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List of brands and companies in the Half-Life and Portal universe

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The Half-Life and Portal universe features many brands and companies, both actual (marked with a Valve logo) and fictional; some were also cut from the final game. This article aims at listing them, whether they be food, press, ammunition or any other brands or companies.

Contents

Pre-release

Food brands

Beer brands

Two brands can be seen on beer bottles featured as an ammunition to the cut Brickbat in the Half-Life 2 leak. These include "Dis Bee Goot" and "PalfAl".

Gallery

  • "Dis Bee Goot" beer bottle.

  • "PalfAl" beer bottle.

Fruit brands ValveEmployee.png

Seven actual fruit brands are featured in the Half-Life 2 leak. These include "Beau Geste", "Golden Pears", "Mariposa", "Mustang", "Snoboy", "Strength" and "Mornin Judge". The first one is a nod to 1939 film Beau Geste.

Gallery

  • "Mariposa" and "Beau Geste".

  • "Golden Pears".

  • "Mustang".

  • "Snoboy".

  • "Strength".

  • "Mornin Judge", featured on a composite industrial building texture.

  • "Mariposa" and "Beau Geste" on a wall in early City 17.

  • Ditto.

Soda brands

Early vending machine ValveEmployee.png

Several copyrighted brands were used on soda vending machines and/or soda cans during Half-Life's development. These include "Coca-Cola", "Fruitopia", "Minute Maid", "Sprite", "Diet Coke", "Surge", and "Moxie". Sprite soda cans were still included in the final game as a gib model.

Pepsi ValveEmployee.png

The copyrighted brand "Pepsi" was used on a soda vending machine during Half-Life 2's development.

T-Dog

A soda brand used during Half-Life 2's development.

Gallery

  • Black Mesa Coca-Cola beverage machine.

  • Black Mesa Fruitopia beverage machine.

  • Black Mesa Minute Maid beverage machine.

  • Early Half-Life soda can textures.

  • "Pepsi" beverage machine.

  • Yellow T-Dog soda can.

  • Red T-Dog soda can.

McNess ValveEmployee.png

An actual brand of food for the beef, dairy, poultry and swine industry throughout the United States and Canada. Seen on the Terminal plaza in the Half-Life 2 E3 2002 trailer. Was replaced later in the game's development by the Cafe American sign.

Press brands

Local News

Appears on a junk newspaper model.

  • Local News.

Weapons and ammunition brands

Orion ValveEmployee.png

The original Flare Gun features the Orion Safety Products name and logo.

  • The original Flare Gun with the Orion logo.

Power brands

Cetaxo

A gas brand to be featured on the gas station pump model, as found in the leak and retail Half-Life 2 files. The name is an anagram of the real-world gas brand name "Texaco". It was replaced with Terin in the retail game.

  • The Cetaxo texture from the leak files applied to the retail model.

  • Gas pump model preview from the retail game files.

Other brands or companies

Ace

The brand of a cut sandblasting cabinet that was to appear in Kleiner's Lab.

  • The sandblasting cabinet.

Arbeit Laboratories

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"Arbeit" is a German word for "Work".

  • Arbeit Laboratories logo on a cardboard crate texture.

АЗАЦКПЙ ПЕРЕХОД

An unknown brand cut from Half-Life 2: Episode Two. Russian words, with grammar errors, for "Cossack Transit". The texture's filename indicates that the original name for this company was "Cossack Transport".

  • АЗАЦКПЙ ПЕРЕХОД logo.

Bethlehem Wire Rope ValveEmployee.png

An actual[1] wire ropes brand, cut from Half-Life 2.

  • Texture for a wood spool.

Cafe American

An unknown brand cut from Half-Life 2. Was originally the McNess sign.

  • Cafe American logo.

  • In the Terminal plaza.

CAI ValveEmployee.png

An actual brand CAI, short for Container Applications International, appeared on a world texture for a cargo container in the Half-Life 2 leak, and has been removed from the texture in the final game.

  • CAI logo as seen on the texture. Its identification prefix "CAX" remained in the final version.

DoALL ValveEmployee.png

An actual brand of industrial machinery. The unknown machine from DoALL featured in Kleiner's Lab includes a set of milling bits on a wheel, and a grindstone. Despite of the notice, it is not a bandsaw.

  • Doall.jpg

Fiesta

An unknown brand cut from Half-Life 2.

  • Fiesta logo.

Hotel Metropol ValveEmployee.png

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Appears in the Half-Life 2 leak as a name of the early Trainstation Plaza hotel, apparently a predecessor of Terminal Hotel in retail. Another instance of this signage can be seen in the beginning of the official E3 2003 demonstration "Striders".
Hotel Metropol is an actual name for a hotel in Moscow, Russia.

  • Hotel Metropol logo.

J. Hauptman Mens' Sportswear

Seen on the Terminal plaza in the Half-Life 2 E3 2002 trailer. Was replaced later in the game's development by the Teräs sign.

  • "Wholesale and retail".

КОРПОРАУИЯ

An unknown brand cut from Half-Life 2: Episode Two. Russian word, with grammar errors, for "Corporation". The texture's filename indicates that this logo belonged to an iron ore corporation.

  • КОРПОРАУИЯ logo.

La Fingo

A brand of plaster.

  • La Fingo Gravel Mix.

Lumi Pur

An unknown brand cut from Half-Life 2. "Lumi" is a Finnish word for "Snow".

  • Lumi Pur logo.

  • On an apartment block.

Numero 29

An unknown brand cut from Half-Life 2. Finnish word for "Number 29".

  • Numero 29 logo.

Reeve Outdoor Supply

This brand is featured on the handle of the cut Ice Axe along with a stylized mountain logo, with the last two letters in "Supply" almost completely scratched off.

  • The Ice Axe with Reeve Outdoor Supply on its handle.

СЕВЕРНБГЙ ВНОСИТВ ВЖУРНДП

An unknown brand cut from Half-Life 2: Episode Two. Incorrect Russian translation, with grammar errors, of "Northern Logging". As indicated by the texture file, the latter was the brand's supposed original name.

  • СЕВЕРНБГЙ ВНОСИТВ ВЖУРНДП logo.

Stjerne

An unknown brand cut from Half-Life 2. Danish word for "Star".

  • Stjerne logo.

  • On an apartment block.

СУБДРКТИЦЕСКИЙ КАЗАЦКПЙ

An unknown brand cut from Half-Life 2: Episode Two. Russian words, with grammar errors, for "Subarctic Cossack". Texture files indicate that the original name for this company was "Subarctic Transport".

  • СУБДРКТИЦЕСКИЙ КАЗАЦКПЙ logo.

  • Ditto, SVG version.

  • С КАЗАЦКПЙ logo.

Teko

An unknown brand cut from Half-Life 2.

  • Teko logo.

Teräs

An unknown brand cut from Half-Life 2. Finnish word for "Steel". Was originally the J. Hauptman Mens' Sportswear sign.

  • Teräs logo.

  • In the Terminal plaza.

Todo 58

An unknown brand cut from Half-Life 2. Apparently based on an ad for the "Perle 28" - a Belgian beer once made by the Caulier brewery - found in Brussels, Belgium.[2]

  • Todo 58 logo.

ТРАНС КОНТИНЕНТАΛ

An unknown brand cut from Half-Life 2: Episode Two. Russian words for "trans continental". The texture's filename indicates it belonging to a shipping company.

  • ТРАНС КОНТИНЕНТАΛ logo, first variant.

  • Ditto, second variant.

Tree

The brand of a milling machine that was to appear in Kleiner's Lab.

  • The drill press.

Retail

Food brands

Fast food brands

Two fast food brands can be seen in a cafeteria in the Black Mesa Research Facility. These include "Big Tony's Pizza" and "Tesla's Tacos".

Gallery

  • "Big Tony's Pizza" logo.

  • Unused pizza box model intended for use in Central Transit Hub. The pizza texture was originally broken.

  • "Tesla's Taco" logo.

  • The cafeteria.

Soda brands

Vending machine

Half-Life and Half-Life for Dreamcast features several soda brands that can be seen on the cans given out by vending machines. These include "Captivation", a nod to Captivation Digital Laboratories", "Dante", "Glub", "Grape Ape", "Guthrie", a nod to John Guthrie, "Hai!", and "Yuck".

Gallery

  • Soda cans in Half-Life.

  • Soda cans in Half-Life for Dreamcast.

Dr. Breen's Private Reserve
Main article: Dr. Breen's Private Reserve
Sprite ValveEmployee.png

Whenever a trash can is destroyed in Half-Life, soda cans bearing this actual brand's name have a chance of appearing.

  • Sprite soda can.

Captain Koso's Pure Highspeed Candy Bar

A chocolate brand. The meaning behind the term "Koso" is not known. There is a player configuration file called koso.cfg in the game files left by a developer that went by the alias "Diggem", most likely a model designer judging by its contents. There is an unused line again referring to "Koso" spoken by the scientists in Half-Life: Decay: "Do you know what the word Koso is referring to, exactly?"

Carousel Snacks

One of the snacks vending machines brands in Half-Life.

Beer.

A brand of beer.

Milk.

A brand of milk.

Gallery

  • Captain Koso's Pure Highspeed Candy Bar.

  • Black Mesa "Carousel Snacks" snack machine.

  • Beer. bottle.

  • Milk. carton.

Press brands

The Mesa Times

Main article: The Mesa Times

The New York Times ValveEmployee.png

Appears on a cork board in Kleiner's Lab. The word "Times" seems to be omitted or cut off.

Popular Scientist

Appears on a cork board in Kleiner's Lab.

The Terminal

Main article: The Terminal

The Times ValveEmployee.png

Appears in one of the newspaper clippings on a cork board in Eli's lab.

Gallery

  • The New York Times cover ("End Is Near").

  • A brown-haired Isaac Kleiner on the cover of Popular Scientist.

  • The Times: Earth surrenders.

Weapons and ammunition brands

Gun-Nut

A .357 Magnum cartridges brand. The text on the back of the box reads "I'm just a crazy or kill-your-schoolmates kind of guy! Why dontcha join me in a spree?"

Salvotech

A shotgun shells brand.

Gallery

  • Pre-release .357 Magnum ammo box, displaying ".44 Magnum".

  • .44 ammo box boxart.

  • Half-Life ammo box.

  • Back of the ammo box.

  • Box of shotgun shells.

Power brands

Jetpower555

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An engine manufacturer. The brand is featured on the Airboat's engine.

Kirkland Signature ValveEmployee.png

The logo of Costco's private brand Kirkland Signature can be seen on the car battery model.

Northern Petrol

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An oil company. It is the former owner of Dock 137.[3]

Ohms. power inc.

Stylized as "Ωhms. power inc." A Power Combat Vest Charger brand.

Petrol

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Terin

A gas brand featured on the gas station pumps found in the Petroleum Station in Half-Life 2 and near the White Forest Inn in Episode Two.

Gallery

  • Car battery model.

  • Northern Petrol logo.

  • Northern Petrol containers at Dock 137.

  • Northern Petrol logo as seen on blue containers.

  • Northern Petrol logo as seen on red containers.

  • An Ohms Charger.

  • Petrol logo.

  • Gas pump model.

Vehicle brands

Haihan

A forklift brand.

Invacare ValveEmployee.png

The brand of Keller's motorized wheelchair. It is an actual manufacturer and distributor of non-acute medical equipment, including wheelchairs.

PAK

A truck brand.

Gallery

  • A Haihan forklift.

  • Keller's wheelchair.

  • Ditto, detail of the Invacare logo

  • PAK logo on a truck wreck.

  • PAK logo on a poster.

Scientific research companies

Aperture Science

Main article: Aperture Science

Black Mesa

Main article: Black Mesa

NASA ValveEmployee.png

The 1975 logo of NASA can be seen on the Black Mesa Rockets.

  • The NASA logo.

Other brands or companies

606

An unknown brand of liquid. Likely a nod to Formula 409.

  • A bottle of 606.

Atlantic

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Cafe Baltic

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  • Cafe Baltic logo.

Change

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  • Change logo.

ЦИМЕНТ

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Bulgarian word for "cement".

CyberCafe

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Dïordna Hostel

Supposedly the name of the hostel-like building where Gordon briefly reunites with Alyx during the City 17 uprising; the signage is seen at the entrance.

  • Dïordna Hostel logo.

  • In City 17.

Eiki ValveEmployee.png

The projector used for the "Dollar$ and Sense" slideshow in Portal is based on the model LC-XT1 by the Eiki company.

  • The projector.

Flavia

A paint brand.

  • Flavia logo on a white paint can.

Foto

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  • Foto logo.

Hoover Treated Wood Products ValveEmployee.png

A real world company based in Thomson, Georgia. Its stamps appear on a plywood sheet model seen in the old Aperture stages of Portal 2.

  • The company's stamps, cropped from the original texture.

ХССГ

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Ivad

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Appears on a fridge model.

Nevrin 54

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A brand of insect repellents. Its advertisement sign is written in Romanian.

  • Metalsign001o.png

PC VAC

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  • PCVAC.png

ПЕРЕВОЗКИ

Russian word for "Shipping". This brand is featured on generic cargo containers in Half-Life 2: Episode Two, replacing the Northern Petrol logo previously featured on them in Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One.

Prax Wars 2: Dante's Revenge

A fighting video game. Prax Wars is a nod to Prax War, an actual canceled game by developer Rebel Boat Rocker, on which Gearbox's Randy Pitchford worked.

Порт5 (Port5)

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  • Порт5 logo.

SSI Container Corp. ValveEmployee.png

An actual[4] cargo container brand, it is featured on two world textures for a cargo container. SSI Container Corp. was acquired by Itel Corporation in 1968.[5]

  • SSI Container Corp. logo and identification prefix on a container's side.

  • Ditto, on the doors.

Sunset Scavenger Container Service ValveEmployee.png

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Sunset Scavenger was garbage collection and recycling services company based in San Francisco, California;[6] it is now known as Recology.[7] Its name can be seen on a dumpster model.

Техника

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Bulgarian and Russian word for "Technics" and "Equipment". A household goods brand (?).

Terminal Hotel

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A prominent hotel building on the Trainstation Plaza.

  • Terminal Hotel logo.

ТНТ

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Veikko International

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"Veikko" is a Finnish name. This may be a reference to a Finnish company named Veikon Kone [8][9] that was established in 1962 (Veikon is Veikko's in Finnish)

  • Veiko International logo as it appears in the Half-Life 2 leak.

  • On an early City 17 street.

  • Veikko International logo.

  • On a wall near an empty playground in City 17.

  • On the Autogun building at Station 21.

Venturini

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Featured on a washing machine model.

Wow

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  • Wow model.jpg

Wright Bagwell

A clock brand. It is a reference to Wright Bagwell, a former Valve employee.

  • On a texture from the Half-Life 2 leak.

  • On the Trainstation clock model in Half-Life 2.

  • On the Trainstation floor clock model in Half-Life 2.

Yomani

A display screen brand.

  • Workspace003 yomani.jpg

    Yomani logo on a display screen.

Zaida

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  • Zaida logo in the Half-Life 2 leak.

  • On an apartment block.

  • HL2 Metalsign001n.png

    Zaida logo in Half-Life 2.

Other

Taito Pharmaceutical Company

A company in Half-Life 2: Survivor that developed the three drinks usable in battle mode: the Jump Drink, Power Drink and Mind Drink. The name is a reference to the game's developer: Taito Corporation.

  • Jump Drink.

  • Power Drink.

  • Mind Drink.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.flickr.com/photos/pasilaly/159622891/
  2. ↑ http://www.elve.net/padv/en/beers2.htm
  3. ↑ Half-Life 2 Prima Guide
  4. ↑ https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5309/5818591093_2edd9e561d_b.jpg
  5. ↑ https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/politics-and-business-magazines/itel-corporation
  6. ↑ Company Overview of Sunset Scavenger Company on Bloomberg
  7. ↑ Garbageman collects respect by transforming trash industry on San Francisco Chronicle
  8. ↑ [1]
  9. ↑ [2]
Technology, equipment, items, and props
Aperture Science 1500 Megawatt Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button · Advanced Knee Replacement · Aerial Faith Plate · Announcement System · ATLAS and P-body · Contraption Cube · Contraption Cube Receptacle · Core Input Receptacle · Crusher · Cube Button · Discouragement Redirection Cube · Edgeless Safety Cube · Edgeless Safety Cube Receptacle · Electric floor · Emergency Intelligence Incinerator · Excursion Funnel · Face-Mounted Portal Sphere · Fetchbot · Frankenturret · GLaDOS · Grady · Hard Light Bridge · High Energy Pellet · Goo · Laser Field · Long Fall Boot · Material Emancipation Grill · Military Android · Mobility Gels: Cleansing Gel / Conversion Gel / Propulsion Gel / Repulsion Gel · Multitasking Arm · Nanobot · Panel · Party Escort Bot · Personality Construct · Pipe Network · Pneumatic Diversity Vent · Portal emitter · Radio · Reassembly Machine · Relaxation Vault · Robot Enrichment · Robot Worker · Scaled Cube · Security Camera · Shredder · Stasis Chamber · Switch · Teleportation · Thermal Discouragement Beam · Transportation · Unstationary Scaffold · Piston Platform · Vital Apparatus Vent · Weapons · Weighted Storage Cube · Wheatley
Black Mesa Anti-Mass Spectrometer · Armor vest and helmet · Battery · Black Mesa Announcement System · Chargers · Flashlight · Focuser · Hazardous Environment Suit · Holographic Assistant · Loader · Long Jump Module · Materials Handler · Medkit · The Mesa Times · Retinal scanner · Satellite · Teleportation · Transportation · Vending machine · Weapon Box · Weapons
Black Ops Cloaking field · Transportation · Weapons
Combine Barricade · Battery · Binoculars · Breencast · Bunker · Camera · Chargers · Citadel · Citadel Core · Combine Battery · Confiscation Field · Dark Energy · Datapod · Depot · Dispenser · Door lock · Dr. Breen's Private Reserve · Elevator · Emergency flare · Emitter · Energy Ball · Fabricator · Flashlight · Force Field · Health Pen · Heavy Door · Interface · Laser Cutter · Light · Locker · Medkit · Memory replacement · Monitor · Overwatch Voice · Power generator · Powered bridge · Prisoner Pod · Resin · Security Door · Smart Barrier · Supply Crate · Suppression field · Teleportation · Television · Thumper · Transportation · Vault · Watchtower · Weapons
HECU Powered Combat Vest · Radio · Tactical Map · Transportation · Weapons
Resistance Antlion Detector · Car battery · Communication · Crane · Dog · Drawbridge · Generator trailer · Gravity Gloves · Keypad · Multi-tool · Retinal scanner · Russell's drone · Supply Crate · Teleportation · Television · Transponder · Transportation · Weapons · Satellite
Xen Healing Chamber‎ · Teleportation · Transportation · Weapons
Other Artificial intelligence · Brands and companies (Half-Life series / Portal series) · Food · Garden Gnome · Hacking · Publications (7 days · The Terminal · The Times)
Aperture Science (cut) Adhesion Gel · Futbol · Paint Gun · Reflection Gel · Self Esteem Field
Black Mesa (cut) Emergency flare · Oxygen Tank · Canisters · Security card
Combine (cut) Assassin tank · Combine Big Momma Pod · Door Tower · Heel Springs · Vorti-Cell
Resistance (cut) Fire Extinguisher
Other (cut) Binoculars · Leather suit
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