Free demo
In the game
- Original levels not in Half-Life
Released on 12 February 1999. It shipped on the PC Gamer US cover CD, May 1999.
PC
Half-Life: Uplink
Half-Life is a 1998 first-person shooter (FPS) game developed by Valve Corporation and published by Sierra Studios for Windows. It was Valve's debut product and the first game in the Half-Life series.
Shooter
- Time to beat
- about 0.5 hours
- Plays offline
- Yes
Overview
Valve released two Half-Life demos. The first, Half-Life: Day One, contained the first fifth of the game and was distributed with certain graphic cards. The second, Half-Life: Uplink, was released on February 12, 1999, and featured original content. Uplink would also release on the PlayStation 2 port on a demo disc through the 57th issue of the Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. A short film based on Half-Life, also titled Half-Life: Uplink, was developed by Cruise Control, a British marketing agency, and released on February 11.
Half-Life is a first-person shooter (FPS) that requires the player to perform combat tasks and solve puzzles to advance. Unlike most FPS games at the time, which relied on cut-scene intermissions to detail their plotlines, Half-Life's story is told mostly using scripted sequences (bar one short cutscene), keeping the player in control of the first-person viewpoint. In line with this, the player rarely loses the ability to control the player character, Gordon Freeman, who never speaks and is never actually seen in the game; the player sees "through his eyes" for the entire length of the game. Half-Life has no levels; it instead divides the game into chapters, whose titles briefly appear on screen as the player progresses through the game.
Official trailer
Gameplay Video. Watch on YouTube
Gameplay
Half Life Uplink - PC full playthrough, Abandonware. Watch on YouTube
Screenshots
Game details
- Genres
- Shooter
- Developer
- Valve
- Publisher
- Sierra Entertainment, Ziff Davis Media
- Series
- Half-Life
- Engine
- GoldSrc
- Platforms
- Windows, PlayStation 2
- Modes
- Single player
- Yes
- Local multiplayer
- No
- Online multiplayer
- No
- Co op
- No
Release dates
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Windows | Worldwide | 1999-02-12 |
Editions
DLC
Uplink is a free demo and had no DLC.
Playable today
Playable offline todayYes
Single-player only, with no online features.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Price at release | Free demo, 12 February 1999 |
| Ever released on disc | Yes, magazine cover CD, 1999 PC Gamer US, May 1999. |
| Ever released in the store | No Never sold in a store. |
| In the store to buy today | No |
| Can be downloaded again if you already bought it | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: campaign | Yes |
| Playable offline today: local multiplayer | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: DLC | Does not exist |
Online
Plays offlineYes
Staff and cast
- Staff
Role Name Developer Valve Publisher Sierra Engine GoldSrc
Credits
- Publisher
- Sierra Entertainment, Ziff Davis Media
- Developer
- Valve
- Released
- 1999-02-12
- Region
- US
- Time to beat
- about 0.5 hours
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