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==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 GameSpot screenshot and tech demo video
** Several unused textures are in the GameSpot screenshot
* The tech demo video
* The tech demo video



Revision as of 21:35, 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.
  • 2001
    • A shortened version of the demo was probably shown here
  • 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
    • An image is released, showing multiple Gasmask Citizens running from the "Strider" enemy from Half-life 2, which has already killed a few.
    • One of the 2 known images is published onto a GameSpot article[2]
    • Concept art is released in the book Half-Life 2: Raising The Bar.

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 GameSpot screenshot and tech demo video
    • Several unused textures are in the GameSpot screenshot
  • The tech demo video

Reference