Counter-Strike

buena jugabilidad
buenos graficos
buenos servers
buena comunidad
buenos dialogos
buen ping
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Counter-Strike 1.6 isn’t just a game — it’s where legends were born.
Every bullet, every clutch, every headshot shaped a generation of gamers.
It taught us teamwork, reflex, and the sweet taste of a perfect defuse.
No battle passes, no pay-to-win — just raw skill and pure competition.
Long live the king of tactical shooters.

All time favourite game. Newer versions are very nice but this game hits different for guys like me. nostalgia is definetly hitting when you first enter the game. LEGEND GAME <3

This videogame changed the Shooters FOREVER. Nostalgic game. It's a classic.

I really love this game its really good but under one condition though, Is it okay to bring back the bots from CS 1.6 so that we can at least play the game properly like bring the cpu or bots back pls if you can thank you.

my entire experience consists of playing on lithuanian servers with random music jumpscares

The classic, the start of my fps journey.
When I was a kid, I though the bots were real people...
Fun times, I didn’t need to think about anything else like right now.
CINEMA

Good old times before Counterstrike become a virtual casino simulator. I was there to witness it.

one of my fav childhood games made tons of memory with this game if you really want to live the era of 2000 i suggest you should try this game :D

My childhood wouldn't be the same if this game didn't existed, It's the first FPS game that i ever touched and what made me love the genre as a whole and it's still smoother and more fun to play than CS2. None of the ranked matchmaking bullshit or stupidly expensive paid skins, just join a random chaotic 32 player slot server with people constantly spamming the mic.

But for some reason, Valve refuses to fix the ingame server browser that's full of fake spam servers.

After spending over 1,100 hours in Counter-Strike, I can say it’s an incredibly skill-based and intense shooter that rewards precision, strategy, and teamwork. The game’s simple yet deep mechanics make every match thrilling—whether you’re clutching a bomb site or coordinating with your team to outsmart opponents. Classic maps like Dust II and Mirage never get old, and the tight gunplay feels rewarding with every well-placed shot. The competitive scene keeps evolving, which adds to the game’s longevity and depth. While some aspects can be frustrating—like occasional cheaters or steep learning curves—the core gameplay remains engaging and highly addictive. For anyone serious about tactical shooters, Counter-Strike offers a timeless experience that’s well worth the hours invested.

Counter-Strike 1.6 – Steam Review
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (5/5)

This game is the fossilized godfather of online shooters, and it still hits harder than half the modern trash clogging up Steam’s front page. Counter-Strike 1.6 is brutal, barebones, and unforgiving—exactly how a competitive shooter should be. No skins. No loot boxes. No hand-holding. Just raw skill, twitch reflexes, and a lobby full of people who want to scream slurs before they get headshotted by a 12-year-old on dial-up.

There’s no sprint button, no aim-down-sights, and no killstreaks. You peek, you shoot, you die—or you carry. The sound design is scuffed but iconic. The movement? Janky perfection. Bunny hopping and wallbanging still feel better than most AAA shooter mechanics in 2025.

The community is either dead or undead, depending on what Eastern European server you stumble into. But that’s part of the charm. You don’t log into CS 1.6 expecting a friendly match—you log in expecting to sweat like it’s 2004 and you're in a smoke-filled LAN café trying to impress someone’s older brother.

Is it dated? Obviously.
Is it balanced? Barely.
Does it matter? Not at all.

This game taught a generation of players how to win, how to lose, and how to uninstall their mouse drivers out of rage. It’s not polished, it’s not pretty, and it doesn’t care. And that’s exactly why it still rules.

Buy it. Install it. Die to a deagle shot through a wall. Smile.

Ah, Counter Strike 1.6
This game was my childhood, and if you ignore the hours played on steam, i have played it semi consistently since 2010, on a pirated when i was but a wee lad. The game, nor the players, nor the strats havent changed in these years. The game remains like a time capsule for yester years of gaming, for the past long gone, but not forgotten.
My father was my introduction not only to gaming, but to counter strike, with it also being the first game i ever played. Its maps, guns, gameplay, all are timeless, whilst not 100% perfect, its very close to being that 100%.
With CS2 being valves main focus, its nice to see that there is still many people playing this game, a symbol of an empire that never falls, something that outlives many others.
Counter strike 1.6 living since 1999 has been that symbol, a symbol of a perfect multiplayer game, something that is unchangable, and so recognizable, a homeless guy on the street will know what it is.
Its a testament to the golden era of gaming, and a titan that still stands all these years later

I've been playing counter strike since it was available after the Y2K era. I had an original CD installer before but it was missing along with my other gems (Diablo, StarCraft and Need for speed underground installer). Good thing that it is downloadable here on Steam. Old but gold FPS multiplayer game.

After many years I come back to the game and still have good fun with cool frends.

my brother first showed me this game many years ago and now im a REALLY big fan of cs and the valve franchise itself

CS 1.6 is where it all began.
Pure, fast, and skill-based — no extras, just classic competitive gameplay that never gets old.

I have barely played this game, and I will probably not play it again, because of a specific mod.

#AllowClassicOffensive

Without the two genius on modding Half-Life for this, this hasn't born.

Better than CS2: you need only skills and fun time with friends.

Played this back in the 90's and im happy to say that community and servers are still alive and well. An absolute classic that will never disappoint

Counter-Strike 1.6 is not just a game — it’s childhood.
It was the best thing back then, and it’s still alive today. Now the servers are full of 30–40-year-old players, but the feeling remains the same — like a little island of freedom from the past.
Dust2x2, Pool Day, Aztec — those maps were more than maps. They were memories.
Even now, it’s still fun, still real, and still one of the greatest games ever made.

pure fucking swagness, every hour spent in this game increases your aura and room presence drastically

I remember the first time I played Counter-Strike.
It was the year 2000.
I was six years old — too young to understand strategy, too young to understand competition — but somehow just the right age to fall in love with chaos.
That day, my cousin showed me a dusty PC in a smoky internet café.
A CRT monitor flickered. A mouse too big for my hand.
But it wasn’t just a game.
It was my first battle.

He loaded up de_dust, and suddenly, the world outside — the noise, the crowds, the slow passage of real life — faded into nothing.
There were no big cutscenes, no heroes.
Just me, a Desert Eagle, and an objective I barely understood.
I wasn’t just playing.
I was fighting.

And then came the countless hours.
Headphones crackling with radio commands.
My heart racing with every corner I peeked.
Maps that became burned into my brain — the feel of them, not just the look.
I didn’t need tutorials.
We learned by losing.
By fumbling flashbangs and mistiming bomb plants.
By laughing at every terrible mistake and swearing we’d get it right next time.

Sometimes my father would peek into the room,
watching me shout at a screen filled with pixelated soldiers.
He didn’t understand why I cared so much about a digital bomb ticking down.
But he let me have that world.
A place where mistakes had a "restart" button.
Where battles could be won with practice, not just luck.

Now, two decades later, I still come back.
The graphics are ancient.
The servers mostly abandoned.
The hitboxes feel like ghosts compared to what games are now.

But something inside Counter-Strike still breathes.
Every footstep on old concrete.
Every panicked spray of bullets.
Every dusty corridor, whispering memories from a time when everything felt new and impossible and alive.

Counter-Strike isn’t just a shooter.
It’s a fossil from a younger Earth.
It’s a monument to when games weren’t about battle passes or daily challenges—
just pure, raw, imperfect competition.

And as I buy armor and a defusal kit one more time,
as I run through the same broken hallways I knew before I even knew what nostalgia was,
I remain there.
Hand on the mouse...
And a tear I cannot quite name—
whether it’s loss, or gratitude.

The game IS good, it's just you can't find any servers that aren't professional, empty, or you get kicked from right as you join.

yes yes very cool mlekcetata na mama didi on top. ZA BOLGAWIQQQQQQQQQQ :steamhappy:

To me, Counter-Strike 1.6 remains one of the greatest games ever made. It wasn't just a game - it was an era, a vibe, and a shared experience that still resonates deeply with me. I’ll never forget the first time I saw a friend playing on de_aztec - my eyes lit up with pure excitement. And of course, who could forget the legendary de_dust2? That map is etched into the memory of every player who grew up in that golden age.

Even after playing every single Counter-Strike title that came after, 1.6 holds a special place in my heart. The newer versions might be more polished, with shinier graphics and modern features, but the raw, competitive spirit of Counter-Strike lives in its original form. There was something magical about the simplicity, the strategy, and the intense teamplay.

Back then, before Discord became the norm, we had our trusty tools - mIRC, Ventrilo, and Teamspeak. These platforms were the lifelines of team coordination, trash talk, and camaraderie. It was all part of the experience, and it made the matches even more memorable.

Counter-Strike 1.6 wasn't just a game - it was the start of something incredible. And for me, it always will be.

Classic FPS. For me it's way better than the latest installments of the game.

CS 1.6 – A Classic I Respect, Even If It Wasn’t My Main Game

Back in the day, while most of my friends were deep into Counter-Strike 1.6, I was busy fragging in Unreal Tournament and Quake III Arena. Fast-paced, arena-style shooters were more my thing. But even then, I couldn’t ignore the impact of CS 1.6—it was everywhere.

Now, years later, I still wouldn’t call myself a die-hard fan, but I’ve got nothing but respect for the game. It’s a true legend. And honestly? Playing it with coworkers at the office from time to time is a blast. There’s a certain charm in its simplicity and old-school feel that still holds up.

CS 1.6 may not have been my game growing up, but I totally get why it’s a cult classic.

Its really addicting and nostalgic and it is nice buying it after years of pirating it, this game used to be the hype in 2012-2016, there wasnt a single laptop in our house that didnt have it. my older brothers first instinct was always to download counter strike. its even more fun 1v1 your friends.

Classic game, brings back so many memories.

In what other game can you join a server with everyone speaking Bulgarian and one player named "Glory to Ukraine"

My childhood game. Great memories alongside broken monitors!

best game ever way better than cs2

switch from cs2 to cs1 pls

Even without mods and plugins its way better than I remember. Way less clunkier than todays games, it feels snappy, TIGHT to play this. The atmosphere is something else that haven't been matched in any other game. A mist between arcade and realism.

I don't play this game but the SOUNDS. The Sounds are so good, it is unbelivable.

сама крута игра если слабый пк советую раньше хател в кс го поиграть но слабый пк был и в ету игру играл у меня шас норм пк но все равно в эту играю потому што скачиватьс ядолга будет интернет плахой кароче имба игра всем саветую

There are two types of people:
1. Those who played CS 1.6
2. Those who didn't (Liars)

Everyone played this game, especially at internet cafe's using LAN. Even my old IT teacher let us play CS 1.6 against each other in school.
10/10 (way more enjoyable than CS2)

Still a pretty decent game, however the only thing it really prevails at anymore is its nostalgia factor which keeps me coming back. The funny thing is its probably better than CS2 at this point. Still worth the buy though.

pretty good game, just full of mexicans and old dudes

It is an amazing game even now, although with relatively bad graphics, the teammates' radio and the gun types all made this game realistic and enjoyable

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☑ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☑ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☑ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☑ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☑ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☑ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☑ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☑ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

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do drugs and join zm servers 10/10 would recommend would do again
con: I somehow banged my dog while doing the things specified above
(the dog is ok, just a little bit bigger asshole)

its a really good game and fun really but there is one thing.... They are cheating and rebellious, and chaos is prevailing everywhere and any server is full😐😐😐

Great fucking game i think css is a bit better but amazing

Best game of all time. Low system requirements, highly competitive. Good fun with friends.
Cheaters are the main problem

Good Game if you find good community and servers.

Rating: 8.5/10

Counter-Strike 1.6 is the FPS that defined competitive shooters, setting the foundation for tactical gameplay and esports. Its fast-paced, skill-driven mechanics make every kill satisfying, and its legendary maps—Dust2, Inferno, Nuke—are still among the best in the genre.

The gunplay is tight, with a high skill ceiling due to unique recoil patterns and movement mechanics like strafing and bunny-hopping. However, it’s also brutally unforgiving, making it difficult for new players to get into. Graphics are obviously outdated, but the simplicity keeps the focus on gameplay rather than flashy visuals.

That said, CS 1.6 isn’t without flaws. Hit registration can feel inconsistent, and cheaters were always a problem in public servers. The lack of built-in matchmaking means finding balanced games relies on third-party services.

Despite its age, Counter-Strike 1.6 remains a nostalgic and highly competitive shooter. While CS:GO and CS2 have modernized the formula, this classic still holds up for those who appreciate raw, no-frills FPS action.

atleast it’s not so competitive like Counter Strike: Global Offensive/Counter Strike 2. Overall it’s a fun game if you want a classic experience and a game that is able to run on a 1979 computer

This game is fun mainly because of the mods and the fact that the servers are still alive. At evenings most servers are full too. Good to see a 24 year game still healthy with a consistent player count.

Runs well, stable 93fps with my ultra high end pc so i really think you should play it and get rekt