Pixelsuft HL

Pixelsuft HL is a browser build of Xash3D FWGS, an open-source engine written to be compatible with the GoldSrc engine behind Half-Life. The developer Pixelsuft compiled it with Emscripten to asm.js and published it in June 2021. Its launcher downloads a Half-Life data package in parts, or reads a ZIP of your own game files, and also lists Opposing Force and Russian-language packages.

How to play

1. On the start page, leave the memory size at its default of 150 or change it, then press Start.
2. Under Game Options, choose where settings and saves go: IndexedDB, LocalStorage, or memory only. The page warns that IndexedDB needs a proper exit from the game to save, and that LocalStorage can run out of space.
3. Choose the game data: Half-Life EN (214 MB), Opposing Force EN (221 MB), Half-Life RUS (304 MB) or Opposing Force RUS (224 MB), or select a local ZIP file.
4. Press the launch button. The command line is filled in for each package; the default is -dev 1 -game valve.
5. During play the page offers options to lock and hide the mouse pointer (on by default), resize the canvas and go fullscreen.

What you need

• A browser with WebGL.
• A mouse and keyboard. No touch or gamepad support is documented.
• Files: none with the listed packages. A local ZIP must come from your own copy of the game.

Good to know

• The launcher marks English Half-Life as "MENU LAGS" and both Opposing Force entries as "BUGGED (old ver)".
• Multiplayer only ever worked on the maintainer's local test server, so none is offered.
• The source repository was last changed in June 2021.
• The original Half-Life was developed by Valve and released for Windows on November 19, 1998.