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Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
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1994 video game
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Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is a strategy video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment. It was published by Interplay Entertainment, Electronic Arts Victor, Sold Out Sales & Marketing, and Blizzard Entertainment. The title belongs to the Warcraft franchise and supports both single player and multiplayer modes for up to two players.
The game was released in 1994, with specific dates of November 15 and November 23 recorded. It is available on PC, macOS, PC-9800 Series, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, and DOS platforms. Software versions include 1.22h for DOS and 1.06 for Mac OS.
The game has received a rating of 3.86 and a score of 77 from 172 users. It is classified under the Strategy and Real Time Strategy (RTS) genres. The ESRB rating is Teen.
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Game details · IGDB
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is the first game in the Warcraft series developed by Blizzard Entertainment. The Orcish hordes are summoned through the dark portal to the peaceful human Kingdom of Azeroth. When the two races meet each other, a terrible war ensues. Only one race can dominate the land. Players can choose to play as either the Humans or the Orcs. There are 12 scenarios for each race with mostly a single objective: destroy the enemy. As with most RTS games of the same era, a lot of time is spent collecting resources and building structures to make/upgrade different types of units.
- Released
- 1994
- Genres
- Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
- Platforms
- PC-9800 Series, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Franchise
- Warcraft
- Developer
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Publisher
- Interplay Entertainment, Electronic Arts Victor, Sold Out Sales & Marketing, Blizzard Entertainment
Key facts
- Developer
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Publishers
- NA : Blizzard Entertainment EU : Interplay Productions
- Director
- Patrick Wyatt
- Producers
- Bill Roper , Patrick Wyatt
- Programmers
- Bob Fitch, Jesse McReynolds, Michael Morhaime , Patrick Wyatt
- Composer
- Gregory Alper
- Series
- Warcraft
- Platforms
- MS-DOS , Classic Mac OS
- Release
- NA : November 15, 1994 EU : 1995
- Genre
- Real-time strategy
- Modes
- Single-player , multiplayer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Genre
- real-time strategy
- Country of origin
- United States
- Publisher
- Interplay Entertainment
- Series
- Warcraft
- Producer
- Bill Roper
- Developer
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Distribution format
- digital distribution
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- set in environment
- fictional planet
- distributed by
- GOG.com
- takes place in fictional universe
- Warcraft universe
- publication date
- 1994-11-15
- input device
- computer mouse
- software version identifier
- 1.22h (DOS) 1.06 (Mac OS)
- programmer
- Michael Morhaime
- maximum number of players
- 2
- title
- Warcraft®: Orcs & Humans
- language of work or name
- English language
- terms of service URL
- www.blizzard.com/eula
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Encyclopedic overview
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is a real-time strategy game (RTS) developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment, and published by Interplay Productions in Europe. It was released for MS-DOS in North America on November 15, 1994, and for Mac OS in early 1996. The MS-DOS version was re-released by Sold-Out Software in 2002. It is the first game in the Warcraft fantasy game franchise.
Although Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is not the first RTS game to have offered multiplayer gameplay, it persuaded a wider audience that multiplayer capabilities were essential for future RTS games. The game introduced innovations in its mission design and gameplay elements, which were adopted by other RTS developers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Warcraft: Orcs & Humans” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.