Counter Strike 1.6 is old game and this is one of the reasons why downloading and installing this game is very simple, much simpler than most newer games.
The size of the installation file of this game is less than 300mb, so downloading Counter Strike 1.6 takes just a few minutes or even seconds, and the installation is very simple, no additional keys or additional programs are required to start playing CS 1.6.
This game has very low system requirements, you can find out the system requirements, download and installation instructions for this game on this page: CS 1.6 download.
You can choose from several available versions of CS 1.6, currently, on this website, you can download versions of the Counter Strike 1.6 game that are compatible with the following versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system:
Microsoft Windows XP & Microsoft Windows Vista - Download Counter Strike 1.6 for Windows
Microsoft Windows 7 - Download Counter Strike 1.6 for Windows 7
Microsoft Windows 8 - Download Counter Strike 1.6 for Windows 8
Microsoft Windows 10 - Download Counter Strike 1.6 for Windows 10
Microsoft Windows 11 - Download Counter Strike 1.6 for Windows 11
Simply select the version of the game installation file which is suitable for your computer and download it using the instructions provided on the download page.
You can download CS 1.6 by simply clicking on the direct download link or using a torrent program.
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About Counter Strike 1.6
Counter Strike 1.6 is first person shooter game, CS 1.6 also is tactical action game, the main objective in the game is to fight team against team using knives, firearms (pistols, automatic weapons, sniper-type weapons) and grenades.
There are two teams available in this game: Terrorists and Counter Terrorists (special forces), also you can be a spectator if you want to watch how other players play, you can choose team when you are connected to game server and if you want to change team when you are playing you can do it by pressing M key.
This game is for computers with Microsoft Windows installed, you can find download links in this page.
Weapons in Counter Strike 1.6
Counter Strike 1.6 has a very large selection of weapons, in this game you can buy pistols, automatic weapons or even sniper-type weapons.
Terrorist's team members start the game with Glock18 gun and Counter Terrorist team starts the game with USP gun, there is some time for shopping at the beginning of each round, the weapon menu is opened when the time for buying weapons has not expired and when you are in the weapon buying area, if you want to open buy menu just press B key in the game.
Terrorists and Counter Terrorists have slightly different weapon menus, Terrorist team members cannot buy the most popular automatic weapon among Counter Terrorists - M4A1 and Counter Terrorist team players cannot buy the Terrorist's main and most favored weapon - AK47, but members of both teams can take over any weapons from dead players by droping their current weapon (press G key if you want to drop your current weapon) and accessing the dropped weapon.
In this game is very popular AWP (Magnum sniper rifle) gun, you can kill enemy with one shot from this sniper gun, but a lot of game servers don't let to buy this gun for players who don't have VIP privileges and forces them to buy it.
There are three types of grenades available in this game: HE grenades, flashbangs and smoke (SG) grenades, HE grenades is intended to make damage for player, flashbangs is for dazzle or disturb a player from the opposing team and smoke grenades is for reduce visiblity - especially useful against snipers, you can open grenades buy menu in the game by pressing O key when you are in buy zone.
In Counter Strike 1.6, there is no option to buy a large amount of grenades, you can only have one HE grenade, two FB grenades, and one SG grenade at a time.
This game also has a scoring system, you get one point for each kill of an opposing team member, three points for a successful bomb explosion or demining, and deaths are also counted, you can also lose points if you die from your own grenade or if you jump from a great height, you can see the score table by pressing the TAB key in the game.
How to play Counter Strike 1.6?
The style of gameplay changes depending on the map you are playing.
In maps with de_ prefix in the name (de_dust, de_piranesi, de_train for example) the main goal in the game is C4 bomb activation and detonation for Terrorist's team or defusing of activated C4 bomb for Counter Terrorists team, it depends on which team you play.
In maps with cs_ prefix in the name (cs_office, cs_italy, cs_militia for example) it's hostage rescue for Counter Terrorist's team and for Terrorists team its killing all the members of the enemies team and hostages protection.
In maps with fy_, aim_, dm_ prefixes in the names (fy_pool_day, fy_snow, aim_map for example) it's a simple guns fight until one team kills all the members of the enemies team.
In maps with as_ prefixes in the names (as_oilrig) it's VIP player protection for Counter Terrorists and VIP player killing for Terrorists.
In this game, as in life, a lot depends on time, the duration of a round depends on the time allotted for it, the duration of the round also depends on whether the terrorists will be able to find and reach the place designated for detonating the bomb, if the terrorist team manages to find the place designated for detonating the bomb and activate the explosive there, the Counter Terrorist team must find and defuse the bomb within about 30 seconds, you can defuse activated C4 bomb if you are a Counter Terrorist's team player and if you are standing near the activated bomb, press and hold the E key if you want to defuse C4, if the terrorist team fails to activate the explosive within the allotted time - the round ends when the time allotted for this ends or earlier if one of the two teams is defeated.
When playing a CS (hostage rescue) type map, the Counter Terrorist team must find and rescue hostages, take them to the hostage rescue zone, while the Terrorist team must to fight against Counter Terrorists team and prevent the hostage rescue.
If you want the hostage to follow you to the rescue zone stand up to the hostage and press E key.
In CS 1.6, hostages can be killed, but this is not tolerated. For killing hostages, money is deducted and you can be kicked from the server. However, a significant number of CS 1.6 game servers use a plugin that prevents hostages from being injured.
Counter Strike 1.6 also have VIP member rescue game mode in maps with as_ prefix in map name, it's not very popular CS 1.6 game mode, but it is not uninteresting, so read more if you don't know how to play in as_oilrig or other map with as_ prefix in the name.
In AS type maps one member of Counter Terrorists team players randomly become as a VIP player when round starts, VIP player can't buy any weapons and must be protected by Counter Terrorists because VIP player must find and reach VIP player rescue zone in the map, if a VIP player is defeated round ends and terrorists win the round.
Counter Strike 1.6 game controls
Fire - Left Mouse
Zoom - Right Mouse
Move forward - W
Move back - S
Move left (strafe) - A
Move right (strafe) - D
Turn Left - Left
Turn Right - Right
Walk - Left Shift
Jump - Space
Duck Use Ctrl in fullscreen only! - C
Use - E (for bomb defuse for example)
Turn on flashlight - F
Reload - R
Buy Menu - B
Change Team - M
Display scores - Tab
Last weapon used - Q
Prev weapon BHOP: Jump - Mouse wheel up
Next weapon BHOP: Jump - Mouse wheel down
Drop current weapon - G
Say - Y
Say Team - U
Turn on microphone - K
Logo - T
Cancel selection - Esc
Buy Ammo 1 - ,
Buy Ammo 2 - .
Buy Equip - O
Inspect Weapon - H
Radio Commands - Z
Group Radio- X
Radio Responses - V
Slot 1 - 1
Slot 2 - 2
Slot 3 - 3
Slot 4 - 4
Slot 5 - 5
Slot 6 - 6
Slot 7 - 7
Slot 8 - 8
Slot 9 - 9
Slot 10 - 0
Admin Menu - ~
Counter Strike 1.6 settings
Counter Strike 1.6 has many settings that you can change, you can change game settings in options, options section is in main CS 1.6 game menu and also you can change game settings with client side commands in game console, you can open game console with ~ key.
Most often players want to change crosshair size or color, mouse sensitivity, nickname or video settings. How to change crosshair settings?
You can change your crosshair settings in options, multiplayer section or you can use game console: open it with ~ key and type these commands: cl_crosshair_size "large" is for large crosshair size, cl_crosshair_size "small" is for small crosshair size, cl_crosshair_size "medium" is for medium crosshair size.
If you want to change crosshair color then use this command: cl_crosshair_collor "0 255 0" is for green crosshair, cl_crosshair_collor "255 0 0" is for red crosshair, cl_crosshair_collor "0 0 255" is for blue crosshair, cl_crosshair_collor "255 255 255" is for white crosshair.
Personally, I always use these settings: cl_crosshair_collor "255 255 255" - White crosshair. cl_crosshair_size "large" - Large crosshair. cl_dynamiccrosshair "0" - Non-expanding crosshair, with this command your crosshair size will not change when you move. How to change my nick name?
You can change your nick in options, multiplayer section or you can use name "MY NICK NAME" command in game console. How to save my settings?
Counter Strike 1.6 automatically save your settings in config files, you can find config files: config.cfg,userconfig.cfg in your game cstrike folder, most often it's C:/Program Files/Counter Strike 1.6/cstrike,C:/Program Files/Valve/Counter Strike 1.6/cstrike,C:/Games/Counter Strike 1.6 or C:/Program Files/Games/Counter Strike 1.6. Why my settings cant be saved?
This can happen due to READ ONLY attribute in config files, you can check it - click right mouse key on userconfig.cfg or config.cfg, click properties and remove the check mark on read only attribute, then save the file.
Counter Strike 1.6 modification's
Counter Strike 1.6 game have a lot of modifications, you can find a lot of modified servers, well known is Zombie Plague, knife, DeathRun, Counter Strike deathmatch (CSDM), global offensive and other modifications.
In Zombie Plague servers main objective of the game is humans and zombies fighting, this modification have a lot of sub modifications, plugins for game servers coded by entusiasts of this legendary FPS game.
Knife servers is modified to only knives game mode, when playing in KNF servers players can't buy any weapons and they are fighting only with knives, this modification is not very popular, but its still online.
In CSDM servers players can play non stop, they are respawning instantly after death and can play again.