Blade Runner Remaster Now Comes With Original Version On Steam

thegamer.com:

Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition launched last week, bringing Westwood Studios' point-and-click adventure into the modern-day. But it was slated, garnering a Mostly Negative review score on Steam. In response, developer Nightdive has bundled the ScummVM version with the remaster.

For context, the remaster faced a glaring problem from the start—nobody had the original source code. This had already led to a team of fans in 2019 to compile the ScummVM version, but when the Enhanced Edition was released on GOG, the original got removed. It wasn't available on Steam, to begin with, but now you can access the '90s classic and see what everyone's raving about without having to go through the remaster.

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"The original Blade Runner, titled Blade Runner Classic, is now available to play with the Enhanced Edition," Nightdive said (thanks, Eurogamer). "The free update will be downloaded automatically and when you start Blade Runner through Steam, you'll be given a choice of launching the Enhanced Edition or the Classic version."

The Classic version also includes some cut content thanks to the volunteer team who worked on the ScummVM edition. "There is also an option to play Blade Runner with some restored content that was left unused from the original game," Nightdive added. "We are looking at all your feedback for the game, and we're still working on our first official patch which will be coming as soon as we can."

The original Blade Runner game launched back in 1997—it's not a direct adaptation of Ridley Scott's movie but instead a story in the same world, sometimes overlapping. You play as Ray McCoy, a detective tasked with sussing out replicants. But