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StarCraft Battle Chest | 
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| From: Blizzard Entertainment
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy Used: $12.95
You Save: $7.04 (35%)
New (6) Used (16) from $12.95
Rating:  268 reviews
Sales Rank: 1226
Platforms: Macintosh, Windows
Genre: Strategy Games
ESRB: Teen
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 7.3 x 1.2
MPN: 100722
Model: 4297
UPC: 020626717311
EAN: 0020626717311
ASIN: B00001IVRD
Release Date: October 24, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: perfect condition
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| Features:
| • | This includes the hit StarCraft, the incredible StarCraft - Brood War, and two official strategy guides, for hours & hours of space-based action and combat | | • | Play through 56 mission in 6 unique campaigns, to decide the fate of the galaxy | | • | Over 175 player maps over a wide variety of battlefields | | • | Play multiplayer battles over battle.net | | • | Battle for control of the galaxy with the StarCraft Battle Chest! |
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Product Description
The StarCraft Battle Chest is an incredible package of the great StarCraft games, on one DVD!
Amazon.com Review
The full versions of StarCraft and the acclaimed expansion pack Brood War, as well as complete strategy guides for each, make StarCraft: Battle Chest a treasure chest for real-time strategy fans. Instead of two similarly powered enemies facing off, the three distinct races in StarCraft have unique capabilities and strategies. Everyone still competes in the RTS genre's typical race for resources, but that's the only shared trait. Terrans can move their bulky mechanized bases as necessary, while the reptilian Zerg grow their colonies and warriors from mutating larvae. Meanwhile, the noble Protoss warp in equipment from their home world using psionic powers. Not only does game maker Blizzard juggle the races' playability and match it with superb art and sound effects, it also weaves together an engrossing three-act plot. Early on, as a Terran magistrate, you spend a breathtaking 30 minutes defending against a Zerg onslaught. As the story unfolds around you, you'll experience the Zerg's hive mentality and decipher the mysterious Protoss by the game's dramatic conclusion. Missions vary in scope and are effectively framed with dialogue, chapter screens, and in-mission exposition. Multiplayer games are also very well represented by Blizzard's own free Battle.net service. If you'd rather play over a local area network, StarCraft will generously "spawn" up to seven copies so your friends can join in. In keeping with StarCraft's groundbreaking design, Brood War presents you with three sides of a galactic conflict. Scheming humans, insidious Zerg, and proud Protoss collide again, with stunning new cinematics setting the stage. Old friends and foes and ominous new arrivals give the story a breakneck pace, while a handful of additions to each race's arsenal makes for tense battles. Brood War also features stellar new environments and ambient art, as well as more than 100 additional multiplayer maps. Some missions require a bit of finesse, breaking the resource-gathering routine while making good use of the new units. Humans now have Valkyrie missile frigates as well as medics who automatically try to heal your grunts. New for the Zerg air force is the acid-spewing Devourer; the new Lurker unit provides heavy-duty (under)ground support. Along with the Corsair fighter, the Protoss reenter the fray with Dark Templar, which can merge to form the devastating Dark Archon. Unfortunately, units old and new still suffer from weak artificial intelligence in path finding. Real-time strategy games don't get any more epic or any more satisfying. --Jack Gardiner
Amazon.com Product Description
This package includes both Starcraft and Starcraft: Brood Wars plus Prima Publishing's Official Strategy Guides, which offer you strategies, statistics, and details about new worlds to give you the upper hand in gaining control over the galaxy's resources.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 263 more reviews...
A Masterpiece of Game Design November 20, 2008
Simply put StarCraft is to RTS computer gaming what Chess is to board games.
Its endless. The game is so well designed that even after years of playing you can still learn more and get better at it.As far as computer/video games go most games that are a few years old are usually at best a fond memory, 10+ years later and people are still addicted to , or are being introduced to StarCraft. I will always have it installed on whatever PC I own.
Classic Game With Tons of Replay Value October 21, 2008
This is a great game with a lot of replay value. The core essentials of any great strategy game are in StarCraft and the Battle Chest is a must have for any fan of the series.
 StarCraft Revisited October 4, 2008
I remember when Starcraft first came out originally. I was thrilled to play each scenario and finally, after many hours of play, I conquered the final level of each race. I replayed the game so much I ruined the original disk and couldn't reinstall after a computer crash. It's been a few years and true, the animation is a little old school but I found to my delight after purchasing the Starcraft Battle Chest that as soon as I started to play it, the enjoyment began once more. I'd have to say that even if it's your first time playing Starcraft, you'll enjoy figuring out the strategy to win each level,as I did. Two alien race levels give a different perspective than playing the human scenarios, for many more hours of playStarCraft Battle Chest.
Awesome September 29, 2008
Definitely worth the money I had spent!!!! One of many great games that I have purchased!!
StarCraft is a CLASSIC! September 2, 2008
Personally, I think StarCraft is one of the best RTS games of its type, ever made! At the very least, it is definitely the best one I've ever played (though people say WarCraft is even better!). I haven't even made it through the entire game yet, but the missions not only get harder as you move on, they also get more interesting.
The way the game is structured, there are three campaigns in the initial part of the game: Terran, Zerg, and Protoss, and you play them in that order. Because of the three different distinct species, the game stays very interesting because the way you build your armies changes drastically between species. Each of the campaigns also has an interesting story line to go with it as well as extremely well rendered eye popping space cinematics. Ultimately all the story lines tie together into one big epic tale of multi species galactic warfare.
I haven't even tried the more advanced features of the game, like online play, and customized campaigns, but I'm already hooked. This game is well worth the money, and if you are new to it, the Battle Chest is perfect because it comes with a strategy guide, both the original game and the expansion set, play guides, and a World of Warcraft demo, all at one low price. The only thing you have to worry about when playing this game is the fact that it's a time blackhole. I can easily drop four or five hours into this game at a single sitting, and the time just flies by! So be careful, it's a wonderful game, and it's also extremely addicting!
Nick
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