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This article is about the video game. For an overview of the franchise see StarCraft . For the racehorse see Starcraft . For vehicles capable of spaceflight see spacecraft.
StarCraft |
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StarCrafts box art depicts a Protoss warrior flanked by a Terran soldier and a Zerg hydralisk. |
| Developer | Blizzard Entertainment
Mass Media Interactive
Entertainment
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| Publisher | Windows Mac OS
NA Blizzard Entertainment
PAL Sierra Entertainment
Nintendo 64
Nintendo |
| Designer | Chris Metzen
James Phinney |
| Composer | Derek Duke
Jason Hayes
Glenn Stafford |
| Series | StarCraft |
| Engine | Warcraft II engine |
| Version | 1.16.0
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| Platform | Windows Mac OS Nintendo 64 |
| Release date | Windows
31 March 1998 1
Mac OS
March 1999
Nintendo 64
NA 13 June 2000 2
EU 16 June 2000 2 |
| Genre | Real-time strategy |
| Mode | Single-player multiplayer |
| Rating | ELSPA: 15
ESRB: T
OFLC: M15
OFLC: R16
PEGI: 16
USK: 12
GRB: 12 |
| Media | CD-ROM download
Nintendo 64 cartridge |
| System requirements | Windows:
Windows 95 or better
90 MHz Pentium
16 MB RAM
DirectX-compatible
2x CD-ROM drive
640x480 8-bit display
Mac OS:
System 7.6 or better
PowerPC 601 or better
16MB RAM |
| Input methods | Keyboard and mouse Nintendo 64 gamepad |
StarCraft is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment. The first game of the StarCraft series it was released for Microsoft Windows on 31 March 1998. 1 With more than nine million copies sold worldwide as of 21 May 2007 it is one of the best-selling games for the personal computer. A Mac OS version was released in March 1999 and a Nintendo 64 adaptation co-developed with Mass Media Interactive Entertainment was released on 13 June 2000. 2 With its storyline adapted and expanded through a series of novels StarCraft has three expansion packs available and a sequel in development.
Set in the 26th century the game revolves around three speciesthe Terrans humans exiled from Earth adept 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 Zergfighting for dominance in a distant part of the Milky Way galaxy. The game has been praised for pioneering the use of unique factions in real-time strategy gameplay 3 and for a compelling story. 4
Many of the industrys journalists have praised StarCraft as one of the best 5 and most important 6 video games of all time and for having raised the bar for developing real-time strategy games. 7 StarCrafts multiplayer is particularly popular in South Korea where professional players and teams participate in matches earn sponsorships and compete in televised tournaments. 8
