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    Half-Life 1 on Vista?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by skiwolf, Aug 20, 2007.

  1. skiwolf

    skiwolf Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was looking to purchase the Half-Life 1: Anthology package, because I never experience HF1, and was wondering about the compatibility of it on Vista. Has anyone tried Half-Life 1 on Vista and did it work? I am curious because I know there are backwards compatibility issues with Vista, and do not want to spend 20 bucks and then find out it was a waste.
     
    skiwolf, Aug 20, 2007
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    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    Works fine for me except for games explorer
     
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    skiwolf Notebook Enthusiast

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    sorry, what's games explorer?
     
    skiwolf, Aug 20, 2007
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    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    The games folder
     
    Patrick, Aug 20, 2007
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    leovalles Newbie

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    It´s ok on my vista home basic, I recently bought it from steam along with counter strike, day of defeat, deathmatch classic, etc, etc, etc. and they all work fine...
     
    leovalles, Aug 21, 2007
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    Even games explorer works.
     
    knightingmagic, Aug 21, 2007
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    did you get half life: source, or half life (original non-source upgraded)?
     
    skiwolf, Aug 21, 2007
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    i have all of them, and some do not show up in games explorer
     
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    The original. I´d never played HL or CS before so I decided to give a try to the basic ones. Also since I´m in Venezuela, I had to buy this pack and the steam account through a third party here for something like $16 (35000 Bs in my currency) and it included 8 games in total; I´m not sure if that pack is available at steam or it´s name, but they here sell different combo packs, including the source ones (more expensive).
     
    leovalles, Aug 21, 2007
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