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Counter-Strike, the world’s number one online action game series, is a first-person shooter developed by Valve Software, the creators of the renowned Half-Life series. This team-oriented online shooter pits terrorists and counter-terrorists against one another in round-based combat set all over the world. Using the power of the “Source” engine, the original Counter-Strike has been completely remade as Counter-Strike: Source—offering upgraded graphics, levels, and the implementation of a new physics engine. Counter-Strike will never be the same!
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First released to the public on June 18th, 1999, Counter-Strike began as a simple fan-produced mod for Half-Life. Thanks to a series of steadily-improving beta releases, the mod started to foster a progressively-enlarging and dedicated following. As the fast-paced, tactical game play was refined and improved, and as new concepts and maps were introduced, Counter-Strike moved from being a mere Half-Life mod to an entirely new game.
With the release of Steam, Valve's digital content delivery system, Counter-Strike found a new footing within the gaming community. Counter-Strike’s first single-player chapter, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero (Developed by Valve and Turtle Rock Studios), was a great success, bringing many new features and upgraded graphics to the classic game. The release of Counter-Strike: Source only helped boost the series further towards its now legendary status. Counter-Strike is about as close as you’ll ever get to saving the world; or destroying it!
Counter-Strike not only revolutionized the world of modding, but the entire Half-Life community, and we’re happy to show off our admiration of this revolutionary series with our collection of overviews, guides, strategies, tweaks, and tricks. Want to buff up on your Counter-Strike knowledge? Check out our overview sections. Need help “pwning n00bs” on de_dust? Swing by our map strategies section. Having trouble getting the most FPS out of your computer? We’ve got tech guides at your disposal. Want to turn your grenades into something more cute and cuddly, or change your Counter-Strike menu background? Head over to our files section for mods, maps, models, and more! Welcome to the last place you will ever need to go for all of your Counter-Strike needs!
Counter-Strike is a first-person shooter in which players join either the terrorist team, the counter-terrorist team, or become spectators. Each team attempts to complete their mission objective and/or eliminate the opposing team. Each round starts with the two teams spawning simultaneously.
A player can choose to play as one of eight different default character models (four for each side, although Counter-Strike: Condition Zero added two extra models, bringing the total to ten). Players are generally given a few seconds before the round begins (known as "freeze time") to prepare and buy equipment, during which they cannot attack or move. (one notable exception is that a player may receive damage during freeze time. This happens when a map is changed to spawn players at a certain height above the ground, thus causing fall damage to the player. This is a method map designers use to alter the starting "HP" of players on a map). They cannot return to the buy area within a set amount of time to buy more equipment (some custom maps included neutral "buy zones" that could be used by both teams). Once the round has ended, surviving players retain their equipment for use in the next round; players who were killed begin the next round with the basic default starting equipment.
Standard monetary bonuses are awarded for winning a round, losing a round, killing an enemy, being the first to instruct a hostage to follow, rescuing a hostage or planting (Terrorist)/defusing (Counter terrorist) the bomb.
The scoreboard displays team scores in addition to statistics for each player: name, kills, deaths, and ping (in milliseconds). The scoreboard also indicates whether a player is dead, carrying the bomb (on bomb maps), or is the VIP (on assassination maps), although information on players on the opposing team is hidden from a player until his/her death, as this information can be important.
Killed players become "spectators" for the duration of the round; they cannot change their names before their next spawn, text chat cannot be sent to or received from live players; and voice chat can only be received from live players and not sent to them (unless thecvar sv_alltalk is set to 1). Spectators are generally able to watch the rest of the round from multiple selectable views, although some servers disable some of these views to prevent dead players from relaying information about living players to their teammates through alternative media (most notably voice in the case of Internet cafes and Voice over IP programs such as TeamSpeak or Ventrilo). This form of cheating is known as "ghosting".
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FEATURES
Weapons and Equipment:
- Pistols
- Shotguns
- Sub-Machine Guns
- Rifles
- Machine Guns
- Equipment
- Melee (Knife)
General and Misc. Strategies:- Anti-Sniper
- Anti-Hacker
- Pistol Round
- CS Psychology
- Recoil & Headshots
- Strafing, Reloading & Bunny Hopping
- The "How to Not Be a Newbie Anymore" Guide
- Pistols: More than Sidearm
- Crouching, Reloading & Range Warcraft 3 Add-on
- Races
- Items
- General Strategies
- Technical
- Gameplay
- General
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RECOMMENDED
PROCESSOR=733 MHz
RAM=256 MB
VGA(Graphics)=32 MB
MINIMUM
500MHz Processor
16MB RAM
DirectX 7.0a compliant 8MB VRAM 3D accelerated video card
DirectX 7.0a compliant sound card
DirectX 7.0a or higher
4X CD-ROM drive
500MB uncompressed hard drive space
Keyboard
Mouse
RECOMMENDED
AMD Athlon or Intel Pentium III processor
128MB RAM
3D accelerator with 16MB VRAM
8X CD-ROM drive
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