Unreal and Unreal Tournament games have earned Epic Games a reputation in the late 1990s and served as the foundation for the Unreal Engine game development business. These games are now available for free download via the Internet Archive with permission from Epic Games.
Following the shutdown of game servers in 2023, Epic Games removed both Unreal games from various digital storefronts. However, a group of fans known as Old Unreal continues to band together to support these games unofficially through patches. Most recently, Old Unreal announced that Epic has allowed the Internet Archive to host the ISO files of both Unreal games, which can be downloaded and used alongside the team’s patches.
Download options include directly downloading the ISO files from the Internet Archive or installing Old Unreal’s installer to facilitate another method of downloading the ISO files.
For direct downloads, use the following links:
– Unreal Tournament: https://archive.org/download/ut-goty/UT_GOTY_CD1.iso
– Unreal: https://archive.org/download/gt-unreal-1998/Unreal.iso
Sources: ResetEra, Polygon, Gamespot
TLDR: Epic Games releases Unreal and Unreal Tournament games for free download through the Internet Archive, allowing fans to continue supporting them unofficially with patches from Old Unreal.
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