Full game available via OldUnreal, Epic-approved

[Rekkin]

The folks behind the OldUnreal patch have recently gotten permission from Epic themselves to host a full installer package which will download the original disk image from archive.org, and then automatically install the latest patch (currently 227j). This also applies to Unreal Tournament.

https://www.oldunreal.com/downloads/unreal/full-game-installers/

Edit: And if anyone's still on the fence about whether or not this is legit, Epic themselves have created a feature page that points to these exact downloads.

https://www.epicgames.com/unrealtournament

Have fun with it, everyone; this is a real great, fairly unique game that everyone deserves a chance to play!

[Gequi]

Interesting but where is the permission from Epic? it's a nonsense to put the game over there and not on Epic/Steam/GOG launcher

[(T:S:B)IceLizard]

Originally posted by Gequi:

Interesting but where is the permission from Epic? it's a nonsense to put the game over there and not on Epic/Steam/GOG launcher

Correspondence between OU and Epic is confidential, due to express policy change and direct permission from our Epic liaison we can host the installer which mirrors to very specific .iso's on archive.org now though.

It's a good step in the right direction however, and i prefer this over it needing to open EGL to play Unreal.

[Jakericeiscool2008]

Originally posted by Rekkin:

The folks behind the OldUnreal patch have recently gotten permission from Epic themselves to host a full installer package which will download the original disk image from archive.org, and then automatically install the latest patch (currently 227j). This also applies to Unreal Tournament.

https://www.oldunreal.com/downloads/unreal/full-game-installers/

Have fun with it, everyone; this is a real great, fairly unique game that everyone deserves a chance to play!

Ok Pal, Other Websites did sack same thing like

GOG-Games (Not GOG.com)
Myabandonedware
Internet Archive

Not trying to be rude, just pointing out

[Rekkin]

Originally posted by Jakericeiscool2008:

Ok Pal, Other Websites did sack same thing like

GOG-Games (Not GOG.com)
Myabandonedware
Internet Archive

Not trying to be rude, just pointing out

Sure, and that's definitely worth pointing out, but in all those cases, it was a grey area legally. With full permission from Epic, going off of OldUnreal's existing stance as curators of the definitive modern patch, it puts the game in a much more stable position.

Also I just plain hadn't seen a thread about it, and figured making one would be better than someone needing to reply one-by-one to every "does anyone have a key" thread that pops up.

[CyborgParrot]

Rare Epic W

[Gequi]

Originally posted by (T:S:B)IceLizard:

Correspondence between OU and Epic is confidential

so there is no proof = religion / propaganda

[CyborgParrot]

Originally posted by Gequi:

Originally posted by (T:S:B)IceLizard:

Correspondence between OU and Epic is confidential

so there is no proof = religion / propaganda

https://fxtwitter.com/VinciusMedeiro6/status/1857029996864237742

[Gequi]

Originally posted by CyborgParrot:

https://fxtwitter.com/VinciusMedeiro6/status/1857029996864237742

"There's no statement from Epic's side"

There are no further questions, Your Honor.

[Rekkin]

Originally posted by Gequi:

Originally posted by CyborgParrot:

https://fxtwitter.com/VinciusMedeiro6/status/1857029996864237742

"There's no statement from Epic's side"

There are no further questions, Your Honor.

And following the link in the first reply of the same tweet:

Update 14/11/2024 - 17:28 UTC: an Epic Games Spokesperson replied with a short statement:

We can confirm that Unreal 1 and Unreal Tournament are available on archive.org and people are free to independently link to and play these versions.

If you're looking for a direct quote from Epic themselves, they're the same people who never even hosted the games on their own storefront to begin with, I think it's safe to say we'll never hear anything from them.

[Gequi]

Originally posted by Rekkin:

If you're looking for a direct quote from Epic themselves, they're the same people who never even hosted the games on their own storefront to begin with, I think it's safe to say we'll never hear anything from them.

So you want me to believe that permission from Epic exists but at the same time we'll never hear any direct quote from Epic.

Fine, I also can say the same or whatever: I have confidential permission from Epic to do whatever I want with their games.

Do not bother to reply any other nonsense. Unsuscribing from this topic. You are reported and blocked.

[Rekkin]

Yeah because how dare I try to bring some good news to people about a game we all clearly like.

[CyborgParrot]

I wonder if they'll allow Unreal 2 + Unreal Tournament 2004 to be freely distributed if they haven't already?

[(T:S:B)IceLizard]

Originally posted by Gequi:

Originally posted by Rekkin:

If you're looking for a direct quote from Epic themselves, they're the same people who never even hosted the games on their own storefront to begin with, I think it's safe to say we'll never hear anything from them.

So you want me to believe that permission from Epic exists but at the same time we'll never hear any direct quote from Epic.

Fine, I also can say the same or whatever: I have confidential permission from Epic to do whatever I want with their games.

Do not bother to reply any other nonsense. Unsuscribing from this topic. You are reported and blocked.

This requires the bare minimum research you could have done to verify this.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/classic-unreal-tournament-and-unreal-now-easier-to-download-free-thanks-to-oldunreal/

Not only do we at OldUnreal (which is a website and community older than Steam itself) have direct confirmation from Epic, considering we already have liaison with them and have for a long time so that we were able to update (or specifically Smirf, Anthrax and co) the game's engines of Unreal 1 and Unreal Tournament, several people have already reached out to Epic and have already received verification of permission from them.

Alternatively, you could've checked who OldUnreal are considering you don't seem to be part of the community to know we have NDA's with Epic in order to update the first two games, Smirf facilitated the first NDA in Unreal in something like 2005-2006 and the first version of the 227 update if i remember was released in 2008.

But sounds like checking any part of that requires reading which is clearly far too much effort.

[E.T.'s Glowing third arm]

Unreal Situation is crazy.

[Carbon]

Originally posted by Gequi:

You are reported and blocked.

lol. Not much into truth or those who espouse it?