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Parallax – Half-Life

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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.

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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
Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half Life 1, 2 and 3
Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half Life 1, 2 and 3
Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half Life 1, 2 and 3
Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half Life 1, 2 and 3
Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half Life 1, 2 and 3
Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half Life 1, 2 and 3
Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half Life 1, 2 and 3
Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half Life 1, 2 and 3
Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half Life 1, 2 and 3
Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half Life 1, 2 and 3
Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half Life 1, 2 and 3
Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half Life 1, 2 and 3
Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half Life 1, 2 and 3
Reader Recommendations
3 recommendations, average score: 4 (out of 5), standard deviation: 0.67
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Posted: 2nd April 2006

Category: Half-Life, Single Player Mods and Maps

Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3
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  1. Mystery8 Says:

    Wow. This really does look nice. Pity..

  2. Unq Says:

    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.

  3. planetphillip Says:

    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.

  4. erc Says:

    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.

  5. Cargo Cult Says:

    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

  6. planetphillip Says:

    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?

  7. Cargo Cult Says:

    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

  8. planetphillip Says:

    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

  9. bumtown Says:

    wait… this was finished he just didnt upload it anywhere

  10. planetphillip Says:

    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.

  11. bumtown Says:

    someone said this was finished

  12. planetphillip Says:

    Well it seems that “someone” was wrong.

  13. fitzroy_doll Says:

    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?

  14. jallo Says:

    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.

  15. Red Slug Says:

    @jallo

    Maybe you noticed that the Parallax mappack only consists of two maps… and you reached the end.

  16. jallo Says:

    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.

  17. wlodi Says:
    Play It Now!

    Only 2 missions, but in the screen is train and i don`t go there…

  18. tox (dev) Says:
    Play It Later

    because it’s unfinished

    so cool

  19. mel Says:
    Maybe?

    OK as far as it went part 1 of an unfinished game

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