Good news, everyone! Via Rock Paper Shotgun, two of the shooters that made Epic Games's name back in the day - Unreal and its hugely influential multiplayer spin-off, Unreal Tournament - are now not only free but preserved on the Internet Archive, hopefully forever.
Here's RPS with some background and tips for getting them working:
Epic gave permission for this very recently, say fan group Old Unreal (as spotted by the folks on ResetEra). That fan site are leading the way in making the now-free games easier to download and install. Archive.org is great, but it's not always the most user friendly of libraries. So the gang of Skaarj custodians have created two installers that will do everything for you. Here's one for Unreal Gold and one for Unreal Tournament.
Who else played these classics?
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