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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19 January 2006 at 9:08 am
Wow. This really does look nice. Pity..
19 January 2006 at 2:00 pm
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.
19 January 2006 at 2:38 pm
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.
19 January 2006 at 3:06 pm
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.
27 February 2006 at 12:46 pm
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
27 February 2006 at 1:55 pm
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?
27 February 2006 at 5:29 pm
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
27 February 2006 at 6:31 pm
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
12 March 2006 at 10:13 am
wait… this was finished he just didnt upload it anywhere
12 March 2006 at 10:24 am
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.
12 March 2006 at 10:59 am
someone said this was finished
12 March 2006 at 11:06 am
Well it seems that “someone” was wrong.
12 March 2006 at 12:47 pm
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?
04 April 2006 at 6:53 pm
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.
06 April 2006 at 1:04 pm
@jallo
Maybe you noticed that the Parallax mappack only consists of two maps… and you reached the end.
06 April 2006 at 2:14 pm
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.
23 December 2007 at 4:22 pm
Only 2 missions, but in the screen is train and i don`t go there…
12 February 2008 at 10:15 pm
because it’s unfinished
so cool
01 April 2008 at 8:39 pm
OK as far as it went part 1 of an unfinished game