Counter-Strike's Evolution : From Mod to Masterpiece (1999-2023)

Join us on an exhilarating journey through time as we explore the incredible evolution of Counter-Strike, one of the most iconic and beloved first-person shooter franchises in gaming history. From its humble beginnings as a mod for Half-Life in 1999 to its latest incarnation in 2023, Counter-Strike has undergone a remarkable transformation.
Timecodes :
0:00 1999 - Half-Life: Counter-Strike
0:30 2000 - Counter-Strike 1.0
1:21 2001 - Counter-Strike 1.3
1:51 2002 - Counter-Strike 1.5
3:08 2003 - Counter-Strike 1.6
4:42 2004 - Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
5:42 2004 - Counter-Strike: Source
6:58 2012 - Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
8:03 2018 - Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Danger Zone
8:34 2021 - Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - Operation Riptide
9:41 2023 - Counter-Strike 2
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[@GameChronicles406]

If you like the video pls subscribe for more, and tell me what's your favorite version of CS ?

[@WillRhan]

CS:GO

[@BlueDeadError]

Cs source

[@turok4714]

CS 1.6 and CS:S especially with good Server mods

[@CandyTroll]

4 CS version

[@admiral_t]

CS source hands down, best stuff I've ever played. yes CS 1.6 is more iconic but CS source is what got me, and it's surprisingly still alive in 2023.

[@RaimaNd]

Loved half life in 1998, felt absolutely in love with CS in 1999. Barely any game ever was so good. The LAN parties back then were so cool. I miss the offline time.

[@reese2694]

Not me bringing my emachine T1740 to the party yes that's 1.7ghz Celeron 40gb hdd 256MBx2 SDRAM wiiiiith the NVIDIA bottom shelf fx5200 in the PCI slot bc it didn't have AGP God bless America

[@MisterPickle.]

I love when I randomly come across that photo of that kid duct taped to the ceiling playing 1.6 at a LAN party😂. LAN parties were the shit. Nothing better than ACTUALLY being able to throw something at your buddy that just TKed you.😂

[@Ackz89]

The orange box with half life, portal and team fortress. Best bundle even to this day

[@RickyHimself]

The kids of today don't know what they are missing. I started playing at the end of 1.3 into 1.4 and it was some of the best times of my life! Lugging my monster 2001 Alienware area 51 PC to LAN parties is something I miss!

[@andrzejroczniak2592]

In my country so called "Internet Cafes" were very popular at that time - access to high bandwidth internet was very expensive. It was a place with tens of computers, all connected to LAN, where you could play in pay-per-hour fashion. We used to spent every Friday/Saturday night in such caffe, with beverages, food, alcohol and a lot of playing fun. LAN parties without your own computer and connection.

[@flyguy8883]

1.6 was the best cs for me, a real masterpiece ❤

[@yohanapereira1629]

Me too!

[@DlSCIPLE]

it's true

[@LastChanceFossil]

Couldn't agree more. My pc was good enough to only run this game and it was so simple yet entertaining more matter the repetiveness.

[@OrbitalVibes]

Still is, go try it now and compare to cs2! CS2 is CANCER in comparison to good old 1.6 (only issue, graphics)! xD

[@amualkhall]

W

[@conrad_t]

As a 31 year old these old CS clips hit me hard with the nostalgia

[@brandon5614]

Def hit me as well - 31 year old

[@AleksETP]

Same - 35 year old. Started from the bottom.

[@KaraokeNig]

Right in the feels.

[@martonszabo195]

First cpu Pentium 100 Mhz 1,33 hard disk. 😀

[@devill2312]

me 2 dude i remember when i play her like mod then i remember 1.0 its amazing thing to we have cs go now is so big thing when you start think for that :D

[@lukebrown8580]

I started in 2003 when I was 11 years old. I can’t believe it’s been 20 years. I am 31 years old now and watching this video brings back the best childhood memories! The sounds of the rifles, breaking the vents on CS_ASSAULT! the local lan gatherings we use to have! Would love to go back to those days. 1.6 will forever be my game

[@eqxotiC]

Started at the same age, man do i miss those simple times

[@probablystoned]

Same, I was around 8 and our buddy owned a PC/lan center we'd chill there all day, the things i remember the most is when you joined a server and you could hear all the shooting and voice lines in the background.

[@davidmertens4737]

This is exactly me :D!!!

[@FlaccidSWE]

Same here man! I'm 33 now and 1.6 has been so impactful in my life I will cherish that game for all eternity. I owe my whole career as an IT Administrator to CS. Seeing the tournaments and stuff going on now makes me immensely proud to have been a tiny part of the history of CS. We've gone from the basement to the big arenas, and yet every day I miss the olden days of 1.6. There was something so charming about that game. Even the imperfections just contributed to how amazing the game was, like crazy wallbangs and stuff. And as I read all the comments of this video I am mostly reminded of what made 1.6 so great. The community was fantastic. The maps and mods of that game will never be beaten.

[@JohnStrong-fd8lq]

Same 1992

[@PressTube]

I’ve played it from 1999. Took a long break from 2006 to 2020

[@dimml0r]

basically.the same for me. its nice now too... but the 99 version was already pretty damn good. would still play it

[@thibaud9269]

Pretty much the same for me as far as I remember

[@JGnVEGAS]

same here! i was buying Pokémon cards at a card shop and there were dudes playing counterstrike in the back for a buck an hour and it all started there i was like F Pokémon cards and ya we all know what we should of done with those cards but ya haha

[@hdsystem]

Same. Busy with life+career from 2006 to 2020. Now settled down, kids got bigger, and i'm playing again. My favorite is still with CSS though. It's more fun!

[@scubaseppy]

I started in ‘99 as well beta 6.5. It was so fun to watch that game progress. At the time games didn’t last very long and you were on to the next one. I played CS till 2005 or so, I tried a few years ago for play CS GO and it’s just a different game now.

[@Virtual00]

1.0 was great (went so well on LANs). 1.6 was the masterpiece.

[@whachadoowin]

As a casual, I think 1.6 will always be the best version just because of the community and custom gamemodes that you could play. Superhero Mod, Warcraft 3 Mod, PokéMod, Basebuilder, Jailbreak, Zombiemod, Hide and Seek are the top ones that come to memory. Func vehicle also was the icing on the cake for 1.6 and I can't believe it was never brought back for go/cs2!

[@GameChronicles406]

ye Zombiemod was awesome.

[@Revis_Carl]

that profile picture totally doesn't tell me about those tribe of people who lied about six gazzilion deaths and called every european culture as "nazi"

[@CS2PLUG]

The community is still alive and well. Give it time for CS2. But GO had tons of support. The glory days are certainly behind but not forgotten!

[@666222333111]

Diablo mod and cod mod were also huge. Diablo and warcraft modes were my favourite had a bunch of my own public severs. Nowadays its hard to find them its mostly just ffa, dm or hns everything else kinda got faded out by time. I will never forget being like 13ish and playing diablo mod or wc3 mod or even ffa on some cool ass maps like cs_tanks 😂😂 I really wish we could bring back old 1.6 is some of the best memories I have.

[@reese2694]

It didn't stop me from playing but I never forgave them for the shield. Give me that 1.5.

[@fallios]

CS 1.6 will always be the best version of CS. I've played cs since 1.3 those were the days.

[@shivendrasharma2288]

A lot of people still do agree 1.6 is still the best and most original CS.

[@zackd1eb0hne4]

as i do :) @@shivendrasharma2288

[@Romyanov]

Эээ ежже то рот таво ипал жись

[@robdawg786]

@@shivendrasharma2288 I liked 1.5 becoz no tactical shields

[@oswaldmensin5283]

leave it to valve to get their hands on the game and make changes@@robdawg786

[@Y3hY0]

It's been a long road guys for those who's been playing day 1. Many beautiful memories for me was 1.5, 1.6, source and CSGO. Now CS2 and I'm 29.

[@GameChronicles406]

you are lucky, you got the full experience.

[@Akuretaki_Nikolay]

i only played from mod to 1.6, i consider CS GO as bad, source is good though but i skiped it@@GameChronicles406

[@olafdreibein9816]

it was amazing playing wit pod bots on half life mod haha

[@Jx12346]

Started playing shortly before 1.0 came out. I’m 34 now. I remember playing assault and when someone called our house I got disconnected cause I was on Dial up 😅 didn’t really play cs go a lot. I do play cs 2 though. Hard to get used to for me haha

[@rafsccp]

@@Jx12346you were very young haha. I started playing from the 1.3 version when I was about 14

[@soundcrazy9802]

We are that generation that maintained our peak at cs 1.6 and this will forever be best CS ever for us. Everything else is based on that one, which makes itself the best CS game ever released. Good old days, I'll give everything to go back once more and re-live everything that I did.

[@denarte6986]

One thing that CS2 can’t get right (or create) is fun memorable maps like: assault, aztec, dust2, pool, militia, ice world, mansion. They were so simple but so much fun to play.

[@DavidWongTianyu]

There’s really something about 1.6 and earlier versions that valve hasn’t managed to recreate. I think it’s the empty space and the echoy feeling of space

[@eggamyer3371]

Very true that is a great way to describe it.

[@user-cb6ww6cg1o]

CS 1.6 was so liminal indeed

[@acc9940]

very true, the emptiness

[@matyasmarkkovacs8336]

I think that's just the nostalgic feeling. You feel this because you were younger at that time and it brings back the good old memories. 1.6 is great, but let's be honest, the newer versions are technically much more advanced.

[@eyeclick175]

I think it’s the amount of times they say “fire in the hole”

[@dylanpaul7371]

From gritty militaristic atmosphere, to a gradually more cartoony aesthetic. CS2 / CSGO are great entires in the series, but damn do I miss the aesthetics of the earlier counter strikes.

[@GameChronicles406]

true, older versions had something special.

[@luxgame246]

i agree 100%, something about the older games

[@nukecoke87]

The graphics were gritty but the tone of the game was never serious militarism to me. The digital sound effects on various menus, the "need to buy weapon" design (especially funny if you are CT, think about it), the grafitti of dev and map makers scattered in corners of maps, all made me treat it as a "Game!" game, which is so different from games with serious settings such as Delta Force series around the same time. The game being born around y2k (and before 9/11) has also put on a layer of techno-optimism upon it, fast internet, LAN parties, iPod, a new millennium with so many possibilities...Man it was good times, it was too good.

[@mikef7878]

You know this video is legit when they mention 1.3 instead of jumping right to 1.5. Awesome job :)

[@GameChronicles406]

thanks

[@ThomasTune82]

there was also 1.1,1.2 and 1.4@@GameChronicles406

[@Killerratte]

there were no fucking new weapons in 1.3, legit my ass.

[@ThomasTune82]

@@Killerratte but new maps, voice chat etc

[@ninja.saywhat]

​@@Killerrattewho hurt you buddy? 😂

[@kfjdsoihf8452]

Man, that is bringing back the memories, I am now 45 yo. Started playing CS during my university studies. We were so addicted that not only we played like 12 hours a day but also sometimes watched other players/pros how they executed various tactics and stuff. God, what a nostalgia.......CS 1.6 was truly a masterpiece

[@crypto_div]

Man this brings back memories. We started by playing Half Life in our high school computer lab after school when all the teachers left. That eventually switched to the CS mod. Played every version of CS over the years, went to high school with some amazing players who started team zEx, one of the top teams in the country in the 2000s. Worked at LANferno in the 2000s and loved every minute of it. Tournaments, friends, non-stop gaming. After we closed it was invite only and we scrimmed all night every night. Made some lifelong friends there.

[@dixit6401]

I started at beta 6 or 7, when it was a mod and played almost 9 years without stopping until the end of 1.6. Thank you for this video ! ❤ Seeing again cs_dangerzone, mansion, de_dust ( or dust1) the POD Bots and their crazy moves... Waouw ❤️

[@vedanshchn]

I've played Condition Zero all my childhood and I loved it! I'm so glad they kept the same voice effects of "Counter Terrorist win" and other alerts and commands. But switched to mobile gaming as I'm not a fan of PC gaming. I wish they make all these for iOS and Android. I'd happily play CZ without any changes of multiplayer support just outta nostalgia.

[@token7143]

I feel like I'm back over 20 years ago, thank you for your video!

[@DavidWongTianyu]

I think I just realized how much sounds sounded echo-y in older cs. Like you were in a large echoy space. I think that and the half life alien-like noises when you switch weapons really made the maps special

[@KolbenfresserTV]

im playing CS since Sep' 99 ... started it at my first Lan Party with the Age of 15 :) Great times ... thanks for this Video

[@STibbze]

I started the exact same way back in 99. Had no PC so I went to lan parties. Hell I even missed school classes 😅 Played all CS roughly 20 years damn. Time goes fast Im 36 now lol

[@ptrazor9803]

FROM MASTERPIECE TO GARABE, 1.6 was the best

[@daniemang9977]

Cs 1.6 is the best. Cs cz is the worst

[@kleinkurti]

Tears in my eyes. The good old 1.6 time with the boys. ❤

[@veitnuglisch9217]

I start CS as Half-Life Mod on an LAN-Party... i was 9 or 10 years old. My brother played a game named "counter-strike 0.03 alpha" and the history began ... Now I'm 36 years :)

[@hjttsu]

Я не плачу.. Это просто дожь в глаза попал. 😢

[@gEExe]

There is nothing that can replace old Counter-Strike and all the memories.

[@Cizdipak]

Amazing bro. I have played probably every new version of this game. Still love it.

[@catalystactual6491]

nostalgia hit me like a sledgehammer when I saw FY_poolday at 2:53

[@dubot4076]

It started out as master piece, already. It’s insane, that if you were to fire up cs 1.6 now. The gaming experience would still be at the top of all experiences out there. Absolute MASTER piece.

[@Yash-mh4oj]

From a mod to its own Game history Counter Strike is

[@DyingTiger]

When CS was just a mod, it was so unique. Nothing could compare.

[@andreassk]

I remember half-life and its deathmatch (sound effect of clicking on buttons in half-life menu remain to this day as sound for taking screenshot with STEAM overlay ) So many mods and one of them Counter Strike with map called Militia (surely its still played to this day) I cant believe it was almost 25 years ago.

[@truly_I_say]

Played from 1.0 to 1.6 at a lan cafe when I was younger. $2 an hour for play. Met life long friends there and have some of my best memories in that place. RIP PC Zone of Long Beach, CA! RIP Sarang and Mikey! Always watched over us as kids giving us a place to escape the streets and a place to chill as young adults! Love you guys!

[@BiavattiCS2]

que nostalgia em parça, eu comecei em 2003, parei por mtos anos... e voltei agora em 2022, o game ta insano

[@dvo.gamingph2394]

tHanks for the video.. lan game to online game,,, great video.. bring back all the memories

[@trueTuhinKhan]

Keep the good content up! I subbed

[@GameChronicles406]

Appreciate it!

[@ricardofilipekuhn342]

Na minha opinião o que marcou época nas Lan Houses do Brasil foi o 1.5. Época boa.

[@uffffda7668]

I started on condition zero when I was like 8. My dad used to let me play it. Then I started to figure out how to get onto 1.6 and play, sometimes his friends would invite me to play thinking it was him. I would join a clan scrimmage and completely shit the bed. He finally changed his windows password so I made my own steam account by the time I was 10 and that’s when I started playing source. That’s my story

[@darkness4493]

I've started with CS portable on internet on my old laptop, now playing casual cs 2, started playing again from 2022 in cs go. Now i miss it really bad- there's no more retakes, danger zone, etc. modes, which i loved to play. We will see what the future holds, i hope they will add it 😕 all the best in New Year 😁

[@mtshorbaji]

Brings back old memories with condition zero I remember when i was a kid getting back from school and get on playing specially the storyline lovely memories ❤

[@TheOfficiaITristam]

"Masterpiece" 24 years and they still can't fix the hit registration while Valorant swoops in and just does it immediately

[@markvolker1476]

The skyboxes of cs 1.0-1.6 alone evoke nostalgia

[@themushroomchamp]

Loved this. I played em all and still on CS2. Awesome compilation

[@Bob.Loblaw]

1.6 brings back so many memories. Get out of school, CS before parents got home, dinner, homework, CS, bed.

[@DanielHerrmannKrypto]

I’ve played cs since beta 7 and it gave me at least 10% of the played time some fun 😅. Watching all the different versions make me almost cry.. time to realize that we became old. 1.5 was the best version IMO.

[@perasperaadastraat]

Completely agree on that. Playing on the old WON servers before Steam was released.... that was pure history. :) Miss the old times. I can't relate to CS:GO or CS2... it's a different game in my opinion.

[@firstspar]

@@perasperaadastraat and UK2 servers wow, brings back lots of memories. 1 to 1.3 is when I played the most.

[@REELife.youtube]

I have been playing CS since 2004, that time I was 11 years old. Now I am 30 yo, full time job, finished master’s degree, 1 year son, my body hurts from getting older, but I am always looking forward to kill some “noobs” or get killed by “noobs” now in CS2. My whole life I am playing only 2 games (except 1 year of PS4 with NHL and FIFA) and those aee CS and WoW (classic). Thank you for all the memories and beautiful moments. Cheers guys, I will be probably 40 yo if possibly CS3 comes out and we will be able to play together with my son. 🎉😂

[@Mattchu44]

I went from having landlines calls with my neighbor in 2002 when we would play in pump servers in 1.5, to playing in cal league with a bunch of guys I met somehow or another in 2006, to playing cs2 with the very same guys the past month. I met some of my favorite people through counter strike and had some amazing, hilarious memories associated with the game, it’ll always be legendary in my mind

[@ahzootube]

Almost 40 and I ve played all these old modes as they were fresh! Gotta check the newest version sometime 😅

[@mattiik]

Shout out to all the CPL players who PLAYED HARD and WENT PRO before the massive contracts and industry attention…the original superstars of the competitive cs community…how small it was back then

[@vincentcaballes5050]

So lucky to have played all of these versions. I never thought that for my 29 years on earth, there is only one game that I would love and will continue playing until the end of my lifetime.

[@Boyj.khalaf]

Thanks for the time stamps

[@dimitriosgiannoulis575]

Ohhh mennn I remember after school going on internet plaza to play Counter with my friends starting always with the open field level knifes only just for warm up what a mess it was, nice old memories you woke up with that video

[@xelm_]

source was perfect. i miss it so much.

[@criaafixa4829]

Nada chegará aos calcanhares do CS 1.6. Melhor jogabilidade de sempre. One love

[@samchawngthu9481]

Oh my goodness that momemt where u use a parachute after u jump in cs 1.6 some servers had those… man bringsback my childhood…all the blue kill screen nd all

[@Sanya_here]

This started from the quake in 1997 with mod Navy Seals. After in 1999 counter strike become a beta 1.0 on the GoldSrc engine.

[@MA-gc2pc]

1.6 was the best IMO, I wish current cs had zombie mode like cs 1.6 had, such a good times

[@eggamyer3371]

I remember going over to my older brother's friends house and being introduced to cs 1.0 when I was around 7 or 8 years old. I was instantly intrigued by what I was looking at and after playing I was instantly addicted. CS may be the best game ever created. I don't play the new CS2 as much as the older versions when I was a kid, but I'll never forget where I started and how much fun 1.6 was and still is to this day. What an amazing childhood.

[@dinislamovic]

The biggest turn was taken at Counter-Strike source, after that the game started looking better and better, but we all fell in love and started to play the 1.6 version

[@WillRhan]

we have come so far...

[@GameChronicles406]

we certainly did, what's your favorite version ?

[@l1ght608]

@@GameChronicles406 1.6 and source will always be the best.

[@bluemoon8498]

The initial mod was better no hackers and better maps cs militia, docks, mansion, etc. Apart from todays graphics and a few bugs anything under 1.6 was fun times.

[@am.8576]

CS 1.6 > all

[@lynxnix6732]

🤌🤌

[@srdjanpejakovic6997]

All time favorite game ever, I grow up with this game, so much memories so much joy thinking about Counter Strike 1.6 till now CS2. Love for Valve love for CS

[@Brancovtn65]

Skating to the local internet café with friends, placing a cold red bull on my desk and booting up CS:SOURCE was a memory I will cherish forever.

[@bluemoon8498]

Original mod was better. Better maps like cs militia, mansion, lambda, cs docks, de dust was the most popular. There was even a goldeneye map. Sight on m4a, shotgun model and sound changed multiple times. More importantly never spotted a cheater at least in the mod version. Cheating began in 2003 but was rare.

[@easymode533]

from mod to masterpiece to garbage

[@ehan1843]

how may i ask?

[@Magicer2290]

Cs2 is best, cheaters are exception

[@naosouogoleirodocorinthians]

Nah,cs 2 is still on its initial stage,it will get better.

[@easymode533]

@@naosouogoleirodocorinthians sure hope so

[@BernardoAnimator]

Cs Is good, just play and live your best times

[@osijekdejan]

Im Half life and Opposing force era guy. I still remmeber crossfire and yard map. ❤ Later 1.6 comes online, I playd it till the end then I got so dissapointed and stop playing cs till now. I start again now playing cs2 but it will never be the same as now , 35 years old guy. Sweet times and memories❤

[@simplysurprising]

still playing 1.6 ! the best CS

[@Magic_dawn]

cs2 needs a lot of work, its probably the worst state cs has been in.

[@GameChronicles406]

i agree, it needs alot of work but i dont think it is worst than cs go beta :D

[@codcrashx]

Game is a joke, forced beta (+cheaters)

[@GameChronicles406]

@@codcrashx true, cheaters ruins everything

[@SoraKairiLeonhartfan]

@@codcrashx on the subject of cheaters, VAC Live is at least doing its job.

[@dylanpaul7371]

Nope, csgo was way worse when it came out.

[@dice568]

Great video. I feel like the Arms Deal update should have been included since it introduced skins in the game which dramatically changed the landscape of Counter-Strike moving forward.

[@teejaybee8222]

Remember playing the Beta versions in my dorm room in college. I think I started on beta 7.0 or 7.1. Game was changing so fast back then

[@frankygee107]

Nice Video nice memories ..!! ❤️❤️

[@Zylon1338]

great video

[@HODGESJAPANESEPENS]

I've been playing since day one. i can remember playing he original mod. there was also a Lemmings mod which was hilarious. played source comp in 2005/2006. just can't get into GO or CS2. something about them is just off. i've since gone to playing counter-strike nexon which i was surprised didn't get mentioned in the video.

[@blitzngaming2532]

Starting in 1999 this video brings a tear to my eye, seeing the graphics, menus, guns, brings nostalgic and what made this my favorite game. 25 years later - still playing CS :)

[@Zabuza84]

First started playing cs with version 1.3 1.6 was the best. Loved playing that game and going to lan tournaments. Great memories esp playing vs complexity at xactek which was on of the first pro teams back then :)

[@joshuavo7049]

1.3 kid but 1.6 gamer here made it to Cal-I for two seasons, but mainly played in Cal-M. Such a fun time in life. If I could go back I would tell myself to keep playing for obvious reasons.

[@joaodasilva4174]

And this phenomenon just begin with a single mod.

[@raaL2012]

Played since beta 7 and 1.0-1.6, ESPL, later ESL. Rejoining now with cs2

[@tracolsamir3106]

Quelle belle nostalgie qu'est-ce que j'ai pu passer des heures sur CS ... Quand je regarde la vidéo ça me donne des frissons ^^

[@sanithtait40]

Started on cs 1.3, went competitive in 1.6 and made it to nationals in aus, still play casually till this day with cs2 with old mates back in the day. Got my son into watching pro tournaments he has started his cs journey at the age of 6. How long does this epic game have left? who knows... but I sure do hope I get to see him compete if he ever has the desire.

[@LizardManFromTheEarthCore]

Jesus, what a blast to the past. I was there when 1.3 arrived. Played until the end of 1.6 but never really got into Source and GO. Now I'm back for CS 2.

[@SamurajX-Esports]

I played half life, cs 1.6, csgo after riptide, cs2 and I don't even know what was in between. Thanks for the knowledge.

[@GlueWaZy]

What a time to be alive back then absolutely miss it. i remember being flabbergasted by people that could use the buy menue lightning fast by using the Nummpad.

[@jamiewalker9058]

Dam, brings back memories❤ started in 1.3, so many good times with the local clan with Lan parties, staying up all night playing, eating pizza, and drinking Bawls, Moving up through the ranks in cal matches, the whole experience was amazing. Long live counter strike!

[@andrekurniawan6705]

My life memories were saved in these games. CSGO 2012 is still my favorite when I was broke in college until I succeeded in my master's of engineering

[@EnduroJSSwe]

2:52 i remember playing alot of deathmatches on that map!! :D :D

[@motoboy6666]

Played since 1.0 … early cs was just mind blowing. So fun and fast.

[@leonx9726]

1.6 is just unbeatable. Played it all the time during my childhood. Thank you Valve for the beautiful memories.

[@AndreiChrisso]

amazing evolution 😊

[@MMBNMalternateaccoun]

Started playing 1.6 back in 04 after my dad gave me his steam account after wow came out. Went on to dump tons of hours into both 1.6 and source and still do to this day even though there are very few active servers left and the ones that are arent even full of players. With cs2 come out I plan on getting into it as well.

[@NiIex]

Looks like I stopped playing during 1.3. Can still remember the maps, models and UI, but 1.5 and after is new to me. Those were my high school days and private LAN right after. Tried Source few years later but it just wasn't the same.

[@chuwwo3361]

this right here , is memory .

[@anoselano]

I've played all version of counter-strike. well maybe not the modded version like zombies or monsters or the chinese counter-strike online one but I've been a fan of FPS games since then. I remembered back in 2006 when I was in first grade my dad and my uncle played CS 1.0 and they keep downloading the newer version each year it until Condition Zero and Source. after that I stopped playing CS for years I switched to Point Blank and Cross Fire. and then in 2013 my friend Introduced me to Global Offensive and now CS2. It's been a long journey with this game, a masterpiece, legendary game.

[@bibubeatsmusic]

Can someone pls tell me wtff is that deep voice you hear at 2:03 because i vaguely remember it being in cs1.6 also and I once activate it without knowing and it scared the shit out of me

[@MisterPickle.]

OG MOD player here. I remember when this started to blow up. It broke the mold from Arena DMs. It gave players objectives other than to just frag each other. And if its a 1v1 at the end and someone askes: "Knifes" in chat. The answer is/was always "yes!"😅

[@user-br4bl7mq4i]

There was something so magical about playing this on a snow day years ago.

[@djmartyn9]

I started with the 1.5 when I was 5, I remember playing in a cyber a "CS 1.8", maybe it was just the Condition Zero, but that was epic for me

[@luheartswarm4573]

watching source clips give me so much nostalgia!

[@Soil2323]

You press buttons to buy bullets, you were able to choose skin of each team, offline mode 5v5 with friends, Italy Azdec and Assault were nice to play with Deathmatch as well, eeh.. nice