Blogger ported Half-Life to PlayStation 1 and showed gameplay
Translated with AI from the Russian original.
Valve's classic continues to attract gamers and various enthusiasts.
Recently, the author of the YouTube channel Bonnie Studios remembered the first part of Half-Life. He ported the game to the PlayStation 1 console – this is not a typical video about a “concept demake,” the Valve shooter actually runs natively on the original PlayStation 1.
According to Bonnie Studios, it was recorded “directly from SCPH-9002 via a RAD2X capture card.” No emulator program is used for operation; the game engine and renderer were “written from scratch” in the Rust programming language.
The average frame rate was around 17 FPS; most of the time, the FPS stayed at 20 with drops to 10-16 frames in the most open areas. The tech enthusiast noted that due to the peculiarities of image capture, there is a delay of approximately 100 ms; in reality, the game feels more responsive on the console than it appears in the presented video.
He contacted Valve and is awaiting a response – Bonnie Studios plans to publish the source code if there are no objections:
I have written to Valve asking for approval of the project, and if I don't hear back in a month or so, I will take that as no objection and release the code. After release, you will need your own legally purchased copy of Half-Life on Steam: the converter will read it on your computer and use it to build a disk image.
Earlier, another tech enthusiast published gameplay of a modification for Half-Life: Alyx online – it will allow playing fully without using a VR device. He is now preparing for the release of a public demo version of his project.
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