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!
Holy shit, that’s awesome! Finally Epic is doing some good. Let’s hope Sweeney doesn’t swoop in to stop it.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
I can only imagine the level of sealclubbing that’s about to begin.
I just want to pilot a Redeemer one. Last. Time.
(because I killed myself with it too)
Facing Worlds iconic baby
I really like the idea of this. I’m going to book mark the link and never click it.
Hell yeah, that’s awfully nice of them. I have fond memories of playing Unreal Tournament '99
I still play 1999 GOTY Edition UT.
UNSTOPPABLE!!
GODLIKE!!!
M-M-M MONSTER KILL!!!
Sounds like it might be time to Return to Nali Pali!!
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
Don’t let Sweeney hear about this.
fuck yeah. does chaos mod still work? I miss a good grappling hook.
I haven’t tested it but it should work. OldUnreal’s patches are backwards compatible.
I’m surprised Digital Extremes isn’t mentioned. Did they sell off their stake at some point?
