Half-Life 64

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Half-Life 64 is a port of the 1998 PC game Half-Life. This version has significantly worse draw-distance and lower quality SFX and voice clips than the original PC version and it requires the N64 Expansion pack to run. It was released in late 1999 to a average to positive reception. Reviewers praised the N64 being able to handle such an, at the time, technically impressive game.
== Plot ==
The plot is identical to the original game.
In the New Mexico based Black Mesa Research Facility, a typical work day is ruined when alien creatures pour into the facility because of an experiment gone wrong. You, as Gordon Freeman, need to fight your way out of the facility, which is slowly becoming a war zone.
== Gameplay ==
The gameplay is largely similar to the PC version. You must use a variety of weapons to kill enemies in the Black Mesa Facility and solve puzzles to access new areas. All of the weapons and enemies from the PC version appear here, however in some areas there are a reduced number of enemies compared to the PC version to reduce lag. The 12th chapter of the game Surface Tension was cut down a lot to allow the game to run on the N64's hardware. There are no cutscenes in the game, all major story events are told through scripted sequences.
The game also features multiplayer with up to 4 players.
==​Development==
The game's development began around March 1999 and was announced at E3 later that year. There was a cut multiplayer map found in the data that can still be accessed using Action Replay codes.
==​Reception==
The game was received fairly well by critics. As of December 31st 2011 it has sold 2.7 million copies.
==Trivia==
*Some breakable crates in the game contain Half-Life 64 cartridges.
*There is a glitch which allows the player to skip the train ride at the beginning of the game. You need to crouch and then crawl over to the door. Keep holding forward on the analogue stick between the door and the seat and eventually the player will fall through and die. For some reason, the game places you at the beginning of chapter 2 instead of restarting the map you died in.
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