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Screenshot of CS 1.6.

Counter-Strike (CS for short) is the world's number 1 online action game. Engage in an incredibly realistic brand of terrorist warfare in this wildly-popular team-based game. Ally with teammates to complete strategic missions. Take out enemy sites. Rescue hostages. Your role affects your team's success. Your team's success affects your role.

Counter-Strike was first released as a Half-Life mod (under the name Half-Life: Counter-Strike) on June 19th, 1999. The Counter-Strike Mod was developed by Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess "Cliffe" Cliffe. On April 12th, 2000, Valve announced that the Counter-Strike developers and Valve had teamed up. Since then, Counter-Strike has been available to buy. The final major version of Counter-Strike is Version 1.6, released on September 15, 2003, few days after Steam launched.

Counter-Strike maps use the following prefixes: de_ for Bomb Defusal, as_ for Assassination, and cs_ for Hostage Rescue.

Official Maps

Counter-Strike has the following official maps included:

Hostage scenario: cs_747 - Official Map since March 10 2000 (Beta 6) cs_assault - Official Map since July 1999 (Beta 1.1) cs_backalley - Official Map since December 23 1999 (Beta 5) cs_estate - Official Map since June 8 2000 (Beta 6.5) cs_havana - Official Map since April 24 2002 (1.4) cs_italy - Official Map since June 8 2000 (Beta 6.5) cs_militia - Official Map since September 14 1999 (Beta 3) cs_office - Official Map since September 26 2000 (Beta 7) cs_siege - Official Map since June 19 1999 (Beta 1)

Bombing scenario: de_airstrip - Official Map since January 16 2003 de_aztec - Official Map since June 8 2000 (Beta 6.5) de_cbble - Official Map since June 8 2000 (Beta 6.5) cs_chateau - Official Map since April 24 2002 (1.4) de_dust - Official Map since December 5 1999 (Beta 4) de_dust2 - Official Map. de_inferno - Official Map. de_nuke - Official Map since December 5 1999 (Beta 4) de_piranesi - Official Map since June 12 2002 (1.5) de_prodigy - Official Map since December 5 1999 (Beta 4) de_storm - Official Map. de_survivor - Official Map. de_torn - Official Map. de_train - Official Map since December 23 1999 (Beta 5) de_vertigo - Official Map.

Assasination scenario: as_oilrig - Official Map since March 10 2000 (Beta 6)

See Also

• Counter-Strike Level Creation
• Counter-Strike FGD

Trivia

• The pirated copies of 1.6 in Russia had additional music that is not in the Steam version. Some suggest that it's some track by Zak Belica from Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Deleted Scenes.

External Links

• Counter-Strike - The official website.