Half-Life Date Confirmed

Half-Life Series
#1

https://gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2010/03/24/Aperture-Science_3A00_-A-History.aspx

Half-Life is set in 1998. It’s official, and yes this has been confirmed by Valve.

Edit: Screw this, Marc disproved it.

#2

nowai

#3

I thought it was 200X?

#4

Well, works for me.

Sucks though, that means The Matrix never came out…

#5

Holy crap. Well the 200X date just went out the window.

#6

omg noez it was supposed to be last year!

#7

You mean this?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FreemanJobLetter.jpg
EDIT:

Anything new here recently? BTW, has there always been HL2 “goody-crates” in the Christmas scene?

#8

I think valve may have created a new retcon.

#9

What does that have to do with the game taking place in 200X?

EDIT: Damn you coldroll.

#10

I can has cookie?

#11

Great. Now, either the devs have to change all the references to something that was not released in 1998 (Example: the monitoring screens at the beginning, all the computer monitors…), that means the mod will be released later, either they won’t do anything because they are lazy and the mod will be fucked up.

Fuck you, Valve.

#12

In my world it takes place in 2009 even though it is not cannon :frowning:

#13

It already took place in 1998 for me. Now it’s confirmed.

#14

for reals, this is wonderful news.

Alright, gang, let’s purge those fugly Windows XP textures![/SIZE]
Bring on the Windows NT 4.0!!! :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: [/SIZE]

#15

Wouldn’t it be Windows 98? :stuck_out_tongue:

Anyways, even if it was in 1998 how many references, or even implications, to the date do you remember? I doubt this’ll make any difference in anything.

#16

Fuckin windows 98

#17

Im sure the DEV’s somehow already knew about the year. Or atleast knew it was sometime during late 90’s or early 2000’s.

#18

NT4 was for pro users,
'98 is for home losers.

…Really, you can’t expect every computer to be running a new home operating system from the year it takes place. Better to represent a professional operating system from only 2 years prior.

#19

easy fix: it was a testing and designing facility for new technologies.
And if you mention how the visual UI wouldn’t have looked anything like the finished XP at that stage… -_-… this is sci-fi remember?
XP in 1998 isn’t a big stretch of the imagination…

#20

…I want to see Marc Laidlaw and Gabe Newell before I accept this.

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