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Flying Techbot · 06-01-2012, 11:10 PM

Ever since I learned of PREY as being one of three FPS game developed by 3D Realms in the late 90s (the other two were DNF and MAX PAYNE in their infancy), and ever since I've checked on PREY's past development history, I've been curious about PREY's original game engine and on how it might've turned out. I've seen demonstrations of the game engine, which made me REALLY wish that it was released with that engine then (I feel the same about DNF in its QUAKE II and UNREAL 1 engine stages, but that's a different story). I don't know whether PREY's original development engine still survives, yet I've learned that it was still around it would never be released as a freeware engine (we might have been able to fix the portal problem!). I do know that the engine was verging on similar ground as UNREAL 1, and that it had destructable qualities as well.

What I want to know is: what does the hardcore community know about PREY's original engine, and if it were ever released, what could the community do with such an engine?

06-01-2012, 11:10 PM	#1
Flying Techbot	Alpha PREY: Information Regarding the Original Game Engine Ever since I learned of PREY as being one of three FPS game developed by 3D Realms in the late 90s (the other two were DNF and MAX PAYNE in their infancy), and ever since I've checked on PREY's past development history, I've been curious about PREY's original game engine and on how it might've turned out. I've seen demonstrations of the game engine, which made me REALLY wish that it was released with that engine then (I feel the same about DNF in its QUAKE II and UNREAL 1 engine stages, but that's a different story). I don't know whether PREY's original development engine still survives, yet I've learned that it was still around it would never be released as a freeware engine (we might have been able to fix the portal problem!). I do know that the engine was verging on similar ground as UNREAL 1, and that it had destructable qualities as well. What I want to know is: what does the hardcore community know about PREY's original engine, and if it were ever released, what could the community do with such an engine?