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'''''Get Your Free TVs!''''' is a tech demo shown off at SIGGRAPH 2000 and SIGGRAPH 2001 behind closed doors.<ref>[https://forum.facepunch.com/f/games/ujke/Half-Life-2-Cut-Content-V2-Drama-posts-are-week-ban/134/#postyhhct Facepunch forum thread on cut content from ''Half-Life 2''.] Retrieved 19 Apr '18</ref> The tech demo was to show off what VALVe was working on with their new Source Engine that was being used to create the upcoming game at the time, ''Half-Life 2''.  The demo could have made players take TVs at a variety of different locations and place them to a location while avoiding Striders, a huge three-legged enemy in ''Half-Life 2''.<ref>[https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-final-hours-of-half-life-2/1100-6112889/ TA Gamespot article on the final hours of ''Half-Life 2''.] Retrieved 19 Apr '18</ref>


== Description ==
==Discovery Efforts==
'''''Get Your Free TVs''''' is the first known tech demo for the game '''''Half-Life 2'''''. It showed off what VALVe was working on with their new Source Engine.
In 2003, ''Half-Life 2'' was leaked to the public by Axel Gembe. In this leak, several assets from ''Get Your Free TVs!'' were found which included textures for a gas mask citizen, the main player models used for the demo, and a modified version of a map that was shown in the only screenshot of the tech demo.  


== History ==
==References==
* 2000
** '''''Get Your Free TVs''''' is shown at SIGGRAPH 2000<ref>[https://forum.facepunch.com/f/games/ujke/Half-Life-2-Cut-Content-V2-Drama-posts-are-week-ban/134/#postyhhct SIGGRAPH 2000 Confirmation]</ref>. Sadly, it was shown behind closed doors to members of the press.
 
* 2003
** The '''''Half-Life 2''''' Beta gets leaked, and along with this, some assets for Get Your Free TVs. This is the first, and as of now only, time assets for Get Your Free TVs got into the public's hands.
 
* 2004
** The only known image is published onto a GameSpot article<ref>[https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-final-hours-of-half-life-2/1100-6112889/ GameSpot Article]</ref>
 
== What's been found? ==
* '''''Half-Life 2''''' 2003 Leak
** Textures for the gasmask citizen shown in the photo
** Modified versions of the level shown in the photo
 
== What's still lost? ==
* The gasmask citizen model
* The tech demo video
 
== Reference ==
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Revision as of 01:33, 1 July 2020

Get Your Free TVs.jpg

The only known official image of Get Your Free TVs!.

Status: Partially Found

Get Your Free TVs! is a tech demo shown off at SIGGRAPH 2000 and SIGGRAPH 2001 behind closed doors.[1] The tech demo was to show off what VALVe was working on with their new Source Engine that was being used to create the upcoming game at the time, Half-Life 2. The demo could have made players take TVs at a variety of different locations and place them to a location while avoiding Striders, a huge three-legged enemy in Half-Life 2.[2]

Discovery Efforts

In 2003, Half-Life 2 was leaked to the public by Axel Gembe. In this leak, several assets from Get Your Free TVs! were found which included textures for a gas mask citizen, the main player models used for the demo, and a modified version of a map that was shown in the only screenshot of the tech demo.

References