What is the history of Steam?

[🐰🥚Slimer [GPACT] 2025🥚]

Roblox has history, I wanna know if Steam has history

[potato]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_(service)#History

[N3tRunn3r]

Steam's history begins with Counter-Strike 1.5, later migrated into CS1.6 (Steam-only) !!

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/GoldSrc/en

I have created my Steam account when we all were forced to play CS1.6 on Steam only.
19 years ago . . . Steam wasn't such a "reliable" tool back in the days. Unsure it would survive.

[Andros]

It was a whole lot better back in the day.

[Fajita Jim]

I miss WON.

[Poyzo]

God created Gaben and Gaben created Steam.

[Andros]

Origineel geplaatst door N3tRunn3r:

Steam's history begins with Counter-Strike 1.5, later megrated into CS1.6 (Steam-only) !!

With all your James Webb photography in your profile you should take up astrophotography. I’m serious I think you’ll enjoy it.

[N3tRunn3r]

Origineel geplaatst door Poyzo:

God created Gaben and Gaben created Steam.

Lord GabeN was a Microsoft Developer back in the days before he founded VALVe ^^

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabe_Newell

[Original Cast Recording]

Steam saved PC games industry from having to press untold numbers of DVDs for a bunch of games no one was ever going to play.

[N3tRunn3r]

Origineel geplaatst door Andros:

Origineel geplaatst door N3tRunn3r:

Steam's history begins with Counter-Strike 1.5, later megrated into CS1.6 (Steam-only) !!

With all your James Webb photography in your profile you should take up astrophotography. I’m serious I think you’ll enjoy it.

lol, yesterday I was looking into buying a ::
https://imgur.com/a/qV6Fp8S
just .. not yet... not yet ...

i love Astronomy and Astrophysics and such stuff.. you know..

[Fajita Jim]

Origineel geplaatst door N3tRunn3r:

Origineel geplaatst door Andros:

With all your James Webb photography in your profile you should take up astrophotography. I’m serious I think you’ll enjoy it.

lol, yesterday I was looking into buying a ::
https://imgur.com/a/qV6Fp8S
just .. not yet... not yet ...

Hint: Don't bring those things into the AC. I keep mine in the garage so they're always pretty close to parity with the outside temp.

[N3tRunn3r]

Origineel geplaatst door Fajita Jim:

Origineel geplaatst door N3tRunn3r:

lol, yesterday I was looking into buying a ::
https://imgur.com/a/qV6Fp8S
just .. not yet... not yet ...

i love Astronomy and Astrophysics and such stuff.. you know..

Hint: Don't bring those things into the AC. I keep mine in the garage so they're always pretty close to parity with the outside temp.

I still own my "refractor" which I got when i was a kid. Still it is amazing how near and real our Moon looks like .. amazing ..

[Vince ✟]

I still am not sure if I miss Greenlight or not

[gugnihr]

It was just water at first, but then someone heated it

[Q-T_3.14.exe]

On the first day, GabeN, praised be Him, created VALVe and Half-Life.
On the second day, GabeN, praised be Him, created Steam and Half-Life 2.

[Moogal™]

Origineel geplaatst door Q-T_3.14.exe:

On the first day, GabeN, praised be Him, created VALVe and Half-Life.
On the second day, GabeN, praised be Him, created Steam and Half-Life 2.

On the 3rd day, Index, on the fourth, Deck