Update
12 March 2006: I’ve finally found and uploaded the beta maps and they are now available for you to download.. Thanks go to Adam for publically releasing them.
About
Parallax was a set of Half-Life maps that were under production by Adam Foster. There was no published release date and few other details. Sixteen or so all-new single-player maps portraying the Black Mesa Research Facility disaster from the point of view of another scientist were planned. There was also a story connected with the levels but I can’t find any working links to it!
Adam Foster has recieved a lot of positive publicity regarding his first Half-Life 2 release called: Metastasis.
PlanetPhillip Note
I’ve collected all the images I could find and added them below. This one looked really good, it’s a pity it was discarded! If anybody has any information regarding this mod please email me.
Basic Details
- Title: Parallax
- File Name: parallax.rar
- Size : 5.20Mb
- Author: Adam Foster
- Date Released: 07 February 2001
- Download: PlanetPhillip Filecloud Server
- Resources: Hangar 16 Interview
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Check out FileFront Direct, it lists every file I have, for posts with non-working links.
2nd April 2006
Half-Life, Single Player Mods and Maps
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19th January 2006
Wow. This really does look nice. Pity..
19th January 2006
Adam did release a small 2-map beta pack from Parallax just last year. It was short, but a fun time. I’ve sent Phillip an email with some more info, hopefully he’ll update this post soon.
19th January 2006
I’ve recieved the email and now have the file. One small problem is that the read me is very specific about the file not being made public, so I would rather recieve personal permission before I post a link to it.
Unfortunately I don’t seem to have much luck contacting Adam. So if anybody can contact him for me it will be greatly appreciated.
19th January 2006
Ah, Parallax. I used to wait for Adam to release this one, it looked so promising at the time – and still looks good to me.
Hope that he gives the go for file to be made public – it would be great to play this one, even in it’s unfinished form and smalled down scale.
27th February 2006
I had someone remind me about this again – I’ve been really busy over the weekend (second episode of MINERVA is imminent!) but I’ll try and have a look through my map backups again soon. Apologies for the delay – but since I started Parallax back in the summer of 1999, percentage-wise I’m not too slow…
Adam
27th February 2006
All I need from you is your permission to publish the small release you made. However, perhaps this is a candidate for Half-Life: Resurrection?
27th February 2006
Yes, you can certainly publish the old mini-beta-release – feel free to add something to the README to indicate that it is a valid distribution.
I’ll probably upload all my old RMFs somewhere soon anyway, as they aren’t really doing anything as they are…
Adam
27th February 2006
Thank you. Now all I have to do is remember the filename and where I put it.
Before you upload your old RMFs would you be kind enough to contact me because I have an idea I would like to discuss with you.
To all my readers, as soon as I can I will post a link to the file.
TIA
12th March 2006
wait… this was finished he just didnt upload it anywhere
12th March 2006
See comment 5. I don’t know why he used “Cargo Cult” as his name but the comment is from Adam. I am uploading the file to my server as I type this comment. The link will be working very soon.
12th March 2006
someone said this was finished
12th March 2006
Well it seems that “someone” was wrong.
12th March 2006
This is the same version of Parallax that has been hidden on the http://hylobatidae.org/minerva/ site for quite a while.
I’ve converted the original splash screen to be compatible with Steam, you can download it here:
http://www.ihud.com/file.php?file=120306/1142163781/parallax.zip
or perhaps Phillip you would like to add this to the download options above?
4th April 2006
Can someone help me? I’m stuck. I’ve gained access to the long ladder that goes up to the large freight elevator. I go up the ladder around the elevator to a set of two doors that lead to a room with two large doors at each end with a couple of large storage crates. I can proceed no further as neither door will open and I can’t go back through the small doors as they now will not open.
6th April 2006
@jallo
Maybe you noticed that the Parallax mappack only consists of two maps… and you reached the end.
6th April 2006
Thanks Red Slug. Your probably right. I was just observing the screenshots and had not been to the trainyards pictured so assumed I was missing something somewhere. Fun while it lasted.
23rd December 2007
Only 2 missions, but in the screen is train and i don`t go there…
12th February 2008
because it’s unfinished
so cool
1st April 2008
OK as far as it went part 1 of an unfinished game