{"id":45885,"date":"2024-11-22T14:01:42","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T19:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=45885"},"modified":"2024-11-22T14:01:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T19:01:42","slug":"unreal-on-internet-archive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/22\/unreal-on-internet-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"Unreal on Internet Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Timothy Geigner<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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But it just doesn’t have to be like this. Companies could be willing to give up their iron-fisted control over their IP for these older games they aren’t willing to support or preserve themselves and let others do it for them. And if you need a real world example of that, you need look only at how Epic is working with The Internet Archive<\/a> to do exactly that.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

John Walker<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Epic, now primarily known for Fortnite<\/em> and the Unreal Engine, has given permission for two of the most significant video games ever made, Unreal <\/em>and Unreal Tournament<\/em>, to be freely accessed via the Internet Archive. As spotted by RPS<\/em><\/a>, via ResetEra<\/em><\/a>, the OldUnreal group announced the move on their Discord, along with instructions for how to easily download and play them on modern machines.<\/p>\n

It’s hard to convey just what a significant moment it was, in 1997-98, when Quake II<\/em> and Unreal <\/em>came out within six months of each other. Marking Epic’s entry into the graphics arms race with id Software, the two games were both utterly brilliant shooters in their own rights, but also became the names behind the engines on which a generation of games would be built. Half-Life<\/em> was based on the Quake <\/em>engine, while Unreal<\/em>’s was under the hood of Deus Ex<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

OldUnreal<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Our installer supports Windows 7 and later. We are working on installers for Linux and macOS.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n