Editing Unreal (1998 video game) (section)

{{Short description|1998 first-person shooter video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Unreal
| image = Unreal Coverart.png
| developer = [[Epic Games|Epic MegaGames]] <br> [[Digital Extremes]]{{efn|[[Legend Entertainment]] developed a mission pack titled ''Unreal Mission Pack I: Return to Na Pali''.}}
| publisher = [[GT Interactive]]
| director = 
| producer = Jason Schreiber <br> Greg Williams
| designer = James Schmalz <br> [[Cliff Bleszinski]]
| programmer = [[Tim Sweeney (game developer)|Tim Sweeney]] <br> [[Steve Polge]] <br> Erik de Neve
| artist = Artur Bialas <br> Mike Leatham <br> James Schmalz
| writer = 
| composer = [[Alexander Brandon]] <br> [[Michiel van den Bos]] <br> [[Andrew G. Sega]] <br> [[Dan Gardopée]]
| engine = [[Unreal Engine]]
| series = ''[[Unreal (video game series)|Unreal]]''
| platforms = [[Microsoft Windows]], [[Mac OS]]
| released = '''Microsoft Windows'''<br>{{vgrelease|NA|May 22, 1998<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_05/22_unrealp/index.html|title=Unreal's Special Delivery|last=Mullen|first=Micheal|website=[[GameSpot]]|date=May 22, 1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001008035502/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_05/22_unrealp/index.html|archive-date=October 8, 2000|access-date=January 10, 2024}}</ref>|UK|June 12, 1998<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 11, 1998 |title=Key Dates |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/884769154 |access-date=January 24, 2023 |work=[[Recorder of Nottingham|Nottingham Recorder]] |pages=15 |quote=June 12th//''Unreal''//PC CD ROM - £9}}</ref>}}'''Mac OS'''<br>{{vgrelease|NA|September 1, 1998<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pc.ign.com/news/4661.html|title=News Briefs|date=September 1, 1998|website=[[IGN]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000411020741/http://pc.ign.com/news/4661.html|archive-date=April 11, 2000|url-status=dead|access-date=December 6, 2019}}<br>"Epic MegaGames' blockbuster Unreal is now shipping for the Macintosh...</ref>}}
| genre = [[First-person shooter]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
}}

'''''Unreal''''' is a [[first-person shooter]] [[video game]] developed by [[Epic Games|Epic MegaGames]] and [[Digital Extremes]] and published by [[GT Interactive]] for [[Microsoft Windows]] in May 1998. It was powered by [[Unreal Engine]], an original game engine. The game reached sales of 1.5 million units by 2002.

Since the release of ''Unreal'', the franchise has had one [[Unreal II: The Awakening|sequel]] and two different series based on the ''[[Unreal (video game series)|Unreal]]'' universe. One official bonus pack, the Epic-released Fusion Map Pack, can be downloaded free of charge. ''Unreal Mission Pack I: Return to Na Pali'', developed by [[Legend Entertainment]], was released in June 1999, and added 17 new missions to the single-player campaign of ''Unreal''. ''Unreal'' and ''Return to Na Pali'' would later be bundled together as ''Unreal Gold''. Additionally, the games were updated to run on the ''[[Unreal Tournament]]'' version of the game engine.

''Unreal'' became free to download in November 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-14 |title=These Two Classic Shooters Just Became Completely Free, Forever |url=https://kotaku.com/unreal-engine-epic-free-internet-archive-fortnite-1851698320 |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=Kotaku |language=en}}</ref>