Loved half life in 1998, felt absolutely in love with CS in 1999. Barely any game ever was so good. The LAN parties back then were so cool. I miss the offline time.
Not me bringing my emachine T1740 to the party yes that's 1.7ghz Celeron 40gb hdd 256MBx2 SDRAM wiiiiith the NVIDIA bottom shelf fx5200 in the PCI slot bc it didn't have AGP God bless America
I love when I randomly come across that photo of that kid duct taped to the ceiling playing 1.6 at a LAN party😂. LAN parties were the shit. Nothing better than ACTUALLY being able to throw something at your buddy that just TKed you.😂
The kids of today don't know what they are missing. I started playing at the end of 1.3 into 1.4 and it was some of the best times of my life! Lugging my monster 2001 Alienware area 51 PC to LAN parties is something I miss!
In my country so called "Internet Cafes" were very popular at that time - access to high bandwidth internet was very expensive. It was a place with tens of computers, all connected to LAN, where you could play in pay-per-hour fashion. We used to spent every Friday/Saturday night in such caffe, with beverages, food, alcohol and a lot of playing fun. LAN parties without your own computer and connection.
I started in 2003 when I was 11 years old. I can’t believe it’s been 20 years. I am 31 years old now and watching this video brings back the best childhood memories! The sounds of the rifles, breaking the vents on CS_ASSAULT! the local lan gatherings we use to have! Would love to go back to those days. 1.6 will forever be my game
Same, I was around 8 and our buddy owned a PC/lan center we'd chill there all day, the things i remember the most is when you joined a server and you could hear all the shooting and voice lines in the background.
Same here man! I'm 33 now and 1.6 has been so impactful in my life I will cherish that game for all eternity. I owe my whole career as an IT Administrator to CS. Seeing the tournaments and stuff going on now makes me immensely proud to have been a tiny part of the history of CS. We've gone from the basement to the big arenas, and yet every day I miss the olden days of 1.6. There was something so charming about that game. Even the imperfections just contributed to how amazing the game was, like crazy wallbangs and stuff. And as I read all the comments of this video I am mostly reminded of what made 1.6 so great. The community was fantastic. The maps and mods of that game will never be beaten.
same here! i was buying Pokémon cards at a card shop and there were dudes playing counterstrike in the back for a buck an hour and it all started there i was like F Pokémon cards and ya we all know what we should of done with those cards but ya haha
Same. Busy with life+career from 2006 to 2020. Now settled down, kids got bigger, and i'm playing again. My favorite is still with CSS though. It's more fun!
I started in ‘99 as well beta 6.5. It was so fun to watch that game progress. At the time games didn’t last very long and you were on to the next one. I played CS till 2005 or so, I tried a few years ago for play CS GO and it’s just a different game now.
me 2 dude i remember when i play her like mod then i remember 1.0 its amazing thing to we have cs go now is so big thing when you start think for that :D
@@TheOne_isGOD agreed. the warcraft modded servers where your character would be saved on the server were awesome.. i grinded sooo much to level up my characters :D
@@TheOne_isGOD why not beta 2.x like I started to play with it ;-)? All CS 1.x versions were good for me. AWP with crosshair was too OP. CS 1.6 was really good, but the problem is "1.6" was like a game name, they couldnt bring a 1.7 now anymore. That is why CS 1.6 had updates and updates and updates ... and the shit was added too. You can't compare CS 1.6 now as it came out. CS 1.6 is still the best CS! Not the best graphic, but best feeling for Recoil, Hitbox, Impact Feeling, etc.
Man, that is bringing back the memories, I am now 45 yo. Started playing CS during my university studies. We were so addicted that not only we played like 12 hours a day but also sometimes watched other players/pros how they executed various tactics and stuff. God, what a nostalgia.......CS 1.6 was truly a masterpiece
I'm 42 and still playing it. I started playing 1.6 in 2003, then cs:source, then, cs:go. A nice game: fast entry, can drop out anytime, improves reaction There were years when I dropped out and didn't play at all. Nothing bad happened. Maybe I will stop playing one day, but it helps me refreshing my mind a bit
As a casual, I think 1.6 will always be the best version just because of the community and custom gamemodes that you could play. Superhero Mod, Warcraft 3 Mod, PokéMod, Basebuilder, Jailbreak, Zombiemod, Hide and Seek are the top ones that come to memory. Func vehicle also was the icing on the cake for 1.6 and I can't believe it was never brought back for go/cs2!
that profile picture totally doesn't tell me about those tribe of people who lied about six gazzilion deaths and called every european culture as "nazi"
Diablo mod and cod mod were also huge. Diablo and warcraft modes were my favourite had a bunch of my own public severs. Nowadays its hard to find them its mostly just ffa, dm or hns everything else kinda got faded out by time. I will never forget being like 13ish and playing diablo mod or wc3 mod or even ffa on some cool ass maps like cs_tanks 😂😂 I really wish we could bring back old 1.6 is some of the best memories I have.
There’s really something about 1.6 and earlier versions that valve hasn’t managed to recreate. I think it’s the empty space and the echoy feeling of space
I think that's just the nostalgic feeling. You feel this because you were younger at that time and it brings back the good old memories. 1.6 is great, but let's be honest, the newer versions are technically much more advanced.
Started playing shortly before 1.0 came out. I’m 34 now. I remember playing assault and when someone called our house I got disconnected cause I was on Dial up 😅 didn’t really play cs go a lot. I do play cs 2 though. Hard to get used to for me haha
Played from 1.0 to 1.6 at a lan cafe when I was younger. $2 an hour for play. Met life long friends there and have some of my best memories in that place. RIP PC Zone of Long Beach, CA! RIP Sarang and Mikey! Always watched over us as kids giving us a place to escape the streets and a place to chill as young adults! Love you guys!
From a gritty militaristic atmosphere, to a gradually more cartoony aesthetic. CS2 / CSGO are great entries in the series, but damn do I miss the aesthetics of the earlier counter strikes.
The graphics were gritty but the tone of the game was never serious militarism to me. The digital sound effects on various menus, the "need to buy weapon" design (especially funny if you are CT, think about it), the grafitti of dev and map makers scattered in corners of maps, all made me treat it as a "Game!" game, which is so different from games with serious settings such as Delta Force series around the same time. The game being born around y2k (and before 9/11) has also put on a layer of techno-optimism upon it, fast internet, LAN parties, iPod, a new millennium with so many possibilities...Man it was good times, it was too good.
Kind of sort of apples to oranges, but for myself this is actually why I couldnt make the jump from tfc to Tf2. I'm in the extreme minority here, but I've never liked the change in art direction that series took
Cs2 is not a great entry in the series. Even if its just because it replaced csgo. This alone makes it a stinky piece of shit mess. It feels morally wrong. Not to mention that it's a straight downgrade
We are that generation that maintained our peak at cs 1.6 and this will forever be best CS ever for us. Everything else is based on that one, which makes itself the best CS game ever released. Good old days, I'll give everything to go back once more and re-live everything that I did.
Same. I can't actually put it in to words how good it was and how integral it was to my childhood, I'm not a fan of kids being computer hermits, but 1.6 was literally a magical time of my childhood. I see so many comments similar, I'm glad it's not just me who feels this way. When you try explain to people who didn't play the originals (I started in 1.5) they just don't even come close to understanding.
@@Walktheline1991 I also started in 1.5! It was crazy how you'd find out people also played CS at that time that you didn't expect, kinda like how WoW was after it's release lol.
46yo family guy here. Was my 20's when this game was fresh. Sooooo many sweaty and good memories. It was something mindblowing when you could shoot thru the walls.
One thing that CS2 can’t get right (or create) is fun memorable maps like: assault, aztec, dust2, pool, militia, ice world, mansion. They were so simple but so much fun to play.
Man this brings back memories. We started by playing Half Life in our high school computer lab after school when all the teachers left. That eventually switched to the CS mod. Played every version of CS over the years, went to high school with some amazing players who started team zEx, one of the top teams in the country in the 2000s. Worked at LANferno in the 2000s and loved every minute of it. Tournaments, friends, non-stop gaming. After we closed it was invite only and we scrimmed all night every night. Made some lifelong friends there.
It started out as master piece, already. It’s insane, that if you were to fire up cs 1.6 now. The gaming experience would still be at the top of all experiences out there. Absolute MASTER piece.
I started at beta 6 or 7, when it was a mod and played almost 9 years without stopping until the end of 1.6. Thank you for this video ! ❤ Seeing again cs_dangerzone, mansion, de_dust ( or dust1) the POD Bots and their crazy moves... Waouw ❤️
I start CS as Half-Life Mod on an LAN-Party... i was 9 or 10 years old. My brother played a game named "counter-strike 0.03 alpha" and the history began ... Now I'm 36 years :)
I've played Condition Zero all my childhood and I loved it! I'm so glad they kept the same voice effects of "Counter Terrorist win" and other alerts and commands. But switched to mobile gaming as I'm not a fan of PC gaming. I wish they make all these for iOS and Android. I'd happily play CZ without any changes of multiplayer support just outta nostalgia.
Shout out to all the CPL players who PLAYED HARD and WENT PRO before the massive contracts and industry attention…the original superstars of the competitive cs community…how small it was back then
I think I just realized how much sounds sounded echo-y in older cs. Like you were in a large echoy space. I think that and the half life alien-like noises when you switch weapons really made the maps special
I started on condition zero when I was like 8. My dad used to let me play it. Then I started to figure out how to get onto 1.6 and play, sometimes his friends would invite me to play thinking it was him. I would join a clan scrimmage and completely shit the bed. He finally changed his windows password so I made my own steam account by the time I was 10 and that’s when I started playing source. That’s my story
I’ve played cs since beta 7 and it gave me at least 10% of the played time some fun 😅. Watching all the different versions make me almost cry.. time to realize that we became old. 1.5 was the best version IMO.
Completely agree on that. Playing on the old WON servers before Steam was released.... that was pure history. :) Miss the old times. I can't relate to CS:GO or CS2... it's a different game in my opinion.
I started the exact same way back in 99. Had no PC so I went to lan parties. Hell I even missed school classes 😅 Played all CS roughly 20 years damn. Time goes fast Im 36 now lol
I played CS since day 1 till 1.6. Im just a casual playing with friends. Good memories! Half Life was dominant one back in the day. -Half Life -Star Craft -Rainbow Six -Red Alert -Quake -Battle Realms -Warcraft -Diablo Were the shit back in the day! 🔥🔥🔥
The biggest turn was taken at Counter-Strike source, after that the game started looking better and better, but we all fell in love and started to play the 1.6 version
I have been playing CS since 2004, that time I was 11 years old. Now I am 30 yo, full time job, finished master’s degree, 1 year son, my body hurts from getting older, but I am always looking forward to kill some “noobs” or get killed by “noobs” now in CS2. My whole life I am playing only 2 games (except 1 year of PS4 with NHL and FIFA) and those aee CS and WoW (classic). Thank you for all the memories and beautiful moments. Cheers guys, I will be probably 40 yo if possibly CS3 comes out and we will be able to play together with my son. 🎉😂
I've started with CS portable on internet on my old laptop, now playing casual cs 2, started playing again from 2022 in cs go. Now i miss it really bad- there's no more retakes, danger zone, etc. modes, which i loved to play. We will see what the future holds, i hope they will add it 😕 all the best in New Year 😁
Started with source. The whole clan-thing was so much fun. Grinding to get sponsors for your own servers. Gathers in the esl. The mods (Zombie, Surf, Simon Says and many more) it was just perfect with no limits. The whole Community was a lot better back Then. 🎉
I started with 1.0 in 99/2000 or so.. such great memories. It’s funny how even now I can remember all the nooks and crannies of maps, my buying strategy, tricks and such. Really defined the childhood of that generation, and beyond.
It brings back so many memories and tears to my eyes. I don't remember if I started playing Counter Strike with beta 1.0 or 6.0, but I started very early. I thank my brother so much for introducing me to this masterpiece of a game. It really changed my life for the better. Thank you so much for that.
Im Half life and Opposing force era guy. I still remmeber crossfire and yard map. ❤ Later 1.6 comes online, I playd it till the end then I got so dissapointed and stop playing cs till now. I start again now playing cs2 but it will never be the same as now , 35 years old guy. Sweet times and memories❤
Man I played this since 1999. You had to choose the right category of ammo to buy. The weapons survived the round, so there was a frenzy run at the start to collect them. And the maps dynamics were sooo different than today. cs_desert, cs_mansion, cs_wpndepot, cs_siege, and that one with the rocket, and that one with the river backroute... There was proper map rotation on the servers. Nightvision was actually a thing (maps designed to use it), but we cranked up the brightness and gamma anyways. And lag playing on dialed internet was unbearable. Goooood old days. Just raw, plain and simple fun.
Starting in 1999 this video brings a tear to my eye, seeing the graphics, menus, guns, brings nostalgic and what made this my favorite game. 25 years later - still playing CS :)
Original mod was better. Better maps like cs militia, mansion, lambda, cs docks, de dust was the most popular. There was even a goldeneye map. Sight on m4a, shotgun model and sound changed multiple times. More importantly never spotted a cheater at least in the mod version. Cheating began in 2003 but was rare.
I remember going over to my older brother's friends house and being introduced to cs 1.0 when I was around 7 or 8 years old. I was instantly intrigued by what I was looking at and after playing I was instantly addicted. CS may be the best game ever created. I don't play the new CS2 as much as the older versions when I was a kid, but I'll never forget where I started and how much fun 1.6 was and still is to this day. What an amazing childhood.
The initial mod was better no hackers and better maps cs militia, docks, mansion, etc. Apart from todays graphics and a few bugs anything under 1.6 was fun times.
I went from having landlines calls with my neighbor in 2002 when we would play in pump servers in 1.5, to playing in cal league with a bunch of guys I met somehow or another in 2006, to playing cs2 with the very same guys the past month. I met some of my favorite people through counter strike and had some amazing, hilarious memories associated with the game, it’ll always be legendary in my mind
This game right here brought countless youth together all over the world, kept kids out of trouble, and really made up a big portion of my teens.. gaming cafe’s were a great time to be alive
You should do Battle Royale games evolution, starting with Minecraft Hunger Games, and then where Player Unknown got his name, the Arma 3 mod, which was the first Battle royale shooter game. After his mod gained huge success, games like H1Z1 came into the scene with their own BR shooter game, in which Player Unknown decided to compete against the rivals that he created, making Player Unknowns BattleGrounds. Following the huge success of PubG, huge gaming creators including Activision/Call of duty, Riot, Ubisoft and many more would create Battle Royale games.
Started on cs 1.3, went competitive in 1.6 and made it to nationals in aus, still play casually till this day with cs2 with old mates back in the day. Got my son into watching pro tournaments he has started his cs journey at the age of 6. How long does this epic game have left? who knows... but I sure do hope I get to see him compete if he ever has the desire.
What a time to be alive back then absolutely miss it. i remember being flabbergasted by people that could use the buy menue lightning fast by using the Nummpad.
Jesus, what a blast to the past. I was there when 1.3 arrived. Played until the end of 1.6 but never really got into Source and GO. Now I'm back for CS 2.
I was there Gandalf, 3000 years ago...jokes aside, the 1.0 was something new at the time and all of us who had the privilege to witness it, made us fell in love with the game when the 1.6 came out, it was its peak and my personal favorite of all time, LAN parties were the best, favorite maps were de_Dust 2 and assault.
Dam, brings back memories❤ started in 1.3, so many good times with the local clan with Lan parties, staying up all night playing, eating pizza, and drinking Bawls, Moving up through the ranks in cal matches, the whole experience was amazing. Long live counter strike!
My stepdad always said "FIRE IN THE HOLE" because he always heard it out of my speakers when I started playing cs 1.6 it brings so many memories... good times! The golden cs was cs:source for me 😢❤
Great video. I feel like the Arms Deal update should have been included since it introduced skins in the game which dramatically changed the landscape of Counter-Strike moving forward.
Still got my physical copy of CS stashed away in a retro PC game box. 1.6 was great, especially with all the community maps, but Source was my favorite.
As a 36 year old who started CS in 1.1, I still own most ppl and it feels so damn good. Was Global during all of CS:GO, level 10 faceit, and now over 20k in CS2.
Half life was mostly an unknown game here in Brazil. Most of us didn’t even know that CS was a mod for it. For us, it’s was just a game by itself. Man, 1.6 era was something special. I can even smell the ambient of the Lan filled with brand new chairs, cheetos and sweaty teenagers.
Played since 1999, WCG, CPL, quit playing at 1.6, 2006, whole lots of good memories, still got some demos tho, now I'm 43, what a game of my life. Gl hf everybody.
Everyone just got 30 in the comments, time flies! Just got a big hit of nostalgia just hearing the sounds, feels like it was just yesterday.. People nowadays will never know the true offline, LAN experience with friends
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CS source hands down, best stuff I've ever played. yes CS 1.6 is more iconic but CS source is what got me, and it's surprisingly still alive in 2023.
Loved half life in 1998, felt absolutely in love with CS in 1999. Barely any game ever was so good. The LAN parties back then were so cool. I miss the offline time.
Not me bringing my emachine T1740 to the party yes that's 1.7ghz Celeron 40gb hdd 256MBx2 SDRAM wiiiiith the NVIDIA bottom shelf fx5200 in the PCI slot bc it didn't have AGP God bless America
I love when I randomly come across that photo of that kid duct taped to the ceiling playing 1.6 at a LAN party😂. LAN parties were the shit. Nothing better than ACTUALLY being able to throw something at your buddy that just TKed you.😂
The orange box with half life, portal and team fortress. Best bundle even to this day
The kids of today don't know what they are missing. I started playing at the end of 1.3 into 1.4 and it was some of the best times of my life! Lugging my monster 2001 Alienware area 51 PC to LAN parties is something I miss!
In my country so called "Internet Cafes" were very popular at that time - access to high bandwidth internet was very expensive. It was a place with tens of computers, all connected to LAN, where you could play in pay-per-hour fashion. We used to spent every Friday/Saturday night in such caffe, with beverages, food, alcohol and a lot of playing fun. LAN parties without your own computer and connection.
1.6 was the best cs for me, a real masterpiece ❤
Me too!
it's true
Couldn't agree more. My pc was good enough to only run this game and it was so simple yet entertaining more matter the repetiveness.
Still is, go try it now and compare to cs2! CS2 is CANCER in comparison to good old 1.6 (only issue, graphics)! xD
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I started in 2003 when I was 11 years old. I can’t believe it’s been 20 years. I am 31 years old now and watching this video brings back the best childhood memories! The sounds of the rifles, breaking the vents on CS_ASSAULT! the local lan gatherings we use to have! Would love to go back to those days. 1.6 will forever be my game
Started at the same age, man do i miss those simple times
Same, I was around 8 and our buddy owned a PC/lan center we'd chill there all day, the things i remember the most is when you joined a server and you could hear all the shooting and voice lines in the background.
This is exactly me :D!!!
Same here man! I'm 33 now and 1.6 has been so impactful in my life I will cherish that game for all eternity. I owe my whole career as an IT Administrator to CS. Seeing the tournaments and stuff going on now makes me immensely proud to have been a tiny part of the history of CS. We've gone from the basement to the big arenas, and yet every day I miss the olden days of 1.6. There was something so charming about that game. Even the imperfections just contributed to how amazing the game was, like crazy wallbangs and stuff.
And as I read all the comments of this video I am mostly reminded of what made 1.6 so great. The community was fantastic. The maps and mods of that game will never be beaten.
Same 1992
I’ve played it from 1999. Took a long break from 2006 to 2020
basically.the same for me. its nice now too... but the 99 version was already pretty damn good. would still play it
Pretty much the same for me as far as I remember
same here! i was buying Pokémon cards at a card shop and there were dudes playing counterstrike in the back for a buck an hour and it all started there i was like F Pokémon cards and ya we all know what we should of done with those cards but ya haha
Same. Busy with life+career from 2006 to 2020. Now settled down, kids got bigger, and i'm playing again. My favorite is still with CSS though. It's more fun!
I started in ‘99 as well beta 6.5. It was so fun to watch that game progress. At the time games didn’t last very long and you were on to the next one. I played CS till 2005 or so, I tried a few years ago for play CS GO and it’s just a different game now.
As a 31 year old these old CS clips hit me hard with the nostalgia
Def hit me as well - 31 year old
Same - 35 year old. Started from the bottom.
Right in the feels.
First cpu Pentium 100 Mhz 1,33 hard disk. 😀
me 2 dude i remember when i play her like mod then i remember 1.0 its amazing thing to we have cs go now is so big thing when you start think for that :D
1.0 was great (went so well on LANs).
1.6 was the masterpiece.
ur crazy 1 to 1.5 was the best. after that everything sucks
@@TheOne_isGODno everything afet css are the worst. But css is my favorite with cs 1.5
1.3 was the sweet spot for me. Custom rat maps servers by day, sweat lobbies by night. With a little starwars2a to help wind things down.
@@TheOne_isGOD agreed. the warcraft modded servers where your character would be saved on the server were awesome.. i grinded sooo much to level up my characters :D
@@TheOne_isGOD why not beta 2.x like I started to play with it ;-)?
All CS 1.x versions were good for me. AWP with crosshair was too OP.
CS 1.6 was really good, but the problem is "1.6" was like a game name, they couldnt bring a 1.7 now anymore.
That is why CS 1.6 had updates and updates and updates ... and the shit was added too.
You can't compare CS 1.6 now as it came out.
CS 1.6 is still the best CS! Not the best graphic, but best feeling for Recoil, Hitbox, Impact Feeling, etc.
CS 1.6 will always be the best version of CS.
I've played cs since 1.3 those were the days.
A lot of people still do agree 1.6 is still the best and most original CS.
as i do :)
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Эээ ежже то рот таво ипал жись
@@shivendrasharma2288 I liked 1.5 becoz no tactical shields
leave it to valve to get their hands on the game and make changes@@robdawg786
Man, that is bringing back the memories, I am now 45 yo. Started playing CS during my university studies. We were so addicted that not only we played like 12 hours a day but also sometimes watched other players/pros how they executed various tactics and stuff. God, what a nostalgia.......CS 1.6 was truly a masterpiece
I'm 42 and still playing it. I started playing 1.6 in 2003, then cs:source, then, cs:go. A nice game: fast entry, can drop out anytime, improves reaction
There were years when I dropped out and didn't play at all. Nothing bad happened. Maybe I will stop playing one day, but it helps me refreshing my mind a bit
As a casual, I think 1.6 will always be the best version just because of the community and custom gamemodes that you could play.
Superhero Mod, Warcraft 3 Mod, PokéMod, Basebuilder, Jailbreak, Zombiemod, Hide and Seek are the top ones that come to memory.
Func vehicle also was the icing on the cake for 1.6 and I can't believe it was never brought back for go/cs2!
ye Zombiemod was awesome.
that profile picture totally doesn't tell me about those tribe of people who lied about six gazzilion deaths and called every european culture as "nazi"
The community is still alive and well. Give it time for CS2. But GO had tons of support.
The glory days are certainly behind but not forgotten!
Diablo mod and cod mod were also huge. Diablo and warcraft modes were my favourite had a bunch of my own public severs. Nowadays its hard to find them its mostly just ffa, dm or hns everything else kinda got faded out by time. I will never forget being like 13ish and playing diablo mod or wc3 mod or even ffa on some cool ass maps like cs_tanks 😂😂 I really wish we could bring back old 1.6 is some of the best memories I have.
It didn't stop me from playing but I never forgave them for the shield. Give me that 1.5.
There’s really something about 1.6 and earlier versions that valve hasn’t managed to recreate. I think it’s the empty space and the echoy feeling of space
Very true that is a great way to describe it.
CS 1.6 was so liminal indeed
very true, the emptiness
I think that's just the nostalgic feeling. You feel this because you were younger at that time and it brings back the good old memories. 1.6 is great, but let's be honest, the newer versions are technically much more advanced.
I think it’s the amount of times they say “fire in the hole”
It's been a long road guys for those who's been playing day 1. Many beautiful memories for me was 1.5, 1.6, source and CSGO. Now CS2 and I'm 29.
you are lucky, you got the full experience.
i only played from mod to 1.6, i consider CS GO as bad, source is good though but i skiped it@@GameChronicles406
it was amazing playing wit pod bots on half life mod haha
Started playing shortly before 1.0 came out. I’m 34 now. I remember playing assault and when someone called our house I got disconnected cause I was on Dial up 😅 didn’t really play cs go a lot. I do play cs 2 though. Hard to get used to for me haha
@@Jx12346you were very young haha. I started playing from the 1.3 version when I was about 14
Played from 1.0 to 1.6 at a lan cafe when I was younger. $2 an hour for play. Met life long friends there and have some of my best memories in that place. RIP PC Zone of Long Beach, CA! RIP Sarang and Mikey! Always watched over us as kids giving us a place to escape the streets and a place to chill as young adults! Love you guys!
$2 a hour?? In my country i pay less than that a hour.
@@joaodasilva4174 ya... This was like 2002. Or $10 for all day pass
$2 an hour in 2002, no chance. Nice made up story bozo
From a gritty militaristic atmosphere, to a gradually more cartoony aesthetic. CS2 / CSGO are great entries in the series, but damn do I miss the aesthetics of the earlier counter strikes.
true, older versions had something special.
i agree 100%, something about the older games
The graphics were gritty but the tone of the game was never serious militarism to me. The digital sound effects on various menus, the "need to buy weapon" design (especially funny if you are CT, think about it), the grafitti of dev and map makers scattered in corners of maps, all made me treat it as a "Game!" game, which is so different from games with serious settings such as Delta Force series around the same time. The game being born around y2k (and before 9/11) has also put on a layer of techno-optimism upon it, fast internet, LAN parties, iPod, a new millennium with so many possibilities...Man it was good times, it was too good.
Kind of sort of apples to oranges, but for myself this is actually why I couldnt make the jump from tfc to Tf2. I'm in the extreme minority here, but I've never liked the change in art direction that series took
Cs2 is not a great entry in the series. Even if its just because it replaced csgo. This alone makes it a stinky piece of shit mess. It feels morally wrong. Not to mention that it's a straight downgrade
We are that generation that maintained our peak at cs 1.6 and this will forever be best CS ever for us. Everything else is based on that one, which makes itself the best CS game ever released. Good old days, I'll give everything to go back once more and re-live everything that I did.
Same. I can't actually put it in to words how good it was and how integral it was to my childhood, I'm not a fan of kids being computer hermits, but 1.6 was literally a magical time of my childhood. I see so many comments similar, I'm glad it's not just me who feels this way. When you try explain to people who didn't play the originals (I started in 1.5) they just don't even come close to understanding.
@@Walktheline1991 I also started in 1.5! It was crazy how you'd find out people also played CS at that time that you didn't expect, kinda like how WoW was after it's release lol.
You know this video is legit when they mention 1.3 instead of jumping right to 1.5. Awesome job :)
thanks
there was also 1.1,1.2 and 1.4@@GameChronicles406
there were no fucking new weapons in 1.3, legit my ass.
@@Killerratte but new maps, voice chat etc
@@Killerrattewho hurt you buddy? 😂
46yo family guy here. Was my 20's when this game was fresh. Sooooo many sweaty and good memories. It was something mindblowing when you could shoot thru the walls.
One thing that CS2 can’t get right (or create) is fun memorable maps like: assault, aztec, dust2, pool, militia, ice world, mansion. They were so simple but so much fun to play.
Man this brings back memories. We started by playing Half Life in our high school computer lab after school when all the teachers left. That eventually switched to the CS mod. Played every version of CS over the years, went to high school with some amazing players who started team zEx, one of the top teams in the country in the 2000s. Worked at LANferno in the 2000s and loved every minute of it. Tournaments, friends, non-stop gaming. After we closed it was invite only and we scrimmed all night every night. Made some lifelong friends there.
It started out as master piece, already. It’s insane, that if you were to fire up cs 1.6 now. The gaming experience would still be at the top of all experiences out there. Absolute MASTER piece.
There is nothing that can replace old Counter-Strike and all the memories.
Tears in my eyes. The good old 1.6 time with the boys. ❤
I started at beta 6 or 7, when it was a mod and played almost 9 years without stopping until the end of 1.6.
Thank you for this video ! ❤
Seeing again cs_dangerzone, mansion, de_dust ( or dust1) the POD Bots and their crazy moves... Waouw ❤️
When CS was just a mod, it was so unique. Nothing could compare.
1.6 brings back so many memories. Get out of school, CS before parents got home, dinner, homework, CS, bed.
I start CS as Half-Life Mod on an LAN-Party... i was 9 or 10 years old. My brother played a game named "counter-strike 0.03 alpha" and the history began ...
Now I'm 36 years :)
Same here, bro. Im 36 and started playing in lans with my older cousins
I've played Condition Zero all my childhood and I loved it! I'm so glad they kept the same voice effects of "Counter Terrorist win" and other alerts and commands. But switched to mobile gaming as I'm not a fan of PC gaming. I wish they make all these for iOS and Android. I'd happily play CZ without any changes of multiplayer support just outta nostalgia.
Shout out to all the CPL players who PLAYED HARD and WENT PRO before the massive contracts and industry attention…the original superstars of the competitive cs community…how small it was back then
I think I just realized how much sounds sounded echo-y in older cs. Like you were in a large echoy space. I think that and the half life alien-like noises when you switch weapons really made the maps special
I started on condition zero when I was like 8. My dad used to let me play it. Then I started to figure out how to get onto 1.6 and play, sometimes his friends would invite me to play thinking it was him. I would join a clan scrimmage and completely shit the bed. He finally changed his windows password so I made my own steam account by the time I was 10 and that’s when I started playing source. That’s my story
I’ve played cs since beta 7 and it gave me at least 10% of the played time some fun 😅. Watching all the different versions make me almost cry.. time to realize that we became old. 1.5 was the best version IMO.
Completely agree on that. Playing on the old WON servers before Steam was released.... that was pure history. :) Miss the old times. I can't relate to CS:GO or CS2... it's a different game in my opinion.
@@perasperaadastraat and UK2 servers wow, brings back lots of memories. 1 to 1.3 is when I played the most.
im playing CS since Sep' 99 ... started it at my first Lan Party with the Age of 15 :) Great times ... thanks for this Video
I started the exact same way back in 99.
Had no PC so I went to lan parties.
Hell I even missed school classes 😅
Played all CS roughly 20 years damn. Time goes fast
Im 36 now lol
I played CS since day 1 till 1.6. Im just a casual playing with friends. Good memories! Half Life was dominant one back in the day.
-Half Life
-Star Craft
-Rainbow Six
-Red Alert
-Quake
-Battle Realms
-Warcraft
-Diablo
Were the shit back in the day! 🔥🔥🔥
From a mod to its own Game history Counter Strike is
The biggest turn was taken at Counter-Strike source, after that the game started looking better and better, but we all fell in love and started to play the 1.6 version
I have been playing CS since 2004, that time I was 11 years old. Now I am 30 yo, full time job, finished master’s degree, 1 year son, my body hurts from getting older, but I am always looking forward to kill some “noobs” or get killed by “noobs” now in CS2.
My whole life I am playing only 2 games (except 1 year of PS4 with NHL and FIFA) and those aee CS and WoW (classic).
Thank you for all the memories and beautiful moments.
Cheers guys, I will be probably 40 yo if possibly CS3 comes out and we will be able to play together with my son. 🎉😂
Does anybody here still go play any of the old games? I know there's a lot of people that still play
I've started with CS portable on internet on my old laptop, now playing casual cs 2, started playing again from 2022 in cs go. Now i miss it really bad- there's no more retakes, danger zone, etc. modes, which i loved to play. We will see what the future holds, i hope they will add it 😕 all the best in New Year 😁
1:09 FIRE IN THE HOLE🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
in my opinion CS Source was the Peak of CS
I had So many Amazing memories and moments with that Game more than any other CS game
The skyboxes of cs 1.0-1.6 alone evoke nostalgia
Started with source. The whole clan-thing was so much fun. Grinding to get sponsors for your own servers. Gathers in the esl. The mods (Zombie, Surf, Simon Says and many more) it was just perfect with no limits.
The whole Community was a lot better back Then. 🎉
1.6 was the best IMO, I wish current cs had zombie mode like cs 1.6 had, such a good times
I started with 1.0 in 99/2000 or so.. such great memories. It’s funny how even now I can remember all the nooks and crannies of maps, my buying strategy, tricks and such. Really defined the childhood of that generation, and beyond.
"Masterpiece" 24 years and they still can't fix the hit registration while Valorant swoops in and just does it immediately
It brings back so many memories and tears to my eyes. I don't remember if I started playing Counter Strike with beta 1.0 or 6.0, but I started very early. I thank my brother so much for introducing me to this masterpiece of a game. It really changed my life for the better. Thank you so much for that.
Almost 40 and I ve played all these old modes as they were fresh! Gotta check the newest version sometime 😅
Im Half life and Opposing force era guy. I still remmeber crossfire and yard map. ❤ Later 1.6 comes online, I playd it till the end then I got so dissapointed and stop playing cs till now. I start again now playing cs2 but it will never be the same as now , 35 years old guy. Sweet times and memories❤
CS 1.6 > all
🤌🤌
Source is pretty good imo
condition zero was my fav tbh
1.6 zzzzzzz
Source is better it has better ragdolls better graphics and many more
I feel like I'm back over 20 years ago, thank you for your video!
que nostalgia em parça, eu comecei em 2003, parei por mtos anos... e voltei agora em 2022, o game ta insano
1.6 is just unbeatable. Played it all the time during my childhood. Thank you Valve for the beautiful memories.
FROM MASTERPIECE TO GARABE, 1.6 was the best
Cs 1.6 is the best. Cs cz is the worst
@@daniemang9977 cs cz isnt the worst, since its just a reskin of cs 1.6
@@daniemang9977you should play it definitely, it has its own story
This game is something where whole world enjoy playing together!
COUNTER STRIKE
Cs 1.6 with high school boys, lots of memories. ❤
Skating to the local internet café with friends, placing a cold red bull on my desk and booting up CS:SOURCE was a memory I will cherish forever.
source was perfect. i miss it so much.
Man I played this since 1999. You had to choose the right category of ammo to buy. The weapons survived the round, so there was a frenzy run at the start to collect them. And the maps dynamics were sooo different than today. cs_desert, cs_mansion, cs_wpndepot, cs_siege, and that one with the rocket, and that one with the river backroute... There was proper map rotation on the servers. Nightvision was actually a thing (maps designed to use it), but we cranked up the brightness and gamma anyways. And lag playing on dialed internet was unbearable. Goooood old days. Just raw, plain and simple fun.
Na minha opinião o que marcou época nas Lan Houses do Brasil foi o 1.5. Época boa.
First assault map brought so much nostalgia I can’t even put it into words. It was so casual back then.
Nada chegará aos calcanhares do CS 1.6. Melhor jogabilidade de sempre. One love
We've come a long way gentlemen. And heres to more years to come🍾🍻
from mod to masterpiece to garbage
how may i ask?
Cs2 is best, cheaters are exception
Nah,cs 2 is still on its initial stage,it will get better.
@@naosouogoleirodocorinthians sure hope so
Cs Is good, just play and live your best times
Starting in 1999 this video brings a tear to my eye, seeing the graphics, menus, guns, brings nostalgic and what made this my favorite game. 25 years later - still playing CS :)
Thumbs up if you played since 1999
CS is solid evidence that not all evolutions turn out to be good.
Thank you Valve for the great moments in my childhood playing CSCZ / CS1.6 / CSS.
Я не плачу.. Это просто дожь в глаза попал. 😢
csgo feels better than cs2
Both are nsotalgia money grab 😂
As a cs 1.6,css and csgo this brings me nostalgia back in 2021
Original mod was better. Better maps like cs militia, mansion, lambda, cs docks, de dust was the most popular. There was even a goldeneye map. Sight on m4a, shotgun model and sound changed multiple times. More importantly never spotted a cheater at least in the mod version. Cheating began in 2003 but was rare.
I remember going over to my older brother's friends house and being introduced to cs 1.0 when I was around 7 or 8 years old. I was instantly intrigued by what I was looking at and after playing I was instantly addicted. CS may be the best game ever created. I don't play the new CS2 as much as the older versions when I was a kid, but I'll never forget where I started and how much fun 1.6 was and still is to this day. What an amazing childhood.
we have come so far...
we certainly did, what's your favorite version ?
@@GameChronicles406 1.6 and source will always be the best.
The initial mod was better no hackers and better maps cs militia, docks, mansion, etc. Apart from todays graphics and a few bugs anything under 1.6 was fun times.
I went from having landlines calls with my neighbor in 2002 when we would play in pump servers in 1.5, to playing in cal league with a bunch of guys I met somehow or another in 2006, to playing cs2 with the very same guys the past month. I met some of my favorite people through counter strike and had some amazing, hilarious memories associated with the game, it’ll always be legendary in my mind
cs2 needs a lot of work, its probably the worst state cs has been in.
i agree, it needs alot of work but i dont think it is worst than cs go beta :D
Game is a joke, forced beta (+cheaters)
@@codcrashx true, cheaters ruins everything
@@codcrashx on the subject of cheaters, VAC Live is at least doing its job.
Nope, csgo was way worse when it came out.
The title is misleading. "From mod to masterpiece?" - The mod _was_ a masterpiece.
I like csgo I miss csgo😢😢😢
nostalgia hit me like a sledgehammer when I saw FY_poolday at 2:53
This game right here brought countless youth together all over the world, kept kids out of trouble, and really made up a big portion of my teens.. gaming cafe’s were a great time to be alive
You should do Battle Royale games evolution, starting with Minecraft Hunger Games, and then where Player Unknown got his name, the Arma 3 mod, which was the first Battle royale shooter game.
After his mod gained huge success, games like H1Z1 came into the scene with their own BR shooter game, in which Player Unknown decided to compete against the rivals that he created, making Player Unknowns BattleGrounds.
Following the huge success of PubG, huge gaming creators including Activision/Call of duty, Riot, Ubisoft and many more would create Battle Royale games.
Todd McPeak, if you're out there, thank you for introducing me to Counter-Strike during computer class in middle school in 1999!
I cannot truly explain how this game changed my gaming life. All time favorite game along with TFC.
Started on cs 1.3, went competitive in 1.6 and made it to nationals in aus, still play casually till this day with cs2 with old mates back in the day. Got my son into watching pro tournaments he has started his cs journey at the age of 6. How long does this epic game have left? who knows... but I sure do hope I get to see him compete if he ever has the desire.
What a time to be alive back then absolutely miss it. i remember being flabbergasted by people that could use the buy menue lightning fast by using the Nummpad.
Counter-strike condition zero: deleted scenes: “am i a joke to you ???”
I came back two weeks ago. Played since 1.0. Now getting back to it - CS2. Never thought would so much fun again. I Miss more custom maps servers
Jesus, what a blast to the past. I was there when 1.3 arrived. Played until the end of 1.6 but never really got into Source and GO. Now I'm back for CS 2.
I was there Gandalf, 3000 years ago...jokes aside, the 1.0 was something new at the time and all of us who had the privilege to witness it, made us fell in love with the game when the 1.6 came out, it was its peak and my personal favorite of all time, LAN parties were the best, favorite maps were de_Dust 2 and assault.
Dam, brings back memories❤ started in 1.3, so many good times with the local clan with Lan parties, staying up all night playing, eating pizza, and drinking Bawls, Moving up through the ranks in cal matches, the whole experience was amazing. Long live counter strike!
My stepdad always said "FIRE IN THE HOLE" because he always heard it out of my speakers when I started playing cs 1.6 it brings so many memories... good times! The golden cs was cs:source for me 😢❤
Great video. I feel like the Arms Deal update should have been included since it introduced skins in the game which dramatically changed the landscape of Counter-Strike moving forward.
Still got my physical copy of CS stashed away in a retro PC game box. 1.6 was great, especially with all the community maps, but Source was my favorite.
As a 36 year old who started CS in 1.1, I still own most ppl and it feels so damn good. Was Global during all of CS:GO, level 10 faceit, and now over 20k in CS2.
Half life was mostly an unknown game here in Brazil. Most of us didn’t even know that CS was a mod for it. For us, it’s was just a game by itself. Man, 1.6 era was something special. I can even smell the ambient of the Lan filled with brand new chairs, cheetos and sweaty teenagers.
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I played half life, cs 1.6, csgo after riptide, cs2 and I don't even know what was in between. Thanks for the knowledge.
Nice evolution video 🎉
ill just correct the title no worries
Counter-Strike's Evolution : From Mod to Masterpiece (1999-2003)
Man, nobody talks about superhero mods . That and scoutzknivez was my favorite.
Everything within the cs community had its own niche community to it
Played since 1999, WCG, CPL, quit playing at 1.6, 2006, whole lots of good memories, still got some demos tho, now I'm 43, what a game of my life. Gl hf everybody.
Everyone just got 30 in the comments, time flies! Just got a big hit of nostalgia just hearing the sounds, feels like it was just yesterday.. People nowadays will never know the true offline, LAN experience with friends
My favorite versions is 1.3 and 1.5, I miss those times back in 2002.