Conclusions

Still beta, but already a winner

Despite a couple of minor flaws, Counter-Strike is intensely enjoyable and utterly addictive. After the first couple of times I played it, I thought of CS as everything that Rogue Spear multiplayer should have been. After months of saying "I'll play a game like that when someone makes it with the Quake 3 engine" I finally caved in and played the one made for the Half Life engine. I'm not sorry either, although it's sucked away more of my free time in the last two weeks than I'm willing to admit.

Defusing the bomb

Guarding an entrance to primary

The development team is constantly tweaking and improving the game - after a year of development, it will soon reach 1.0 status and become an officially sanctioned upgrade to Half Life. And why not? It's probably the most significant mod to be developed for any game since CTF for Quake 1.

3 CTs guard a hallway

Stupid camper tricks

Interested in playing? You'll need a full version of Half Life and the Counter-Strike patch, which you can download from the official Counter-Strike page. While you're waiting for that to download, enjoy more screenshots on the following pages.

Same dorks

Fortifying the H