Deathmatch Classic or DMC is a multiplayer FPS video game developed by Valve as a tribute to Quake. Deathmatch Classic. C&C Red Alert 2: Yuri Revenge C&C Red Alert 3 Counter-Strike: Source Garry's Mod Half-Life 2. Left 4 Dead Left 4 Dead 2 Minecraft Portal 2 StarCraft: Brood War. Half-Life 1 Deathmatch Classic server list (HL DMC), search and monitoring. Enjoy fast-paced multiplayer gaming with Deathmatch Classic (a.k.a. Valve's tribute to the work of id software, DMC invites players to grab their rocket launchers and put their reflexes to the test in a collection of futuristic settings.
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| Release date(s) | June 7, 2001[1] |
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| Platform(s) | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| System req | Half-Life 1.1.0.7 patch |
| Input | Keyboard and mouse |
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Deathmatch Classic, often abbreviated to DMC, is a multiplayer mod for Half-Life. It was initially released as a free download on June 7 of 2001[1] and was later included with the 1.1.0.7 patch of the game on July 11,[2] but is currently sold on the Steam store as a standalone game.
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Overview[edit]
Deathmatch Classic was conceived by Valve as a tribute to id Software, and is essentially a remake of the multiplayer component of id's Quake.[3] Deatmatch Classic uses the GoldSrc engine, which was based on the QuakeWorld engine, which was in turn based on the QUAKE and GLQUAKE (which was based on QUAKE) engines. It had taken Valve roughly three months to develop.[4]
The original release included five maps converted from Quake. The gameplay is similar to Quake Deathmatch, with essentially the same weapons (except the weapon for melée combat, which is Half-Life's trademark crowbar instead of the original axe).[4]DMC also imitates Quake's physics, which allows an advanced player to gain a lot of extra speed or jump very high by using a number of movement skills such as bunny hopping and rocket jumping.
Community[edit]
Not enjoying widespread popularity like the team-oriented Half-Life mods, Counter-Strike and Day of Defeat, DMC has found its fan base particularly among nostalgic deathmatch veterans. Further Quake maps were converted for DMC by fans, and original new maps designed.
Many of the DMC servers offer a further modification of the game titled DMC Pro. It includes a Quake-style sound pack, custom maps, capture the flag and alternate versions of the default maps where the two most powerful weapons are more easily available, and there is a plenty of ammo for them. DMC Pro is characterized by extremely hectic action, the rocket launcher being practically the only weapon used.
Gameplay[edit]
The default game speed in DMC is somewhat slower than in Quake. The weapons scale from the basic shotgun to the rocket launcher and the Lightning Gun, a powerful directed energy weapon. Three types of bonuses are scattered over the maps which give the player a temporary special power: Quad Damage, Invulnerability, and the Ring of Shadows.
Reception[edit]
The default game speed in DMC is somewhat slower than in Quake. The weapons scale from the basic shotgun to the rocket launcher and the Lightning Gun, a powerful directed energy weapon. Three types of bonuses are scattered over the maps which give the player a temporary special power: Quad Damage, Invulnerability, and the Ring of Shadows.
Reception[edit]
GameSpy stated that DMC 'brought back memories of late nights gone by playing Quake,' and praised the visual aspects of the game.[4] As of August 2017, user reviews of Deathmatch Classic on Steam are very positive, with 82% of reviewers praising the game one way or another.[5]
Gallery[edit]
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References[edit]
- ↑ 1.01.1Half-Life DMC Released on Shacknews (archived)
- ↑Half-Life News on Sierra Studios' official website (August 1, 2001) (archived)
- ↑Breathing New Life Into Half-Life (part 1) on GameSpy (June 9, 2007) (archived)
- ↑ 4.04.14.2Breathing New Life Into Half-Life (part 2) on GameSpy (June 10, 2007) (archived)
- ↑Deathmatch Classic on Steam
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External links[edit]
- Deathmatch Classic on Steam
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| Other:Deathmatch Classic · Half-Life 2: Survivor (Battle Mode · Mission Mode) | |
| Cancelled:Half-Life (Dreamcast port) · Prospero | |
| Multiplayer maps | Half-Life: Boot Camp · Bounce · Crossfire · Datacore · DoubleCross · Frenzy · Gasworks · Lambda Bunker · Rapidcore · Rust Mill · Snark Pit · Stalkyard · Subtransit · Team9 · The Hill · Undertow · Xen DM |
| Half-Life (PlayStation 2 port): Basement · Debris · Office · Signal · Skirmish · Water Canal · Waypoint | |
| Opposing ForceAll-Star Deathmatch: Blue Meanie · Kandy Base · Kandy One · Lost Outpost · Paradox Park · Repent · Rubble · Untimely Demise · Waste Disposal · Xen Dance | |
| Opposing Force CTF: Black Mesa Biodomes · Chasm · Crash Site · Gun Yard · Hydro-Electric Dam · HairBall · Mortar · Paradox Park - The Command Point Issue · Power Struggle · Repentagram x2 · The Wonderland · Xen Dance | |
| Half-Life 2: Deathmatch: Halls3 · Lockdown · Overwatch · Powerhouse · Resistance · Run Off · Steam Lab · Underpass | |
| Half-Life 2: Survivor: Lockdown | |
| Weapons and items | Half-Life 2: Deathmatch: Half-Life 2: Deathmatch weapons · S.L.A.M · Stun Baton |
| Half-Life 2: Survivor: Battle Mode weapons and items · Charge Bow · Decoy Bomb · Drinks (Jump Drink · Mind Drink · Power Drink) · Dual RPG · Gatling Gun · Grenades (Capture Grenade · Fire Grenade · Poison Grenade · Smoke Grenade · Timer Grenade · Whiteout Grenade) · Injections (Energy Injection · Recovery Injection) · Melee (Pulse Knife · Stungun) · Paint Gun · Pistols (Dual Enhanced Pistols · Silenced Enhanced Pistol) · Poison Crossbow · Shields (Hand Shield · Provisional Shield) · Sniper rifles (Laser Rifle · Marking Sniper Rifle · Sniper Rifle · Stun Sniper Rifle) · Spark Generator · Supplies (Energy Battery · Health Charge Disk · Special Magazine · Surprise Box) · Traps (Powershake · Shake Trap · S.L.A.M · Tornado Trap) · Wave Canceller | |
| Other:Capture The Flag Power-Ups · Deathmatch Classic weapons and items · Penguin | |
| Half-Life 2: Survivor (cut): Gravity Gloves · Invisible Suit | |
| Characters | Half-Life 2: Survivor: Ranger · Soldier · Sniper · Engineer · Medic |
| Other | Half-Life 2: Survivor status effects · Battle Points · Cut missions from Half-Life: Decay · Cooperative Testing Courses · Robot Enrichment · Survivor Gold |
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