Half-Life: Further Data

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Half-Life: Further Data
Release date	Q1 1999 (V.1), Q2 1999 (V.2)
Genre	First-person shooter
Mode	Single-player, multiplayer
Rating	ESRB: M (Mature)
Distribution	Sierra
Specifications
Platform	Microsoft Windows
Input	Keyboard and mouse
Engine	GoldSrc
Production information
Developer	Valve Corporation
Series information
Half-Life

Half-Life: Further Data is a series of companion CDs, distributed for free via retail channels in 1999. Two CD releases are known: Half-Life: Further Data V.1, a CD-ROM / audio CD hybrid disc; and Half-Life: Further Data V.2, a CD-ROM data only disc.

Further Data V.1 contains the Half-Life 1.0.0.5 to 1.0.0.8 game update, while Further Data V.2 contains the 1.0.0.5 to 1.0.0.9 game update, allowing for installation of Team Fortress Classic. Further Data V.1 is a hybrid data/audio CD, featuring two tracks from the Half-Life soundtrack ("Adrenaline Horror" and "Space Ocean"). Both releases contain the Half-Life: Uplink demo, and Half-Life: Further Data, a collection of multiplayer maps, models and logo sprays.

Further Data is a reference to the sentence shown at the very end of Uplink, "further data required".

Exact release dates for the CDs are not currently known. All files on the Further Data V.1 CD have a creation date of February 17, 1999. By comparison, Half-Life: Uplink was released on February 12, 1999). Creation dates on the Further Data V.2 CD vary, with the latest date being June 10, 1999.

Gallery

Half-Life: Further Data V.1 back cover.

The Half-Life: Further Data V.1 CD.

Ken Birdwell model.

External links

The Half-Life Wiki has more images related to Half-Life: Further Data.

• Half-Life: Further Data on Half-Life: Uplink.com