Proto:Half-Life (Windows)

This page details one or more prototype versions of Half-Life (Windows).

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September 1997 Prototype A press demo made before the game was retooled into the Half-Life everyone knows.

Half-Life: Day One A pre-release demo made two months before the final was released. It has many minor differences, including evidence of a cut weapon, removed animations, and some larger textures.

Half-Life: Uplink A demo made after the game was released that nonetheless has a few differences.

Build 718

Evaluation release used by a mapper to create the map TIGHL01.

Build 735

First Italian retail release of the game, compiled a week before the final release. No noticeable differences from retail.

Build 738

To do: There's certainly more content than this: Hidden Palace article

Released by the group "CLASS" three days before the final release. No in-game differences, but there are earlier binaries.