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!

  • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.deEnglish
    45·
    2 months ago

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

    • LupertEverett@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      30·
      2 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.mlEnglish
    42·
    2 months ago

    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.

    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      2 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.

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.mlEnglish
    30·
    2 months ago

    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.

  • simple@lemm.eeEnglish
    18·
    2 months ago

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

  • Raglesnarf@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 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

  • The2b@lemmy.vgEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

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