Half-Life (Dreamcast)

Half-Life
Developers: Gearbox Software, Captivation Digital Laboratories Platform: Dreamcast This game has unused areas. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused cinematics.

This game was never completed and/or given a public release. As a result of this, keep in mind that the developers might have used or deleted some of the content featured here, had the game actually been released.

The Dreamcast Half-Life is a port of the Windows original (also including Blue Shift) that was canned shortly before its planned release in 2001 - though not before its Prima strategy guide had been shipped to some retailers (who in turn practically gave them away to anyone interested in a copy).

To do: Look through the models. Make videos of the unused level and intro as running on Dreamcast hardware. A build dated April 20, 2001 (about a month before the one documented here) has been dumped. Look through it for any differences.

Unused Deathmatch Level

Present in the Half-Life directory is a map file called dm_office.bsp. Although it seems to be made for a deathmatch game mode, the Dreamcast version was never planned to have any multiplayer options. This map was reused in the PlayStation 2 version.

Note that the uploader was playing this map under the Steam version of Half-Life.

(Source: Marphy Black)

Unused Intro

Present in the Blue Shift directory is a map file called cam1.bsp.

Note that the uploader was using his own custom models in this video while playing this map under the Steam version of Half-Life, for it would look a bit different if loaded under the ported Dreamcast engine (i.e., model stuttering).

(Source: Marphy Black)

Unused Menu Backdrops

The CD version of Half-Life had images for the loading and console screens. These screens seem to be early variants for Blue Shift. They're located in CACHED.WAD under the Blue Shift directory.

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  The console background.

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  The loading screen.

Unused Textures

Found within BARNEY.WAD of the April 20, 2001 build are a few early textures for the power cell.

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Within the same .WAD file are a few textures with coolant mispelled as "coolent".

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