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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21988112

So, great news!

Not too long ago, the folks at OldUnreal announced in their Discord server that they got permission from Epic Games to distribute two particular links from archive.org to download Unreal Gold and Unreal Tournament.

Now they've published installers for automating the installation process, as well as installing their patches on top of Unreal/UT.

The installers are available to download on the links down below:

Unreal Gold Installer: https://www.oldunreal.com/downloads/unreal/full-game-installers/

Unreal Tournament Installer: https://www.oldunreal.com/downloads/unrealtournament/full-game-installers/

These are Windows only, but Linux and macOS installers are also gonna be released sometime soon, it seems!

Enjoy!

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 45 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Holy shit, that's awesome! Finally Epic is doing some good. Let's hope Sweeney doesn't swoop in to stop it.

[–] LupertEverett@lemmy.world 30 points 6 months ago

Considering the OldUnreal team still has access to the source code for these two games, and develop patches for them to this day, I find it, thankfully, extremely unlikely!

[–] drspod@lemmy.ml 42 points 6 months ago (2 children)

This is so much better than a remake or remaster.

id Software led the way, decades ago, making Doom and then Quake engines open source. I wish more studios would donate their old software to the public domain.

Fingers crossed one day we will get Unreal source code. I wonder if it even still exists.

[–] LupertEverett@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago

IIRC it has been 10 years since Tim Sweeney talked about open sourcing UE1. I don't think it is gonna happen anytime soon, sadly.

At least we still have Surreal Engine.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Old Bungie also opened up the Marathon engine and released the assets before the Microsoft takeover. You can play that game on any modern platform while Oni is lingering in abandonedware land, unplayable and unprofitable.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 30 points 6 months ago (2 children)

For anyone that hasn't played UT99, try it. There are still plenty of servers with active lobbies. I have played this game on and off since release.

[–] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I can only imagine the level of sealclubbing that’s about to begin.

[–] Thassodar@lemm.ee 10 points 6 months ago

I just want to pilot a Redeemer one. Last. Time.

(because I killed myself with it too)

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 months ago

Facing Worlds iconic baby

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago

I really like the idea of this. I'm going to book mark the link and never click it.

[–] simple@lemm.ee 18 points 6 months ago

Hell yeah, that's awfully nice of them. I have fond memories of playing Unreal Tournament '99

[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 10 points 6 months ago

UNSTOPPABLE!!

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 months ago

M-M-M MONSTER KILL!!!

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 months ago

Sounds like it might be time to Return to Nali Pali!!

[–] Raglesnarf@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

I better make sure I have my Unreal games installed because there's about to be a small influx of old and new players for about a month

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

Don't let Sweeney hear about this.

[–] The2b@lemmy.vg 2 points 6 months ago

I'm surprised Digital Extremes isn't mentioned. Did they sell off their stake at some point?

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

fuck yeah. does chaos mod still work? I miss a good grappling hook.

[–] LupertEverett@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I haven't tested it but it should work. OldUnreal's patches are backwards compatible.