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 1 day 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 1 day 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 40 points 1 day 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 1 day 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 1 day 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 1 day 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 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] Thassodar@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago

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

(because I killed myself with it too)

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Facing Worlds iconic baby

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day 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 1 day ago

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

[–] nobleshift@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

I still play 1999 GOTY Edition UT.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

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

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

GODLIKE!!!!

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

M-M-M MONSTER KILL!!!

[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago

UNSTOPPABLE!!

[–] Raglesnarf@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day 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

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

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

[–] LupertEverett@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

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

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

Don't let Sweeney hear about this.

[–] The2b@lemmy.vg 2 points 1 day ago

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