Get Your Free TVs! (partially found "Half-Life 2" tech demo; 2000): Difference between revisions

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The only known official image of Get Your Free TVs!.

Status: Partially Found

Get Your Free TVs! is a tech demo shown off at SIGGRAPH 2000 and SIGGRAPH 2001 behind closed doors.^[1] The tech demo was to show off what VALVe was working on with their new Source Engine that was being used to create the upcoming game at the time, Half-Life 2.^[2]

Discovery Efforts

In 2003, Half-Life 2 was leaked to the public by Axel Gembe. In this leak, several assets from Get Your Free TVs! were found which included textures for a gas mask citizen, the main player models used for the demo, and a modified version of a map that was shown in the only screenshot of the tech demo.

References

↑ Facepunch forum thread on cut content from Half-Life 2. Retrieved 19 Apr '18
↑ TA Gamespot article on the final hours of Half-Life 2. Retrieved 19 Apr '18

[1] Facepunch forum thread on cut content from Half-Life 2. Retrieved 19 Apr '18

[2] TA Gamespot article on the final hours of Half-Life 2. Retrieved 19 Apr '18

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-'''''Get Your Free TVs!''''' is a tech demo shown off at SIGGRAPH 2001 and SIGGRAPH 2000 behind closed doors.<ref>[https://forum.facepunch.com/f/games/ujke/Half-Life-2-Cut-Content-V2-Drama-posts-are-week-ban/134/#postyhhct Facepunch forum thread on cut content from ''Half-Life 2''.] Retrieved 19 Apr '18</ref> The tech demo was to show off what VALVe was working on with their new Source Engine that was being used to create the upcoming game at the time, ''Half-Life 2''.  The demo could have made players take TVs at a variety of different locations and place them to a location while avoiding Striders, a huge three-legged enemy in ''Half-Life 2''.<ref>[https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-final-hours-of-half-life-2/1100-6112889/ TA Gamespot article on the final hours of ''Half-Life 2''.] Retrieved 19 Apr '18</ref>
+'''''Get Your Free TVs!''''' is a tech demo shown off at SIGGRAPH 2000 and SIGGRAPH 2001 behind closed doors.<ref>[https://forum.facepunch.com/f/games/ujke/Half-Life-2-Cut-Content-V2-Drama-posts-are-week-ban/134/#postyhhct Facepunch forum thread on cut content from ''Half-Life 2''.] Retrieved 19 Apr '18</ref> The tech demo was to show off what VALVe was working on with their new Source Engine that was being used to create the upcoming game at the time, ''Half-Life 2''.<ref>[https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-final-hours-of-half-life-2/1100-6112889/ TA Gamespot article on the final hours of ''Half-Life 2''.] Retrieved 19 Apr '18</ref>
 ==Discovery Efforts==
 In 2003, ''Half-Life 2'' was leaked to the public by Axel Gembe. In this leak, several assets from ''Get Your Free TVs!'' were found which included textures for a gas mask citizen, the main player models used for the demo, and a modified version of a map that was shown in the only screenshot of the tech demo.
+==See Also==
+*[[Team Fortress Classic (lost build of cancelled Xbox port of PC multiplayer first-person shooter; existence unconfirmed; early 2000s)]]
+*[[Team Fortress 2 "Expiration Date" (partially found screenplay and extended cut of animated short; 2012-2014)]]
+*[[Escape from Team Fortress (found cancelled web series; 2014-2015)]]
+*[[Electric Playground "Team Fortress 2 Beta" (lost episode of online video game news show; 2007)]]
+*[[Half-Life (found Dreamcast port of first-person shooter; 2000-2001)]]
+*[[Left 4 Dead 2 "The Cabin in the Woods" (lost build of cancelled movie tie-in DLC campaign for first-person horror shooter sequel; 2009-2010)]]
+*[[Team Fortress 2 (partially found original builds of PC multiplayer first-person shooter sequel; 1999-2006)]]
+*[[Team Fortress Classic (lost build of cancelled Xbox port of PC multiplayer first-person shooter; existence unconfirmed; early 2000s)]]
+*[[They Hunger: Lost Souls (found builds of unreleased sequel to "Half-Life" game mod; 2005-2008)]]
 ==References==