Unreal (1998)

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- April 15, 2026 at 8:00 am #63
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  TigerQuoll
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  Let me re-iterate the title, I mean the original single player game from 1998, not the arena shooters that came later.
  I think Unreal deserves more love – it kind of got overshadowed by contemporaries like Half-Life and Quake II.
  But in many ways I like it better, particularly the visuals. While those other two games were dreary and grey, Unreal was a rich, vibrant feast for the eyes.
- April 16, 2026 at 12:23 pm #72
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  DJ_HiP
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  as long as we all play it in 3dFX as well 😀
- April 18, 2026 at 12:43 am #83
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  Watchful
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  After seeing a recent 3Dfx explainer, Unreal really did look surreal on that hardware. Even modern Nvidia cards don’t really do it justice. I wonder if the 3Dfx emulation will ever get good enough to reproduce this game in its original glory.
- April 18, 2026 at 2:37 am #84
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  I haven’t played it in 3dfX unfortunately – I have a mere TNT card in my Pentium II, and I can’t justify the eye-watering prices voodoo cards go for these days.
  I get the feeling the youtube videos don’t do it justice either…
- April 21, 2026 at 12:25 am #124
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  Watchful
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  Perhaps nGlide or dgVoodoo2 is getting good enough?
- September 12, 2026 at 1:59 am #478
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  Watchful
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  Since this is the vote winner let’s do it for 2026-Q4!
- September 29, 2026 at 3:20 pm #509
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  Powerup Pete
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  A link to a short video where I boot up Unreal with a voodoo 3 graphics card.
  Booting Unreal in win98 with 3dfx
  The game really looks great. And it also supports EAX. You can simulate it on modern computers with alchemy.
  The graphics, the music and the lighting all together make for a great atmosphere. It definitely looks a lot better than Half Life or Quake II.
  
  I prefer playing Unreal on my retro setup. Looks way better. Modern screens make the game too bright in my opinion.
  There is a patch: old Unreal which also tries to make Unreal to the way it was on modern pc’s.
  https://oldunreal.com/
  You can freely download the game from this site and apply the patch. I think it’s all legitemate.
- September 29, 2026 at 9:12 pm #510
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  dr_st
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  Great timing, since I’ve casually started playing the original Unreal some time within the past year. I would love for an excuse to crunch down and finish it. 😀
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