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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 w
by 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 agoThe video ends with a "please don't sue me it's a parody" comment.
- tetha 16y agoAlso (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 agoI 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 agoIn 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...