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Warcraft: Orcs & Humans

Blizzard Entertainment, 1994

After Westwood started the real time strategy genre with the space-themed Dune 2, Blizzard expanded the genre with their fantasy RTS Warcraft.  As was typical in those days, each faction is rather similar aside from their appearance.  By todays standards the game's controls are severely flawed:  a maximum of 4 units can be selected at a time, and cannot be assigned a number.  What's worse is that each time you want a unit to go somewhere, the move command must be given by a click on the move button on the menu bar.

Aside from the multiplayer aspect, the most profound innovation in the RTS genre initiated with Warcraft are the variety of levels.  Not all levels revolve around building a base, training as many troops as possible, and destroying all opposition;  in some levels you start with a small number of troops to overtake an enemy's base, while others are situated indoors.

Despite all its flaws Warcraft 1 is still a fun game, worthwile to check out and see where the franchise originated.  Even the intro foreshadows many things to come;  it ends with the words:  "Welcome to the world of Warcraft."

Warcraft - Humans stealing treasure from a couple of individuals with severe skin problems. Warcraft - Humans stealing treasure from a couple of individuals with severe skin problems.

Cheats
This is for all you wascally wabbits out there:  Press Enter to start message mode and type corwin of amber to enable the cheats.  Then press Enter again and type one of the following cheats:

crushing defeatInstant loss
yours trulyInstant victory
sally shearsNo fog of war
iron forgeAll upgrades researched
eye of newtAll spells researched
hurry up guysFaster building time of units, upgrades and structures
pot of gold10.000 gold and 5000 wood
ides of marchShows the end cinematic
there can be only oneInvincibility (except from catapult and friendly fire) and massive attack power for all units

The level warp cheats for Warcraft work in a similar fashion.  Press enter and type the faction name and mission number of the desired level, e.g. human11 or orc12.

Warcraft - The elementals for this years interior design: cobweb covered walls, basic dining room furniture, and a broken floor liberally decorated with a variety of maimed bodies. Warcraft - The elementals for this years interior design: cobweb covered walls, basic dining room furniture, and a broken floor liberally decorated with a variety of maimed bodies.

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Easter Eggs
Warcraft 1 is the game that started the easter eggs where the units start to say funny things when clicked upon multiple times.
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Spoilers
When you have forgotten what the intro looked like again, or what the victory cinematics were about, then check out these Warcraft spoilers:
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Links
  • Warcraft 1 Check out Blizzard's very own Warcraft page while it's still there (there is no link from the main page).
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