If you’re one of the many people who, like me, felt deep dismay at seeing Epic Games give up on theirUnreal Tournamentrevival to focus onFortnite, then I have good news.
OldUnreal is the name of a fan-made project meant to revive Unreal and Unreal Tournament for modern machines. Both games work fantastically well on WinXP and above, are free, and, most importantly, the project won’t come to an abrupt end caused by the whim of a disgruntled IP owner. Yes, the good people at Epic Games were kind enough to allow fans to tinker with and make theirabandonware available for freefor anyone who wants to relive the classic.
This news couldn’t have better time, coming out right afterBlizzardannounced the release of remasters for many of its most popular games. I’m talking games which were either forgotten — by the company, not fans — or games the company messed-up withimproper remastersor unnecessary sequels. Hell, evenWorld of Warcraftclassic is getting an evenclassic-er revival.Are we looking at the dawn of true preservation, or at least at a great chance of showing newer generations how good we had it back then?
You can get the OldUnreal version ofUnrealGoldhereandUnreal TournamentGOTYhere.The person behind OldUnreal are working on the Mac OS and Linux installers. Both versions feature great compatibility with modern systems right off the gate, are incredibly easy to get up and running, and offer a wide array of customization options if your machine happens to not run it all that well for any reason.
I personally never cared much aboutUnreal, butUnreal Tournamentwas an entirely different ballgame. I’m certain many will know exactly what I’m talking about. If you were ever big into either title, do everyone a favor and pick it up. Try it, then perhaps consider filling the Internet with heartfelt messages that will get Tim Sweeney to consider reviving the revival of thishallmark of online gaming history.
And you can always help this massive effort in video game preservation by clicking todonate here.
