Half Life Alpha evolution (2024 updated)

Outdated 2017 https://youtu.be/UEtu45Nttj0 3. E3 June 1997 0:00 grunt ai demonstrations 2. pre-e3 1997 0:07 Trailer 1 1:42 Unknown French magazine from E3 3. E3 June 1997 2:05 Trailer 2 3:37 Temple of Games 4. 0.52 September 04 1997 print preview version. 5:37 Game Star 6:57 Preliminary findings clips 5. Preliminary findings September version. 7:08 more preliminary findings clips 8:10 Trailer 3 9:12 Jay Stelly interview 9:44 Kelly Bailey interview 10:17 Ken Birdwell interview 11:11 Marc Laidlaw interview 11:44 Clips from the preliminary findings disc and elsewhere. 12:15 2 12:31 3 12:42 Exit 6. The beginning of the second preliminary findings trailer has an updated unsilenced sound for the mp5. 12:55 Trailer 4 7. Preliminary findings screenshots from early October 1997 of scripted weapons and a green hud without the hev indicator. 15:17 early October 1997 8. Brett Johnson's tiktoks of early maps played on the retail version. 15:33 Brett Johnson 9. Screenshots of the early green hud versions (Early Spring 1998 and Late 1997). 16:47 (better screenshot at 41: 44-45) 10. Late green hud versions (March to May 1998). 17:00 VX Half-Life's Valve Visit (April 8th, 1998) 18:22 Sewer clip 19:08 Electric Playground S2E2 Half Life Sierra Release Party (GDC May 4-8) 21:49 PC Soluces E3 coverage, should have put it before electric playground, would've looked better if it followed the sewer clip 11. E3 May-June 1998 Orange hud versions with centered mp5 and red hev suit (only for the mp5) 22:38 KevlarOxy E3 (end of Office Complex) 23:36 Freak's Shop (Office Complex) 25:31 E3 Office Complex (same clip again) 27:47 E3 End of On a Rail 28:48 E3 Blast Pit 29:51 E3 On a Rail 30:41 Peter Petrash (Hazard Course) 12. Miscellaneous mainly May-August versions 31:17 4 clips 31:22 compiled by Reagan from @jeuxvideoetdesbas 31:54 Annual Interactive Achievement Awards 1999 _________________________ 32:58 Screenshots Out of sync in the beginning, and should have put them in longer intervals. 42:39 Discs 9/4/97 0.52 Journalist Review disc 10/25/97 Marc A. Tardiff disc 12/16/97 Geoff Keighley disc 10/25/97, 12/16/97 and Beta 17 Geoff Keighley discs E3 build (HL1? May 1998?) Geoff Keighley disc 42:49 Renders _________________________ extra Brett Johnson tiktok of the X-Labs https://x.com/Magic_Nipples/status/1415252416342155265?s=19 1. Videos and renders from around October 1997 2. extra clips from E3 and July 98 3. interview with Gabe Newell and Ken Birdwell from August 1997 4. demo files from a pre-0.52 version 5. Evolution Of Half Life's Security Guard 6. alpha animation leak (2024) 7. Brett Johnson's stream of maps from 1997 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2FZhE3aqFt74vMcZc-IkjYl6CVY54BTV Net Test 1 walkthrough https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2jToQMb_K_fC8in6x802l5LpTedZjD5K Late April 1998 photo of Gabe Newell according to the calendars, E3 era hud, possibly a later photo. https://cdn.zoomg.ir/2018/11/ed8501a1-fa8c-4771-b266-fdaef6564c33.jpg missed a few extra screenshots https://imgur.com/a/Q3cOcv9 additional pre-release models https://imgur.com/a/NvH9qIn Intentionally didn't put Spenser Norrish's net test discs in the video, should've done that. https://imgur.com/Dz54C2j 10/16/98 net test 1 10/20/98 net test 2 (compiled 10/19/98) The first release build was compiled 10/29/98 Geoff Keighley has an additional beta #17 disc, the build date would be approximately 10/24/98. Chad Jessup's recently released discs 10/16/98 net test 1 https://combineoverwiki.net/wiki/File:HLDisc_Build722.jpg 10/20/98 net test 2 https://combineoverwiki.net/images/4/40/HLDisc_Build725.jpg Geoff Keighley has beta 17. net test 2 findings 1. https://165923117696659805.weebly.com/home/so-what-was-that 2. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2FZhE3aqFt5enjXWML1-JP2OARYMv-lS (use autotranslate to English for the subtitles) Half Life Alpha 0.61 overview, meant for employees at Sierra. https://archive.org/details/half-life-alpha-0.61-overview-document-for-sierra/mode/2up Alpha 0.52 exploration https://youtu.be/u1AVLpcq1Iw?si=ZQaJxGizVHbbQsp2&t=596 alpha animations from the Half-Life Source repo leak https://x.com/Magic_Nipples/status/1611594205624664064?t=FkZheIVfvZX819pIVwxPJQ&s=19 Worldcraft screenshots https://valvearchive.com/archive/Half-Life/Half-Life/Screenshots/Worldcraft%20%28Level%20Editor%29/ Magazines https://hl-inside.me/magazines/ https://youtu.be/WjEC_5tBDYo Beta map remnants (Vect0R's playlist) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=non5e_jD3tw&list=PL3jokZ_qgOwgEiz0zad0brmAWeT7nfGzC&index=12 more remnants https://youtu.be/X4Ix4lejyVU (c2a1a Blast Pit) https://imgur.com/a/more-remnants-Ji9kJqG Beta Xen maps (MarphitimusBlackimus' playlist) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfVfq150Vaw&list=PLDmcwfn8y0lMtlqcpUhggk0FB1EC2i3iB&index=62 Dank and Scud (a build from late 1997. Michael Houston had the disc but lost it. He also got new assets once or twice.) https://combineoverwiki.net/wiki/It%27s_a_Wonderful_Half-Life