Set in various locations around the globe, players assume the roles of counter-terrorist forces and terrorist militants opposing them. Several remakes and ports have been released on Xbox, as well as OS X and Linux. The game is the first installment in the Counter-Strike series. Counter-Strike was released by Valve for Microsoft Windows in 2000. 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 first-person shooter video game developed by Valve.
