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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>
'''''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.


==History==
==Discovery Efforts==
The history of '''''Get Your Free TVs''''' starts back at SIGGRAPH 2000<ref>[https://forum.facepunch.com/f/games/ujke/Half-Life-2-Cut-Content-V2-Drama-posts-are-week-ban/134/#postyhhct Half-Life 2 Cut Content V2]</ref>, where the tech demo was first shown off, although it was behind closed doors. At SIGGRAPH 2001, a shortened version of this demo is most likely shown off. In 2003, Half-Life 2 had leaked to the public by '''''Axel Gembe'''''. In this leak, several assets from '''''Get Your Free TVs''''' can be found, including textures for the gasmask citizen, and modified version of the map shown in the GameSpot screenshot. In 2004, an image is released showing multiple Gasmask Citizens running from the Strider enemy, which has killed some of the Gasmask Citizens. Also during this time, the only official image from the tech demo is published in a GameSpot article<ref>[https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-final-hours-of-half-life-2/1100-6112889/ The Final Hours of Half-Life 2]</ref>. Some more concept art is also released in the book '''''Raising The Bar'''''
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.  


==What's Been Found==
==References==
* '''''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 version of the level shown in the GameSpot screenshot and tech demo video
** Several unused textures are in the GameSpot screenshot
* The tech demo video
 
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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