Counter-Strike

( for short, retroactively refering to Counter-Strike 1.6) was first released as a mod under the name on June 19th, 1999. The Counter-Strike Mod was developed by Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess "Cliffe" Cliffe until April 12th, 2000, when announced that the Counter-Strike developers and Valve had teamed up. Since then, Counter-Strike has been available to buy. The latest version of is 1.6, released on September 15, 2003, a few days after Steam launched, since then, the game continues to receive updates, like many other games. Since the release of later Counter-Strike games, it was commonly and retroactively called Counter-Strike 1.6 (CS 1.6 for short) to distinguish it from other Counter-Strike games.
Counter-Strike later become one of the most popular FPS franchises, and was widely played in tournaments since 2000s. Two new Counter-Strike games were later released in 2004 on PC, titled and respectively.
==Dedicated server==
==Versions==
The first beta version was released in June 19, 1999, as a Half-Life mod. Counter-Strike was officially launched in November 9, 2000, as version 1.0. Counter-Strike was previously available in two versions, retail and mod, the retail version was sold at retailers, it installs the game to separate directory and does not require to be installed, while the latter was a mod which was released on the official website, and available to download for free, but it requires to be installed. The mod version also came with few maps not available in retail version (due to legal reasons but those maps can be downloaded through official website), which are later removed months before Counter-Strike 1.6 was released.
The final major version of Counter-Strike is 1.6, released on September 15, 2003, few days after launched. Since then, Counter-Strike, like many other GoldSrc games, now only receiving minor updates (such as engine and security updates). Previous (WON) versions of Counter-Strike, such as 1.5 are still remains playable online until 2004 when WON master servers were completely closed, forcing user to use direct IP workarounds, patching the game to use WON2 servers, playing LAN/Offline or simply update to 1.6.
Since then, Counter-Strike is available to purchase on Steam and does not require Half-Life to be purchased to play.
==Maps==
===Official maps===
Counter-Strike maps use the following prefixes: de_ for Bomb Defusal, as_ for Assassination, and cs_ for Hostage Rescue. Counter-Strike previously also used to have a Training mode and map () at launch, before it was removed with the release of CS 1.6.
Version 1.6 of Counter-Strike has the following official maps included:
Hostage scenario:
{|	 	- since 10 March 2000 (Beta 6)
	- since July 1999 (Beta 1.1) 	
	- since 23 December 1999 (Beta 5) 	
	- since 8 June 2000 (Beta 6.5) 	
	- since 24 April 2002 (1.4) 	
	- since 8 June 2000 (Beta 6.5) 	
	- since 14 September 1999 (Beta 3)	
	- since 26 September 2000 (Beta 7)	
	- since 19 June 1999 (Beta 1) 	
==Limitations/Bugs==
Use GitHub in order to prevent duplicate or outdated bug reports at the wiki.
==Bots==
==Mods==
There are a few mods that significantly change the gameplay.
==Notes==
* Client-side fps_max is capped at 100 (on Steam version), formerly 72 (WON/Retail, like ) but can be changed with 3 commands:
*# // Disable VSync (Vertical Sync) - this options prevents screen tearing at the cost of lower and varied FPS and more input lag.
*# // Replace 100 with your desired FPS value.
*# 
* Some sources advocate against setting fps_max above 100, as it can cause player movements to slow down significantly (most noticeable when jumping).
* The server-side tickrate is 60.
* had built-in voice communication since 1.3.
==Trivia==
* The pirated copies of 1.6 in Russia, most of Asia and several other countries had a menu theme that is not in the Steam version. The most frequently used track was the main theme made from by Zak Belica, as well as a cut-down version which was also played on the version of .
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* The font used for the menu title in 1.5 is facelift. The font used for the menu items is Silk Remington Pro Seven.