Half life help

ChrisLandin · 18 Jan 2010 at 17:53

Hi all. My pal just gave me this game to play and I know its ancient but I thought I would give it a blast. So I have installed it and when I went to play it The following message appears on screen "Your system only reported -2420.00k of physical memory Half life requires at least 16mb"

What do I need to do to be able to play this game? Im stumped as why it wont work cos my pc plays crysis and borderlands and plays them well, this game is years old. Any help out there????

Teaf · 18 Jan 2010 at 17:55

Tried running in compatibility mode in case it's having issues with Vista?

stooeh · 18 Jan 2010 at 18:02

If you have just installed it straight of the CD it's quite possible you will have to download update/patch ?

Lyon85 · 18 Jan 2010 at 18:02

Apparently Valve released a fix through Steam for this issue.

Do you have an old disc that doesn't require activation through steam? If so, register.

ChrisLandin · 18 Jan 2010 at 18:03

Yea just thought about that now pal and your right. Thanks for the tip though. It played straight away when I switched it to XP service pack 2. Thanks again

ChrisLandin · 18 Jan 2010 at 18:04

Yea it was an old disk that dint require activation or the patch, it works fine now. Is it a good game?

just Scott · 18 Jan 2010 at 18:08

ChrisLandin said:
Is it a good game?

Yes.

Lyon85 · 18 Jan 2010 at 18:13

ChrisLandin said:
Yea it was an old disk that dint require activation or the patch, it works fine now. Is it a good game?

If you didn't play it back in the day then it might not be the revelation you are probably expecting, but all gamers should play it at least once.

I would never play through it again now, but I am eager to see what the Black Mesa remake turns out like.

PhillyDee · 18 Jan 2010 at 18:35

Good fun. Just remember the era it was made in.