Half-Life: Blue Shift (PC)

This page details pre-release information and/or media for Half-Life: Blue Shift (PC).

This page is rather stubbly and could use some expansion. Are you a bad enough dude to rescue this article? Notes: Make sure that anything specifically related to the Dreamcast version is kept on it's on page.

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Early Trailer#

An early trailer of Blue Shift when it was known as Half-Life: Guard Duty. A graphic of this early title still exists in the final game.

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• The trailer features the original Half-Life's orange UI ported over, rather than the blue in final.
• Many levels are ported wholesale from the original game as well, possibly as placeholders. These levels include:
  • c1a2a from Office Complex during the 0:28 timestamp.
  • c3a2d from Lambda Core during the 0:32 timestamp.
• The security guard lockers are colored army-green with no developer name tags on them.
• The flashlight is shown as an item rather than how it acts in the final. The model for the Flashlight has been found in the September 2000 Prototype!
• The HD Models didn't exist at this point.

Trailer 1#

A much later trailer for Blue Shift that was released on 30 March 2001, a month before the game released. It is mostly a remake of the first trailer but now with the HD models and the HUD is now blue like the final game. Lastly, compared to the older trailer, none of the maps from the original Half-Life are seen and all the maps featured and the ones seen in the final playable Blue Shift. This trailer also includes trailers for Opposing Force's CTF mode and HD Pack.

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