You can now play classic strategy game StarCraft for free on PC and Mac Blizzard has patched the original StarCraft game for the first time in eight years

From Wired

Strategy game StarCraft was first released in 1998 by Blizzard Entertainment and has since become a cult favourite. In that time, StarCraft II, plus numerous spin-offs, have been released and AI researchers are trying to complete the game.

However, none of these iterations have the same, low resolution, nostalgic feel as the original title so StarCraft's developers are bringing it back with a retouched version of the original.

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Blizzard has announced StarCraft has been patched for "the first time in over eight years" and is now free to download for anyone on both Windows and Mac (available here.)

Those who download the original game will be able to play each other online and the patch, version 1.18, makes the game compatible with Windows 7, 8.1 and 10, as well as making it playable on Mac Beta 10.11 and upwards.

The developers have also added a windowed fullscreen mode, options to display the number of actions per minute, autosaving replays, and boosted the responsiveness during multiplayer online games.

As well as StarCraft, the free offering includes the Brood War expansion alongside remastered artwork.

http://www.wired.co.uk/article/starcraft-free-download-online


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