Difference between revisions of "Unreal"

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Unreal is the first game in the Unreal series and was the first 3D venture by Epic Games and Digital Extremes. The game was approved by GT Interactive in 1996 and released on May 22, 1998 to the world, however by several accounts work on the engine actually started sometime around 1994. Unreal provided a single player experience along with a multiplayer mode that allowed for up to 16 players. It was rated 'M' for Mature by the ESRB for intense violence.

Unreal's Flyby Intro

Development

Demo

A demo was alluded to many times by various people at Epic Games throughout the life of Unreal, however the only demos that were ever released came bundled with various hardware. Many people saw this as a negative to Unreal as there was no real way to try the game before you bought it.

Releases and Formats

The initial release of Unreal was published by GT Interactive and arrived in stores on May 22, 1998.

A full version of Unreal was released with certain S3 Video Cards to show off Unreal's S3TC capabilities. This version came with several S3TC showcase levels that can be found online.

Another version of Unreal was released with certain Creative products to show off Unreal's EAX capabilities.

A re-release of Unreal was done and titled Unreal Gold. This package was released to stores January 21, 2000. Unreal Gold contained the original release of Unreal patched to version 226. It also used the Unreal Tournament UWindows interface. It also included the expansion pack, Return to Na Pali. Many people disliked this release because, while the Direct3D support was better, nearly every other facet of the engine was worse, especially network play.

Unreal Gold was also released with Totally Unreal. This package also contained Unreal Tournament - GOTY as well as an Unreal Championship/Unreal 2 preview disc.

In September 2006, Unreal Gold was re-released for (probably) the last time in the Unreal Anthology pack published by Midway Games. The pack also included Unreal - Return to Na Pali, Unreal Tournament - GOTY, Unreal 2 and UT2004.

Engine

Music

Gametypes

Weapons

Races

Skaarj

Main Article: Skaarj

The Skaarj are an alien race who enslaved the Nali on the planet you crash land on, Na Pali.

Nali

Main Article: Nali

The Nali are a race indigenous to Na Pali but subordinate to the Skaarj as they have been enslaved.

Humans

Main Article: Terrans

You play as a human prisoner whose prison ship crash landed on a mysterious planet, Na Pali.

Krall

Main Article: Krall

A race of unknown origin that has been enslaved by the Skaarj and act as their guards.

Characters

Maps