The author deserves a monument for such a luxurious transition to Mechanism Eight

"Foregone Destruction" will be forever hardcoded into my brain from childhood memories.

My mom had a coworker who was much into the PC modding/gaming scene and an early adopter of pretty much anything technology. Every week he would give me "samples" of the newest games, if you know what I mean. He also wrote me extensive long e-mails that helped me understand how to build my first PC. In 1999, I finally saved up enough to take the plunge along the help of my parents and was successful, the first boot up was a great feeling. He opened my eyes to so many different games back in this era. Half-Life, Quake, Unreal, System Shock, Motocross Madness, Midtown Madness, Need For Speed, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Thief, Warcraft, Deus Ex and many more. Terry Cochran, you are never to be forgotten!

Still playing Unreal Tournament 1999 today.

I could talk all day and night about how special this game is to me. I was born in '95 and my dad had me on PC's very early on so by the time this game was out I was playing daily. Nostalgia aside, there's still something about this game that can never be replicated. The soundtrack, the sound design, the environment, the setting, the color palette, the entire aesthetic and feeling the game evokes with it's imagery is just incomparable to anything else. There is this level of wonder and awe to it's design but also a familiarity, like, your in this ancient mountain fortress surrounded by forests and valley's, or a space station floating above earth, a half built skyscraper in the middle of a city. It gives you the impression of this massive world with centuries of stories on an intergalactic scale that lived on with or without you. Whatever inspired the creation of UT99 is something that could only happen once, and that perfect combination of artists and designers left us with a masterpiece of experience.

I'm 33 and listening to this mix makes me want to cry, where are the times? nostalgia 10/10.

During 2005 (I think) I had a computer class during like grade 5 and 6, and the teachers, cool bastards that they were, would say: "Oh you can play games on the pc, just finish the work faster and you'll be playing games in no time." And so we did, just so we could have 15 minutes of playing the most random games they'd installed in the school pcs. And THEN came lunch break. We had like 1 hour recess, and those same teachers would open the computer classroom and let kids play UT2004 for the whole time. I know like next to nothing about the series, but hearing Foregone Destruction just sent me on a freaking trip. I remember every damn kid rushing everywhere in hopes of finding the Redeemer and blasting the enemy team to bits. I remember the snipers on top of the tower. I remember people spamming the translocator. Man what an awesome game. :)

There's an untold level of happiness Foregone Destruction brings while looking out over that view of Earth. A simpler, happier time online gaming in the early 2000s.

It’s 2002, Friday night, you have no homework, UT LAN Party with the homies, CTF-Face w/Strangelove mutator. I miss those days.

bro that transition to foregone destruction 🔥

not gonna lie unreal tournament, and deus ex have the best music of any video game. always a tune for the vibe

The atmosphere this game had was so ahead of it's time, music is still as good as I remember it to be back then.

They don't make games like this anymore. UT99, Half-Life and Quake III were the games of my youth. Thanks for uploading this!

The perfect mix of Trance and Breaks. The turn of the millenium was very progressive

As a person born in 2002, words can't describe how jealous I am that games had this type of music. Why is it so sick

Я словно вернулся в такой далекий но такой родной 1999 беззаботный год, когда 30 фпс считался редким даром, а жесктие диски были шумнее

Brings a tear to my eye - what good times man, being young - playing this skilful game with friends, the world was a much nicer place then, much nice. Still, we have memories right. The Course used to be my favourite. When I first started playing, I had just come of a 10 year drug binge, going to raves, clubs and pubs - getting smashed on drugs, smoking every week. Then I met my partner, got into computers and started my first IT course. I went from being out with assholes every weekend, into staying in studying and playing PC games. What a rush, specifically when you would start a map, with this track specifically - you would get tingles and feel like a warrior.. Haha, my look at it anyway. Great game!

amazing how a long-forgotten beat transports you back in time

Used to play this after work with the IT department on the fastest machines the company had, being designers we had better graphics cards than them and always kicked their asses. Those were awesome times.

One of the best games & soundtracks ever made. Countless hours at LAN parties were spent playing UT99. Those were the days!

Damn, I played this as a kid and maybe that's why I love drum and bass. Insane.

I never even played unreal tournament but i've been listening to this mix nonstop for a month

i had so so so so much fun only playing against bots when i was a kid, what a great game god damnnnnnit, sniper was delicious to use and the MOMOMOMOMOMONSTER KILL KILL KILL sfx where so good

Trippy evenings spacing out to this amazing music watching the Earth spinning around me while sniping players from the eternal towers of Facing Worlds. It’s all long gone now, but I will never forget.

Having ADHD, that's the only playlist that keeps me going as well as Eversong Woods ambience. Thank you so much, I'm gonna pass this mix to my kids.

I just want a modern remake of UT 99, same gameplay, same levels, same AI, just updated visuals. It still holds up incredibly well.

I used to play this game 60+ hours a week. This music is embedded in my DNA.

This make me feel so nostalgic. This game is a important part of my life

UT1's been installed on every computer I've had since it came out, including my Steam Deck. My all-time favourite FPS, tied for spot of my all-time favourite game, and a golden standard that nothing that comes close to even understanding anymore, much less rivalling.

Ssoundtrack from Unreal and UT should be included in UNESCO... these songs will be listened to for hundreds of years :]

Progressive sound at its finest, golden age of 90s for Acid Techno and all sorts of Psychedelic edm which is offcourse imprinted in all of the game of this generation. Proud to be a 90s kid and proud to be part of history in the making back then

Modern games with all the new technical capabilities, video cards, super CPUs and so on - do not create the same atmosphere and sense of presence as this greatest game of all time.😢

Oh the eternal joy of music. This soundtrack stood the test of time and will continue.

bro skyward fire dude…. who’s feeling this song ?… I mean seriously it’s my favorite song in life period no joke…

This was and forever will be my home, our home.

I've never played Unreal before but this goes so unbelievably hard in a chill way.

Perfect timing for UT. Right before using wav/MP3 as standard; flexibility but limitations pushed the creativity, creating a whole legion of DnB and Dub fans before most knew what that was. Hi-spec graphics but also low-spec compatibility; flexibility but limitations pushed the creativity. Everyone could play in an era where "you need this much power to play" was becoming more of a thing. Global online multiplayer really starting to taking hold at this point, net lingo gets solidified, "campers", "frags", and so on. Even the frag narration has its own brand of cool, before it become a tryhard caricature of itself in the inferior next version in 2002. Offline or online, the reality lived up to the hype. Despite Epic Games' many successes, they have never succeeded in eclipsing the original UT.

Most people listen to heavy metal or other contemporary music when working out. I listen to Unreal Tournament. 😎

I'm still playing UT 2004, playing UT 99 music with the in game built Music Player. The design of the games were amazing amazing amazing.

Skyward Fire is an absolutely intense vibe, i love it.

Still to date the best soundtrack in any game ever for me. Just how well it worked in game play and fit into the mood of the game in every situation. Also every track fits perfectly to the atmosphere of the map it is associated with. Tension building at the start of a map, when the action hasn't yet started, but can await behind any corner. Then you hear the first shots and shouts. The music pumps up the adrenaline while running through corridors trying to find a battle as fast as you can so you won't be dropped behind in frags or points. And when you hit that flow state where the game just goes your way: you keep hitting well, evading shots and fragging like a monster (MO-MO-MO-MONSTER KILL!). The uplifting music just builds on top of that. The feeling was like riding the perfect wave, so smooth.

Whenever I can't decide what music to listen to, I can always come back to the UT1999 Soundtrack.

my father had managed to make the Multiplayer in UT99 work in my laptop's old hard disk, i always came from school to play with others and learn even more about the game, i remember i even got to the point of using controlled rocket jumps to make insane trickshots with the sniper rifle. but one day the disk decided to stop working, and i could never play online again, all my progress was lost too, but the memories where never lost, as i remember how i named my character, which used the Xan skin all the time "Rush Kriegor"

This game will always have a special place in my heart.

"Foregone Destruction" and "Mechanism Eight" the best! ❤

*_HOLY SHIT!_* This soundtrack is *_GODLIKE._*

Been looking for "Skyward Fire" forever. God I LOVE the old tracker music.

the transition into foregone destruction OMG

Man…. The skyboxes in the game were truly amazing. The imagination that this sparked in me as a kid mixed with the music is just….. amazing

It's always good for me to see those mixes being recommended, one of the best moments for me using KZfaq, it's just so good to find those randomly; they're ethereal and good in many ways. I love this sense of nostalgia that Jungle brings to me, absolutely love it, keep doing more please!

once you start listening to this you can't stop until it's over

Hearing "the course" brings back memories of playing the game for the very first time, great times.

I remember playing unreal for hours during a y2k party my brother was throwing . Games were always fun back then .

I never played Unreal, but this soundtrack is heavenly!

wow, It was like yesterday when I heard these great tunes while spending hours on ut99 and ut2004.Great times!

You can’t put your arms around a memory…

I always install this game for a LAN party. It's still a great game and the music got you in the right mood every time

played it as i was 13y old with my friends on a "Lan-Party" and this game and its concept was totally new... man such a sweet memory, the sound, the music, the open areas... that feeling was indescribable

i cried a bit around 9:30. thanks for the mix ma dude/sis

It's hard to believe that Unreal Tournament is 25 years old this year...

I can't stop looping this over and over, send help please

This whole playlist is such a dope experience. Makes me miss the 2000s

So many games from the late 90’s had a massive influence on my interest in electronic music. UT99, Tetrisphere both had amazing music though many more could be cited. A lot of it seems to have come hot off the heels of the British rave and drum&bass movements.

This music is an amazing artpiece. It got little 10 yr old me triggered, I'll never forget it. The music was so strange, so alien, so different from anything I've ever heard. It got me into D&B and those beautiful ethereal and spacie sounds. It got me hyped up and in moments dreaming and thinking. Thank you creators for spreading this beautiful art and love. ❤

This music is HARD. Wow. Over 25 years later and I'm vibing out to it. GTZ.

The Greatest Soundtrack of All Time. Who's with me?

UT99 and Quake3 Arena were the best multiplayer FPS ever made. I played both in LAN partys with my friends almost each weekend and Forgone Destruction will be remembered forever. The 90s were incredible, irrepetibles, I'm going to miss it forever.

I have never played this game in my life but wow these are some nice sounding tracks

This. this is art. if u r listening this, you are one of the true gamers

Never played Unreal Tournament but this DnB is godly. Seriously it's exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much for uploading and props to Michiel for making it

My friends and I played the hell out of UT back in the day. I miss this game.

I remember all the fun I had lining up Shock Rifle combos in the Low-G environments to some of these tracks. Used to play deathmatch against a full complement of bots. It was gkorious bedlem and massive carnage. :D

Never played this game but I recall listening religiously during KZfaq's earliest days, probably 2008, so it's nostalgic in that way

been playing this game since i was a little kid, and i still play on the community servers to this day. and i can't get enough of it

First ever game I played and got on pc. Remember playing with my dad everyday as a kid. Still got the GOTY disc

The Course was always such an absolute banger.

The last time I heard the first song, I was a teenager in the early 2010's and it was normally summer when I would play around on UT99. I wish I was back there again when life was simple.

Brings tears to my eyes, there will never be a game with everything 10/10 like this, I thank you for creating this masterpiece. God Bless! †

warcraft lll and unreal tournament are my childhood

Phobos Moon.....that track...after all these years, still hits me.

UT GOTY would've been a fine game if it didn't have a soundtrack. But man I'm glad they chose to go the extra mile. Having Alexander Brandon and Michiel Van Den Bos on the job really took this game from being good to great, in my opinion. Ambitious, catchy game music like this always sticks with me long after I've played the game. And this is a great edit, hearing it with the transitions. Thanks for putting it up!

It's kinda funny how these chill liquid beats and breaks are a background to the slaughter.

I remember my childhood, first pc and UT among many small games on CD signed with "mini games". Since that time I haven't experienced that same feeling from games, it's some kind of magic

I was 16 and full of hope

The original unreal tournament man. Those were great times. My buddy and I used to play on 2 worlds all the time and have redeemer wars lol.

I never played this game but something about it just feels so nostalgic.

Best game ever Best atmosphere ever Best game music ever Best clans on IRC ever, like one big family Best matches ever - gsl, esl and so on Best childhood ever ✌️

still remember the first time I played CTF-Face and was literally stopped in my tracks by the combined audio and visuals. the vast encompassing black space, the stars and Earth slowly rotating around, and that spellbinding soundtrack. I couldn't start the match. when others spawned in, I held in spectator mode, just flying around kind of speechless. listened to the track in its entirety before jumping in to play. it was pretty surreal. that breakbeat is so timeless. someone said that Unreal Tournament and Deus Ex have the best soundtracks of all time and I would only add Command & Conquer (Tiberian Dawn/Sun) to that list. call it the top three. this music is imprinted on my soul as much as any pop song I've ever loved.

BOTPACK N.9 is by far my best track in what ever games i've played!!!

Ahh Facing Worlds, the mandatory music, Headshot, memories. Simpler days.

Never knew Unreal Tournament had that chill music

the transitions in this video are the real gold. this video makes those 20 year old songs hit different in a way I haven't experienced since childhood. nailed it good sir or ma'am!

The blends between the tracks have me coming back to this upload when I could go anywhere else, RAD.

I miss those days ❤😢

i missed out on this stuff not having a computer growing up yet these sounds feel so nostalgic to me

ut99 FOREVER! :D Love it so much

Clean. Now this is a game that needs to come back. I miss the late 90s.

that lower pitch on mechanism 8 is chefs kiss

Mechanism Eight is the best track hands down, slaps so hard.

This has made my THE FINALS and apex sessions in the last month so much better