Posts Tagged ‘starcraft’

It’s been a month, possibly more since the last update which I majorly apologize for- with a small staff and busy lives it is bound to happen every so often! Personally I’ve just had a wisdom tooth taken out, which has reared its ugly head since Armageddon last month, but thats sorted now, and I’m ready to announce a project for RetroActive.

Are you a seasoned “Starcraft” player? Retroactive wants to hear from you ASAP for a documentary about to hit pre-production in the next month, and hopefully release a few weeks after Starcraft 2.

We’re looking at interviewing modders/mappers/and players both casual and “hardcore”, as well as filming the release of the game’s sequel in Wellington.

Please email ross@retroactive.co.nz for more information. NZ’ers only for interviews sorry!

Starcraft 64

Platform: N64

Features: 1 player with 2 player split screen+Brood War expansion available with the 4mb Jumper Pack) / Skirmish mode / Exclusive content.

Release Date: June 2000

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’d know that Starcraft has been the staple of many a LAN party since its initial launch in 1998, even lending itself to be the unofficial sport of an entire country (Korea, I’m looking at you).

If you have been in fact living under a rock throughout your gaming life it basically boils down to this. 3 races have clashed together, the Xenomorph like “Zerg”, the human like “Terrans” and the cyborg like “Protoss”. Everyone’s kind of angry at each other and war has broken out between the factions for control of the galaxy in roughly 30-40 single player missions, with excellently directed cut scenes in between.

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