Half Life control panels

above: some examples of half life control panels, along with its mod remake "Black Mesa".

I went into both the 1998 half life and its mod remake black mesa and captured a lot of screenshots of control panels, monitors and interfaces. From both games It's visible that they are both new and old, the older panels are those that are deep down in the complex, they have a low tech look to them. 30 years later I would imagine they would be stained cracked and decrepit. The most notable feature with all these control panels is the large use of knobs and dials, with many analogue features.

A lot of the control panels within Black Mesa are in the main upper complexes, and they are mostly very high tech and clean. The models we have been given are dirty, used and most likely a lot older that the more advanced panels of black mesa's main facility.