The FORGOTTEN MAPS of Counter-Strike 

I miss Aztec. That map has so many amazing memories on it

I recall playing 747 against my PE teacher back in primary school, naturally he soloed the three of us easily... good times

Storm, Havana, Piranesi, Backalley, Prodigy, Militia, Siege, Torn....so many memories

Assault will remain as my favourite CS map. Sure its terrible for competitive but it has a nostalgia about it

I miss de_dust, such a classic map

CS_Assault? CS_Militia? Those are the maps we played for days on end, even if the maps were "unbalanced" we were having too much fun to care.

My favourite map on 1.6 was de_westwood, had a great time playing that map back in the day, it was really popular on Romanian servers 10-13 years ago, oh and there was that map where it was a huge Kitchen and characters we're little like mouses, really fun to play.

Oil Rig was pretty popular at the internet-cafe, I was a frequent visitor of, in 2000-2001. The map is sure unbalanced but it's a huge fun to play in 15vs15 mode, especially when people know what to do. The whole place would blow up with screams, laughing and curses whenever CT-team was trying to make the last push for the evacuation point by shielding the VIP with their own bodies.

de_port was a childhood memory for me, used to play a lot in this map back then... Missing the good times

Condition Zero had some great maps and I even prefer the CZ version of Inferno over the 1.6 version. It's set at night and feels super cozy.

The map I miss the most is de_vegas. Vegas was a rather unique map, especially because of the ghost legend. It was so damn cool to finally figure out how to spawn the gman ghost with my friends. 747 is also a map I love, it is so atmospheric and exploring a huge plane is fun, it's a shame these technical issues messed it up.

Dude this is awesome! As someone who was literally either not alive or too young to play these, I love that people like you are willing to share the knowledge of these places. Maybe next you could do a video on Valve maps that were made specifically for CS:GO like Overpass and Ancient, just to see all the changes they’ve had to go through :)

The 1.5/1.6 days had some amazing maps that I'd love to see again. I've played so many that I'll probably never find again, and that's kind of a bummer. Original CS had thousands of maps kids. Many probably lost to history.

Dude this is a nostalgia trip for me, I had play through every single maps mentioned here.

In Asian countries, most of us grew up with another version of CS - the Counter Strike Online (CSO) which was brought by a gaming company in South Korea called Nexon. It is essentially CS1.6 with lots of different playmodes (Zombies, deathmatch, Zombie Scenario... you name it.). The game just celebrated its 15th anniversary this year, most of the maps you mentioned in the video were still being played in CSO and I think all of them were wonderful maps (well, except for 747, that map is a huge pain in the ass like you mentioned.). I still remembered loggin on the CSO and playing deathmatch with my friends after school back in 2000s. Such a pleasant memory....

I played every single map from this list. Fastlane was insane.

First map I played was cs_desert 1.0 beta, I remember fondly only having left handed models and flashes did damage, I miss cs_siege and rushing with the apc

I remember a lot of these maps. Oil rig was always my favorite map because the game type was fun. If you got a good CS team, everyone would move together as a unit - the true purpose of counter strike. Some honorable mentions I think should be survivor, and some super popular fan made maps like poolday, iceworld, scoutzknivez, awp_map. Oh many so many years of playing awp map

I miss Delta, Militia, Assault, Siege, Original Dust, Estate and Aztec. I don't understand why would they remove these iconic maps that everyone enjoyed since 1999-2000. Also Jeepathon. That was freakin fun.

Man, seeing Estate again just unlocked some memories. I remember I used to play CS for hours and that was one of the cooler maps.

Thought this was a video with bunch of thousands of views, then I saw the viewcount, and I was shocked. Too great content for just 300 views.

I didn't play a lot of the cz maps, but I remember the last two source maps very well, port and compound. Neither of those maps were very good. I do really miss de_dust and de_aztec in csgo. Sure, they were a bit unbalanced, but overall they were still a lot of fun.

Knifing chickens when Italy first came out is one of my favorite CS memories ever. Many good memories were created.

The original vertigo was class! de_prodigy and cs_backalley were personal favourites too.

I ported compound to HL2 dm a while back and it worked really well in that game. Port was one of my favorite maps ever for some reason, mainly because of the visuals on it are great

de-dust will be forever in my heart❤

My favorite maps were fy_jeep2k, cs_italy, cs_militia, cs_siege, de_piranesi, de_museum and fy_poolday. I'm surprised I haven't even heard of a lot of the maps you mentioned since I played even back in Beta. I remember when you could download your own player model and weapon skins for free.

First time watching your content and your rundown of all those maps was well done 'cause those maps may not be good but they were fun to play in local games

Great video! I remember playing a lot of 747 and estate back in the day.

Keep up the good work Koteck, can't wait to see what you release next

Great video. I remember Estate, it was a really fun and popular map because it was so straight to the point. I also remember cs_militia, also a fun map. I loved the hostages map because it was a thrilling sitting there waiting for the CT's to come, or being a CT and infiltrate. Not good maps for competitive gaming but fun LAN maps.

I have played on all of the maps except oil rig, compound and port , I rarely comment on a video but here I am. thank you Kotek for this amazing nostalgic trip,

The lost things are not only the game and maps, but also my youth and memories.

this brought back so much nostalgia,thank you!

Awesome video, glad you could bring some attention to these old maps, my buddy and I were probably the only people who played Miami on the Xbox version. Some guy made a pretty good remake in CS:GO on the workshop and we load it up every now and then for a throwback. Little disappointed you didn't mention de_foption, only official map with 3 bomb sites, it was pretty wild. ❤❤❤

Nobody forgot these. They will forever live in my heart.

i love all the maps you mentioned on the video, and mostly the maps available in zombie mode back then. what a memories.

Oilrig was one of my favorite maps on counter strike. Played it all the time

Ice was a favourite at the internet cafe I frequented back in 99. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

Back in 1.5, we used to practically live on Dust. I knew it better than my own apartment. Not saying it was a balanced map, far from it, but part of the problem with Dust in CS_GO is that the improved throwables make a B1 rush nearly impossible. At least that's how I experienced it. Also in casual, with 10 v 10, the map is a waste of time. Way too easy for the CTs. Mansion was another one we played to death right when I started playing. Probably pre-1.5, I cant remember.

Port is one of my favourite CS:S maps for messing around with friends in for random game modes. Awesome video bro.

Where is prodigy? This is one of my fav maps all times.

Nahh..... im legit teared abit. The amount of sweet memories from my childhood makes me really wanna roll back the time when everything is easy...

Great video! Idk how it has not blown up yet! Keep up Kotek

I remember playing compund back in when I was 10 or 11 (11-12 years go) and a lot of people were actually using smgs and ARs but ofc there were people with a scout or awp on the bridge or in the buildings. I was running around with a glock though, it was so much fun.

Another great video

Man this vid was a time capsule Thanks for making it.

great production quality, keep it up!

I miss Chateau, Prodigy, Piranesi and the old CPL maps Fire and Mill soooo much! Oh and Airstrip!

Bro ty for bringing some of best memories of my childhood. I played so much cs 1.6 and i played a lot of this maps (first 5) and de_dust 2x2 and other.

This is a great video but there are soooo many other official maps that can be covered. first of all, oilrig wasnt the only official as_ map there was tundra also! and some of the oldies that we all loved playing, de_prodigy, de_vegas, de_docks, de_rotterdam, cs_backalley, cs_docks, cs_havana (a cz/xbox map you didnt mention) and cs_siege and cs_thunder which technically came back as fan made maps but didn't get official valve remakes/ports. theres a handful of other early beta/cs1.0-1.5 maps but those ones were some of my personal favorites :)

Nice video man, there were some cs 1.5 maps with vehicles that you can drive. The maps were so good , mostly jeep wylis, but there were some with sports car that were extremely fast. Unfortunately I don't remember the names

Hi man, great video! Thanks for reminding me my childhood cs maps :D by the way, do you have any polish roots? Kotek means kitty in Polish and looking at your avatar, this cant be a coincidence! Cheers mate!

good video! incredibly high quality for such a small channel! keep it up

Aztec, Assault, Militia, Estate, Backalley, Tundra, Prodigy, Siege. God these bring me back to 99'....

i don't exactly recall which iteration of CS i played first (i just remember the guns had like no recoil so mp5 was the go-to), but i have such fond memories of so many maps that ultimately never even got out of the beta releases. while the VIP maps were generally quite bad, i still have a soft spot for as_highrise. in fact, all the "popdog" maps were excellent. i also really loved de_vegas, mostly because it just actually really does feel like a run down casino and there was something really endearing about that pseudo-realistic aesthetic that people would often go for with HL mods.

I seem to recall a different dust map that is not included in the list but have absolutely no idea from what version it is. All I do remember is that you could aim directly from spawn towards the arch at one of the plant sites.

Sweet memories revisited 😢. Played all maps shown in the video atleast once.

this was honestly a fun video only held back by the loud in-game sfx that covers the commentary

Wow... I believe Estate was 1st map that me and my buddies played on and I remeber times when OilRig was 32/32 :D Good old times, so many of those maps were smasher!

Thanks! Nice video 👍

Man, it brings back memories of dust II from 1.6

I remember regulary playing 1.6 on some French Server which was able to host 32 players (16 vs 16) and was only running custom maps. There were many great maps like Museum, Star gate, etc (dont remember all the names). I had a great time back then

Miami on the xbox was the most popular map far more than Dust II far more than Office it was an incredible time to be alive. I still play counter strike to this day and nothing has come close by a long shot compared to playing Miami on the xbox.

I really liked your video; good job!

The maps in the Xbox Counter-Strike version was great. really miss playing that game.

0:16 I played little of Counter Strike Global Offensive (No offensive 9/10 game) and most of my time playing was in 3 maps (Dust 2,Italy and Office) and in the 2 Hostage maps mine favorite pass time was buy the Tacticool Shield and use as a Shield for my teammates this way they shot while I protect them It was fun

747 and survivor are great but aztec and dust are my 2 favorites from when I was a kid

I can't remember if de_dust2002 was official, but I remember enjoying a lot on that map, for some reason, only after 12AM haha. Has anyone played (though its unofficial) cs_mice_final map? I enjoyed that one too.

I remember before getting my new computer, i played so much de_westwood in family's old ass computer. Really cool map and quite a few path choices for a map that "linear", i also played a bit on some versions of westwood 2 and 3 iirc but the 24/7 server was on the og westwood

So nostalgic. Used to play these maps long ago. Good times.

There was a ton of estate/mansion versions back in the day. Remember seeing maps with names like cs_mansion9 etc. playing cs back in early 2000s most popular ones where I lived were dust/dust 2 Aztec militia assault and italy. Then there was second tier like office siege train prodigy nuke cbble rats dacha arabstreets or tundra/oilrig played not so often but still popular. And sometimes people went for unconventional maps like jeepathon 35hp or awp or obscure maps that were for some reason included in updates. My favorite of those was cs_yemen, spent a lot of time playing it. Couldn’t even find more than a couple of screenshots online.

I recall one of the fun map. De_ratz or something, where all become miniature and shoot inside fridge and kitchen.

I still play CZ a lot with my homemade bots for training and I will never forget any of these maps at all. Mostly because when I was younger I played only against bots in CZ for like 4 years xxD

Do you remember "siege"? You could Drive a Tank (BMP) over a Bridge in a Underground shelter or Something. I think it was in ca 1.0 maybe earlyer in the beta. I liked it very mutch.

This is cool atmosphere, just like original Aztec. Aztec if they do it on CS2 should be just like this weather. We have Ancient which shows off sunny ruins

Cool video bro, gj

I think Penguin was inspired by your video lol. Nice job though, good vid.

Honestly i have so many fun memories playing those 2 CSS maps and i personally like them

I forgot about most of these. It seems you forgot many more that aren't a part of this list. Here's a few that come to mind: de_cbble de_piranesi de_thunder de_aztec de_preditor I'm sure those were all official maps, and I know there are many more. I will have to explore some old hard drives to confirm. Also there was another VIP map called tundra.

It's always a little sad to see a map die. Especially given the love that must go into some of them. There are a few operation maps on CS:GO that my fiends and I fell in love with that will likely never been seen again.

great work man!

Condition Zero, the forgotten counter strike 😅😅 I love it, still playing to this day

aztec, backalley, survivor, and 747 are the maps i miss the most. such amazing maps

Most of the "_cz" maps are actually parts from playable maps in CS:CZ : Deleted scenes. Also, nice video :)

also sick video for only 300 subs. Keep doing stuff like this.

747 most likely refers to December 25th 1994 GIGN hostage rescue in a Air France plane

Great and interesting video 👍

RU-vid recommended this video to me. Considering the quality of the video, I thought the channel behind it would have at least a few thousand subs. I was surprised to only see 323. Consider me Subscriber 324.

I didnt expect to hear so deep voice and english language after I seen the profile picture and name Kotek, gj bro in pranking me

Crazy seeing your name show up in my homepage when I knew you years ago through chase

as a kid who grew up playing 1.6 at lan cafe's the maps that bring me back are de_snow , the original cs_italy with the music blasting over the entire map Militia because it had a poo in the toilet that if you shoot, it explodes

Wow! Keep it up bro

Interesting. I never knew these maps were removed. Miss playing these old maps.

duuuude this is my childhood

There two maps I forgot their names was in 1.5 then came for 1.6 The first one with buildings and has a river in the between, and surveillance cameras like cs_militia sewers, and it was bomb map if I'm not mistaken. the second one was a hostage map, where there is a bridge of glass, and T Building was accessible from front door of the building or through ladder on the side of the building, and you can shoot through that glass bridge, whereas CT spawn in area similar to estate spawn area. If you can have an idea which these maps are I'll be thankful

de_pool was so much fun. just a small map to have some fun. Also i remember a western looking map (forgot the name). It was so much fun aswell.

after you said cs_747 and showed gameplay i flashbacked to all the lanpartys we had. Good time.

Crazy how most of these maps are from CS:CZ. The most underrated Counter Strike imo

Port and Compound seem more like maps meant for HL2 than CS. Seems like someone at Valve, or Turtle Rock, was fiddling around experimenting with the default assets. Port is a fun idea, but an awful experience. Oh, and the bomb can just be tossed off the edge. Best Part.