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MODS - also known as Total Conversions
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July 14 , 2004 - Mod News - Check this out, very cool ...
The Ship - new mod for Half-Life 1 ...
In a way, The Ship is more like Thief than Half-Life ... the object is to kill withing being caught at it ...
The Ship

"You might find a few things to concern you while you're enjoying the luxurious surroundings, like the fact that you have the name of another passenger, your quarry, visible on your screen… It might be a good idea to find that person and get rid of them in some way because somewhere there's another passenger with your name. They'll be looking for you and it's not going to be a friendly meeting…

"This is just Mr X's way of making you pay for your free cruise by keeping him entertained… Murder your quarry in an interesting way and he'll even pay you money! Just don't get caught by the Ship's security or witnessed by too many passengers or you'll go straight to jail, suffer a hefty fine and probably lose your weapons…

"Be sure to make use of the Ship's facilities while you're exploring: eat drink and be merry as they say or you may find death comes upon you through your own ineptitude rather than your hunter's finesse… And if you think your hunter's getting too close? Try changing your clothes: you may throw them off the scent… For a while…"

The Ship: www.theshiponline.com

 

Mod -- from "modified"
New game created by modifying an existing game. Typical mod features:

  • new maps
  • new textures
  • new weapons, monsters, game physics , games rules, etc.
    ... may require:

Mod Resources

 

Mods and Mod Teams - comprehensive lists ...

Assorted Mods - these are various mods by friends, associates, and anyone who requests a link.

  • Vampire Slayer - the Vampire Slaying Half-Life mod
  • Blaze Bolden - Singleplayer - "Theme: 1930’s and 40’s sci-fi movies and TV shows (Think rockets, ray guns and atomic cars!)"
  • RIP (Riot In Progress) - Singleplayer: 26 Levels; new enemies, weapons, effects, powerups. First or Third person perspective. Steam Compatible.
  • Isolation -
  • Escape Velocity -
  • Space Race -
  • Resistance and Liberation mod for HL/HL2 - "Every single weapon for the mod has been modelled and skinned. Four player models are modelled and skinned. We have three player model animations, and about four to five weapon animations."
  • Red Storm - This mod is devided in 2 sections:
    (1)SWAT Campaign - command your own team through several missions
    (2) Live Action Mode - unlocked after completion of SWAT Campaign. Live Action puts you in the shoes of a morbid civillian, ready to defend his life against the new terror ...
  • Nu Skool - "The concept rotates around the basic dislike between (most) staff and pupils in one school, or between one school and another. Our two gameplay modes pit either pupils against staff, or school against school."
  • Dead Survivors -
  • Prison Warfare - singleplayer conversion - escape prison, fight freakish mutants, and more ....
  • Team Lambda - a new look at the events that took place in the Black Mesa Research Facility, this time through the eyes of John Hale a member of the Lambda Team, with new special issue weapons, alien race and loads more....
  • Mike & Pete's Fun Half-Life Sound Pak - comical new sounds for Half-Life
  • Epic Odyssey - MMORPG: " Knights, monsters, demons, and kings ruling the planet. "
  • Acid Edge/Psycho Hill -
  • BasikWorld -
  • Borked Hazard Mod - "a hazard course ... stop the terrorists from taking classified information"
  • Heavily Armed -
  • Tour of Duty - Vietnam War mod
  • Runaway - French - screenshot -
  • Day of Defeat - WW-II Mod
  • Heavily Armed - Confront terrorists, rescue the executives - single-player
  • Jurassic Park: the Jagged Edge - fight cooperatively for survival against deadly and vicious dinosaurs
  • Half-Life Chronicles -
  • Target: Aquire - "A Team-play mod for 8+ players. New weapons, New H.U.D."
  • Kanonball - "Fast and brutal, Kanonball is the ultimate sport played by the ultimate athlete."
  • Counter-Strike - Terrorists and Counter-Terrorists
  • Sven Co-op - "Where people get together and fight monsters from Half-Life in special maps ... points for killing monsters, like 1 for a zombie and 3 for a bullsquid, 10 for a huge Gargantua etc... Its very fun!"
  • Rich's Project Warehouse -
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