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– A pirate-themed deathmatch mod focused on melee combat. PC Zone gave a rating of two out of five. PC PowerPlay'' wrote: "All new weapons, maps and outstanding pirate features make this a must download." •
Action Half-Life – A team-based multiplayer mod developed as part of the popular series of "Action"-based mods, designed to emulate the feel of an action movie. Members of the development team had previously worked with developers of
Counter-Strike on the mod
Action Quake 2. • '''' – Features fast-paced gameplay (aided by tools like a
jetpack and a
grappling hook) and revamps all of the weapons and the color scheme to icy blue. •
Counter-Strike – A team-based tactical
first-person shooter game involving rounds of combat between two teams, counter-terrorists and terrorists.
Counter-Strike was later released commercially by Valve as a standalone game. •
Day of Defeat – A
World War II first-person shooter, originally a mod and later a commercially released game. • '''' – A free, official mod by Valve that updates the multiplayer gameplay from
id Software's
Quake, featuring enhanced textures, models, and lighting. It was released on June 7, 2001, and included in an update to
Half-Life a month later.
OS X and
Linux ports of the Windows game were released through
Steam in August 2013. • ''
– A mod split off from Oz Deathmatch
. The mod has a "Lights Out" mode that turns off all the bright lights in a map. CNET Gamecenter placed it on its list of top 10 Half-Life
mods, comparing it to Oz Deathmatch'', saying that the mod is easier to use and the grappling hook is better but the night vision mode is worse. • ''Earth's Special Forces
– Third-person fighting oriented game based on the anime Dragon Ball Z''. In development since at least 2000, when early alpha versions were released, the mod features fast-paced 3D melee combat, shooting energy attacks, flight mechanics, character transformations, and multiple game modes. •
Frontline Force – A team oriented first person shooter mod in which players are divided into 2 teams: Attackers and Defenders. • '''' –
Gangster-themed mod that features four game modes: deathmatch, gangbang, capture the stash, and protect the don. Features more urban-type guns than other military mods. The mod also features financial and experience systems. When the player is fragged, they are sent to the opposing team's jail. If all players from one team are jailed, the round ends and the winners receive a point.
CNET Gamecenter placed it on its list of top 10
Half-Life mods, writing: "Jailbreak also creates a powerful bond between players on the same team; there's a tangible sense of gratitude when someone releases you from captivity and lets you back into the game." A new version of the mod,
Open Source JailBreak, was released when the original mod stopped development. • ''
– Australian-developed futuristic sports game described as a mix between lacrosse and rugby. There are three different athlete types and six player positions. PC Zone
gave a rating of 71% for the LAN-only version and a rating of 72% for the online-compatible version, saying the online component is "very weak" and LAN is still the preferred way to play. PC Action'' called it a challenging and fun mod. • ''
– A version of the Quake
series mod Rocket Arena'', released in 1999. It is mainly for one versus one matches but the mod supports teamplay up to four players. • – A cooperative fantasy role-playing total conversion mod. During character creation, the player has the option to select a race, which can be either human, dwarf, or elf. The available classes include wizard, archer, and rogue. The mod received an expansion titled
Master Sword: Continued. '''' gave the expansion a "good" rating. •
Natural Selection – A mod in which two teams (humans and aliens) fight against each other. Its utilizes a mixture of first-person shooter and real-time strategy gameplay. It gained a standalone successor,
Natural Selection 2. • ''
– Released on July 9, 2001. The gameplay features diving, rolling, and dual wielding that is described as "gun ballet". The game features minimal heads-up display (HUD) with no ammo, health or armour displayed. The mod was in production for two years. PC Zone'' gave a rating of three out of five. • '''' – A capture the flag mod based on
Gearbox Software's expansion pack
Half-Life: Opposing Force that was originally released in
Half-Life patch 1.1.0.0. A standalone version was released a few months later. • ''
– An early serverside mod that is a collection of deathmatch configuration options. Options that can be changed include magazine size, amount of blood, and weapon recoil. In January 2000, it was listed among the top five HL'' mods on
GameSpy's server browser.
CNET Gamecenter placed it on its list of top 10
Half-Life mods, writing: "Oz has long been one of our favorite ways to deathmatch." • ''
– An official Half-Life
mod by Valve. It was released on November 1, 2000, and included in Half-Life'' version 1.1.1.0 update, released on June 12, 2002. Ports of the game to
OS X and
Linux were released through
Steam on August 1, 2013. • ''
– An early mod that modifies every weapon in the game. For example the crowbar shoots "drunk" rockets and RPG shoots scientist and Barney modelled proximity mines. The mod also includes a capture the flag mode. Rocket Crowbar Redux: Source'', was released for the Source engine. It includes weapons like gravity grenade and a scientist shotgun. • ''
– Similar to the game king of the hill, one player is on a train, the other players try to knock them off of it. The longer the player stays on the train, the more points they score. PC Powerplay
and Computer Games noted it as a classic mod. A remake mod, Train Hunters
, was released after the development of Runaway Train'' went inactive. • '''' – A World War II-themed mod set on the Eastern Front, released in 2000 by Borderline Studios. It's a class-based mod with two teams: Germans and Russians. • '''' – Takes place in the year 2050. The teams are cops and convicts where the match can be won by either taking out the other team or just their leader. There is another game mode where only the convicts have a leader. •
Science and Industry – A team-based multiplayer mod in which players take the roles of security guards at two competing research firms. It features a weapons research system. • ''
– Red and blue teams try to kill more scientists than the other team. The mod includes bots and an option to fight human or bot opponents. PC Zone'' gave a rating of four out of five. •
The Ship – Set on a 1920s recreational cruise ship. Each player is assigned a quarry, and the object is to murder him or her with nobody watching, while at the same time watching out for, and defending themselves against their own hunter. Later released as a standalone game on the Source engine. •
The Specialists – This multiplayer mod is intended to resemble a stylized
action movies. •
Sven Co-op – Is a
co-op mod in which players fight against computer-controlled enemies, it was released as a standalone game in 2016. Apart from user contributed missions it is also possible to play co-operatively through the original
Half-Life game and its expansions, though the expansions can only be accessed if owned by everyone in the server. •
Team Fortress Classic – Originally a mod ported from
Quakeworld that introduced a class-system style of play that allowed for many diverse playing styles. With the introduction of Steam it became a standalone game and as of October 10, 2007 it has a commercially released sequel
Team Fortress 2. • ''
– Similar to Unreal Tournaments Domination game mode where two teams try to control various points on the map. GameStar'' said the included bots are useful but noted the maps as monotonous and classes unbalanced. •
Underworld: Bloodline – an asymmetric multiplayer FPS based on the
Underworld film franchise. Developed by
Black Widow Games in 2003 as a promotional tie-in for the film
Underworld, it is the only officially licensed Half-Life mod associated with a Hollywood movie.
Planet Half-Life called the original release "A great mod". They also reviewed Chapter IV and wrote: "The new maps fit perfectly with the atmosphere built up from the previous releases."
PC Zone gave version 1.1 a rating of three out of five,
Chapter III a rating of 69%, and
Chapter V a rating of 91%. • ''
– A World War II-themed mod released in 1999 that includes deathmatch, team deathmatch, and capture the flag. The player earns "promotions" by fragging, which allows purchasing of additional weapons. PC Gameplay
reviewed the game in 2001 and gave a rating of six out of ten, calling it worse than Day of Defeat''. • ''
– A post-apocalyptic-themed mod with modes for deathmatch, team deathmatch, and objective capture. PC Zone'' gave it a score of four out of five and said it's not as popular as it deserves to be. Later, an updated version of the mod was released, titled
The Wastes.
PC Zone gave it a score 69 out of 100 and called it a worthwhile update. • ''
– A fantasy-themed mod where the players are wizards who use wands to shoot spells at each other. There are six wizard classes. Game modes are capture the grail (capture the flag variant) and deathmatch. PC Gameplay'' gave the mod a score of seven out of ten, calling the mod: "Great fun overall, but let down slightly by poor graphics and slightly unbalanced spells. ". ==See also==