GoldSrc

GoldSrc, or Goldsource, is the retronym used internally by Valve Software to refer to the heavily modified Quake engine that powers their science fiction first-person shooter Half-Life (1998). The successor of the GoldSrc engine is the Source engine, which powers games such as Half-Life 2. The engine had no official name until Valve came to announce its successor:

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