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Remembered that I had the CD for Half-Life and learned you can put the CD key in to unlock it. Was surprised that I also unlocked the add-ons with this version.
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Remembered that I had the CD for Half-Life and learned you can put the CD key in to unlock it. Was surprised that I also unlocked the add-ons with this version.
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Wait, what? I’ve repurchased a lot of stuff and have a binder full of cds and keys!
Old computer or external drive?
Wow, another MechWarrior online player? Never thought I’d see one outside of r/OutReachHPG or r/MechWarrior
Wow I never knew that
I believe there are some unlisted games you can only get in your library like this, like Prey (2006).
I miss Day of Defeat
There’s actually still some good half life death match servers up. Good stuff
You got the add-ons because you have the GOTY edition.
Good morning Mr. Freeman
FYI, this works for lots of old games. Ive also had luck with old EA games through Origin (EA Play, whatever its called now). Blizzard too through the BNET launcher. Off the top of my head, all the Unreal games will activate on steam with a CD key (and im pretty sure youll get the expansion packs too) and I know there are others but i cant remember, its been a long time since I went through my physical stuff and tried.
Makes me remember my first experience with Steam. I bought a disk with HL2 and it said it needs Internet connection to install. Weird for a single player game but okay, I have a connection. It didn’t warn me it won’t allow me to play until it downloads a bunch of patches. And back then you paid per megabyte. My parents were not happy with the bill. I said fuck Steam I’m never dealing with it again.
Fast-forward to now I have hundreds of games on Steam half of which I never even installed.
Yeah my steam account from 2005 was started from one of these cd keys.
Yo what! Gonna have to try this when I get back up to my parents one day with some old games I still have sitting around.
You must’ve created your steam account today? Within 24 hours of creating mine I already had dozens in my library after a year I had hundreds, them damn sales taking all my pocket change
You just saved yourself $2
Note: You can also do this if you have Diablo II discs/keys to get patched donwloadable version from Blizzard.
TF classic but no TF2? Damn
I remember when steam came out each CD key of my bundle got me a copy of half life so I made like three steam accounts
Any valve game can be entered as a cd key. You may also be able to enter non valve games as long as they are available on Steam you should get the game.
Woohoo at the Mechwarrior!
13 games?
***Steam***, at launch, was a buggy add-on that you suddenly needed to play **Valve** games.
I have issues with Valve, but this was a truly honorable decision.
Thank you, u/its_bme, for letting us *“physical-media stragglers”* know about this.
One day, ***Valve*** **will** *three*.
You’re surprised that you got the content of the GOTY with the GOTY version?
Chex Mix, Fallout, HL1, oh man late 90s was not that long ago…
I sold my games to EB Games after registering them in Steam. They were none the wiser back then.
Legitimate use of a photo instead of a screenshot.
Have my upvote
I did this in my college dorm in 2006 with my OG half-life disk, it unlocked like 20 games lol
Yeah old CD keys tend to work as long as the game is available through steam. Sadly this means the ORIGINAL Prey by iD doesn’t work. What’s cool is if you own the original half life valve gives you the entire base package. Just like op found out.