The player standing in the terrorist starting zone of de_dust using a CV-47 ( AK-47)Ĭounter-Strike is a first-person shooter game in which players join either the terrorist team, the counter-terrorist team, or become spectators. ( June 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Each player may customize their arsenal of weapons and accessories at the beginning of every match, with currency being earned after the end of each round. During each round of gameplay, the two teams are tasked with defeating the other by the means of either achieving the map's objectives or eliminating all of the enemy combatants. Set in various locations around the globe, players assume the roles of counter-terrorist forces and terrorist militants opposing them.
Several remakes and ports were released on Xbox, as well as OS X and Linux. Counter-Strike was released by Valve for Microsoft Windows in November 2000, and is the first installment in the Counter-Strike series.
It was initially developed and released as a Half-Life modification by Minh 'Gooseman' Le and Jess Cliffe in 1999, before Le and Cliffe were hired and the game's intellectual property acquired. Counter-Strike (also known as Half-Life: Counter-Strike or Counter-Strike 1.6) is a tactical first-person shooter game developed by Valve.
