Codename: Gordon
Codename: Gordon, also known as Half-Life 2D, is a two-dimensional Flash sidescroller shooter game made by Paul "X-Tender" Kamma and Sönke "Warbeast" Seidel. The game was produced on behalf of Nuclear Vision…
Codename: Gordon is an indie developed by Nuclear Vision, released 17 May 2004 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Codename: Gordon is
Codename: Gordon is an indie game developed by Nuclear Vision and released in 2004. It was published by Valve. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Flash.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Codename: Gordon presents an alternative to the storyline of Half-Life 2, with locations inspired by both Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Along the way, Gordon Freeman — the protagonist from the canon games — meets with some of the main characters of the Half-Life series and tries to find what caused the disappearance of the third dimension. The game starts with Gordon Freeman in a dock area. After making his way through a few zombies and headcrabs, Gordon meets with Barney Calhoun, a prominent character in the later Half-Life titles. He tells Gordon of an "entire dimension" missing and also notes that the science team is working on solving the problem. Being injured, Barney cannot leave the…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Half-Life series
Codename: Gordon is the ninth of 24 entries we hold in the Half-Life series. It arrived 2 years after Half-Life: Generation. The next entry was Half-Life: Source in 2004.
What it launched against
Codename: Gordon launched on 17 May 2004, within three weeks of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Pikmin 2, Thief 3: Deadly Shadows and Thief: Deadly Shadows.
Released around the same time: The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Pikmin 2, Thief 3: Deadly Shadows, Thief: Deadly Shadows.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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