# Portal: Prelude

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portal-prelude/464074>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 18, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portal-prelude/464074 "2008-09-18T00:37:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Peanut\_Gallery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@Peanut\_Gallery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut_Gallery)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portal-prelude/464074/1 "2008-09-18T00:37:29Z")

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Too cool. An independent full-game mod with the Portal engine.

> **[Portal: Prelude - About](http://www.portalprelude.com/about.php)**
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> Portal: Prelude, the official free Portal modification website. Download the game, check the ladderboard, and access a lot of goodies.

Coming Soon…

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**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portal-prelude/464074/2 "2008-09-18T06:56:39Z")

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> [@Peanut\_Gallery](#):
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> Too cool. An independent full-game mod with the Portal engine.
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> [Portal: Prelude - About](http://www.portalprelude.com/about.php)
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> Coming Soon…

No Xbox live? ☹

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**Author:** ![Peanut\_Gallery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@Peanut\_Gallery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut_Gallery)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portal-prelude/464074/3 "2008-09-18T14:08:43Z")

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> [@willthekittensurvive](#):
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> No Xbox live? ☹

Yes, I suppose an alternate thread title might be: “Why PC Gaming Is Still Better Than Console”.

Although I’m not up on the state of Xbox live… Any chance it’d get ported (zing!) by the community there? They let people design games right?

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**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portal-prelude/464074/4 "2008-09-18T14:21:32Z")

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> [@Peanut\_Gallery](#):
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> Yes, I suppose an alternate thread title might be: “Why PC Gaming Is Still Better Than Console”.
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> Although I’m not up on the state of Xbox live… Any chance it’d get ported (zing!) by the community there? They let people design games right?

But i did read that valve is making a official prelude to portal…that should be on Xbox live…🙂

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portal-prelude/464074/5 "2008-09-18T17:08:52Z")

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OH… How GLAD am I that I accidentally clicked on The Game Room instead of Cafe Society!

I usually skip over The Game Room.

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**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portal-prelude/464074/6 "2008-09-18T18:14:09Z")

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I liked some of the puzzles they showed of in the trailer. Looks really promising.

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**Author:** ![Peanut\_Gallery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@Peanut\_Gallery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut_Gallery)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portal-prelude/464074/7 "2008-09-27T18:23:47Z")

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Releasing Oct 10.

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**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portal-prelude/464074/8 "2008-09-27T18:27:01Z")

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> [@Peanut\_Gallery](#):
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> Releasing Oct 10.

Awesome–thanks for the date! Portal is among my all-time favorite games (with Starcraft, Deus Ex, and Master of Orion); I am thrilled by the idea of more gameplay.

Daniel