Fan-Made Game Boy Color Half-Life Slated For November 19 Release
A fan-made Game Boy Color version of Half-Life, titled Half-Life: Pocket DX, is set to release on November 19. Creator CounterfeitFaker and collaborators spent more than two and a half years turning the first-person shooter into a 2D action platformer.
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Why it matters
The release date lands on the 28th anniversary of the original Half-Life's launch, which makes the demake a deliberate tribute rather than a simple port.
Key Facts
- Half-Life: Pocket DX is a fan-made Game Boy Color version of Half-Life.
- Half-Life: Pocket DX runs on Game Boy Color hardware and on any environment that plays Game Boy Color software.
- The release date is the 28th anniversary of the original Half-Life's launch.
The project runs on Game Boy Color hardware and on any environment that plays Game Boy Color software. A trailer shows the platformer gameplay.
The project is built to run on original Game Boy Color hardware as well as on any device that plays Game Boy Color software. CounterfeitFaker led the work with a team over more than two and a half years. The conversion turns Half-Life from a first-person shooter into a 2D action platformer, and a trailer shows that format in motion. The November 19 date coincides with the 28th anniversary of Half-Life's original release, according to the creator's own framing of the schedule.
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