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− | | developer=[[Valve Corporation]], [[Gearbox Software]] | + | | developer=[[Sierra|PyroTechnix]]{{ref|https://twitter.com/UrDailyHalfLife/status/1405352577106128896}}, [[Captivation Digital Laboratories]]{{ref|https://twitter.com/UrDailyHalfLife/status/1405352577106128896}}{{ref|https://tcrf.net/Half-Life_(Dreamcast)}}, [[Gearbox Software]]{{ref|https://tcrf.net/Half-Life_(Dreamcast)}} |
+ | | originaldevelopers=[[Valve Corporation]], [[Gearbox Software]] | ||
+ | | licensor=[[Sierra On-Line]]{{fileref|HalflifeDreamcastTitle.png}}, [[Valve Corporation]]{{fileref|HalflifeDreamcastTitle.png}} | ||
| system=[[Sega Dreamcast]] | | system=[[Sega Dreamcast]] | ||
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− | | peripherals= | + | | peripherals=[[Dreamcast Mouse]], [[Dreamcast Keyboard]] |
| players=1 | | players=1 | ||
| genre=Shoot-'em-Up | | genre=Shoot-'em-Up | ||
| cancelledstate=Late | | cancelledstate=Late | ||
| status=Prototype dumped | | status=Prototype dumped | ||
− | | date=2000-09{{magref|egm|134|50}}{{magref|dcuk|9|62}} | + | | date={{MissedRelease|DC|2000-09{{magref|egm|134|50}}{{magref|dcuk|9|62}}}} |
+ | {{MissedRelease|DC|2000-10{{magref|odmus|9|73}}}} | ||
+ | {{MissedRelease|DC|2000-11-01{{intref|Press release: 2000-08-29: SIERRA STUDIOS(tm) ANNOUNCES HALF-LIFE: BLUE SHIFT}}}} | ||
+ | {{MissedRelease|DC|2000-11-22{{magref|dmuk|15|56}}}} | ||
+ | {{MissedRelease|DC|2000-11-24{{magref|dmuk|15|10}}}} | ||
+ | {{MissedRelease|DC|2000-11-29{{magref|odmuk|13|21}}}} | ||
+ | {{MissedRelease|DC|2001-01{{magref|dmuk|17|15}}{{magref|egm|139|48}}}} | ||
+ | {{MissedRelease|DC|2001-04{{magref|egm|142|38}}}} | ||
+ | {{MissedRelease|DC|2001-06-01{{magref|odmuk|20|28}}}} | ||
+ | {{MissedRelease|DC|2001-06-29{{ref|1=http://web.archive.org/web/20010531133437/http://www.whsmith.co.uk:80/whs/Go.ASP?menu=Games&pagedef=/games/comingsoon/index.htm}}}} | ||
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− | '''''Half-Life''''' is | + | {{stub}}'''''Half-Life''''' is an unreleased [[Sega Dreamcast]] first-person shooter developed by [[Captivation Digital Laboratories]] and [[Gearbox Software]]. The highly-anticipated port of [[wikipedia:Valve Corporation|Valve Software]]'s popular ''[[wikipedia:Half-Life (video game)|Half-Life]]'', it was originally scheduled to be published [[Sierra On-Line]] in late 2000{{magref|egm|134|50}}{{intref|Press release: 2000-08-29: SIERRA STUDIOS(tm) ANNOUNCES HALF-LIFE: BLUE SHIFT}}{{magref|odmuk|13|21}} - a date which would eventually be pushed back to June 2001.{{magref|odmuk|20|28}}{{ref|1=http://web.archive.org/web/20010531133437/http://www.whsmith.co.uk:80/whs/Go.ASP?menu=Games&pagedef=/games/comingsoon/index.htm}} With [[Sega]]'s official discontinuing of the Dreamcast in March 2001, Sierra On-Line announced the port's cancellation on July 31, 2001, citing [[History of the Sega Dreamcast/Decline and legacy|"changing market conditions"]].{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20210716065645/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/half-life-for-the-dreamcast-officially-cancelled/1100-2776155/}} |
− | + | By then, ''Half-Life'''s [[Dreamcast]] version had already received a significant amount of both advertising and public awareness. Virtually every part of the game's production had been completed, from promotional kiosks to magazine reviews, and its [[Prima's Official Strategy Guide: Half-Life|official strategy guide]] had even been shipped to a small number of retailers for sale to consumers.{{ref|https://tcrf.net/Half-Life_(Dreamcast)}} With such a high-profile title seeing a very late cancellation, ''Half-Life'' has since developed a reputation as one of the Dreamcast's most infamous unreleased games. | |
− | == | + | ==Gameplay== |
− | + | ''{{PAGENAME}}'' would have featured identical gameplay to that of the [[Windows PC]] original, but with minor differences. Most notable are the game's updated graphics, which was touted as one of the [[Dreamcast]] version's unique selling points. When the game was cancelled, these graphics were ported over to Windows PCs, where they were further updated and released for free alongside ''[[wikipedia:Half-Life: Blue Shift|Half-Life: Blue Shift]]'' as 2001's ''Half-Life High Definition Pack''. | |
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− | + | Due to its unoptimized nature, the game's framerate can frequently sink into the single digits during particularly-intensive scenes. Besides this, and the use of a [[Dreamcast Controller]] instead of a keyboard and mouse, ''{{PAGENAME}}'' largely plays as it does in its original release. A minor addition is the inclusion of small cameos of [[Sega]] products in the game's breakable crates: two of the crate's debris models were replaced with a [[VMU]] and the game's Dreamcast disc. In early builds of the Japanese version, this disc is replaced with that of ''[[Sonic Adventure]]''. | |
− | === | + | ===''Half-Life: Blue Shift''=== |
− | [[ | + | [[Gearbox]] had developed an extra gameplay campaign which was intended to ship with the game, titled '''''Half-Life: Blue Shift'''''. While the main game's [[Dreamcast]] port failed to materialize, ''Blue Shift'' was later moved over to [[Windows PC]]s and released as a standalone expansion pack on June 12, 2001. |
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− | + | The [[Dreamcast]] port of ''Half-Life'' was hugely anticipated, and despite being virtually finished, would eventually see its release cancelled at the last minute by publisher [[Sierra On-Line]]. By this time, it had already received substantial [[Half-Life/Promotional material|advertising]] and public awareness, ensuring ''Half-Life'''s legacy as one of the Dreamcast's most infamous unreleased games. | |
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− | {| | + | ==ROM dump status== |
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− | + | *''[https://web.archive.org/web/20210716065645/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/half-life-for-the-dreamcast-officially-cancelled/1100-2776155/ Half-Life for the Dreamcast officially cancelled]'' article by Shane Satterfield at ''[https://www.gamespot.com GameSpot]'' (Wayback Machine) | |
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System(s): Sega Dreamcast |
Publisher: Sierra On-Line (US), Havas Interactive (EU) |
Developer: PyroTechnix[1], Captivation Digital Laboratories[1][2], Gearbox Software[2] |
Licensor: Sierra On-Line[3], Valve Corporation[3] |
Developer(s) of original games: Valve Corporation, Gearbox Software |
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Genre: Shoot-'em-Up |
Number of players: 1 |
State before cancellation: Late in development |
Status of prototype(s): Prototype dumped |
Peripheral(s): Dreamcast Mouse, Dreamcast Keyboard |
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Half-Life is an unreleased Sega Dreamcast first-person shooter developed by Captivation Digital Laboratories and Gearbox Software. The highly-anticipated port of Valve Software's popular Half-Life, it was originally scheduled to be published Sierra On-Line in late 2000
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[14][15] With Sega's official discontinuing of the Dreamcast in March 2001, Sierra On-Line announced the port's cancellation on July 31, 2001, citing "changing market conditions".[17]
By then, Half-Life's Dreamcast version had already received a significant amount of both advertising and public awareness. Virtually every part of the game's production had been completed, from promotional kiosks to magazine reviews, and its official strategy guide had even been shipped to a small number of retailers for sale to consumers.[2] With such a high-profile title seeing a very late cancellation, Half-Life has since developed a reputation as one of the Dreamcast's most infamous unreleased games.
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Gameplay
Half-Life would have featured identical gameplay to that of the Windows PC original, but with minor differences. Most notable are the game's updated graphics, which was touted as one of the Dreamcast version's unique selling points. When the game was cancelled, these graphics were ported over to Windows PCs, where they were further updated and released for free alongside Half-Life: Blue Shift as 2001's Half-Life High Definition Pack.
Due to its unoptimized nature, the game's framerate can frequently sink into the single digits during particularly-intensive scenes. Besides this, and the use of a Dreamcast Controller instead of a keyboard and mouse, Half-Life largely plays as it does in its original release. A minor addition is the inclusion of small cameos of Sega products in the game's breakable crates: two of the crate's debris models were replaced with a VMU and the game's Dreamcast disc. In early builds of the Japanese version, this disc is replaced with that of Sonic Adventure.
Half-Life: Blue Shift
Gearbox had developed an extra gameplay campaign which was intended to ship with the game, titled Half-Life: Blue Shift. While the main game's Dreamcast port failed to materialize, Blue Shift was later moved over to Windows PCs and released as a standalone expansion pack on June 12, 2001.
History
- Main article: Half-Life/History.
The Dreamcast port of Half-Life was hugely anticipated, and despite being virtually finished, would eventually see its release cancelled at the last minute by publisher Sierra On-Line. By this time, it had already received substantial advertising and public awareness, ensuring Half-Life's legacy as one of the Dreamcast's most infamous unreleased games.
Magazine articles
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- Main article: Half-Life/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
- Main article: Half-Life/Promotional material.
Technical information
- Main article: Half-Life/Technical information.
Artwork
ROM dump status
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External links
- Half-Life for the Dreamcast officially cancelled article by Shane Satterfield at GameSpot (Wayback Machine)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 @UrDailyHalfLife on Twitter
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Cutting Room Floor: Half-Life (Dreamcast)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 File:HalflifeDreamcastTitle.png
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 50
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 62
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 73
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Press release: 2000-08-29: SIERRA STUDIOS(tm) ANNOUNCES HALF-LIFE: BLUE SHIFT
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 ', "" (; ), page 56
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 10
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 ', "" (; ), page 21
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 15
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- ↑ 14.0 14.1 ', "" (; ), page 28
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 50
- ↑ https://www.gamespot.com/articles/half-life-for-the-dreamcast-officially-cancelled/1100-2776155/ (Wayback Machine: 2021-07-16 06:56)
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 82
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 62
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Query: SELECT `cargo__relationships`.`name` AS `name`,`cargo__releases`.`date` AS `date` FROM `cargo__relationships` LEFT OUTER JOIN `cargo__releases` ON ((`cargo__relationships`.`name`=`cargo__releases`.`name`)) WHERE `cargo__relationships`.`relatedto`="Half-Life" and `cargo__relationships`.`relationshiptype`="music" GROUP BY `cargo__releases`.`name` ORDER BY `cargo__releases`.`date` LIMIT 100 Function: CargoSQLQuery::run Error: 1021 Disk full (/tmp/#sql-temptable-15e6a-a82e2e-1592.MAI); waiting for someone to free some space... (errno: 28 "No space left on device") (localhost) </diAudiobooks: A database query error has occurred. Did you forget to run your application's database schema updater after upgrading?
Query: SELECT `cargo__relationships`.`name` AS `name`,`cargo__releases`.`date` AS `date` FROM `cargo__relationships` LEFT OUTER JOIN `cargo__releases` ON ((`cargo__relationships`.`name`=`cargo__releases`.`name`)) WHERE `cargo__relationships`.`relatedto`="Half-Life" and `cargo__relationships`.`relationshiptype`="audiobook" GROUP BY `cargo__releases`.`name` ORDER BY `cargo__releases`.`date` LIMIT 100 Function: CargoSQLQuery::run Error: 1021 Disk full (/tmp/#sql-temptable-15e6a-a82e2e-1595.MAI); waiting for someone to free some space... (errno: 28 "No space left on device") (localhost) </diVideos: A database query error has occurred. Did you forget to run your application's database schema updater after upgrading?
Query: SELECT `cargo__relationships`.`name` AS `name`,`cargo__releases`.`date` AS `date` FROM `cargo__relationships` LEFT OUTER JOIN `cargo__releases` ON ((`cargo__relationships`.`name`=`cargo__releases`.`name`)) WHERE `cargo__relationships`.`relatedto`="Half-Life" and `cargo__relationships`.`relationshiptype`="video" GROUP BY `cargo__releases`.`name` ORDER BY `cargo__releases`.`date` LIMIT 100 Function: CargoSQLQuery::run Error: 1021 Disk full (/tmp/#sql-temptable-15e6a-a82e2e-1598.MAI); waiting for someone to free some space... (errno: 28 "No space left on device") (localhost) </diEvents: A database query error has occurred. Did you forget to run your application's database schema updater after upgrading?
Query: SELECT `cargo__relationships`.`name` AS `eventname`,`cargo__events`.`startdate` AS `startdate` FROM `cargo__relationships` LEFT OUTER JOIN `cargo__events` ON ((`cargo__relationships`.`name`=`cargo__events`.`name`)) WHERE `cargo__relationships`.`relatedto`="Half-Life" and `cargo__relationships`.`relationshiptype`="event" GROUP BY `cargo__events`.`name` ORDER BY `cargo__events`.`startdate` LIMIT 100 Function: CargoSQLQuery::run Error: 1021 Disk full (/tmp/#sql-temptable-15e6a-a82e2e-159b.MAI); waiting for someone to free some space... (errno: 28 "No space left on device") (localhost) </diA database query error has occurred. Did you forget to run your application's database schema updater after upgrading?
Query: SELECT `cargo__demos`.`name` AS `name`,`cargo__codeformat`.`code` AS `code`,`cargo__releases`.`date` AS `date` FROM `cargo__releases` LEFT OUTER JOIN `cargo__demos` ON ((`cargo__releases`.`name`=`cargo__demos`.`name`)) LEFT OUTER JOIN `cargo__codeformat` ON ((`cargo__demos`.`format`=`cargo__codeformat`.`format`)) WHERE `cargo__demos`.`game`="Half-Life" GROUP BY `cargo__demos`.`name` ORDER BY `cargo__demos`.`name`,`cargo__codeformat`.`code`,`cargo__releases`.`date` LIMIT 100 Function: CargoSQLQuery::run Error: 1021 Disk full (/tmp/#sql-temptable-15e6a-a82e2e-159f.MAI); waiting for someone to free some space... (errno: 28 "No space left on device") (localhost) |