# Counter-Strike Betas (From Beta 1.0 to Beta 6.2) [](https://patreon.baseq.fr) The earliest versions of Counter-Strike use an older version of the Half-Life SDK (known as HLSDK 1.X) that are incompatible with the current releases of Half-Life, thus requiring an older release of the game in order to play them. :::info **Currently, we do not host any Counter-Strike beta server**. This post here is only for preservation purposes. We are also using Half-Life version 1.0.1.6 as it is the latest version that supports the first version of the HLSDK before VALVe breaks compatibility with these older mods. You can read their `liblist.gam` files to have an idea of what version of Half-Life 1 they were targeting. ::: # Requirements - Having a retail CD-Key of Half-Life 1. # Installation Guide 1) [**Install Half-Life 1 (Retail)**](https://archive.org/details/half-life-1.0). 2) Patch your game to version [1.0.1.6](./10051016.EXE) as well as [this fix](./1016fix.exe). 3) Download the releases of Counter-Strike you desire below, in the root folder of Half-Life. 4) If you did it right, you should see your mods in the Custom game category within the Half-Life 1 menu.  Alternatively, you can download this archive on [MEGA](#) which contains Half-Life 1 already patched to this version, as well as containing all major builds of Counter-Strike (Beta 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.2, 6.1). # Versions of Counter-Strike's betas supported in HL 1.0.1.6 This table is adapted from the [CounterStrike Betas repository on Github](https://github.com/Ch0wW/counterstrike-betas/). | Version | Release Date | Windows? | Hostable on Linux? | Download | | -------- | ------- | ------- | -------- | -------- | | Beta 6.2 | `March 26, 2000` | ❌ | ❌ | **MISSING** | | Beta 6.1 | `March 24, 2000` | ✔ | ✔ | [**Download**](https://github.com/Ch0wW/counterstrike-betas/archive/refs/heads/csbeta61.zip) | | Beta 6.0 | `March 10, 2000` | ✔ | ✔ | [**Download**](https://github.com/Ch0wW/counterstrike-betas/archive/refs/heads/csbeta60.zip) | | Beta 5.2 | `January 10, 2000` | ✔ | ✔ | [**Download**](https://github.com/Ch0wW/counterstrike-betas/archive/refs/heads/csbeta52.zip) | | Beta 5.0 | `December 23, 1999` | ✔ | ✔ | [**Download**](https://github.com/Ch0wW/counterstrike-betas/archive/refs/heads/csbeta50.zip) | | Beta 4.1 | `December 1, 1999` | ✔ | ❌ | [**Download**](https://github.com/Ch0wW/counterstrike-betas/archive/refs/heads/csbeta41.zip) | | Beta 4.0 | `November 5, 1999` | ✔ | ✔ | [**Download**](https://github.com/Ch0wW/counterstrike-betas/archive/refs/heads/csbeta40.zip) | | Beta 3.1 | `September 16, 1999` | ✔ | ✔ | [**Download**](https://github.com/Ch0wW/counterstrike-betas/archive/refs/heads/csbeta31.zip) | | Beta 3.0 | `September 14, 1999` | ✔ | ❌ | [**Download**](https://github.com/Ch0wW/counterstrike-betas/archive/refs/heads/csbeta30.zip) | | Beta 2.1 | `August 17, 1999` | ✔ | ❌ | [**Download**](https://github.com/Ch0wW/counterstrike-betas/archive/refs/heads/csbeta21.zip) | | Beta 2.0 | `August 13, 1999` | ✔ | ❌ | [**Download**](https://github.com/Ch0wW/counterstrike-betas/archive/refs/heads/csbeta20.zip) | | Beta 1.2 | `July 20, 1999` | ❌ | ❌ | **MISSING** | | Beta 1.1 | `June 27, 1999` | ✔ | ❌ | [**Download**](https://github.com/Ch0wW/counterstrike-betas/archive/refs/heads/csbeta11.zip) | | Beta 1.0 | `June 19, 1999` | ✔ | ❌ | [**Download**](https://github.com/Ch0wW/counterstrike-betas/archive/refs/heads/csbeta10.zip) | # Create a Server ## Using Docker :::warning **Not all versions are supported as many Linux binaries are missing!** ::: You can create a server using Docker by using my [GitHub project](https://github.com/Ch0wW/docker-hlds-won2-1016). ## Using Windows :::warning Please note this section is incomplete. Reasons: - Misses the sw.dll binary patch that bypass WON authentication. ::: If you desire hosting a server that no Linux binaries are provided, the only way is to use Windows to create a server. You can create a batch to automate that (see example below) Batch example: Hosting a CS Beta 1.1 server on cs_assault, using port 27015 (the default one) with a maximum of 16 players: ```sh set MAXPLAYERS=16 set PORT=27015 set GAME=cstrk11 set MAP=cs_assault start hlds.exe -game %GAME% +maxplayers %MAXPLAYERS% +map %MAP% ```