Unreal

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Unreal
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[1], 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

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.

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
	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.
	Automag Pistol Primary Fire: Fires very accurate shots. Secondary Fire: Faster, but less acurate firing mode. Techniques: You can handle two Automag a the same time.
	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.
	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 it's secondary mode, then shoot the first projectile with a primary shot. This results in a powerful explosion that can cause a good ammount of damage. Like the Dispersion Pistol this weapon can be upgraded.
	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.
	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..
	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.
	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..
	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.
	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

Around the game

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

Game tweaks

Tips & tricks

Cheats

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

Here is a list of item names:^[2]

• amplifier
• antitoxinsuit
• armor
• 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
• minigun
• nali
• nalifruitseed
• nalihealingfruit
• razorjack
• rifle
• scubagear
• searchlight
• sheildbelt
• skaarjwarrior
• slith
• stinger
• superhealth
• titan
• translator
• voicebox

Here is the correpondence for the maps:^[3]

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 

The Deathmatch mode:

Level                                Map
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

Launching & connecting to a server

Most famous problems

Best mods

Videos

Gameplay

A speedrun in 0:49:18 :

Screenshots

External links

• Old Unreal

References