Half-Life: Uplink 1999 Film (Not Demo) Lost Alternate Ending

Despite the title, the short film has nothing to do or is to be confused with the Half-Life 1 demo of the same name, released by Valve and Sierra back in the day, the other demo for Half-Life 1 being an OEM bundled demo of the game called Day One.

The film was commissioned by either Cendant Software or Havas Interactive for Syndicate Pictures and Cruise Control to presumably promote Half-Life in the United Kingdom.

As many of you guys know or had seen the film on YouTube, neither Sierra or Valve was really aware of the project's existence with no input of the film other than sound effects that were taken directly from Half-Life, and extending to music composed by Kelly Bailey despite himself having no direct input or control of the film.

The film itself was delayed from February (presumably the release day of the Uplink demo on the 12th) to March 15, 1999 due to lack of approval by both Sierra and Valve.

I wouldn't be suprised that both the common ending currently on YouTube and the lost alternate ending (mentioned in ValveTime Database episode 5 and the Half-Life Fandom Wiki and not the Combine OverWiki) versions were bundled with PC video game demo discs on PC gaming magazines in between Q1-Q2 1999, mainly as an ill-fated way to promote Half-Life 1, making the short film's inclusion on those demo discs a minor to little to no attention to both Valve and Sierra.

Was both versions available on Cruise Control's or Syndicate Pictures Websites at one point?