Appreciation post! UT99
Just wanted to share my appreciation of UT99. I'm 41 and grew up playing 100s hours of UT99 both single player and at LAN parties with friends. Fantastic game that I never got tired of.
Today I have 3 boys between 10 and 12 years old, so they're at that perfect age of being technically capable while still wanting to hang out with me. We've mostly kept tech away from them - but then I found oldunreal. And I found 3 old computers in the house. And I installed UT99 on all of them with a breeze, downloaded some HD textures, and we're off to the races.
And let me tell you, the boys LOVE IT!! Now, 'Family LAN Party' is the ultimate reward for good behavior. I'm of course crushing them and won't let them beat me unless they skill up to earn it. And they haven't figured out how over-powered the sniper rifle is yet. They just love playing capture the flag, where it's us against bots. I'd forgot how easy it is to add any number of bots and adjust skill level.
So to the folks that made this (looks like some of the original folks are hanging out here!) - THANK YOU!! I was over the moon happy to see that the game works on even new computers still, and it is just as fun to play as I remember. And THANK YOU to whoever runs oldunreal, making it so available.
If anyone has tips for more CTF maps to download we would really appreciate it. But we still have unlimited hours of fun playing the original maps :)