Unreal

Unreal
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Developer(s)	Epic Games, Digital Extremes
Publisher(s)	GT Interactive
Designer(s)	James Schmalz
Engine	Unreal Engine 1.0
Version	226f officially and 227d unofficially
Platform(s)	Linux, Mac OS, Mac OS X, Windows
Release date	May 22, 1998 2008 (Steam)
Genre(s)	First-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	ELSPA: 15+ ESRB: Mature (M)
Media	CD-ROM
System requirements	Windows: Pentium 166 MHz, 16 MB RAM, Windows 95/Windows 98

User rating
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Reviews for PC
Publication	Score
GameSpot	8.4/10
GameZilla!	96%
JeuxVideoPC	15/20

Unreal is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Epic Games and Digital Extremes and published by GT Interactive (now owned by Atari) in 1998. It was powered by an original gameplay and computer engine that now bears the game's name, one that had been in development for over three years in founder Tim Sweeney's garage before the game was released. Since the release of Unreal, the franchise has had one sequel and two different series based on the Unreal universe.

The game was featuring music composed by Straylight production.

Useful information

Status

Still in stores. (included in the Unreal Anthology pack).

Latest version

The latest official update is 2.26. However, a non-official update has been released for the Unreal retexturing project. Current last version is 1.27d.

Game presentation

Story

The player takes on the part of Prisoner 849, an otherwise anonymous persona aboard the prison spacecraft Vortex Rikers. The ship crash-lands on the lip of a canyon on the planet Na Pali, home of the Nali, a primitive tribal race of four-armed humanoids. The Nali and their planet have been subjugated by the Skaarj, a race of brutish yet technologically advanced reptilian humanoids. Skaarj troops board the downed Vortex Rikers and kill the remaining survivors, save for Prisoner 849, who manages to arm himself and escape from the ship.

The planet Na Pali is rich in Tarydium, an exotic crystal that possesses a high energy yield, whose utility is the reason for which the Skaarj have invaded. The ship has crashed near one of the many Tarydium mines and processing facilities that the Skaarj have built. Prisoner 849 travels through the mines, meeting Nali slaves and eventually entering the ruins of Nali villages and cities, where the extent of the Nali's suffering and exploitation are made clear.

Throughout the game the player stumbles across the remains of other humans, often with electronic journals that detail their last days and hint at the cause of their demise. Usually the tales are of desperate struggles to hide from the Skaarj or other bloodthirsty inhabitants of the planet.

Prisoner 849 continues to make his way through a series of alien installations, crashed spaceships, and ancient Nali temples infested with Skaarj troops and their minions, eventually arriving at the Nali Castle. Inside the castle, the player locates a teleporter that leads to the Skaarj Mothership. The mothership proves to be a vast labyrinth, but Prisoner 849 manages to find the ship's reactor and destroys it, plunging the vessel into darkness. After navigating the corridors in the dark, the player arrives at the Skaarj Queen's chamber and kills her. Prisoner 849 jumps into an escape pod as the mothership disintegrates. Although the prisoner survives the Skaarj, the escape pod is left to float into space, with slim hopes of being found.

Game modes

• One player :

Campaign : Playing the game scenario

Botmatch : Playing against computer players in Deathmatch, team Deathmatch or even Darkmatch.

• Multiplayer :

Cooperation : Play the campain in cooperation. (You'll have to select the map "Vortex2" in order to launch a cooperative game)

Deathmatch : Free for all death match.

Team Deathmatch : Teamplay death match

DarkMatch : Free for all in a dark place. (You have a shoulder light)

Weapons

Here is the list of the available weapons:

Weapons	Description
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Dispersion Pistol Particle gun Primary Fire: Fire a charge of energy. Secondary Fire: Fire a big charge of energy. Techniques: This weapon has unlimited charges and can be four times upgraded to became the most powerful.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Automag Pistol Primary Fire: Fires very accurate shots. Secondary Fire: Faster, but less accurate firing mode. Techniques: You can handle two Automag a the same time.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Stinger Machin-gun Primary Fire: Automatic firing mode. Secondary Fire: Shoots a small spread of shards. Techniques: Secondary fire is mortal used in close range.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	A.S.M.D Primary Fire: Railgun type blast . Secondary Fire: Round electromagnetic projectile. Techniques: The ASMD has a third attack, called the "Combo-Attack". The trick for a combo attack is easy once you get the hang of it. The idea is to shoot the weapon in its secondary mode, then shoot the first projectile with a primary shot. This results in a powerful explosion that can cause a good amount of damage. Like the Dispersion Pistol this weapon can be upgraded.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Eightball Launcher Explosive weapon Primary Fire: Load up to 6 rockets. Secondary Fire: Load up to 6 grenades. Techniques: If you keep your crosshair over an enemy for a couple of seconds before starting to load it will "lock on" for heat seeking rocket shots that will follow your target for a bit.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Flak Cannon Explosive weapon Primary Fire: Fire a powerful spread of flak, which will bounce off walls, floors, etc.. Secondary Fire: Fires off the entire flak shell, which explodes like a grenade after contact. Techniques: The Flak Cannon is effective for close to mid range combat. Not for long range combat, the flak is effected by gravity and won't make it far. You also have to be careful you don't kill yourself with bouncing flak..
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Razorjack Skaarj hunting weapon Primary Fire: Fires razor blades out in a straight line, which bounce off of all surfaces except water and portals. Secondary Fire: Fires razor blades out in a straight line, which bounce off of all surfaces except water and portals. Techniques: Lethal with a well placed shot.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	GES Biorifle Biological weapon Primary Fire: Fires little blobs rapidly. Secondary Fire: Load the entire chamber with toxic waste and spew it out in one large green blob that can kill a 100 health opponent... or yourself. Techniques: Note that you can stick them to walls and floors..
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Assault Rifle Primary Fire: Fires a quick instant shot, very accurate.. Secondary Fire: Secondary mode allows you to zoom in smoothly for precise head and body shots. Techniques: One hit in the head will decapitate an unarmored opponent instantly.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Minigun Machine-gun Primary Fire: Fires very quickly in its primary mode with reasonable accuracy. Secondary Fire: Faster fire, but slightly less accuracy. Techniques: This weapon is effective for close to mid range combat.

Items

Weapons	Description
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Power Amplifier Energy cell With this item you can upgrade the Dispersion Pistol. Note that Dispersion Pistol becomes lethal with four upgrads.

Around the game

An expansion has been released on May 31, 1999 named Return to Na Pali.

Game tweaks

Tips & tricks

• No enough ammo?

Well there is a way, the dispersion pistol has unlimited ammo so the best things to do is to upgrad it, insteed of the A.S.M.D.

Cheats

To enable the cheat mode, press TAB or [~] to display the console, and then one of the following:

Code	Effect
ALLAMMO	Full ammo for current weapon
ALLAMMO 999	Full ammo for all weapons in inventory
GOD	Invulnerability for current level.
FLY	Fly mode.
GHOST	Walk through walls (=ghost mode).
WALK	Disable fly or ghost mode.
PLAYERSONLY	Freeze time. Type again to resume.
OPEN map_name	Jump to any map entered.
BEHINDVIEW 1	Switch to third-person view.
BEHINDVIEW 0	Switch to first-person view.
SUMMON item_name	Add weapon or item to the world.

Here is a list of item names:

amplifier	antitoxinsuit	armor	asbestossuit
ASMD	automag	bandages	brute
dampener	dispersionpistol	dispersionpowerup1	dispersionpowerup2
dispersionpowerup3	dispersionpowerup4	eightball	flakcannon
flare	flashlight	forcefield	gesbiorifle
invisibility	juicebox	jumpboots	jumpboots
kelvarsuit	krall	mercenary	minigu
nali	nalifruitseed	nalihealingfruit	razorjack
rifle	scubagear	searchlight	sheildbelt
skaarjwarrior	slith	stinger	superhealth
titan	translator	voicebox

Here is the maps correspondence for the solo mode:

Level	Map Title
01: Vortex Riders	Vortex2
02: Nyleve's Falls	NyLeve
03: Skaaj Mine of Rrajigar	Dig
04: Depths of Rrajigar	Dug
05: Sacred Passage	Passage
06: Chizra ¿ Nali Water God Temple	Chizra
07: Ceremony	Ceremony
08: Dark Arena	Dark
09: Harobed Village	Harobed
10: Terraniux Underground	TerraLift
11: Terraniux	Terraniux
12: Noork's Elbow	Noork
13: Temple of Vandora	Ruins
14: Trench	Trench
15: ISV ¿ Kran Deck 4	IsvKran4
16: ISV ¿ Kran Decks 3 and 2	IsvKran32
17: ISV ¿ Kran Deck 1	IsvDeck1
18: Spire Village	SpireVillage
19: The Sunspire	TheSunspire
20: Gateway to Na Pali	SkyCaves
21: Na Pali Heaven	SkyTown
22: Outpost 3J (Mountain Forest)	SkyBase
23: Velora Pass (Sleeping Giant)	VeloraEnd
24: Bluff Eversmoking	Bluff
25: Dasa Mountain Pass	DasaPass
26: Cellars at Dasa Pass	DasaCellars
27: Nali Castle Canyon	NaliBoat
28: Nali Castle	NaliC
29: Nali Castle ¿ Warlord	NaliLord
30: D Crater	Dcrater
31: Mothership Basement	ExtremeBeg
32: Mothership Lab	ExtremeLab
33: Mothership Core	ExtremeCore
34: Skaarj Generator	ExtremeGen
35: Illumination	ExtremeDGen
36: The Darkening	ExtremeDark
37: The Source Antechamber	ExtremeEnd
38: The Source	QueenEnd
39: End Game	EndGame

Here is the maps correspondence for the Deathmatch mode:

Level	Map Title
Ariza	DmAriza
Curse	DmCurse
Death Fan	DmDeathFan
Deck 16	DmDeck16
El Sinore	DmElSinore
Fith	DmFith
Heal Pod	DmHealPod
Morbias	DmMorbias
Radikus	DmRadikus
Tundra	DmTundra
Night Op	DkNightOp

Most famous problems

Dual Core fix

The most famous problème with the Unreal Engine 1 and Unreal Engine 2 is that it doesn't support multi processor platforms. There is two ways to fix the problem.

• First solution is to turn the unreal.exe in windows 98 compatible mode. To do it, go to the system folder wich is in the Unreal installation directory (usually C:\Unreal\System). Then select unreal.exe and right clic on it, got to compatibility and select windows 98. It's done.

• Second method is to launch the game and press Ctrl+Alt+Supr in order to minimize the game and to launch windows task manager. Then go to processes and right clic on unreal.exe, then set affinity and tick only one processor. It's done.

Speed variation fix

Well, the game can still have speed variation so hier is the way to fix it :

Videos

Gameplay

A speedrun in 0:49:18 :

External links

• Old Unreal