Counter strike

This article is about the video game. For the music group, see Counterstrike (drum and bass group). For the Command & Conquer: Red Alert expansion pack, see Command & Conquer: Red Alert#Counterstrike and The Aftermath (1997).

ounter-Strike (shortened sometimes to CS) is a tactical first-person shooter video gamedeveloped by Valve Corporation which originated from a Half-Life modification by Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess "Cliffe" Cliffe. The game has been expanded into a series since its original release, which currently includes Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, Counter-Strike: Source, Counter-Strike: Anthology and Counter-Strike on Xbox. Counter-Strike pits a team ofcounter-terrorists against a team of terrorists in a series of rounds. Each round is won by either completing the mission objective or eliminating the opposing force.

The game was the most played Half-Life modification in terms of players, according toGameSpy in 2008.^[2]

As of August 2011, the Counter-Strike franchise, which debuted 12 years before, had sold over 25 million units.^[3]

Counter-Strike: Source System Requirements			GD Hardware Rating	Diff
Intel CPU	-	Pentium 4 2.53GHz		Login to compare your CPU
AMD CPU	-	Athlon XP 2600+
Nvidia GFX Card	-	GeForce 6800 Series 128MB		Login to compare your GFX Card
ATI GFX Card	-	Radeon 9000 Series 64MB
RAM (Memory)	-	512 MB
Hard disk space	-	2 GB
Direct X	-	9