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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."
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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 defeat | Instant loss |
| yours truly | Instant victory |
| sally shears | No fog of war |
| iron forge | All upgrades researched |
| eye of newt | All spells researched |
| hurry up guys | Faster building time of units, upgrades and structures |
| pot of gold | 10.000 gold and 5000 wood |
| ides of march | Shows the end cinematic |
| there can be only one | Invincibility (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.
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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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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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- 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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