Portal Modders Have Already Got Half-Life 2 Running On Switch

A DIY Orange Box, perhaps.

During the Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase, Valve announced that Portal: Companion Collection would release the very same day, giving Switch owners access to both Portal and Portal 2. Not even a full 24 hours after its release, however, it seems modders have discovered significant date related to Half-Life 2 within the game and have now managed to get it running on the Switch... To a certain extent.


As reported by VGC, Twitter user @OatmealDome has posted a video of Half-Life 2 running on Switch hardware. While it's stated that the game currently crashes along with multiple other reported errors, we have to say that the footage itself looks exceptionally clean.

[Portal 1]

I managed to load Half-Life 2 in the Switch version of Portal 1!

It kinda works: the game occasionally crashes, some maps are impossible to progress in, NPC animations are bugged, saves don’t work, and world cameras don’t spawn correctly.https://t.co/osSnDsi2bZ

— OatmealDome (@OatmealDome) June 29, 2022

It gives us hope that perhaps Valve may see fit to bring Half-Life 2 to the Switch officially one day. Originally released back in 2004, the FPS still stands as one of the most influential games of all time; so much so that fans have been begging for a sequel to the point where it's almost become a meme.
You can now grab Portal: Companion Collection on the Switch eShop for $19.99 / £13.49.


Have you played Portal on the Switch yet? Are you attempting to get Half-Life 2 running?
 

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