Half-Life 2 (Sep 29, 2004 prototype)

Half-Life 2 (Sep 29, 2004 prototype)
Build date Sep 29, 2004 Build name Build 2153 Dump status Released File release date September 29, 2004 Origin CD-R disc Game Half-Life 2 System PC Genre First-Person Shooting Final build WW Nov 4, 2004 Release date WW Nov 16, 2004

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A late prototype of Half-Life 2 for PC.

Notes

The Cutting Room Floor research

This prototype has a research article on TCRF.

• Near identical to final build.
• The only differences are bugs and friends menu, It was included with the Collector's Edition package, likely due to it taking more time to produce than the other editions due to including a T-Shirt and Guide.
• At this time, the Steam overlay didn't exist and you had to use a Friends menu to see your friends. When the Steam overlay was added in 2009, all Source Engine games were updated to remove the Friends menu.
• The Friends menu doesn't function anymore as the old Valve servers are offline.