Quantcast

Counter Strike: Source

Also known as: Counter-Strike: Source [US]

Summary | News | Previews | » Features | Review | Cheats | Screenshots | Downloads | Comments | FeedRSS

The History of Counter-Strike

How CS went from nothing to our most-played online title

Words: GamesRadar US
Email this Article
Close

Beta 1.0

Started by Minh Le, a modeller from the Quake 2 editing community, the first version was only about 10Mb in size. It contained four maps and nine weapons, and tasked teams with defending or rescuing a group of hostages.

Notable Addition
AWP, MP5, M4A1, cs_siege

Did you know?
Cs_siege was originally designed as a Team Fortress Classic map for a PC Gamer US competition. Seven years later, it’s the only map from the first release to pass the test of time.


 
Related Games
Counter-Strike Condition Zero
PC
Counter Strike: Source
PC
Counter-Strike
Xbox
Halflife: Counter-Strike
PC
Latest PC News
Torchlight: Diablo 3 Debut Dungeon N4G
PC News from N4G
6 Dec 2009
Left 4 Dead 2 Update Released N4G
PC News from N4G
6 Dec 2009
Prototype 50% Off on D2D N4G
PC News from N4G
6 Dec 2009
DiRT 2 PC Delayed For Boring Reasons N4G
PC News from N4G
6 Dec 2009
Left 4 Dead 2 (PC) $27 N4G
PC News from N4G
6 Dec 2009
» More PC News