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== Description ==
'''''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.
'''''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 ==
==History==
* 2000
* 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.
** '''''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
* 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.
** The '''''Half-Life 2''''' Beta gets leaked, and along with this, some assets to 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
* 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>
** 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? ==
==What's Been Found?==
* '''''Half-Life 2''''' 2003 Leak
* '''''Half-Life 2''''' 2003 Leak
** Textures for the gasmask citizen shown in the photo
** Textures for the gasmask citizen shown in the photo
** Modified versions of the level shown in the photo
** Modified versions of the level shown in the photo


== What's still lost? ==
==What's Still Lost?==
* The gasmask citizen model
* The gasmask citizen model
* The version of the level shown in the screenshot and tech demo video
* The version of the level shown in the screenshot and tech demo video
* The tech demo video
* The tech demo video


== Reference ==
==Reference==
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[[Category:Lost video games]]
[[Category:Lost video games]]
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[[Category:Partially found media]]

Revision as of 21:20, 19 April 2018

Get Your Free TVs.jpg

The only known official image of Get Your Free TVs

Status: Partially Found

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

  • 2000
    • Get Your Free TVs is shown at SIGGRAPH 2000[1]. 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 to 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[2]

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 version of the level shown in the screenshot and tech demo video
  • The tech demo video

Reference