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Black Mesa Research Facility

The Black Mesa Research Facility (also simply called Black Mesa) is a fictional large underground laboratory complex that serves as the primary setting for the video game Half-Life and its expansions, as well as its unofficial remake, Black Mesa. It also features in the wider Half-Life universe, including the Portal series. Located in the New Mexico…

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Genre
First-person shooter
Location
New Mexico, United States
First appearance
Half-Life
Type
Laboratory

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related to Development · 15
Black Mesa Research Facility → Bar, Black Butte, Black Butte Missile Base, Black Mesa, Black Mesa's, Diablo Mesa, Diablo Plains, In Half-Life, Laidlaw, Marc Laidlaw, Raising, Series, The, The Borderland, The Outer Limits
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Black Mesa Research Facility → Half-Life
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Black Mesa Research Facility → First-person shooter
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Black Mesa Research Facility → New Mexico, United States
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Black Mesa Research Facility → Laboratory

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Black Mesa Research FacilityFirst appearanceHalf-Life1.00infobox
Black Mesa Research FacilityGenreFirst-person shooter1.00infobox
Black Mesa Research FacilityLocationNew Mexico, United States1.00infobox
Black Mesa Research FacilityTypeLaboratory1.00infobox
Black Mesa Research Facilityrelated to DevelopmentSeries0.60section
Black Mesa Research Facilityrelated to DevelopmentMarc Laidlaw0.60section
Black Mesa Research Facilityrelated to DevelopmentBlack Mesa0.60section
Black Mesa Research Facilityrelated to DevelopmentBlack Butte Missile Base0.60section
Black Mesa Research Facilityrelated to DevelopmentDiablo Plains0.60section
Black Mesa Research Facilityrelated to DevelopmentDiablo Mesa0.60section
Black Mesa Research Facilityrelated to DevelopmentIn Half-Life0.60section
Black Mesa Research Facilityrelated to DevelopmentRaising0.60section

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