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8-bit StarCraft

94 points by cloudkj 16y ago

hristov 16y ago
Rofl, cute.
dimitar 16y ago
Is it authentic? It seems to me to be a side-scroller inspired by StarCraft and an RTS. Plus the designer of Starcraft was 10 years old in 1984, according to wikipedia. It doesn't seem right/
- Retric 16y ago
  The video ends with a "please don't sue me it's a parody" comment.
- tetha 16y ago
  Also (even though it was already said that this is a parody), the first alphas of starcraft1 were based on the warcraft 2 engine. Screenshots are available: http://www.sirlin.net/storage/post-images/starcraft_alpha.png http://www.sirlin.net/storage/post-images/starcraft_alpha.pn... ( I think they abused ships for the flying units somehow, even though I am unsure about the precise details). I think this is a cool detail to know, and it makes me curious if the first alphas for starcraft 2 were maps and hacks of starcraft 1 or warcraft 3 :)
  - GrandMasterBirt 16y ago
    I remember that. I'm glad they ditched it. On a side note, once WC3 came out, the marine/firebat/zergling/hydralisk models made me thing SC2 was imminent on the WC3 engine. Guess they didn't, and just went for a new engine entirely.
    - tetha 16y ago
      In case you are interested, more details on the development of starcraft 1 can be found here: http://sclegacy.com/editorials/34-general/270-starcraft-evolution http://sclegacy.com/editorials/34-general/270-starcraft-evol...
cstuder 16y ago
Hmm, I fail to understand the 2D-to-1D-mapping.
- mfukar 16y ago
  It's 1984.
- eru 16y ago
  What's the standard mapping?
  - eru 16y ago
    Oops, ignore that comment.
forinti 16y ago
Not too long ago I found this company from the UK that still develops games for 8 bit micros: http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/ http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/ And they sell cassette versions! I've been thinking of writing one myself, just for fun.
- listic 16y ago
  There's also a game by Ian Bogost called Guru Meditation http://www.bogost.com/games/guru_meditation.shtml http://www.bogost.com/games/guru_meditation.shtml for Atari VCS (2600) and iPhone.
  - noonespecial 16y ago
    I can't get it to run on my Amiga...
franck 16y ago
This is very well done. As a fan of StarCraft I must say that a lot of detail went into the making of this parody. The protoss turret sound at 1:05 cracked me up. Here is the awesome 8-bit theme which could have been its soundtrack : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3in8Z-w-uHY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3in8Z-w-uHY
apphacker 16y ago
This kind of post is probably against the guidelines. It does not engage any intellectual curiosity, and probably falls under: >Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic. This isn't meat & potatoes, this is cotton candy. There is already lots of it on Reddit. Basically this is the kind of Reddit-like submission that has turned y-combinator alumni off from HN.
- mattmaroon 16y ago
  Fun Police! You're under arrest for public display of humor.
nerfhammer 16y ago
I want to see someone make a flash version of this
mattmaroon 16y ago
Even back in the '80s neglecting to kill the pylon was a grave error.
d0m 16y ago
Really well done. I like when there are post like this because, even thought it's not about technology or startup, it's still related to hacking. I'm sad when people down this talking about reddit because this post is clearly different. It has historical lessons in it and even thought you might not like gaming or starcraft, known that this game is still played today by thousand of players worldwide and that it is more than 10 years old.

94 points by cloudkj 16y ago

Rofl, cute.

Is it authentic? It seems to me to be a side-scroller inspired by StarCraft and an RTS. Plus the designer of Starcraft was 10 years old in 1984, according to wikipedia. It doesn't seem right/

Retric 16y ago
The video ends with a "please don't sue me it's a parody" comment.
tetha 16y ago
Also (even though it was already said that this is a parody), the first alphas of starcraft1 were based on the warcraft 2 engine. Screenshots are available: http://www.sirlin.net/storage/post-images/starcraft_alpha.png http://www.sirlin.net/storage/post-images/starcraft_alpha.pn... ( I think they abused ships for the flying units somehow, even though I am unsure about the precise details). I think this is a cool detail to know, and it makes me curious if the first alphas for starcraft 2 were maps and hacks of starcraft 1 or warcraft 3 :)
- GrandMasterBirt 16y ago
  I remember that. I'm glad they ditched it. On a side note, once WC3 came out, the marine/firebat/zergling/hydralisk models made me thing SC2 was imminent on the WC3 engine. Guess they didn't, and just went for a new engine entirely.
  - tetha 16y ago
    In case you are interested, more details on the development of starcraft 1 can be found here: http://sclegacy.com/editorials/34-general/270-starcraft-evolution http://sclegacy.com/editorials/34-general/270-starcraft-evol...

cstuder 16y ago

Hmm, I fail to understand the 2D-to-1D-mapping.

mfukar 16y ago
It's 1984.
eru 16y ago
What's the standard mapping?
- eru 16y ago
  Oops, ignore that comment.

forinti 16y ago

Not too long ago I found this company from the UK that still develops games for 8 bit micros: http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/ http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/ And they sell cassette versions! I've been thinking of writing one myself, just for fun.

listic 16y ago
There's also a game by Ian Bogost called Guru Meditation http://www.bogost.com/games/guru_meditation.shtml http://www.bogost.com/games/guru_meditation.shtml for Atari VCS (2600) and iPhone.
- noonespecial 16y ago
  I can't get it to run on my Amiga...

franck 16y ago

This is very well done. As a fan of StarCraft I must say that a lot of detail went into the making of this parody. The protoss turret sound at 1:05 cracked me up. Here is the awesome 8-bit theme which could have been its soundtrack : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3in8Z-w-uHY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3in8Z-w-uHY

apphacker 16y ago

This kind of post is probably against the guidelines. It does not engage any intellectual curiosity, and probably falls under: >Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic. This isn't meat & potatoes, this is cotton candy. There is already lots of it on Reddit. Basically this is the kind of Reddit-like submission that has turned y-combinator alumni off from HN.

mattmaroon 16y ago
Fun Police! You're under arrest for public display of humor.

nerfhammer 16y ago

I want to see someone make a flash version of this

mattmaroon 16y ago

Even back in the '80s neglecting to kill the pylon was a grave error.

d0m 16y ago

Really well done. I like when there are post like this because, even thought it's not about technology or startup, it's still related to hacking. I'm sad when people down this talking about reddit because this post is clearly different. It has historical lessons in it and even thought you might not like gaming or starcraft, known that this game is still played today by thousand of players worldwide and that it is more than 10 years old.