Counter-Strike (From Beta 6.5 to Release 1.5) (WON2)

Installation of

  1. Install Half-Life 1 (Retail)
  2. Update your game to version 1.1.1.0 (the last update before VALVe moved to their STEAM interface)
  3. Download the releases of Counter-Strike you desire below.

Alternatively, you can download this archive on MEGA which contains Half-Life 1 already patched to version 1.1.1.0 as well as containing all major builds of Counter-Strike (Beta 6.6, 7.1, Retail 1.0, Retail 1.1, Retail 1.3, Retail 1.5).

Versions of Counter-Strike's betas supported in HL 1.1.1.0

This table is adapted from the CounterStrike Betas repository on Github.

Version Release Date Download Link
CS 1.5 June 12, 2002 Download
CS 1.4 April 24, 2002 Download
CS 1.3 September 12, 2001 Download
CS 1.1 April 6, 2001 Download
CS 1.0 November 8, 2000 Download
Beta 7.1 September 13, 2000 Download
Beta 7.0 August 26, 2000 Download
Beta 6.6 June 22, 2000 Download
Beta 6.5 June 8, 2000 Download

Create a Server

Using Docker

You can create a server using Docker by using my GitHub project. More informations on how to run it are inside the project.

Using Windows

If you desire hosting a server on Windows, you can create a batch file inside the HL1 folder (see example below)

Batch example: Hosting a CS Version 1.0 server on cs_assault, using port 27015 (the default one) with a maximum of 16 players:

set MAXPLAYERS=16
set PORT=27015
set GAME=cstrk10r
set MAP=cs_assault

start hlds.exe -game %GAME% +maxplayers %MAXPLAYERS% +map %MAP%