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"Nick Sadler" <nick.sadler@*apologies*blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message 
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> "Wes Wade" <weswade@verizon.net> wrote in message 
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>> Well, I know this sounds really lame, but I'm a disabled mainframe 
>> programmer that has nothing better to do all day than surf the net and 
>> play PC games.  I am looking for Unreal...  My PC is a 1.66 MHz Celeron 
>> with 256M of RAM and I am running Win XP Pro Svc. Pack 2.  I am looking 
>> for any older version of Unreal, and I don't mind if all you have is the 
>> free Demo version.  My PC runs Quake 3 with little or no problem(s), and 
>> I know that Unreal was written using the Quake 3 engine, and I used to 
>> have a copy of the Unreal Demo on my ex's PC.  Yes, she even took that... 
>> LOL
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>> I know that I am probably breaking the rules of this newsgroup with such 
>> a blatantly honest and corny appeal, but I have little or nothing to 
>> lose... If you do have the full version, maybe I have something that you 
>> would like in trade.  I know...  I probably have nothing that you don't 
>> already have, but I am more than willing to offer what few games that I 
>> do have. Regardless, thanks for reading my request.
>>
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> If I remember right, Unreal was written with the first iteration of the 
> Unreal Engine -
> and has pretty big compatibility issues with Windows XP..
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> The only way to get Unreal 1 (what a classic) working in XP is to install 
> it and run it through Unreal Tournament 99's frontend.. the program's 
> called something retro.. or retro something.. gimme a minute and I'll look 
> it up..
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> ebay for unreal 1 - sure to find an original copy!
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> best of luck though!! :) -
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> Nick
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heheheh - so it turns out that I must have been in a minority to have a 
problem running Unreal under XP...
it's apparently fine! - lol

take it easy!


Nick