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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[–] drspod@lemmy.ml 39 points 22 hours 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 17 points 21 hours 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 7 points 19 hours 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.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 45 points 22 hours 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 22 hours 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!

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 19 points 20 hours ago

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

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 29 points 21 hours 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 20 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Thassodar@lemm.ee 9 points 19 hours ago

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

(because I killed myself with it too)

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 3 points 16 hours ago

Facing Worlds iconic baby

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 6 points 16 hours ago

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

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

GODLIKE!!!!

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 5 points 16 hours ago

M-M-M MONSTER KILL!!!

[–] nobleshift@lemmy.world 12 points 20 hours ago

I still play 1999 GOTY Edition UT.

[–] simple@lemm.ee 18 points 22 hours ago

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

[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 10 points 21 hours ago

UNSTOPPABLE!!

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] LupertEverett@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

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

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 3 points 20 hours ago

Don't let Sweeney hear about this.

[–] The2b@lemmy.vg 2 points 20 hours ago

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

[–] Raglesnarf@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours 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