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Happy Birthday to Steam as it turned 20 today
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this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2023
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My account turns 20 on the 14th, and I can't help but think about the fact that games like Half-Life and Counter-Strike that I bought once 20 years ago are still so easy to play and enjoy today. Steam really set the model for how digital media sales should be done.
Contrast to that was trying to play StarCraft again and even though I own I don't have a CD drive anymore. I'd have to buy another copy to even play again.
Actually if you have/create a battle net account, you can register your CD key to your account, and then they have a downloadable installer for starcraft and Diablo. 2, and other old games.
Pretty sure 20 years ago Counter Strike was still a free mod for half life.