It is not always possible to track back through time into the archives of game history but with Half-Life the developer Valve has done the work for us by releasing some great videos that take us right back to where it all began and evolved over the years too. In this case, we are talking about the 2003 demo that would have debuted at the E3, this is a great way of seeing how cool gaming was back in the day and why some games have managed to outgrow others.

While we are taking a look back at Half-Life it is good to take a look at the various games within the bigger Half-Life family in this case we are talking about the 2002 demo for the game at the E3 and it is pretty spectacular even for back in the day, but don’t take our word for it, check it out for yourselves by watching the video below, you know that you want to!

Check out this demo video for Half-Life 2 it just goes to show how cool this game was back then and even now, the story has gone way beyond where some modern-day games are at right now. Valve has managed to overcome so many obstacles in order to get the game in front of players and the numbers just prove that players really do love Half-Life in all of its different variations.

It is hard to imagine that the Half-Life game has been going for such a long time and yet this is a game that has been successful despite having some serious challenges to overcome during the development and ongoing as the game evolved over time. Now there is this brilliant documentary that charts the ups and downs of the Half-Life game.