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Portal
 

"Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal is designed to change the way players approach, manipulate, and surmise the possibilities in a given environment. Players must solve physical puzzles and challenges by opening portals to maneuver objects, and themselves, through space."


Developer Valve
Publisher(s) Valve
October 2007
Valve
April 2008
Platform PC , Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
Perspective First-Person
Presentation Realtime 3D
Control Gamepad, Keyboard
Theme Psychological
Gameplay Hybrid - Simulation, Puzzle
Graphic Style Illustrated realism
Media DVD, Internet download
Red flags Game-over events, Internet connection requirement
Genre Science Fiction
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Screenshots



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Buy at Amazon
Portal is available at Amazon


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News
Portal's price disappears in free game promotion
Genre-defying physics-based puzzler available at no cost until May 24th
May 13, 2010
Articles
Portal review
The one-of-a-kind Portal will blow a hole in how you view physics (and maybe adventures), but the discovery is no piece of cake.
Score: ****1/2
May 12, 2008


Related Games
Other games in the 'Portal' series
Portal 2

Other games by Valve
Portal 2
Technical Information
Version info
Originally released as part of The Orange Box bundle. Later released as a standalone title.

System requirements
Minimum:
Windows Vista/XP/2000
1.7 GHz Processor
512MB RAM
DirectX 8 level Graphics Card
Internet Connection

Recommended:
Windows Vista/XP/2000
Pentium 4 processor (3.0GHz, or better)
1GB RAM
DirectX 9 level Graphics Card
Internet Connection

Known issues
n/a


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