Ep.20 r1 — Half-Life — 19 November 1998

Bread Bin & Cartridge · Oct 4, 2026 · 12m

Thursday 19 November 1998: Valve's Half-Life goes on sale in America, with UK shops getting it on the 27th. Lee and Mark take in Cher's Believe at number one, Half-Life and new sound cards priced in today's money, PC Zone's 95% and C&VG's perfect 100%, Victoria Wood's dinnerladies on BBC One, SMTV Live on Saturday mornings, Furby as Toy of the Year and the Game Boy Color, and a sound desk comparing Half-Life on plain software sound, a Sound Blaster Live! with EAX and an Aureal A3D card, plus software vs OpenGL graphics.