Counter-Strike Betas (From 1.0 to 6.2)

Installation of

  1. Install Half-Life 1 (Retail)
  2. Update your game to version 1.0.1.6 (the last version that is compatible with these beta builds of Counter-Strike)
  3. Download the releases of Counter-Strike you desire below.

Alternatively, you can download this package on MEGA that you can extract and play immediately. This archive contains already Half-Life 1 patched to this version, as well as containing all major builds of Counter-Strike (Beta 1.0, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.2, 6.1).

Download

There is a repository available on GitHub

Versions of Counter-Strike's betas supported in HL 1.0.1.6

Version Release Date Windows? Linux? Download
Beta 6.2 March 26, 2000 MISSING
Beta 6.1 March 24, 2000 Download
Beta 6.0 March 10, 2000 Download
Beta 5.2 January 10, 2000 Download
Beta 5.0 December 23, 1999 Download
Beta 4.1 December 1, 1999 Download
Beta 4.0 November 5, 1999 Download
Beta 3.1 September 16, 1999 Download
Beta 3.0 September 14, 1999 Download
Beta 2.1 August 17, 1999 Download
Beta 2.0 August 13, 1999 Download
Beta 1.2 July 20, 1999 MISSING
Beta 1.1 June 27, 1999 Download
Beta 1.0 June 19, 1999 Download

Create a Server (Linux binaries only)

You can create a server using Docker by using my GitHub project.

Be aware that you can only use Linux binaries in order to create a server. If no Linux binaries are provided, the only way is to use Windows to create a server.