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[Fighter4575]

Due to being old (in the case of HL1 and its expansions, that is) and being locked to Steam now, is it possible for all of the Half Life games till Episode 2 to work on Win 8.1 without compatibility issues or Steam DRM with the CD versions? If not, then please tell me on which download link i am supposed to click on the games' entries for the Steam version (without DRM).

[Shattered]

The CD version I have (Generation 3) works fine under Windows 8.1 64 bit. With the help of some mods you can add higher resolutions. They run separate from Steam.

[hfric]

all CD versions work fine ... they one steam locked it to have multiplayer ... and added a DRM on it ... you know business as usual , sell something old as new

[Fighter4575]

Ok, thanks but Half Life 2 and its episodes will work right given they came out on the same day and after Steam was released.

[Shattered]

Half-Life 2 requires Steam, unless you use a cracked version.

[hfric]

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[Delacroix]

I thought 1.1.0.4 for instance was already unprotected. This is news to me that a CD was demanded for anything else beyond audio tracks?

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