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From the makers of WarCraft II and Diablo comes the most anticipated strategy game of 1997 - Starcraft. Three of the most powerful forces in the universe head on a collision course in a galaxy held at the brink of destruction. The only option is war. The only allies are enemies.

StarCraft is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment. The first game of the StarCraft series was released for Microsoft Windows on 31 March 1998. With more than 11 million copies sold worldwide as of February 2009, it is one of the best-selling games for the personal computer.

Storyline:

"In the distant future, a small group of human exiles have been doomed to fight for survival on the edge of the galaxy. Through military strength, espionage, and deceit, a unified Terran government has maintained an uneasy peace. But a previously unknown species, the Zerg, had started overrunning their colonies. A second alien species, the enigmatic Protoss, came intent on stopping the Zerg. However the Protoss solution is to extinguish all life on the Zerg-infested planets, including many Terrans. At the same time, rebel factions within the Terran government are gaining popular support during the Zerg crisis. The time for war has come."

Set in the 26th century, the game revolves around three species fighting for dominance in a distant part of the Milky Way galaxy: the Terrans, humans exiled from Earth skilled at adapting to any situation; the Zerg, a race of insectoids in pursuit of genetic perfection obsessed with assimilating other races; and the Protoss, a humanoid species with advanced technology and psionic abilities attempting to preserve their civilization and strict philosophical way of living from the Zerg. The game has been praised for pioneering the use of unique factions in real-time strategy gameplay and for a compelling story.

Software Industry Rating: Mature
Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
To Order: 1-800-953-SNOW
Tech Support: 714-955-1382
E-Mail: Support@blizzard.com
Mimimum System Requirements: Pentium 90, 16 MB of RAM, 80 MB of hard drive space, 2X CD-ROM drive
Publishers Recomended System Requirements: 4X CD-ROM drive for cinematics
Multiplayer Support: Internet, Direct Modem, Same Machine
Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price: $54.95
What you get for your money: 30-mission single-player campaign; a full-blown campaign editor; a plethora of multiplayer maps.

Alternative Game Titles: 
  • "星际" -- Chinese title (simplified)
  • "SC" -- Informal abbreviation
Game Homepage Link: 
Blizzard's Starcraft Page
Download Link: 
GameGoldies
Release Date: 
12 years 23 weeks ago

OGDB Score: 100

5
 admin Starcraft: Revolutionary or Evolutionary?

When Blizzard Entertainment, a small game development company out of Irvine, California, released Warcraft, they helped create the new genre of real-time strategy games. When they released Warcraft 2 a short time later, they revolutionized that new genre. Warcraft 2 was a gorgeous and engrossing game of mythical combat between Orcs and Humans. Many still hail it as the greatest real time strategy game of all time. Almost as soon as Warcraft 2 was out the door, Blizzard announced that their next RTS game was already in the works, called StarCraft. After 3 years of development, numerous delays and possibly the most hype ever surrounding a computer game, StarCraft was finally released to stores on April 1st 1998. The wait was over. The question is, was it worth it?

5
 teo The balance among the StarCraft races is near masterful

Neck-and-neck with Total Annihilation as the best of the best, Blizzard's StarCraft breaks new ground not in technology or even playability, but in versatility, refinement and creativity. Sporting what is easily one of, if not *the* most involving and original single-player campaigns ever seen, StarCraft may not be cutting edge, but it's incredibly fun and well-designed. And, after seeing the amount of polish that went into the game, there's little doubt about what all the long delays in StarCraft's development were for.