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Cracked (non-steam) CS 1.6 clients are available for years and I don't think Valve ever cared.

• eganist 6y ago
  This site is charging, though.
  • D2187645 6y ago
    Surely the patent of cs has expired by now
• mywittyname 6y ago
  It was never difficult to play CS for free, and that's probably the reason for its success. I remember getting into CS because you could play online with basically any Half-life product key and by 2000 you could buy bundles that came with like 3-4 keys.
  • ohnope 6y ago
    I think CS, in that era, was free if you had a HL product key. It was a community mod and even when it transitioned to a boxed standalone product you could still download it if you had a HL key. CS: Source was also a free upgrade.
• baby 6y ago
  yeah but you can't play with your friends on steam so... there was never really a point to play on these servers (also cheat)