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Huge Half-Life discovery found from a decades-old CD sitting in a storage unit

2 years ago by RmDebArc_5 to c/games

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A new Half-Life discovery has led to the archiving of a 1998 build of the Valve FPS, filled with new info and even cut levels and enemies.
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glimse 186 points 2 years ago

TLDR: a guy who beta tested Half-Life found a CD of said beta

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DaddleDew 37 points 2 years ago

And might be sued by Valve shortly

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glimse 20 points 2 years ago

I'm guessing he signed an NDA so I'm not sure what he was thinking distributing it so publicly.

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bane_killgrind 39 points 2 years ago

Do NDAs last for 25 years or something?

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glimse 13 points 2 years ago

NDA was the wrong term to use there but I'm sure there was a "don't give the game to anyone" in there they might be enforceable. I hope they don't sue, though

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AlijahTheMediocre 25 points 2 years ago

I don't think Valve is going to do anything about a 20 year old beta being leaked.

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glimse 9 points 2 years ago

Me neither but it's still a bold move

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QueriesQueried 7 points 2 years ago

Honestly, knowing how easy it is for just about anyone to contact GabeN (his email is publically accessible) and that this was a previous tester, I would say there's decent odds they're already contacted someone to make sure or already had permission to do so in some roundabout way. I have no way of knowing for sure, obviously, but it is super weird for this to pop up without the finder messaging anyone in Valve about it.

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