Half-Life 2 Launches on Mac With 1984 Commercial
30 percent off Half-Life 2 and Orange Box too!
Steam launched on the Mac OS X platform earlier this month, and today Mac users are finally graced with the opportunity to play one of the finest PC games of all time without having to Boot Camp into Windows.
Valve today launched Half-Life 2 for the Mac and is putting it up for sale at 30 percent off at $6.99. Of course, we recommend that you pay $20.99 for the equally discounted Orange Box bundle and get Half-Life 2, Episodes One and Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2. It was the best value in gaming when it launched at more than twice the price and it's an even better value now.
To celebrate the new release, Valve has released a new teaser ad that recreates the famous 1984 Apple ad but with fresher faces. Check it out below.
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coo now hurry up with the linux version damit >.
Lol!
coo now hurry up with the linux version damit >.
+1 because i also want Linux support (i dualboot and like Ubuntu
I thought that, given the current state of Apple, the 1984 commercial was comically ironic.
The Valve version of this commercial is just kind of depressing. Valve has always been so encouraging of the open source and modding community... and now they're developing for Apple. If the FCC were to make a platform, it'd be the Mac.
I really should play HL already...
Some epic games for little more than the cost of a MW2 map pack...
Oh looky looky, The Orange Box, $20.99. Thank you Steam.
Too bad I didn't get a second license for Portal.
I seem to be playing $10 games more than $50 games though. Maybe I'm just starting to dislike modern gaming...
Apple is big brother. Linux support pls.
Apple is the Anti-Christ.
I agree with the author, HL2 was the best straight out FPS ever. As far as FPS/RPG that goes to Fallout 3 and then Oblivion.
Apple is the Anti-Christ.
Grow up, is that you mom calling you for dinner?
Wait, it's 1998?
Isn't it better to play with bootcamp??? Because I have seen a test concerning Portal in wich we can see that performance are twice under Windows for the moment (maybe some optimization will arrive or Windows and DirectX are really better).
If someone know the impact of gaming in bootcamp...
Sorry for the errors (I'm not English)
Hey!! I'm not Anonymous!!!! but Dawnrouille
Why did he not recognize me?! My profile is connected...
If Apple is Big Brother then what the hell is Microsoft? Abusive Father?
Lol!+1 because i also want Linux support (i dualboot and like Ubuntu )
10.04 is too sweet is it not?
I got the orange box for £10 ($14) about six months ago.
I just rechecked amazon, where I got it from and it's gone up in price!
cutting edge 2004 gaming for the Mac, something to get excited about I suppose...
I wish I had waited - this game would have looked awesome on my 21.5" iMac. I just bought the Orange Box at Walmart at $18 CDN for Xbox 360.
OMG, the irony, I... just... can't... TAKE IT!!
Seriously LOL
cutting edge 2004 gaming for the Mac, something to get excited about I suppose...
Cutting edge or not, it was an instant classic. Classics never die, no matter how old and outdated they may look compared to the newer cutting-edge stuff. Was a great game, still is a great game....
though i greatly appreciate the homage to one of the best commercials in all time being used here, they did a pretty piss poor job with the audio and the cross-cuts and shortening of it so much was atrocious, in general it was a poorly produced commercial, and another 10-15 seconds of video and better audio composition would not have dramatically increased the cost of development.
Cutting edge or not, it was an instant classic. Classics never die, no matter how old and outdated they may look compared to the newer cutting-edge stuff. Was a great game, still is a great game....
Oh, so true! I'm playing HL2 through again on my Mac (for free!) and it's as good as the first run was a few years back. Then there's Episodes 1 and 2 to re-do. Great fun and I can keep all my Mac background apps running whilst I play games...near computing Nirvana. Come on Valve, Microsoft is still haemorrhaging from XBox losses, so try harder at persuading those DirectX chumps to code in OpenGL and release simultaneously for all platforms.
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Its funny because Apple forces a closed platform on its Ipad and Iphone, which are used for gaming. IRONY! KNEEL BEFORE JOBS!
I really should play HL already...Oh looky looky, The Orange Box, $20.99. Thank you Steam. Some epic games for little more than the cost of a MW2 map pack...Too bad I didn't get a second license for Portal. I seem to be playing $10 games more than $50 games though. Maybe I'm just starting to dislike modern gaming...
Ok cool but no one cares what you play stop talking about yourself. The purpose of comments is to talk about the article, not to tell everyone what you did today.
These little immature comments about Apple are really retarded, seriously, grow the hell up.
Still can't wait for Linux support, though.
Were there any Mac users waiting for the Max port of Orange Box for the last 2.5 years? I have to imagine most HL fans already bought it and dual-booted to Windows. Still, most Steam sales are probalby for old games that are at a discounted price the buyers always meant to try but never did. There are bound to be plenty of Mac users in the category.
Ok cool but no one cares what you play stop talking about yourself. The purpose of comments is to talk about the article, not to tell everyone what you did today.
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Lol!+1 because i also want Linux support (i dualboot and like Ubuntu )
I +2 on linux haha,I was thinking the same thing.They should bring steam to linux.I know a lot of the core gamer scene would love that.Its the only thing that been holding me back from using linux is is terrible game support as its one of the main things I use my PC for...but Im sick all the windows BS.
I thought that, given the current state of Apple, the 1984 commercial was comically ironic.The Valve version of this commercial is just kind of depressing. Valve has always been so encouraging of the open source and modding community... and now they're developing for Apple. If the FCC were to make a platform, it'd be the Mac.
What's funny is one of Valve's news items on Steam when they launch for the Mac was mentioning how great it is to have another "open platform" on Steam along side Windows.
Why does this commercial feel Ironic?
I'm pretty sure that this might be a preview of some tech they may be using in HL2 Ep 3... The shadows are different than HL2 Ep3, textures seem better, but the lighting is simply fantastic.
But I'm glad anybody who dropped 2 grand on a mac-book pro can at least know what they have been missing for half a decade.
mmm
I love how this tech forum bashes mac users