic brand of terrorist warfare in this wildly popular team-based game. Ally with teammates to complete strategic missions. Take out enemy sites. Rescue hostages. Your role affects your team's success. Your team's success affects your role.

Game Modes

There are three official game modes in Counter-Strike:

• Assassination
• Hostage rescue
• Bomb defuse

Maps

• Assassination
• Hostage Rescue
• Bomb Defuse
• BETA

Weapons

• Pistols
• Shotguns
• Sub-Machine Guns
• Assault Rifles
• Sniper Rifles
• Machine Guns
• Melee

PC system requirement

Minimum: 500 mhz processor, 96mb ram, 16mb video card, Windows XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection.

Recommended: 800 mhz processor, 128mb ram, 32mb+ video card, Windows XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection.

Mac system requirement

Minimum: OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.3, 1GB RAM, 4GB Hard Drive Space, NVIDIA GeForce 8 or higher, ATI X1600 or higher, or Intel HD 3000 or higher Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection.

Linux system requirement

Minimum: Linux Ubuntu 12.04, Dual-core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz, 1GB Memory, nVidia GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeaon HD2600/3600 (Graphic Drivers: nVidia 310, AMD 12.11), OpenGL 2.1, 4GB Hard Drive Space, OpenAL Compatible Sound Card.

Gallery

Beta Elite Crew and Beta Phoenix Connexion in the map Italy. Both are wielding the Krieg 552.

Beta Arctic Avengers wielding an Ingram Mac-10 and Beta Phoenix Connexion wielding an CV-47 in the cut map Tundra.

A SEAL Team 6 operative with a Schmidt Scout and a GSG-9 operative with a ES C90 in an old version of Piranesi.

A Beta Elite Crew and a Beta Guerrilla Warfare wielding Glocks are heading for Bombsite B in the map Dust.

A SAS operative is engaging an Elite Crew member with a Bullpup in Dust.

A Guerrilla Warfare member is attacking the Counter-Terrorists in Havana.

A Condition Zero GIGN operative is escaping from the C4.

A GIGN operative wielding a Bullpup is engaging two Phoenix Connexion members wielding the CV-47 and KM UMP45 in Prodigy. Note that a Flashbang is going to burst on the ground.

A SAS operative wielding a UMP45 is engaging an Arctic Avengers member wielding a CV-47 in Havana.

A Counter-Terrorist is reloading an M4A1 in Aztec.

A GSG-9 operative with a UMP-45 is engaging a Phoenix Connexion member wielding a Krieg 552 in Havana.

A Counter-Terrorist operative is aiming at an Arctic Avengers member with a Scout in Dust2.

A GIGN operative wielding an MP5 is engaging an Elite Crew member with a Krieg 552.

External links

• Counter-Strike at Counter-Strike Wiki.
• Counter-Strike Wiki